Also see: Best Black Friday Fitness Tracker Deals Unless you’ve ever tried to work out what three flashing lights meant on the Mi Band 1 or Mi Band 1S you won’t appreciate how useful an addition is the screen to the Mi Band 2. Admittedly the addition of the screen results in a decrease to battery life over the original Mi Band, but it’s still a class-leading 20 days from a 70mAh rechargeable battery....
So it’s interesting to see Xiaomi bring out an even cheaper option using its sub-brand Mijia. For the uninitiated, a gimbal smooths out the shakes and movement you get when walking around while recording video. Some phones already provide excellent stabilisation so don’t really need a gimbal, but others – such as the Huawei P20 Pro – only offer it at 1080p. Many phones provide worse stabilisation in 4K because they can’t crop the footage as they can at lower resolutions....
In a new partnership, announced on 7 May, Tile and Intel are teaming up to allow OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), such as Asus, HP and Lenovo, to integrate the location company’s tracking services into their Intel-powered machines. It’s unclear which manufacturers are set to implement Tile integration within upcoming laptops but so long as they’re powered by select Intel chips, there’s the possibility that Tile support may feature. With regards to the Elite Dragonfly, Tile integration was an optional extra, so its presence on new Intel-based laptops will also likely be at the customer’s discretion....
Read next: Nintendo Switch review Echoing the likes of Wii Sports and Nintendo Land before it, 1-2-Switch is a collection of games designed to show off the unique capabilities of the Switch and its Joy-Con controllers – though unlike those games, it doesn’t come bundled in with the device itself. So is this the Switch at its best, or a muddled mess? Find out in our 1-2-Switch review. How much does 1-2-Switch cost?...
The Croft Edition is available for £54.39, reduced from £67.99, which saves you over £13. Meanwhile the Digital Deluxe edition sees a discount of over £10, bringing the price down to £42.39. These Green Man Gaming deals end 21st September. We rated The Shadow of the Tomb Raider with 4 stars out of 5 and said it was the “biggest, darkest and most enjoyable Tomb Raider game to date” — and for good reason....
There’s been a lot of talk but 5G is finally real with Qualcomm managing the first successful trial of a 5G connection. The firm has delivered higher than gigabit speeds using the X50 modem, announced last year, over a 28Ghz mmWave frequency. The test peaked at 1.24Gbps and the modem can support up to 5Gbps. The firm expects devices with the Snapdragon X50 modem to be available in the first half of 2019....
An amazing screen for the money, solid build and a serviceable keyboard and trackpad make the Spin 1 great value. Price and availability Acer sent us the bottom-end version of the Spin 1. It has a Celeron N3350 CPU, 4GB RAM and a very tight 32GB storage. It costs between £249.99 and £279.99 online. For a little more cash, £299, you’ll find the 64GB version. We’d recommend the upgrade if you want to install any large apps, or store some photos, music or video on the laptop....
Whether you’re a student, professional, business, or educator, here’s everything you need to know about Adobe CC including apps, pricing plans, free trials, student and educational discounts and where to download it. Pricing and plans: How much does Adobe Creative Cloud cost? There isn’t a one-size-fits-all way of buying Creative Cloud so it depends on your needs. Adobe knows that different people will use it in different ways and some might just want to have a single app, like Photoshop or Premiere Pro, rather than the entire suite....
There are differences, though. For one thing the Fire Phone offers a few intriguing features. Firefly is the principal reason for the Fire Phone existing, and has been described as ‘Shazam for the real world’. Using Firefly you can take pictures of just about anything, and the Fire Phone will extract the useful information in a semantic style. See a product you like, take a picture, and buy it. Firefly can be useful, but it is a way of extracting cash from your wallet....
While we played it at Gamescom and you can read our impressions here, we are a little surprised to see an Alpha test start this early – but also very glad that the game is coming along in such an impressive way. As of today, 20 September 2018, invites to join the New World Alpha have been sent out in waves and will look a little something like this....
