Eve V Tablet PC Ships with CalMAN Color Calibration

While Windows tablet PCs have generally not been on my radar when it comes to AV-related topics, a press release that arrived in my inbox today got my attention.  The Eve V is a fully crowdsourced product, not just the funding for development but also its actual design. Everything about it is the result of customer input. The feature that's of interest to color geeks is that each Eve V will ship from the factory with a custom CalMan calibration.

CalMan Client 3 comes preinstalled on each Eve V and handles the corrections necessary for the display to show accurate colors. How accurate? According to Martin Fishman, co-CEO of Portrait Displays "Referencing delta E, the industry-standard measure of color error, CalMAN can correct each Eve V so that the human eye can see no color error."

The Eve V is akin to Microsoft's Surface Tablet PC in terms of form factor. But interestingly, this crowdsourced device is available in five configurations, each of which costs considerably less than an equivalent Surface. And despite that,  the Eve V comes with the factory color calibration!

It's worth noting that you don't have to purchase a Eve V to enjoy accurate color on your laptop or tablet PC. CalMan sells all the tools you need to do it yourself, or you could have a calibration pro do it for you. But either of those options is bound to be costly and requires extra effort.

"CalMan is the same software used by the largest broadcasters, filmmakers, and post-production houses to ensure accuracy in reference monitors…" said Eve CEO Konstantinos Karatsevidis. "That is why we partnered with Portrait Displays, the world leader in color accuracy, to ensure that each Eve V is made as color-accurate as possible."

The five models, specs and pricing are as follows:

Anyone interested in the Eve V can get more info by clicking here. Preorders for this hyper color-accurate tablet PC begin December 4, for what it's worth.

About Eve Technology

"Eve-Tech is a consumer electronics company originally from Helsinki, Finland. Operating through a globally distributed team, Eve-Tech is the first technology company in the world that lets the crowd decide the features of its devices. The crowd-development takes place at http://www2.spectracal.com/e/ 2742/2017-11-30/3jcmrl/ 984297241, one of the fastest growing online technology communities. Interacting with and selling to end-users directly online, Eve-Tech delivers high-end products at decidedly lower prices than its competitors." – www.eve-tech.com

Source: Eve V Tablet PC Ships with CalMAN Color Calibration

Google’s Pixel C tablet gets a little love in Android 8.1 preview with new launcher features from Pixel phones

Android just keeps getting better and better on phones, but Android tablets are very much neglected. There haven't been any meaningful improvements to Android on tablets in years, but Google hasn't totally forgotten them. In the latest Android 8.1 preview, the Pixel C tablet has gotten just a bit of attention.

A quick recap in case you've understandably forgotten, the Pixel C was Google's last tablet release back in late 2015. It's still the only tablet in the Google Store, even seeing major price cuts in some regions, and it's also one of the few decent Android tablets available today, and the only one running Android Oreo.

Google has made a habit of quietly making changes to the Pixel C's software to better align it with the Pixel smartphones, from adding new navigation buttons to a fresh launcher in previous updates. However, in this latest update, we simply get some new launcher features.

As Android Police notes, the Pixel Launcher on the C in the latest 8.1 developer preview brings a few features from the Pixel phones over to the tablet. That includes the redesigned "app shortcuts" menu that debuted on the original Pixel on Oreo, and we also get the ability to use changing icon shapes and toggle notification dots. Further, the app drawer now utilizes the full size of the tablet's screen rather than being condensed to the center.

If you're still using a Pixel C, you can check out these changes by either signing up for the Android 8.1 beta program, or by sideloading the launcher update.

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Source: Google's Pixel C tablet gets a little love in Android 8.1 preview with new launcher features from Pixel phones

NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet Update Intros KRACK Fix & Nov. Patch

The newest NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet update is introducing the KRACK Wi-Fi fix and the November 5th security patch, alongside a few other improvements and bug fixes that will lead to the overall better user experience and improved security. This update brings the tablet up to version 5.3 and while the KRACK and Broadpwn Wi-Fi vulnerabilities are a main focus of the update there are other security improvements and fixes that are being introduced as well.

As mentioned above the November 5th Security Patch is coming along with this update, so in addition to the KRACK fix and the Broadpwn fix, all of the vulnerabilities that Google pushed out to Nexus and Pixel devices earlier this month are also part of the patch. There are also some improvements that NVIDIA has made to issues users have been having with Zagg Bluetooth keyboards. According to NVIDIA's release notes the update should fix any connectivity issues that people were having with these keyboards when trying to link them up with the tablet. For users who were having this problem, updating the SHIELD Tablet should allow you to bypass any intermittent problems and connect the keyboard and have it stay connected.

The last bit of detail that NVIDIA mentions in the release notes is that there are some overall improvements and optimizations that have been made to the security and the performance of the tablet, so using it should feel smoother all around. For SHIELD Tablet owners, this should feel like a pretty big update as the last one that brought the device up to version 5.2 was all the way back in May, even though the only big things this update introduces are the November 5th patch and the fixes for two big vulnerabilities that were quite concerning should the fixes have not been put in place. It's also worth remembering that this is an older device so there aren't likely to be any more updates that actually introduce new features, or any big ones at least. That said the security updates that are now out for the tablet are still important, and any users who still have the SHIELD Tablet and use it actively will want to update as soon as they possibly can.

