Marvel Studio “Black Panther” arrives on 11th June for Digital/Blu-ray and Dvd

Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther,” the highly celebrated story of T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman), a young African prince who takes on the mantle of King and Super Hero, has thrilled and inspired generations of moviegoers around the globe. Now, fans can bring home the phenomenon, packed with light-hearted fun, pulse-pounding action and a powerful message, and watch it over and over again, Digitally in HD and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and On-Demand on June 11. With both Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos immersive sound, 4k Ultra HD offers consumers a transformative viewing experience.

Through the 4K Cinematic Universe Edition of “Black Panther,” fans will experience the exhilarating adventure in stunning 4K Ultra HD with next-generation high dynamic range (HDR) visuals and Dolby Atmos immersive audio. Never-before-seen extras feature commentary from director Ryan Coogler; deleted scenes; outtakes; and several making-of featurettes, which detail the Black Panther’s evolution, the remarkable women of Wakanda, the history of T’Challa’s proud nation, and the cosmic origin and technological applications of vibranium. Also included are a roundtable discussion with “Black Panther” filmmakers and writers; a featurette tracing the countless connections between heroes, characters and storylines within the Marvel Cinematic Universe; and an exclusive sneak peek at “Ant-Man and the Wasp.”

The global cultural phenomenon of “Black Panther” has dominated the top spot of the UK box office for 4 weeks and is the second biggest Marvel film ever making £48.4 million behind Avengers: Assemble. In the acclaimed film, T’Challa returns home to the hidden high-tech African nation of Wakanda to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king, following the death of his father. But when a man named Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) appears, T’Challa’s mettle as king—and Black Panther—is tested when he’s drawn into a formidable conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Pitted against his own family, the king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and embrace his future as an Avenger.

The film features a fierce group of Wakandan women, including Nakia (Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o), a War Dog and Wakandan spy; Shuri (Letitia Wright), T’Challa’s little sister and tech wizard; and the Dora Milaje, the all-female Wakandan Special Forces led by Okoye (Danai Gurira). They team up with reluctant ally CIA agent Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman) to help T’Challa defend Wakanda against the forces threatening to destroy it. The action is intensified through a musical score by GRAMMY-nominated composer Ludwig Göransson and soundtrack curated and produced by GRAMMY Award-winning global superstar Kendrick Lamar and Billboard Magazine’s Executive of the Year Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith.

Three UK brings Gigantic Rainbow Dog Poo’s Land in London

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Yesterday (Sunday), Three brought a little bit of colour to the streets of London as it revealed a series of gigantic rainbow dog poo’s across the capital.
Known for viral hits such as the dancing Shetland pony and sing kitty advert, the bright dog-doodies were ‘pooped-up’ outside some of the city’s most iconic landmarks as well as alongside a series of dog-themed hot spots to tease their latest service offering.
The bright dog-doodies pooped up outside some of the city’s most iconic landmarks as well as alongside a series of naughty street names and dog-themed hot spots.

Social feeds were flooded with the multi-coloured poos as many passers-by snapped pictures of the unusual creations which were simply branded with the launch date of Three’s forthcoming campaign.

Shadi Halliwell, Chief Marketing Officer at Three UK, said: “At Three we believe in having fun. We are really excited about our upcoming launch and in anticipation, we wanted to bring a bit of that fun to the city. We hope that our giant rainbow poos brought a smile to a few faces and intrigued people as to what is to come. Stay tuned!”

Hive introduces GU10 spotlights and integration with Philips Hue

Hive has announced their existing range they have recently introduced Hive Light Dimmable GU10 spotlights, which are smart LED downlights you can control from anywhere, whatever your mood, whatever the room, with just a tap on the Hive app. On top on this, Philips Hue lightbulbs also now fully integrate with Hive devices too, giving customers even more choice and freedom at home.

Easy to install and set-up, simply replace an existing halogen downlight with the long-lasting LED smart bulbs and pair with the Hive Hub 360 to control via the dedicated Hive app. With just one tap, you can adjust individual lights to create different moods for each room or control groups of spotlights so if you are dashing out the door you can turn all your lights off in one go.

Whilst away you can give yourself a little extra peace of mind, by setting up lighting schedules to make it look like you are in. Or, you can have your home come to life around you by setting your lights to respond to night and day so as the sun goes down, your lights go up.

All Hive Lights are fully integrated with other Hive devices such as the sensors, enabling you to set up Hive Actions in the app so you can get your hall lights to turn on automatically when you walk through the front door, perfect for when your hands are full and you can’t get to the app.

The new smart spotlights help you to personalise lighting at home to meet your needs, so whether it is making dark mornings more bearable with soft lighting or creating the perfect warm ambience for a romantic dinner, they are a great way of making your home cosy.

The bulbs are available to purchase from today in packs of 6 or 10 and individually, helping make the home both smarter and brighter.

Prices start from £15 for an individual bulb, grouping functionality for Android will be live from tomorrow (Tuesday 17th April).

Review – Honor 9 Lite is it the Ultimate budget smartphone

The Honor 9 Lite – a “mixture” of several gadgets of Huawei, which combine glass panels. For example, in P10 Lite the back side is made up of two halves, and in Honor 9 the entire back panel is glass. Each of them has a special distortion of the glass. Available for £199.99 from HiHonor UK, and Amazon.co.uk.

However, in the Honor 9 Lite panel without distortion, like a mirror.

The rear panel is glass with a blue tint, the front side has a semi-glossy coating, creating the effect of mother-of-pearl. The side frames of the matte are metal.