Have a look at the new Ryzen 3 and Ryzen 5 processors with powerful in-built graphics. HOW MUCH DOES THE RADEON RX VEGA 56 COST? As is the case with our Radeon RX Vega 64 review, the RX Vega 56 model reviewed here is an AMD ‘own-brand’ reference board rather than a product you might buy in the shops. At the time of writing, partner-branded boards are available for around £390 inc VAT....
Here’s our full Anthem review, giving fans an idea of what to expect ahead of general release later this week. For more on Anthem, take a look at the best Javelin you can use, how to clean your Javelin and how you can track the tomb challenges too. Anthem release date and platforms First up, Anthem is out on 22 February 2019, and will hit PS4, Xbox One, and PC....
Maybe the courts won’t actually split Microsoft into two large chunks (Windows and applications) – sometimes referred to as Baby Bills. If the breakup does happen, the process will be long, painful, and wrought with confusion and surprises. But it also could be good for customers, particularly on the applications end. The Baby Bill that owns the Windows operating system would remain the centre of the computer industry. It would still be a near-monopoly, formidably funded and entrenched, able to yank the chains of almost every company in high tech....
Apple VR headset release date rumours: When will Apple release a virtual reality headset? So, the biggest question of all is “When will Apple release its virtual reality headset?” and while a lack of rumours suggests that we may not be seeing a finished product anytime soon, we can speculate based on rival headsets. The Oculus Rift, one of the biggest names in virtual reality at the moment, is available for pre-order now after years of development, with shipping due to start in March....
Asus’s ET2321IUTH is a mid-priced family PC in a slimline package with understated good looks. Priced at £799 it delivers performance better than we would have expected from its installed hardware and it’s also the only AIO PC we’ve recently reviewed to double up as a digital Freeview TV. The Asus Eee Top PC looks just like a standard 23in monitor, and unlike bulkier designs doesn’t give away the fact that there’s an entire PC fitted inside....
Blu-ray release date Avengers: Infinity War is out on home entertainment everywhere right now. If you’re in the UK you can get a disc version here or the digital here, and in the US you can get it on digital here or on Blu-ray and DVD. There are also special editions of the 4K UHD version exclusive to Best Buy and Target respectively in the US. We also know the core set of special features (which will naturally vary by format, edition, and region, so check before you buy), though so far there’s no sign of the rumoured extended ‘Thanos cut’ of the film, with an extra 30 minutes of the Mad Titan’s backstory....
However, you can get a taste of 11ac wireless performance on any Windows laptop, with the help of a USB adaptor built for the new upcoming standard. To feel the benefit of increased throughput, you’ll need a multiple-antenna setup. Modern laptops usually have their aerials arranged around the inside of the screen or along the hinge, and having them as far apart as is physically possible improves reception. That’s not so easy with a small dongle, though, which typically has one or two antennae inside....
Best free word processor LibreOffice Kingsoft Office Suite Free Google Docs You might not need a whole office suite, just a word processor. In case you didn’t know, Windows has one built-in: it’s called WordPad. It lacks many of Word’s features but may be all you need. If you must have Word, then here are a few ways to use Word for free. Now that Microsoft has made a concerted effort to switch everyone to a subscription model for Office 365, it’s even more tempting to opt for a free alternative....
When searching for a power bank to charge a laptop or console, you need to keep two things in mind: can it deliver enough power to charge my device, and is the battery capacity high enough to give the battery a reasonable boost? Laptops and consoles will not charge over a standard USB port: you need one equipped with Power Delivery. These can output up to 100W, but exactly how much you need depends on how much power is required by your device....
Even better, since it’s a standalone headset you don’t need an expensive gaming PC or console to power the VR – the Quest 2 just works, which makes it a perfect first VR purchase. While the Quest 2 headset got a $100/£100 price hike in July 2022, making it more expensive than ever, a new limited-time deal from both Meta itself and third-party retailers knocks up to $70/£70 off the headset and bundles it with two games....