Source: NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet Update Intros KRACK Fix & Nov. Patch

Clarks tracks footwear inventory with in-store mobile tablets

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Brief:

Clarks, a footwear retailer with more than 500 stores in the U.K., has deployed 4,000 tablets to track store inventories. The tablets rely on mobile data technology from Scandit, which bolsters Clark's Stock Assist app and lets salespeople quickly confirm if a customer's product choices are in stock, according to a press release.

Scandit's Barcode Scanner SDK powers the mobile data capture, allowing store staff to quickly scan barcodes on display products to obtain access to stock records, price, product details and photos. The scanning function is also useful for backroom staff who can scan a shoebox to retrieve product information for faster sales response, per the release.

Rafal Hartzhorne, omnichannel transformation lead at Clarks, said the app helps to speed up sales tasks for more productive and responsive customer service. Clarks also uses the Scandit Barcode Scanner, which reads barcodes even if they have been torn, damaged, worn or are blurry.

Insight:

Mobile technology is transforming the in-store experience, not only for consumers but also for salespeople who want to focus on providing better customer service to shoppers. Devices like tablets and other hardware can help to supplement the product information provided by salespeople, as evidenced by the partnership between Clarks and Scandit.

In addition to using mobile tech to monitor inventory, as Clarks is doing, retailers need to create personalized shopping experiences for customers that include keeping track of their preferences. A recent survey of retail industry executives by researcher PSFK found that 61% of respondents said shoppers value experiences over direct commerce, making that a key way for brick-and-mortar stores to compete against the pivot to online shopping. As a result, 68% of retailers will be investing in data tracking, collection and management and 55% for in-store experiences by 2020, according to PSFK.

An omnichannel approach is especially important as retailers face challenges from e-commerce companies like Amazon that have steadily eroded the customer base of department stores, shopping malls and big-box retailers. This data-driven approach means that retailers can adopt strategies that have been a core part of Amazon's methods of cross-selling, up-selling and offering special discounts to shoppers based on their personalized purchase history and product searches.

As PSFK's survey of retail executives found, 59% said consumers are willing to exchange their personal data for personalized services and product offerings.

Source: Clarks tracks footwear inventory with in-store mobile tablets

List of Samsung Galaxy Cyber Monday 2017 Deals: Deal Tomato Round Up Top Discounts on S7, S8 & Note 8 Smartphones & Tablets

November 27, 2017 00:08 ET | Source: Deal Tomato

SEATTLE, Nov. 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Deals analysts at Deal Tomato are comparing and recording the best Cyber Monday deals on Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets. These are the most popular deals for 2017:

Best Galaxy Smartphone Deals:

Best Galaxy Tab Deals:

Samsung's flagship smartphone, the S8, comes in two sizes: the smaller S8 and larger S8 Plus. The smartphones feature near-bezel less 5.8 and 6.2 inch QUAD HD infinity displays. Their fast performance, ergonomic design and powerful 12 megapixel rear camera have led to the S8 emerging as one of the most popular smartphones of 2017. Check out the full range of Galaxy smartphone deals on Amazon.

Online sales analysts at Deal Tomato track deals on popular consumer electronics, gadgets, home and outdoors gear throughout the Cyber Monday sales period. Online spending during Cyber Monday 2017 is already outperforming previous sales events, thanks to a higher number of shoppers and more deals on offer. Total spending in the holiday shopping season has been rising 5% on average since 2010. Spending reached a peak of almost $700 billion in 2016, according to research published by the National Retail Federation.

Whilst several years ago Black Friday was a day where hordes of shoppers descended upon stores across the country, more and more shoppers are now turning to the web to find the best deals. Over 100 million shoppers in the US shopped online for Black Friday deals in 2016. This number has been growing year on year, as highlighted by survey data published by the NRF.

Most retailers started running Black Friday deals on Monday November 20th and are continuing promotions until Cyber Monday.

The team at Deal Tomato are adding new Galaxy Cyber Monday deals to their website every day.

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Datos IO Targets Enterprise Customers for Cloud Data Management Use Cases with Latest Product Release of RecoverX 2.5

Datos IO Targets Enterprise Customers for Cloud Data Management Use Cases with Latest Product Release of RecoverX 2.5

Thursday, November 16, 2017 3:00 PM UTC

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 16, 2017 -- Datos IO, the application-centric cloud data management company, today announced a significant upgrade to its RecoverX software platform that builds on the momentum the company has achieved since shipping its first product in 2016. This includes onboarding multiple Fortune 500 customers, launching joint solutions with strategic partners such as NetApp and Cisco, and extending public cloud partnerships with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Oracle Cloud. As organizations expand their use of cloud-native applications while maintaining strict standards against ransomware threats and racing to meet GDPR requirements, the latest release delivers important new product capabilities, including advanced recovery features for near-zero RTO, enterprise security features and support for geo-distributed cloud deployments.

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RecoverX 2.5 – Cloud Data Management for The Data Driven Enterprise

Modern applications deployed in public cloud environments and across multiple clouds are emerging as the de facto enterprise architecture. This modern IT architecture is comprised of microservices-based cloud native applications being deployed on the elastic databases, elastic compute and elastic storage services of cloud environments, requiring a fundamental reinvention of data management.  

"The momentum we are experiencing with our customers is strong validation that data management needs to be reinvented for the multi-cloud era.  Like Veritas did for the traditional data center and Veeam did for virtualized environments, Datos IO is setting the standard for data management for modern applications and cloud workloads," said Tarun Thakur, CEO and co-founder of Datos IO. "With our latest product capabilities such as queryable restores, data-center aware backup, and advanced enterprise security, RecoverX 2.5 delivers to our customer's expectations and extends our technology leadership in cloud data management for modern cloud applications."