Specifications

  • Body materials: metal, glass
  • Operating system: Android 8.0 Oreo, EMUI 8
  • Network: GSM / EDGE, UMTS / HSDPA, LTE Cat 4 (1/3/7/8/20 range)
  • Screen: LTPS LCD, diagonal 5.65 “, resolution 1080×2160 pixels (FullHD +)
  • Platform: HiSilicon Kirin 659
  • Processor: 16 nm, 64-bit, 8-core, 4xCortex-A53 2.36 GHz + 4xCortex-A53 1.7 GHz
  • Graphics: Mali-T830
  • Memory: 3 GB LPDDR3
  • Storage for data storage: 32 GB
  • Memory card slot: yes, microSD up to 128 GB (instead of the second SIM card)
  • Main camera: 13/2 MP, f / 2.2, 1 / 2.8 ” sensor, 1.25 micron pixel size, phase autofocus, LED flash
  • Front camera: 13/2 MP, f / 2.0
  • Interfaces: Wi-Fi b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.2, micro USB (USB-Host) connector for charging / synchronization, 3.5 mm headset / headphone jack
  • Navigation: GPS (support for A-GPS), GLONASS, Beidou
  • Optional: NFC, fingerprint reader, accelerometer, light sensor, proximity sensor
  • Battery: lithium polymer, 3000 mAh, fast charging
  • Dimensions: 151 x 71.9 x 7.6 mm
  • Weight: 149 grams

Contents of delivery

  • Smartphone
  • AC adapter
  • USB cable
  • Cover (may not be – depends on the country of implementation)
  • Warranty card

From the point of view of dimensions Honor 9 Lite is very steep: 151 x 71.9 x 7.6 mm, thin, narrow, and in height much smaller than 5.5-inch Apple iPhone 8 Plus. Weight is also only 150 grams. Smartphone 9 Lite perfectly lies in the hand, does not slip. The screen frames are as follows: from the top 10 mm, from the bottom 11 mm, to the right and left slightly less than 4 mm.

On the front panel, there are two self-cameras, light and proximity sensors, an indicator of missed events, a conversational speaker. It is loud, the sound is high-frequency without bass notes.

At the bottom end, you will find a standard 3.5 mm jack, the main microphone, an old micro USB connector and a handsfree speaker.

Right – power button, volume control.

On the left is a typical plastic combo slot for “sim” and a memory card.

The top is empty.

The back panel features a dark module with two lenses, a second microphone and a flash. Below is a fingerprint scanner.

Conclusion on the section: a beautiful, but a marvellous device with a good assembly, nice to touch materials, ergonomic design, the convenient arrangement of various elements.

Battery

The Honor 9 Lite uses a non-removable lithium-polymer (Li-Pol) 3000 mAh battery. A typical battery for similar gadgets. Frankly, you can already judge in advance about the average values of the smartphone: about a day with a maximum amount of time for the screen to glow for 3-4 hours, about 6 hours of HD video (MP4) for 100% brightness.

As usual, the smartphone supports working with two sim cards. However, one slot can be occupied by a memory card.

This device uses a screen with a diagonal of 5.65 inches. The physical size is 64×128 mm. There is an anti-reflective coating, quite effective.

The resolution of the Honor 9 display is FullHD +, that is 1080×2160 pixels, the aspect ratio is 18: 9 (2: 1), the density is 427 pixels per inch. Matrix from IPS without an air layer on-cell.

Viewing angles of the screen are maximum, no distortion. The brightness of the backlight is high, the screen does not blink in the light.

In the settings, there is an item with colour temperature. The function of protection of vision works: you can choose not only the on and off time but also the intensity.

  • Smart resolution
  • HD +
  • FullHD +

Apparently, this way you can influence the speed of the device and the time of “life” of the battery.

Battery

The Honor 9 Lite uses a non-removable lithium-polymer (Li-Pol) 3000 mAh battery. A typical battery for similar gadgets. Frankly, you can already judge in advance about the average values of the smartphone: about a day with a maximum amount of time for the screen to glow for 3-4 hours, about 6 hours of HD video (MP4).

In general, Honor 9 has two cameras on the front and back sides. This is done not only for marketing reasons but also for blurring the background – bokeh. The main and frontal cameras are 13 MP (f2.2, 26 mm), the rest is 2 MP. The latter participate only in the side, they can not be separately included.

Camera

The cameras are shot well: the correct white balance, not so many noises, a clear picture. The focus is fast and accurate.

In the photo mode, you can choose a digital aperture from 0.95 to 16. There is a function “live photo” – a simple response of Live-photos from Apple. Such photos are marked with a circle of dots.

Selfies are obtained for 4 out of 5 points. The picture is not always sharp and with a correct white balance. Bokeh – on 3 of 5. The screen acts as a flash.

Final Verdict

Offering an amazing combination of looks and features – Honor 9 Lite is an amazing device available in the market today and already the Ultimate Budget Champion of 2018 so far. It is offering great capabilities in the budget smartphone segment of the UK.

Honor announces two new budget friendly smartphones the Honor 7A and 7C

Honor, has announced two new smartphones, first Honor 7A, the most affordable camera phone with facial unlock technology and party-perfect smart recognition speakers. Providing a 5.7 inch FullView visual experience and 13 MegaPixel Camera, the Honor 7A will be available for £139.99 (three.co.uk, hihonor.com/uk and others in May)

The Honor 7A features high volume self-adaptive smart recognition which prevents distortion whilst boasting 88 decibels for clearer and better-quality sound. The device can also connect eight phones together to create a surround sound stereo effect – brilliant for parties.

An additional feature that makes the Honor 7A the ultimate party must have is the optimised audio monitor with less than 20ms delay – perfect for karaoke. With the 4.0 sound effects, users can hear their own voice whilst using the Karaoke App or Living Show Apps, creating virtual bass.

The Honor 7A features facial recognition to unlock the phone at an impressive speed of less than one second creating optimum privacy.

The fingerprint unlock option allows for safe online payment and is controlled by finger gestures.