Datos IO's RecoverX solution is built upon CODR™, the company's seminal scale-out distributed data management architecture. CODRtm is rooted in elastic compute services for cloud applications, a distributed metadata catalog for data portability, industry-first semantic deduplication for backup storage efficiency of modern cloud workloads, and granular backup and orchestrated recovery capabilities – all geared towards aligning data management to be application-centric. RecoverX supports modern and cloud data sources in the digital enterprise such as MongoDB, Apache Cassandra, Apache Hadoop and Cloudera and supports data protection use cases including backup and recovery to/from/within the cloud, test/dev in the cloud, DR to/from the cloud and cloud instantiation.

"The rapid proliferation of business critical, 3rd platform applications built on NoSQL databases and Big Data file systems requires a re-evaluation of organizations' data protection strategy," said Ritu Jyoti, Research Director, IDC's Enterprise Storage, Server and Infrastructure Software team. "Datos IO represents a new breed of backup and recovery solution designed specifically to address the unique requirements of these new, modern applications." 

Datos IO RecoverX 2.5 builds on this unmatched technology innovation to offer enhanced value to customers, including: 

Advanced Recovery: The amount of data organizations need to protect is rapidly increasing but customers are constantly demanding faster RTOs to meet their business agility requirements and to address mandatory IT requirements such as those required by GDPR. These same organizations are typically building customer-centric applications that span hundreds of tables, with hundreds of TB's of data (aka "Big Data"), with change rates approaching 300%, yet they expect recovery times of just a few hours. To address this new class of recovery requirements, RecoverX 2.5 now delivers advanced features including queryable recovery enabling fast, sub-table level recovery, as well as incremental and streaming recovery, both of which reduce recovery times down to minutes and minimize storage requirements for large scale restore operations;

Backup Anywhere, Recover Anywhere: Cyber attacks like ransomware present a real threat and organizations need to protect their data across data sources, applications, and any geographical boundary. Increasingly, customers have database tables spanning multiple data centers and multiple continents, but they want their data to be backed up and restored at the granularity of a single data center location. RecoverX 2.5 now delivers on this requirement with support for local backup of geo-distributed applications enabling local data center recovery for faster and more flexible RTO;

Enterprise Grade Security:  Datos IO is experiencing massive adoption in large enterprise customers across retail, ecommerce, financial services and healthcare organizations all of which have significant security requirements. RecoverX 2.5 introduces support for TLS/SSL encryption, support for X.509 certificates, LDAP authorization and Kerberos authentication to deliver optimized security between RecoverX and data sources and integration with enterprise security management tools.             

Customer Momentum 

Datos IO continues to experience rapid growth in 2017, doubling its installed base in just the first half of its fiscal year, with 50% of its customers in the Fortune 500, spanning all major industry verticals.

In addition to recent customer wins including a Fortune 100 telco provider, and a Fortune 50 healthcare provider, examples of Datos IO customers include: 

Fortune 100 Home Improvement Retailer – this customer rearchitected their ecommerce application from a monolithic, on-premises-based deployment architecture to microservices based cloud native application, deployed on Apache Cassandra cloud databases, all running natively on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). With RecoverX, they achieved their required recovery SLA of one hour, reduced their backup storage cost by approximately 82% and automated their test/dev refresh process, enhancing DevOps productivity while supporting their continuous integration / development (CI/CD) methodologies.

Maxwell Health - this leading HR benefits management service was challenged with protecting their SaaS-based employee benefits application built on MongoDB databases running natively on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Using native tools, they were unable to meet their backup and recovery SLAs, and were incurring high monthly AWS S3 storage costs and developer productivity was hampered by a manual, script-based test/dev refresh process. With RecoverX automated backup and recovery, semantic deduplication and API-driven architecture they achieved greater than 90% reduction in backup storage costs, and reduced restore time by more than 30%, thereby meeting their recovery SLAs and increasing developer productivity by fully automating their test/dev refresh process.

World's Leading Online Restaurant Reservation Company – using a native backup methodology this leading online restaurant reservation service was challenged with high costs, a complex recovery process that hampered DevOps productivity, and the inability to meet their recovery time objectives (RTO) for their reservations application built upon sharded MongoDB clusters running in datacenters spanning two continents. Using Datos IO RecoverX, the customer achieved a dramatic reduction in backup storage costs with RecoverX semantic deduplication, met their RTO by leveraging parallel data streaming and single-copy restore, and eliminated operational complexity and improved DevOps productivity using RecoverX's policy-based management and automation.

Rich Industry Partnerships and Product Integrations

Datos IO is committed to supporting the richest ecosystem of cloud environments, applications, and hybrid cloud infrastructures. RecoverX already supports a broad range of modern technologies, including database sources such as Apache Cassandra, DataStax, Apache Hadoop (HDFS), Cloudera and MongoDB, cloud providers including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform and Oracle Cloud and storage and infrastructure solutions from Cisco, NetApp, Cloudian, Igneous Systems and VMware. 

Notable recent additions to the Datos IO ecosystem include:

Next Generation Data Center (NGDC) Workloads with NetApp and SolidFire: Datos IO and NetApp have partnered to provide robust and scalable solutions for storing, managing and protecting modern cloud applications that are prevalent in next-generation-data-center (NGDC) environments. The combined NetApp and Datos IO RecoverX solution provides complete storage performance predictability, enables rapid application deployment with guaranteed application performance and offers fully orchestrated backup and recovery for modern applications built on modern databases such as MongoDB and others.

Private Cloud Environments with Non-Relational Databases being Deployed on VMware: Datos IO RecoverX recently qualified as VMware Ready for the Application Software category, enabling customers to protect their next-generation applications and NoSQL databases deployed on VMware environments for private cloud deployments.

Amazon Web Services (AWS): About 60% of Datos IO's customers are using RecoverX natively "in" the cloud to protect modern applications. Based upon this customer momentum, Datos IO recently achieved Advanced Technology Partner status in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN), demonstrating its proven product merits for cloud-native applications and workloads, validated customer engagement and overall product enterprise readiness.

Cloudera: As a member of the Cloudera Connect Partner Program, Datos IO has access to a broad range of resources and support from Cloudera to ensure Cloudera's enterprise customers can leverage Datos IO RecoverX for backup and recovery, with unique features including file level deduplication across the cluster to provide storage efficiency at petabyte scale.

Channel Partner Program – Recognizing the critical role channel partners play in helping organizations navigate their digital transformation journeys, Datos IO launched its Rebellion Partner Program and welcomed new partners including Promark Technology, GroupWare Technology, Technologent, Evotek and others.

"Data protection is a critical enabler of digital transformations and creates an enormous opportunity for the reseller community," stated Ned Engelke, CTO, EVOTEK. "With their application-centric approach and new capabilities like queryable restore, incremental restore, and data center aware backup and recovery, Datos IO RecoverX is the data protection solution we take to our customers to address the new requirements of modern cloud applications."

About Datos IO

Datos IO is the application-centric data management company for the multi-cloud world. Datos IO delivers a radically novel approach to data management, helping organizations embrace the cloud with confidence by delivering solutions that protect, mobilize, and monetize their data — at scale. Unlike traditional data protection solutions that protect applications either at a VM-level or at a storage LUN-level, Datos IO has reinvented data protection by eliminating any dependencies on infrastructure constructs — thus, enabling a true application-centric data management approach. Fortune 500 and other leading companies including Ayla Networks, Barracuda, Maxwell Health, and OpenTable use Datos IO to protect, manage and recover data at scale and Datos IO has been recognized by Gartner's Hype Cycle of Storage Technologies in 2016 and 2017. Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, True Ventures, Network Appliance (NetApp) and Cisco Investments, Datos IO is headquartered in San Jose, C alifornia. To learn more, please visit http://datos.io/ and follow us on Twitter at @datos_io.

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Source: Datos IO Targets Enterprise Customers for Cloud Data Management Use Cases with Latest Product Release of RecoverX 2.5

What's the Best iPad Black Friday 2017 Deals? Cyber Monday Hero Lists the Top Apple Tablet Deals of 2017

November 24, 2017 12:01 ET | Source: Cyber Monday Hero

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The team of deal review experts at Cyber Monday Hero have rounded up the best iPad Black Friday deals for tablet shoppers in 2017. The best value deals this year are:

Apple's premium-range tablet, the iPad Pro is a high-performance machine that outperforms the majority of laptops. The integrated A10X Fusion chip and six cores provide the internal processing power, ensuring tasks like editing 4K video run smoothly on the device. The display has been noted for its ProMotion technology which makes it more responsive than other iPad models.

The iPad Air may have been superseded by the new iPad and iPad Pro tablets, however it remains a popular choice for those looking for a premium lightweight tablet. With a bright and highly responsive display, the iPad Air is easy to use and also runs multiple apps smoothly.

Browse the full range of iPad tablets on sale at Amazon here.

Cyber Monday Hero lists the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts available to shoppers on a number of popular consumer goods. Shoppers' appetite for online deals continues to drive Black Friday sales growth. The National Retail Federation estimates that in 2016 total spending in the holiday shopping season reached close to $700 billion, up 3.6% on the previous year. On average consumer spending has been growing at 5% each year since 2010.

Black Friday has evolved into an online sales phenomenon in recent years, meaning shoppers no longer have to panic about chaotic scenes in stores. During Black Friday 2016 more customers shopped online than in store, according to a survey undertaken by the National Retail Federation.

Black Friday 2017 lands a few days earlier this year on 24 November, with most sales kicking off online on 20 November. Online deals reach their peak on Cyber Monday, which falls on 27 November.

Stay up to date with the latest news on iPad Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals on the Cyber Monday Hero website.

About Cyber Monday Hero: Cyber Monday Hero compare the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals available on a range of popular consumer electronics products. Cyber Monday Hero participate in affiliate programs including the Amazon Associates program and earn income by providing links to Amazon.com and other websites.

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Black Friday 2017 LIVE: Argos, Amazon and Currys release UK deals as shoppers rush to buy

GAME has launched its full range of Black Friday deals at 8pm

The official Argos Black Friday sale is now live

Amazon has been cutting prices through the week but full sales will start tonight

Thousands of Blak Friday video game deals are live on Steam right now

Black Friday kicks off tonight at midnight with stores across the world cutting prices on electronics, cosmetics, toys and much more.

British shoppers hoping to score a deal in the sales are now headed for one of the busiest retail events of the year.

This year's Black Friday highlights include slashed prices on Xbox One bundles, Playstation's, Apple iPhone's, MacBooks and 4K Oled TVs.

Here are all the latest Black Friday updates from Amazon, Currys, Argos, John Lewis, Apple and others

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4.10am: Shoppers evacuated from Walmart 

Black Friday in the US will begin in less than an hour.