“Honor is a pioneering online smartphone brand for contemporaries, and we have launched the sleek Honor 7A device to offer digital trendsetters cutting-edge technology with features including smart recognition speakers, facial unlock and a 13 MegaPixel camera,” said Michael Pan, President of Honor WEU. “Our aim is to provide the most affordable camera phone with innovative features to create a device for all life’s most important moments.” Wilkin Lee, Honor UK Sales and Marketing Director added “The 7A will be a great introduction to the UK market. We’re excited to bring this brand new handset to our Honor customers”.

Honor 7A
Honor 7A settings
Honor 7A

Key features include:

  • 13-megapixel rear-facing camera with autofocus and 8-megapixel front-facing camera
  • 5.7 inch 1440p x 720p + display with 16,700,000 colors, 283 PPI
  • 18:9 wide screen
  • EMUI 8.0 OS

Full Specs

Display

  • 5.7 inch 1440p x 720p + display with 16,700,000 colors, 283 PPI
  • 18:9 widescreen
  • Multiple-point touch-sensitive screen

Size and Weight

AUM-L29:

  • 152.4 mm (L) x73 mm (W) x 7.8 mm (T)
  • Approximately 150g (including the battery)

AUM-L41:

  • 152.4 mm (L) x73 mm (W) x 8.05 mm (T)
  • Approximately 150g (including the battery)

Operating System

  • Huawei EMUI 8.0

Processor

  • Qualcomm MSM8937, Octa-Core (4 x 1.4 GHz+4 x 1.1 GHz)

Battery

  • Typical value: 3000 mAh battery
  • Charging duration: approximately 180 minutes from supplied charger
  • Airtime: GSM: 31 hours, WCDMA: 18 hours.
  • Standby time: GSM: 898 hours, WCDMA: 921 hours, LTE TDD: 811 hours, LTE FDD: 826 hours, Dual-card: 349 hours.

Memory

AUM-L29

o   ROM: 16 GB

o   RAM: 2 GB

o   Expandable storage: microSD card (up to 256 GB)

AUM-L41

o   ROM: 32 GB

o   RAM: 3 GB

o   Expandable storage: microSD card (up to 256 GB)

Camera

AUM-L29

  • 13-megapixel rear-facing camera with autofocus

o   Photo resolution: up to 4160 x 3120

o   Video resolution: up to 1920 x 1080 (1080P)

  • 8-megapixel front-facing camera

o   Photo resolution: up to 3264 x 2448

o   Video resolution: up to 1920 x 1080 (1080P)

  • Mode: Panorama, HDR, watermark, timer function, and time-lapse mode

AUM-L41

  • 13-megapixel + 2-megapixel dual rear-facing camera with Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF)

o   Photo resolution: up to 4160 x 3120

o   Video resolution: up to 1920 x 1080 (1080P)

  • 8-megapixel front-facing camera

o   Photo resolution: up to 3264 x 2448

o   Video resolution: up to 1920 x 1080 (1080P)

  • Mode: Panorama, HDR, watermark, timer function, and time-lapse mode

Audio/Video

  • 1080P full HD video recording and video playback
  • Audio file format: *.mp3, *.mp4, *.4gp, *.ogg, *.amr, *.aac, *.flac, *.wav, *.midi
  • Video file format: *.3gp, *.mp4, *.wmv, *.asf
  • Image format: *.png, *.gif , *.jpg, *.bmp, *.webp, *.wbmp
  • 3.5 mm headset jack

SIM card

  • Dual nano-SIM cards (thats two sims and a Micro SD card all at the same time)

Other Connectivity

  • Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, 2.4 GHz , support Wi-Fi direct
  • Bluetooth BT4.2
  • USB 2.0/HS20
  • GPS/AGPS/Glonass

Colours

Blue/Black

The second smartphone announced today is the Honor 7C, which features a stylish ID design, with Face ID and a FullView visual experience. The Honor 7C will be available at the extremely competitive price point of £169.99 making it the most affordable dual-lens camera phone with face unlock technology.

The Honor 7C features dual-lens 13MP and 2MP cameras on the back of the smartphone and an 8MP dual-lens camera on the front as well as a LED softlight feature to capture stunning imagery anytime, anywhere.

It also features a 5.99-inch FullView Display with a high screen-to-body ratio, providing 1440×720 resolution in an 18:9 aspect ratio for the optimum screen usage experience.

“With the new Honor 7C device, Honor has provided the only dual-lens camera phone with a face unlock feature on the market at under £170” said Michael Pan, President of Honor WEU. “Offering a wide range of additional features such as the dual Bluetooth support and a three-card slot, the Honor 7C is the perfect phone for young professionals and bargain hunters always on the go.”

The Honor 7C will be available from 16th April onwards on www.Hihonor.com/uk.

Wilkin Lee, Honor UK Sales and Marketing Director said “We’re excited to introduce the Honor 7C and 7A to the UK market. Both handsets offer great specs at an affordable price leading the way in the entry-level smartphone market”.

The new Honor 7C is the latest in a line of impressive smartphones which offer sought-after high-tech solutions superior features and seamless performance at a budget-friendly price. Key features include:

  • Dual-lens 13MP + 2MP rear and 8MP front cameras
  • Metal body with 5.99-inch FullView Display
  • Fingerprint and face unlock
  • Three card slot for dual-sim + SD card
  • Dual Bluetooth support
  • Android 8.0 + EMUI 8.0 system
  • Snapdragon 450 CPU

FaceI ID and dual-lens cameras

  • With Face ID and fingerprint unlock, users are able to take advantage of multiple unlock methods that remove all the fuss of having to enter those pesky security codes, whilst ensuring that you are the only one who gets access to your phone.
  • Photography fans can benefit from the dual-lens 13MP and 2MP cameras on the back of the smartphone, and an 8MP dual-lens camera on the front, which allow capture of unique and professional-style photography, whilst the softlight selfie feature helps improve the quality of those important snaps!