Last year a total $655.8 billion (£493 billion) was spent in America on the day.

That's the equivalent of $935.58 (£703.31) per shopper.

2.50am: Shoppers evacuated from Walmart 

Shoppers at Walmart on 411 Belvedere Road in Palm Beach County, Florida, have been evacuated due to a suspicious package.

Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said in a statement on Twitter: "Shoppers at Walmart on 411 and Belvedere Rd, we're sorry to say, but we need everyone to clear out of the area while we investigate a suspicious package.

"We need to make sure the Grinch didn't leave his packages behind."

1.15am: Luxury retailer Harrods refuses to take part in Black Friday rush

Harrods have decided not to take any part in the Black Friday deals extravaganza.

Managing Director Michael Ward said: "We won't do Black Friday, that's not in our DNA."

1.00am: Amazon launch best Nintendo Switch bundle for Black Friday 2017

Amazon have marked the start of Black Friday 2017 by launching the best Nintendo Switch bundle of the year.

The online retail giant are selling the Nintendo Switch Super Mario Odyssey console bundle for £279.99.

This is a £50 saving and the best price we've seen it ever offered.

The bundle includes the Nintendo Switch console, a pair of red Joy-Cons and a Super Mario Odyssey download code.

12.58am: Norwegian offer cheap flights on Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Popular airline Norwegian has launched its Cyber Weekend sale, which offers holidaymakers savings up to 30 per cent.

The discounts are valid across selected routes from the UK, with deals for flights booked on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Customers simply have to add a discount code at the checkout to receive the huge discounts.

The codes are BLACKFRIDAY17 for bookings made in the Black Friday sale, and CYBERMONDAYMUK for the Cyber Monday sale.

Thursday November 23

10.50pm: Best Apple MacBook Black Friday deals on offer NOW:

Here are some of the top picks on Apple MacBook deals for fans of the Cupertino-based tech giant.

Amazon is offering an Macbook Pro 15" with Retina Display for £1,679.

At Currys PC World you can snatch an Apple MacBook Pro 13" with Retina Display for just £1,149.

John Lewis has also joined the deals with £849 for an Apple Macbook Air, Intel Core i5, with 8gb RAM.

9.50pm: Argos sales are live – Here are the best deals

The Argos Black Friday sale has gone live with incredible savings on iPads, iPhones and Xbox One bundles.

You can now save £40 on a 9.7 inch 32GB Wi-Fi iPad for just £299, or treat yourself to an Apple Watch for £219 and save £30.

If you are hoping to score some household appliances, then you can grab  Nest Learning 3rd Generation Thermostat for £179.99.

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8.55pm: Top Amazon deals on Laptops could save you over £400

Here are some of the top laptop deals on Amazon right now.

Microsoft Surface Pro 12.3" • £649.99 – Saving £300

GET THE DEAL HERE

HP ENVY x360 15.6" – £849.99 • Saving £100

GET THE DEAL HERE

MSI GT73VR 17.3" Gaming Laptop – £1,999.99 • Saving £499.01

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8.13pm: Nintendo Switch Black Friday deals go LIVE on GAME

You can now pick several different Nintendo Switch bundles on GAME, to suit all of your Mario and Zelda needs.

A Switch console bundled with Nintendo's Mario Odyssey will cost you £309.99. 

Picking up the console bundled with Mario Odyssey and Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will cost you £349.99

Other GAME highlights include a 2DS console bundled with Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land for just £79.99.

Pokemon fans ill have ashcan to pick up the new Pokemon Moon and Sun Ultra versions fir £169.99 with a stylish Poke Ball edition 2DS XL console.

8.05: Some of the top deals you can pick up from GAME right now include:

Sony Playstation deals:

Sony PlayStation 4 500gb + Fifa 18 + GT Sport + 2 month NOW TV pass – £229.99

Sony PlayStation Pro 1TB  + Fifa 18 + CoD WW2 + Overwatch + 2 month NOW TV pass – £319.99

Microsoft Xbox deals:

Xbox One S 500GB + Rocket League – £169.99

Xbox One X + Gears of War 4 + Forza Motorsport 7 – £499.99

8pm: GAME Black Friday deals are now LIVE

Over 300 GAME stores will remain open tonight from 8pm till late.

Game said: "If you're looking to head into your local GAME store, then these will also be open from 8PM tonight with all our Black Friday deals on offer.

"We will aim to dispatch all orders sold and fulfilled by GAME within 7 days."

7.40pm: 20 minutes till GAME launches Black Friday GAME Deadline Deals

Video game store GAME will launch its massive Black Friday deals at 8pm tonight.

On top of its Black Friday event, the store sent a GAME branded bus to Meadowhall in Sheffield with a raft of Black Friday deals between 8pm and 1am.

GAME tweeted: "The GAME bus is coming to Meadowhall in Sheffield tonight, and it'll be offering oodles of #BlackFriday deals! 

"Mosey on over at 8pm to score some hefty savings on the year's best games! #GAMEbus Deals on the Go."

7.30pm: Black Friday deals on the SNES Mini revealed 

The incredibly popular Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Edition is back in stock aead of Black Friday after popular demand for the console never died down.

A number of GAME stores across the UK have hinted that they have the SNES mini available in store.

These stores included: GAME Brighton, GAME Carlisle, GAME Livingston and GAME Newtownards. 

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7.10pm: John Lewis massive Black Friday sales teased

UK's top department store has released a raft of discounts ahead of its big Black Friday event.

Some of the hottest deals include the Google Home Smart Speaker for £79, the Google Home Mini for £34 and the Samsung Galaxy S8 for £629.

Dino Rocos, John Lewis Operations Director, told Express.co.uk, "Black Friday is the busiest and most dynamic day in British retail and we are well prepared to make sure that customers get the products they want, either in our shops or online.

"Last year, Black Friday was the biggest week for sales in our 153-year history with sales up 17.6 per cent year-on-year.

"This year we have carefully planned for the event to ensure orders can be fulfilled without compromising on the level of customer service and seamless delivery we're famous for."

The John Lewis sale will run all weekend and will be topped off by Cyber Monday on November 27. 

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Black Friday: Steam's annual Black Friday sales offers heavy discounts on thousands of games

6.17pm: Steam Black Friday sales slash prices on top PC video game titles

PC enthusiasts hoping to expand their Steam collections, are inlace, because thousands of titles have gone on sale.

Valve's distribution platform offers discounts on Resident Evil 7 for just £19.99, Dark Souls 3 for £15.99 and Bethesda's Fallout 4 for just £9.99.

Other slashed titles include Shadow of War for £26.99,  VR phenomenon Star Trek Bridge Crew at £23.99 and Elite Dangerous at £8.99.

The Black Friday sale will continue until Tuesday November 28.

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6.03pm: Tesco's Black Friday deals offer toys and gadgets at discount prices

Black Friday sales are officially underway in Tesco stores, with massive discounts on TVs, Appel iPads and smartphones.

Shoppers hoping to catch a deal on an Amazon Fire Stick with Alexa can save £15 and pick one up for £24.95.

Star Wars fans or parents preparing for Christmas can buy a Star Wars Tie Fighter Drone for £119 – saving £30 on the gadget.

And if you are in need of a new Android Smartphone, then you can pick up the LG Q6 Astro Black 5.5 for £229.27.

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5.50pm: Apple reveals tempting deals on iPhones and MacBooks 

The Australian branch of the Californian tech giant has already launched its Black Friday sales, ahead of the rest of the world.

In Australia, Apple is offering its devoted customers gift cards worth up to £120 (A$210) to spend on Appel's line of products.

These include its iPhone smartphones, iPad tablets, wearable Apple Watch and the iconic MacBook laptops.

UK shoppers now have to wait and see if similar deals will be on offer in Britain.

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5.42pm: Black Friday strikes threatens Amazon distribution hub

Disgruntled workers at Amazon's main distribution hub in Italy are planing industrial action on Friday, trade unions have confirmed.

Unions have said in a statement that more than 500 Amazon employees at the at the Piacenza hub will go on strike after failing to secure a deal on bonuses. 

Amazon employs more than 1,600 workers at the North Italian site – the first to open in Italy after launching Amazon.it. 

The retail giant confirmed its commitment to a smooth Black Friday despite the setback.

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Black Friday deals: Apple owners are hoping to score discounts on the iPhone X and new MacBooks

5.32pm: Currys PC World offers massive discount on tech and gadgets 

Currys 'Why wait? deals kicked off last week ahead of Black Friday, with store wide its to laptops, TVs and gaming consoles.

Some of the hottest deals induce a £117 discount on the Sony PlayStation 4 and game bundle at just £299.99.

Shopper can also save £220.99 on a brand new Samsung AddWash Washing Machine at a price of £419.

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5.28pm: Amazon sales build up to big Black Friday deals

The retailing giant has been preparing for Black Friday all week, with daily deals on tech, games and consoles.

Some of the best deals so far have included cuts to Amazon's intelligent Echo speaker, its signature fire tablets and a range of gaming consoles.

Right now you can snag a Amazon Fire Stick with Alexa at 38 per cent of for £24.99 or the Echo Dot at 30 per cent off for £34.99.

You can also treat yourself to a Microsoft Surface Pro 12.3 for £649.99, saving you £300.

With new deals everyday, shoppers will need to act quick before stock runs out.

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Black Friday 2017: Currys PC World is offering heavy discounts on electronics and appliances

4pm: Argos teases gaming bundles and other gadgets

The Argos Black Friday Sale will kick off tonight at 9pm, but the retailer has already revealed some of its  most tempting deals.

Shoppers can hope to save £60 on an Xbox One x for just £169.99, or a PlaysStation 4 with Fifa and GT Sport bundle for £199.

To go together with the next-gem gaming consoles, buyers can pick up a 4K TV starting at £349.

Prices are also being cut on laptops, headphones and GoPro action cameras.

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3.45pm: Black Friday looks to be the busiest day of the year

Mark Steel, Digital Director at Argos, is preparing for fierce competition ahead of the annual sales event.

He said: "Last year we saw enormous volumes of traffic on our website and Argos apps during the Thursday evening before Black Friday as customers started to hunt for the big bargains.

"This told us there was a clear appetite from our customers to snap up deals that evening and that's why we've decided to launch three hours early this year.  

"This also means really dedicated bargain-hunters won't have to burn the candle and stay up into the small hours to get the biggest deals, as they have in previous years."

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'Things were dark, but cricket was my release'

Regrets? He's had a few. But then again, fewer than you might expect him to mention.

"I had a lot of problems but I wouldn't swap what I did, because of the love of playing for Durham and England," says Steve Harmison, the former England fast bowler. "There were times when things were dark, but there was times when cricket was my release. I was a maverick, for want of a better word. I could win a game in a spell, or go at nine an over and lose it there and then."