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Exquisite Design and FullView Display

  • The stylish ID design incorporates a metal unibody with 2.5D TP glass to provide better feel in your hand and the 5.99-inch FullView Display with a high screen-to-body ratio to delight your eyes

Seamless User Experience

  • With three card slots to allow for dual-sim use and a third SD card slot, there is no holding you back whether using the phone for business and personal use, or simply running two sims from different countries for those of us who work and travel on the continent.
  • The Snapdragon 450 CPU with Octa-core 1.8Ghz frequency is designed to take advantage of the 3000mAh battery to run efficiently and without draining battery life.
  • What’s more, with dual Bluetooth support, you can now connect to two devices at once.

Full Specs of the Honor 7C

Display

  • 5.99 inch 1440p x 720p + display with 16,700,000 colors, 268 PPI
  • 18:9 widescreen
  • Multiple-point touch-sensitive screen

Size and Weight

  • 158.3 mm (L) x76.7 mm (W) x 7.8 mm (T)
  • Approximately 164g (including the battery)

Operating System

  • Huawei EMUI 8.0

Processor

  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 450, Octa-Core (8 x 1.8 GHz)

Battery

  • Typical value: 3000 mAh battery
  • Charging duration: approximately 180 minutes from supplied charger
  • Airtime: GSM: 38 hours, WCDMA: 24 hours.
  • Standby time: GSM: 622 hours, WCDMA: 721 hours, LTE FDD: 541 hours, LTE TDD: 548 hours, Dual-card: 379 hours.

Memory

LND-L29

o   ROM: 32 GB

o   RAM: 3 GB

o   Expandable storage: microSD card (up to 256 GB)

LND-AL30

o   ROM: 32 GB

o   RAM: 3 GB

o   Expandable storage: microSD card (up to 256 GB)

LND-AL40

o   ROM: 64 GB

o   RAM: 4 GB

o   Expandable storage: microSD card (up to 256 GB)

Camera

  • 13-megapixel + 2-megapixel dual rear-facing camera with a wide aperture range from F/1-F/7

o   Photo resolution: up to 4160 x 3120

o   Video resolution: up to 1920 x 1080, 30fps (1080P)

  • 8-megapixel front-facing camera

o   Photo resolution: up to 3264 x 2448

o   Video resolution: up to 1920 x 1080, 30fps (1080P)

  • Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF)
  • Mode: wide aperture, panorama, HDR, watermark, timer function, document scan and beauty food mode

Audio/Video

  • 1080P full HD video recording and video playback
  • Audio file format: *.mp3, *.mp4, *.4gp, *.ogg, *.amr, *.aac, *.flac, *.wav, *.midi
  • Video file format: *.3gp, *.mp4, *.wmv, *.asf
  • Image format: *.png, *.gif , *.jpg, *.bmp, *.webp, *.wbmp
  • 3.5 mm headset jack

SIM card

  • Dual nano-SIM cards

Other Connectivity

  • Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, 2.4 GHz , support Wi-Fi direct
  • Bluetooth BT4.2
  • USB 2.0/HS20
  • GPS/AGPS/Glonass

Sensors

  • Accelerometer
  • Proximity sensor
  • Ambient light sensor
  • Compass
  • Fingerprint sensor

Colours

Blue/Black

 

Football Manager Touch on Nintendo Switch

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Sports Interactive and SEGA Europe has announced the immediate release of Football Manager Touch 2018 on the Nintendo Switch as a digital download from the Nintendo eShop.
Football Manager is the most realistic, in-depth and immersive football management simulation in the world. Putting you in the hot seat of any club in more than 50 countries across the world, Football Manager allows you to take on the role of a real-life gaffer: you decide who plays and who sits on the bench, and you’re in total control of tactics, team talks, substitutions and pitch-side instructions.

FM Touch has been fully optimised for the Switch with a bespoke user interface and a customised control system that takes full advantage of the system’s various controller input options, including support for both the touchscreen and Joy-Con™ controllers. This gives fans a unique Football Manager experience that can be played on the move or docked at home and enjoyed on the big screen.
In addition, FM Touch on Switch will offer a fully-fledged single-player experience including the series’ acclaimed 3D Match Engine – the first time that the 3D engine has been playable on a home console.

“This is a milestone release for Football Manager,” says Sports Interactive’s Studio Director, Miles Jacobson. “This is our first console release in a number of years but it is also our most innovative release of Football Manager Touch to date thanks to the various control methods we’ve included that gives everyone a way of playing Football Manager that suits them.”
Football Manager Touch 2018 for Switch has been co-developed by Sports Interactive and sister game development studio Hardlight (the team behind Sonic Dash and Sonic Jump).
“It’s been a huge technical achievement to bring Football Manager to the Switch but, as a studio, we’ve embraced the unique design opportunities that the console offers,” adds Jacobson. “Thanks to the support we’ve had from Hardlight throughout the development process we’ve been able to create a Football Manager experience that is just as immersive and enjoyable whether you’re managing on the move during your commute or playing it on your TV.”

FM Touch on Switch includes the same feature set as the tablet version of the game. Some of the highlights include:

MANY WAYS TO PLAY
Start your managerial career at one of the world’s top teams, create your own club or tackle one of several management scenarios in Challenge Mode.
3D MATCH ENGINE
Football Manager’s acclaimed match engine and modernised match presentation help to bring your fixtures to life.
REAL WORLD SCOUTING
Play the transfer market like never before with a realistic and immersive approach to scouting.
TACTICAL INNOVATION
Developing your footballing philosophy is easy with tactical analysis steering you towards your strengths by highlighting your weaknesses.
BARGAINING POWER
A wealth of clauses and transfer options arm you with more ways than ever to finalise that blockbuster deal.
Football Manager Touch 2018 for Nintendo Switch is published by SEGA and is available as a digital download from the Nintendo Switch eShop.