Where Ashes series are concerned, this truism has been distilled into a handful of identifiable deliveries. The elbow clanger to Justin Langer and the cobra bite to Ricky Ponting's cheek at Lord's - early indications in that seismic summer of 2005 that Australia were about to face a challenge such as they had never before encountered.

One Test later, that slower ball to Michael Clarke and that desperate looping rib-tickler to Michael Kasprowicz at Edgbaston - moments recalled with freeze-frame clarity by a generation of England cricket fans, who had been taken to the brink and left there to dangle before that moment of sweet release.

And then, on the first morning of the Ashes rematch in 2006-07, at Brisbane's infamous "Gabbatoir" no less - that ball, that wide. That powder-puff, biomechanic apology of a misfire that curled straight into the hands of Andrew Flintoff at second slip and signalled - symbolically at least - the surrender of the urn that England had worked themselves to a standstill to earn 18 months earlier.

"When we went to Australia in 2006-07, only four players turned up," Harmison says. "And of the three or four senior players who didn't turn up, I was probably top of the tree."

Looking back on that delivery, a little over a decade ago, it's hard now to recall quite how much of a passion-killer it really was. There were other deliveries in the course of England's 5-0 whitewash, and plenty other disappointments - mere mention of the word "Adelaide", for instance, cricket's own version of the "Scottish play", still brings fans of a certain disposition out in hives.

And yet, that first delivery stands the test of time - as symbolic a shortcoming as has ever been served up on such a grand stage. As James Alexander Gordon might have said to the massed ranks of England fans in the Gabba that morning, "if you don't want to know the result, look away now".

"It wasn't so much the first ball itself but the build-up," Harmison says now. "I needed a lot of bowling to get my rhythm going, but I felt my side go in our final warm-up game in Adelaide, so I took the precautionary option of not playing. So I didn't have 25 overs under my belt going into the Test. I felt good in practice, but then I got to the top of my mark "

Rewatching the footage of that fierce first morning, the main thing that strikes you is the noise. The tribal roar of a packed amphitheatre, tracking Harmison's every step to the wicket, followed by a slightly baffled change of key as Langer shapes to leave well alone, and a renewed outburst of derision as umpire Steve Bucknor spreads out his arms to signal the inevitable. Yes, it was just a solitary moment in time. But what a time, and what a message to relay to the most hostile audience in the sport.

"It's one of those things, as a big tall bowler, you only have to be a little bit out," Harmison says. "I was in no position to let go of the ball. Your front arm leads and your bowling arm follows. And I had no control. It came off my third finger and looped into Andrew's hand. If you freeze the action, you can see I'm losing my left side. I was trying far too hard to bowl too fast.

"It could have gone behind me. Did I freeze? Possibly. I just think I tried too hard."

England's players mob Steve Harmison after he took the final wicket in dramatic style Getty Images

Harmison remains adamant that the moment caused no lasting damage to England's hopes on that ill-fated tour. "That first ball didn't set the tone. Australia were so much up for it, and ready. The England team weren't good enough then.

"It affected me for about eight hours, when I look back on it. Two soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on that same day, around the same time. And when I watched the news that night, I thought 'what has the world come to?'"

But there was, he admits, an underlying guilt at his performance, both in that match and on the trip in general, in which he claimed 10 wickets at 61.40 in the five Tests. "The disappointing thing was one of my best mates in life was the man in charge. And my performance was probably the worst I've been on tour."

That mate, of course, was Flintoff - "Freddie" to the wider public, but very resolutely "Andrew" to his closest acquaintance. Their friendship was famously forged on an Under-19 tour to Pakistan in 1996-97, when Harmison suffered his first attack of what was then euphemistically described as "homesickness". With Flintoff's help, he found a means to abandon the trip, and they remained as close as twins thereafter.

Attitudes to mental illness in sport have become considerably more enlightened in the eight years since the last of Harmison's 63 Tests - and the bouts of depression that he so clearly endured in the course of his England career can now be called out for what they really were, as he freely admits in his eloquent and at times moving autobiography, Speed Demons.

"The problem with me was when the doors shut," he says. "Andrew and I always shared a room on tour, but once the doors shut and I was on my own, that's when I was struggling. I'm the most destructive person in my own company. I still am now.

"I was at my worst when I was injured," he adds. "The physios would stick injections in me, I'd have tablets coming out of my backside, because playing was my release, my therapy. I think I would have been a hell of a lot worse if I'd come out and been honest, because I always felt I was one bad game from never playing again for England."

And in fact it was Flintoff, not Harmison, who was first to follow the lead of their team-mate, Marcus Trescothick, and admit - in a documentary in 2012 - how even a player so naturally ebullient as he had endured episodes of depression both during his career, and especially, after it, when his England days were ended prematurely in 2009 by a chronic knee injury.

"Even now, you watch him on TV, the guy you see on League Of Their Own, that's Freddie, and he's fantastic. But the guy I know is Andrew. He's earning a lot of money, and he's so well thought of, the world loves him at this moment in time, but Andrew loved that game of cricket. Apart from his family, cricket was his biggest single love."

Some of the darkest days for Flintoff occurred on that 2006-07 tour, when as captain he found himself powerless to resist Australia's determination to regain the urn, and found too few of his team-mates willing or able to step up in his support.

"Cricket is played by human beings, not robots or egotistical prima donnas. They are real people"

"I knew something wasn't right with Andrew," Harmison says. "He was the right man to captain England at that time - Andrew Strauss would have got beat 5-0 as well. He wanted to take on Australia by himself, because when you are the leader you stand up to be counted. But he suffered in silence. He didn't have people close to him during that period. In particular, his relationship with Duncan Fletcher went downhill, because Duncan struggled to talk to people individually."