Watch the brand new trailer for Disney.PIXAR Incredibles 2

Watch the brand new trailer for the “Incredibles 2,” Helen (voice of Holly Hunter) is called on to lead a campaign to bring Supers back, while Bob (voice of Craig T. Nelson) navigates the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life at home with Violet (voice of Sarah Vowell), Dash (voice of Huck Milner) and baby Jack-Jack—whose superpowers are about to be discovered. Their mission is derailed, however, when a new villain emerges with a brilliant and dangerous plot that threatens everything.

But the Parrs don’t shy away from a challenge, especially with Frozone (voice of Samuel L. Jackson) by their side. That’s what makes this family so Incredible.

Incredibles 2 bursts into UK cinemas on July 13th 2018

Welcome to the XR500 Nighthawk Pro Gaming WiFi Router from Netgear

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The XR500 Nighthawk Pro Gaming WiFi Router from Netgear uses state-of-the-art software to optimize your Internet connection by stabilizing ping, reducing lag spikes, and keeping you in the game with reliable wired and wireless connectivity for fast-paced gaming.

Personalize your gaming dashboard to view real-time bandwidth utilization by device, ping and many other parameters. Limit lag and get a guaranteed local connection with Geo Filter or enable Quality of Service for prioritized gaming devices and allocated bandwidth. VPN Client protects your network identity and prevents DDoS attacks. Blazing-fast 2.6Gbps WiFi speeds, Gigabit Ethernet ports, and a dual-core 1.7GHz processor make online and network gaming frustration-free and is powered by DumaOS.

Traditional WiFi routers can stream data to only one device in the home at a time. While great event Wifi rentals that can connect thousands of users exist, traditional WiFi routers that we use at home can only stream data to one device at a time. When multiple devices are connected to the router, each device needs to take its turn, and then wait before receiving more data. This can lead to slower network and Internet speeds. Using Multi-User MIMO technology, NETGEAR routers can stream data to multiple devices simultaneously. With MU-MIMO, your WiFi network can deliver faster throughput to every MU-MIMO connected device. That means faster downloads and smoother streaming for your devices.

Who won at the British Academy Games Awards

BAFTA has announced the winners of tonight’s British Academy Games Awards, which celebrated the very best in games of the past year. The ceremony was hosted by Dara O’Briain at Troxy, London.

What Remains of Edith Finch, the second game from BAFTA-winning developer Giant Sparrow Studios, won Best Game. Giant Sparrow previously won for The Unfinished Swan in the debut game category in 2013.
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, which explores the titular character’s struggle with mental health issues, won Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, British Game, Game Beyond Entertainment and Melina Juergens won in the Performer category for her role as Senua.
Super Mario Odyssey, the 3D platform game from Nintendo, won Game Design and Family.
Another eight games were winners on the night. The hand-drawn story puzzle game, Gorogoa, won Debut Game. Following its win at last year’s awards for Multiplayer, the team-based first-person shooter Overwatch won Evolving Game. Golf Clash, the real-time multiplayer game, won Mobile Game. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the action-adventure game, won the BAFTA for Game Innovation. The role-playing game Divinity: Original Sin 2 won in Multiplayer. Cuphead, the run-and-gun indie game, won in Music. Night in the Woods, the adventure game focusing on exploration, story and character, won the BAFTA for Narrative. The action role-playing game Horizon Zero Dawn won for Original Property.

The Fellowship was presented to Tim Schafer in recognition of his outstanding creative contribution to the industry and for his illustrious career in game design.

Here is the complete list of all the winners.

NOMINATIONS WITH WINNERS IN BOLD
FELLOWSHIP
TIM SCHAFER
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
CUPHEAD Development Team – StudioMDHR Entertainment Inc./StudioMDHR Entertainment Inc.
GOROGOA Development Team – Jason Roberts, Buried Signal/Annapurna Interactive
HELLBLADE: SENUA’S SACRIFICE Development Team – Ninja Theory Ltd/ Ninja Theory Ltd
HORIZON ZERO DAWN Development Team – Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
UNCHARTED: THE LOST LEGACY Development Team – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT
CALL OF DUTY: WORLD WAR II Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
DESTINY 2 Development Team – Bungie/Activision
HELLBLADE: SENUA’S SACRIFICE David Garcia Diaz – Ninja Theory Ltd/ Ninja Theory Ltd
HORIZON ZERO DAWN Development Team – Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT II Development Team – DICE/Electronic Arts
UNCHARTED: THE LOST LEGACY Development Team – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
BEST GAME
ASSASSIN’S CREED ORIGINS Development Team – Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft
HELLBLADE: SENUA’S SACRIFICE Development Team – Ninja Theory Ltd/ Ninja Theory Ltd
HORIZON ZERO DAWN Development Team – Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
WHAT REMAINS OF EDITH FINCH Development Team – Giant Sparrow/Annapurna Interactive
BRITISH GAME
HELLBLADE: SENUA’S SACRIFICE Development Team – Ninja Theory Ltd/ Ninja Theory Ltd
MONUMENT VALLEY 2 Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games
REIGNS: HER MAJESTY Leigh Alexander, François Alliot, Arnaud De Bock – Nerial Ltd/ Devolver Digital
THE SEXY BRUTALE Charles Griffiths, James Griffiths, Tom Lansdale – Cavalier Game Studios and Tequila Works/ Tequila Works
SNIPER ELITE 4 Development Team – Rebellion/ Rebellion
TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER II Development Team – Creative Assembly/ SEGA
DEBUT GAME
CUPHEAD Development Team – StudioMDHR Entertainment Inc./StudioMDHR Entertainment Inc.
GOROGOA Development Team – Jason Roberts, Buried Signal/Annapurna Interactive
HOLLOW KNIGHT Development Team – Team Cherry/Team Cherry
NIGHT IN THE WOODS Scott Benson, Alec Holowka, Bethany Hockenberry – InfiniteFall/Finji
THE SEXY BRUTALE Charles Griffiths, James Griffiths, Tom Lansdale – Cavalier Game Studios and Tequila Works/Tequila Works
SLIME RANCHER Development Team – Monomi Park/Monomi Park
EVOLVING GAME
CLASH ROYALE Development Team – Supercell/ Supercell
FINAL FANTASY XV Hajime Tabata – Square Enix/ Square Enix
FORTNITE Development Team – Epic Games/ Epic Games
OVERWATCH Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/ Blizzard Entertainment
PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS Development Team – PUBG Corp/ Bluehole, Inc.
TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX SIEGE Development Team – Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft
FAMILY
JUST DANCE 2018 Development Team – Ubisoft Paris/ Ubisoft
LEGO WORLDS Development Team – TT Games/ WB Games
MARIO + RABBIDS KINGDOM BATTLE Development Team – Ubisoft/ Ubisoft
MONUMENT VALLEY 2 Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games
SNIPPERCLIPS Development Team – SFB Games/ Nintendo
SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT
BURY ME, MY LOVE Development Team – The Pixel Hunt & Fig/ ARTE & Playdius
HELLBLADE: SENUA’S SACRIFICE Development Team – Ninja Theory Ltd/ Ninja Theory Ltd
LAST DAY OF JUNE Massimo Guarini, Elia Randon, Andrew Thompson – Ovosonico/505 Games
LIFE IS STRANGE: BEFORE THE STORM Development Team – Deck Nine Games, Square Enix/Square Enix
NIGHT IN THE WOODS Scott Benson, Alec Holowka, Bethany Hockenberry – InfiniteFall/ Finji
SEA HERO QUEST VR Matthew Hyde, Max Scott-Slade, Hugo Scott-Slade – Glitchers/ Glitchers
GAME DESIGN
ASSASSIN’S CREED ORIGINS Development Team – Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft
HORIZON ZERO DAWN Development Team – Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
NIER: AUTOMATA Development Team – Platinum Games, Square Enix/ Square Enix
SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
WHAT REMAINS OF EDITH FINCH Development Team – Giant Sparrow/Annapurna Interactive
GAME INNOVATION
GOROGOA Development Team – Jason Roberts, Buried Signal/Annapurna Interactive
HELLBLADE: SENUA’S SACRIFICE Development Team – Ninja Theory Ltd/ Ninja Theory Ltd
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
NIER AUTOMATA Development Team – Platinum Games, Square Enix/Square Enix
SNIPPERCLIPS Development Team – SFB Games/Nintendo
WHAT REMAINS OF EDITH FINCH Development Team – Giant Sparrow/Annapurna Interactive
MOBILE GAME
BURY ME, MY LOVE Development Team – The Pixel Hunt & Fig/ ARTE & Playdius
GOLF CLASH Paul Gouge, Alex Rigby, Gareth Jones – Playdemic/Playdemic
GOROGOA Development Team – Jason Roberts, Buried Signal/Annapurna Interactive
KAMI 2 Development Team – State of Play/State of Play
MONUMENT VALLEY 2 Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games
STRANGER THINGS: THE GAME Development Team – BonusXP, Inc./BonusXP, Inc.
MULTIPLAYER
DIVINITY: ORIGINAL SIN 2 Development Team – Larian Studios/ Larian Studios Games
FORTNITE Development Team – Epic Games/ Epic Games
GANG BEASTS Development Team – Boneloaf/ Double Fine Productions
PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS Development Team – PUBG Corp/ Bluehole, Inc.
SPLATOON 2 Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
STAR TREK: BRIDGE CREW Development Team – Red Storm Entertainment/ Ubisoft
MUSIC
CUPHEAD Development Team – StudioMDHR Entertainment Inc./StudioMDHR Entertainment Inc.
GET EVEN Development Team – The Farm 51/ Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe
HELLBLADE: SENUA’S SACRIFICE David Garcia Diaz, Andy LaPlegua – Ninja Theory Ltd/ Ninja Theory Ltd
HORIZON ZERO DAWN Development Team – Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
WHAT REMAINS OF EDITH FINCH Jeff Russo – Giant Sparrow/Annapurna Interactive
NARRATIVE
HELLBLADE: SENUA’S SACRIFICE Tameem Antoniades – Ninja Theory Ltd/ Ninja Theory Ltd
HORIZON ZERO DAWN Development Team – Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
NIGHT IN THE WOODS Scott Benson, Alec Holowka, Bethany Hockenberry – InfiniteFall/ Finji
TACOMA Steve Gaynor, Karla Zimonja – Fullbright/ Fullbright
WHAT REMAINS OF EDITH FINCH Development Team – Giant Sparrow/Annapurna Interactive
WOLFENSTEIN II: THE NEW COLOSSUS Jens Matthies, Tommy Tordsson Björk, Tom Keegan – Machine Games/ Bethesda
ORIGINAL PROPERTY
CUPHEAD Chad Moldenhauer, Jared Moldenhauer – StudioMDHR Entertainment Inc./StudioMDHR Entertainment Inc.
GOROGOA Development Team – Jason Roberts, Buried Signal/Annapurna Interactive
HORIZON ZERO DAWN Development Team – Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
NIGHT IN THE WOODS Scott Benson, Alec Holowka, Bethany Hockenberry – InfiniteFall/ Finji
PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS Development Team – PUBG Corp/ Bluehole, Inc.
WHAT REMAINS OF EDITH FINCH Development Team – Giant Sparrow/Annapurna Interactive
PERFORMER
ABUBAKAR SALIM as Bayek in Assassin’s Creed Origins
ASHLY BURCH as Aloy in Horizon Zero Dawn
CLAUDIA BLACK as Chloe Frazer in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
LAURA BAILEY as Nadine Ross in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
MELINA JUERGENS as Senua in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
VALERIE ROSE LOHMAN as Edith Finch in What Remains of Edith Finch

iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus (PRODUCT)RED coming to Three UK tomorrow

Three UK today announced it will offer iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition, the new generation of iPhone in a stunning red finish. Both phones sport a beautiful glass enclosure, now in red, with a matching aluminium band and a sleek black front.

Customers will be able to order the 64GB version of the special edition (PRODUCT)RED iPhone starting tomorrow, April 13 at www.three.co.uk and in all stores across the UK. iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus (PRODUCT)RED Special Edition are the latest in a long running line of (PRODUCT)RED Apple products, with a portion of proceeds going directly to Global Fund HIV/AIDS grants.

iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are a new generation of iPhone featuring a glass and aluminium design made with the most durable glass ever in a smartphone, Retina HD display, A11 Bionic chip and are designed for immersive augmented reality experiences. The world’s most popular camera is even better, and wireless charging brings a powerful capability to iPhone.

iPhone 8 Plus features dual 12-megapixel cameras and introduces Portrait mode with Portrait Lighting, bringing dramatic studio lighting effects to iPhone, allowing customers to capture stunning portraits with a shallow depth of field effect in five different lighting styles

Xbox Backward Compatible Titles & Inside Xbox new information

Last night’s episode of Inside Xbox on Mixer, Xbox announced a number of new Xbox backwards compatible titles as well as six Xbox 360 titles that will be enhanced for the Xbox One X including Red Dead Redemption and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

 

Also if you’re a Star Wars fan, there are six new classic original Xbox titles that will be playable on Xbox One consoles. These are:

Original Xbox games releasing on April 17th:

  • Blinx: The Time Sweeper
  • Breakdown
  • Conker: Live & Reloaded
  • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
  • Hunter: The Reckoning
  • Jade Empire
  • Panzer Dragoon Orta
  • SSX 3

Original Xbox games releasing on April 26th:

  • Destroy All Humans!
  • Full Spectrum Warrior
  • Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
  • MX Unleashed
  • Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory
  • Star Wars Battlefront
  • Star Wars Battlefront II
  • Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
  • Star Wars Jedi Starfighter
  • Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
  • Star Wars Republic Commando

You’ll be able to play all of these games on Xbox One through the disc you already own, or you can purchase them digitally in the Microsoft Store.

World Premiere – The Hunger Games – Film with Live Orchestra – UK Concert Tour

The Hunger Games will come to British shores in a world exclusive, with a full live orchestra as a unique cinematic concert experience.

Presented in stunning HD via a giant screen, the tour will bring to life The Hunger Games’ renowned and imposing soundtrack as never before with a full symphony orchestra. Beginning in Manchester on 12th July, the tour will then take in Liverpool and London before finishing up in Birmingham.

Based on the successful trilogy of young adult fiction books by Suzanne Collins, the film is set in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic future, telling story of Katniss Everdeen, who takes part in the Hunger Games – a televised competition in which the twelve districts of the country of Panem choose a person at random to fight to the death.

Having grossed an unprecedented $694million worldwide, The Hunger Games has won many awards – not least for the breakout performance by Jennifer Lawrence, including Best Actress at the MTV Movie Awards. The star-studded cast also features Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Toby Jones, and Donald Sutherland.

Tickets On-Sale:
London Pre Sale: Tuesday, 10 April 10 am
London General Sale: Wednesday, 11 April 10 am

All Other Dates Pre Sale: Thu 12 April 10 am
All Other Dates General Sale: Fri 13 April 10 am

Composed by James Newton Howard, who has scored over 100 films, and has been awarded a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, and eight Academy Award Nominations for his work, the emphatic score for The Hunger Games is as magnificent as it is bold. Canadian Indie Rock behemoths Arcade Fire also contributed to the movie’s original score, contributing the ominous Panem National Anthem ‘Horn of Plenty’.

Ticket prices
£66, £50, £39.50 (all dates except London)
£75, £55, £45, £35, £29.50 (London date only)

Tour Dates

July 2018:
12th: Manchester Bridgewater Hall
13th: Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
14th: London Royal Festival Hall
15th: Birmingham Symphony Hall

Nest Cam IQ heads outside with outdoor security camera

Nest Labs, Inc., architect of the thoughtful home, today announced the availability of the Nest Cam IQ outdoor security camera across Europe.

Offering leading imaging and intelligent features to serve up the most important, actionable information – like spotting someone unfamiliar in the garden – you can spend more time living your life, and less time managing the security of your home.

Instead of just showing you what’s happening, Nest Cam IQ outdoor is smart enough to differentiate between a person and your neighbour’s cat and can alert you accordingly. When it detects a person, it can send a person alert to your phone and will automatically zoom in on and follow the person in the frame so you can get better information about what they’re doing. And with a Nest Aware subscription, you can even get a personalised alerts that lets you know if its a friend or family member, or an unfamiliar person.

 

The Nest Cam IQ outdoor customer experience starts with a strong foundation of purpose-built hardware and software to help protect the outside of your home:

● High quality video. Just like the indoor version, Nest Cam IQ outdoor includes Supersight which lets you zoom in up to 12x and get an enhanced view of a specific area, like your garden, with its 4K digital sensor, HDR and 1080p HD video. It can also automatically zoom in and follow a person walking across your garden and show you a close-up tracking shot with a wide 130Åã view, and night vision with infrared LEDs evenly illuminates the area when it’s dark.

● Robust design: Nest Cam IQ outdoor’s extreme heavy-duty weatherproofing ensures that your security is tough enough to stand up to rain, snow, wind, and even the occasional spray with your hose due it’s IP66 rating. The power cable is concealable, so it is tamper-resistant, and offers a secure installation.

● Audio and visual theft deterrence. Deter unwelcome guests with the camera’s powerful speaker, which is 15x more powerful than Nest Cam Outdoor, and the HD Talk and Listen feature. When you speak through the app, the Nest Cam IQ outdoor’s light ring will also pulsate to draw an unwelcome guest’s attention to the camera.

● Built-in Security. The Nest Cam IQ outdoor is plugged into power, so you get 24/7 continuous live streaming at up to 1080p HD video to your phone, tablet or laptop. Video is encrypted on-device, using 128-bit AES with TLS/SSL secure connection, and two step verification offers an optional extra layer of security for your Nest account. Whilst over-the-air updates ensure your camera is automatically updated.

Nest Intelligence

Having a security camera doesn’t matter if you’re not watching your video stream at the right time, so the Nest Cam IQ outdoor comes with intelligence out-of-the-box, so you know what’s happening, when it matters.

● Person alerts. When Nest Cam IQ outdoor identifies that there’s a person within the camera’s field of vision – rather than a pet, plant or a shadow on the wall – it can send a special alert with a curated zoomed-in photo.

● Supersight. When you check the app to see what’s happening, you’ll see a high definition experience, including a full 130-degree view of the area, and a close-up tracking view of the person it’s detected. That means you can see images in more detail, as well as the overall context of the scene.

● Activity alerts. Your Nest Cam captures up to 2.6 million high-definition frames a day, which is a lot to scan through. Nest Cam IQ outdoor’s Sightline feature involves innovative algorithms that narrow down to the most relevant frames, so you can quickly and seamlessly see the story of each day, without missing a beat. It also pulls out key moments automatically and zooms in on the action so you don’t waste time digging through footage, and can send you an alert with a snapshot, so you can review what happened even if you missed an alert. A 3-hour snapshot history is accessible in the Nest app.

Nest Aware

With Nest Cam IQ outdoor, if a customer subscribes to Nest Aware, the camera gains access to advanced cloud-based algorithms to deliver  an extra layer of intelligence, as well as 5-, 10- or 30-day continuous video history starting from €5 / £4 a month.

● Custom Activity Zones. The ability to highlight specific areas within the camera’s field of view that you want to keep a closer eye on (such as the backyard) means you’ll only receive alerts when activity or people are detected in the areas that you specify.

● Familiar Face Alerts. Using powerful face recognition learning technology, Nest Cam IQ outdoor can help you identify, categorise and differentiate between family members and strangers. This means you’ll know the difference between when your child gets back from school, or an unrecognised person enters your home.

● Person Talking and Dog Barking Alerts. Sometimes things happen out of the view. When Nest Cam IQ outdoor hears a person talking or a dog barking it will send you an alert.

Pricing, Availability and Installation

Nest Cam IQ outdoor is available now for €379 EU / £329 GBP on http://www.nest.com/eu and retailers in countries around Europe where Nest products are sold.

Nest Cam IQ outdoor offers a tamper resistant design and hidden power cable that can be plugged into a standard indoor power socket delivering a secure installation. Customers may prefer to have a professional install the Nest Cam IQ outdoor for them – find a local Nest Pro installer to setup and install your camera.

Luxury Loudspeaker Brand Estelon launch the XB

The Estelon XB is the much-awaited addition to the Estelon X-Series. Sharing the signature E-lon shape with Estelon XA and Estelon X Diamond, it is a speaker designed for smaller listening rooms while keeping the hallmark of Estelon loudspeakers – the wide imaging, deep sound staging and thrilling lifelike dynamics.
The Estelon XB surprises its listener with a very defined and deep bass, clear and articulate mid and exceptional dynamics in high frequencies. The Model Estelon XB reproduces the finest nuances of music, giving the listener an impacting emotional experience.


DESIGN
The most noticeable and important technological advancement is the design and the materials used in building the Estelon’s speaker cabinet. Cast with the patented marble based composite and designed specifically to enhance the elements inside it, it is not simply an asthetic visual element, but one of the leading reasons why the sum of the speaker is bigger than its parts.

Estelon XB is available from www.estelon.com and prices to start from 28,500euros

TECHNOLOGY
The 220 mm German made Accuton bass driver uses a special ultra stiff ceramic – sandwich dome. FEA optimized overhung motor design with 38 mm titanium voice coil former guarantees very low energy storage and good heat transfer.
The mid-bass unit, developed by Accuton, is a sophisticated design with special attention paid to the titanium voice coil former and the surrounding air gap to provide maximum freedom from dynamic compression in conjunction with the use of a special ultra stiff ceramic dome.
It is valued for its midrange neutrality, mated to its own acoustic enclosure. All moving elements of the driver are ventilated for resonance-free response.
The new 25 mm high-frequency driver has an ultra hard ceramic dome and no ferrofluid filling. A unique FEA optimized underhung motor design with vented aluminium voice coil former and double neodymium magnet guarantees low energy storage, excellent heat transfer and high excursion capability for low power compression and ultra-low distortion around.

THE PREPARATION
Each drive unit is “broken in” by running a signal through them for several hours before selecting matching pairs of drivers for each speaker pair. When drivers in matching pairs, another ‘break in’ with a special signal is conducted. Finally, drivers are fitted into the finished cabinet for individual tuning.
The components used were chosen through hundreds of listening tests based on subjective musicality – drivers, Teflon hybrid capacitors, inductors, Kubala-Sosna internal wiring etc.
All of the aforementioned is unified by Alfred’s custom crossover, that enables the symbiotic performance of the elements after they are carefully tested – the crossover with Teflon hybrid capacitors and air core inductors is encased in a separate chamber to protect the crossover components from microphonic effect.