The England team's social arrangements on that tour were, at times, particularly dysfunctional, not least over the Christmas period in Melbourne, when the players were billeted in an upmarket apartment block with their families - or in rather miserable isolation, in the case of the squad's many singletons, not least Monty Panesar, another ex-England player who has had to face his demons in recent years.

It was all far removed from the tours on which Harmison would evoke, perhaps unwittingly, the spirit of Ian Botham, and make his hotel-room into the social hub of an England campaign.

"I used to take a dartboard, I had hundreds of DVDs," he says. "I would raid Cadburys before every tour, especially to the subcontinent, and stuff my suitcases with sweets and Haribos. I needed people to come into my room, Swanny nicknamed it the 'Harmison Arms'. It would be stinking hot in there, no windows, but someone would ring room service and shout anyone want a beer. We'd get in 20 of them, chuck buckets of ice in the bath, and do it all again tomorrow.

"Think of a pub when you're comfortable and relaxed," he says. "You can have a meal, have a game of darts, the internet was there I was in my element. I'd rarely watch any of the films but sitting in my chair without people to interact with, I'd be climbing the walls."

And that, in essence, is what happened to Trescothick on the tour of India in 2005-06, and again ahead of the Ashes the following winter, when he was spirited out of the firing line by an England management who, even that recently, were unable to confront his mental struggles and instead dressed his condition up as a "mystery virus".

"Talking to Marcus, when he struggled in India, he shut himself off in his room and was alone with his thoughts," Harmison says. "If I'd known he was as bad as he was Christ, I'd have taken the whole lot to his room.

"Good team-mates pick up on things, and I had people I was close to that I could share it with," he adds. "This was all new to Marcus. He didn't know what he was going through. If only I'd known."

In spite of rising to become such a central figure in England's social set-up, Harmison's relationship with his sporting fame has rarely been less than ambivalent - a feeling that was set in motion by his very earliest encounters with the national squad, back in the summer of 2000.

At that time, right on the cusp of the central contract revolution that would change the landscape for Harmison's generation of players, the England dressing-room remained a jealous and petty environment, with the individuals therein more fearful of personal failure than motivated by collective success.

It certainly was not a welcoming environment for a gawky new boy from county cricket's youngest club. "I was from a football background and didn't know what cricket was," he says. "I'm from a football background, Durham were eight years old in 2000. I'd played 30-35 matches in my career. I don't know what international cricket was, and now I'd been picked to go to Lord's."

Harmison elaborates on a tale that he tells in his autobiography, one that brought home to him, at the age of 21, the absurdity of his sudden elevation.

Friends reunited: Steve Harmison and Andrew Flintoff Getty Images

"I was on the train down from Newcastle, and a group of kids with special needs were in the same carriage, on their way to the museum at York. I thought should I move, but actually I enjoyed their company because it was their day out and also my day out, because I was going to London in the squad to play cricket for England.

"Pulling in at York, a right old battleaxe got up and started telling the kids exactly what will happen. 'Anyone move,' she said, 'they'll be straight back on the train'. And then she did a headcount, 'One, two, three ' and looked at me.

""Who are you and what are you doing?' And honestly my backside fell out. I looked at her and said 'I'm Stephen and I'm going to play cricket for England in London ' She just pointed at me and said 'Four ' and that was about right.

"They were having their day out, I was having mine, when I got to Lord's, I didn't get picked in the Test match, I spent three days there on an experience, and when I left to go back to Durham, part of me was thinking I wish I'd got off at York and gone with those kids, because I would have had a better time.

"I wanted to be around people who wanted to be together, be a group and do something meaningful. The era I came into didn't have structure, but the system was better when I left. The players were better, and stronger."

Harmison strikes a curious note in an otherwise sympathetically pitched autobiography when he revisits the events of England's last trip to the Gabba, in 2013-14, and Jonathan Trott's hasty departure from the tour, in the wake of his twin dismissals by the ferocious pace of Mitchell Johnson.

Trott, Harmison wrote, had displayed mental "weakness" rather than mental "illness" in his actions, in particular when Trott spoke about the incident some months later and insisted that he was not a "nutcase".

"I was quite critical of him," he says. "I'm just going from what I've seen with my eyes and what he's said in interview. I've got no doubt he was feeling down, but the words he was using weren't those of a person who had suffered. But on the other hand, was he just trying to show the bravado? Trying to show he was not weak? It could be he just didn't put it across right and, if that's the case, I take everything back."

Or it could just have been the intimidation factor of the Gabba that tipped Trott over the brink on that tour, much as Harmison himself might recall from his own fateful day 11 years ago.

"Cricket is played by human beings, not robots or egotistical prima donnas who are kept away from everything," he says. "They are real people." And through triumph and occasional high-profile failure, the sport is all the greater for that fact.

Source: 'Things were dark, but cricket was my release'

UPDATE: Police release name of Haverhill woman killed in I-495 crash

ANDOVER — Police have identified the woman who died in a five-car crash on Interstate 495 southbound this morning as Maureen Bonnell, 59, of Haverhill.

Troopers from the Massachusetts State Police Andover barracks responded to reports of the crash at around 6:40 a.m., where trooper Thomas Hollow discovered a 2010 Honda CRV driven by Bonnell had struck at 2015 GMC Sierra pickup truck from behind, according to a press release issued by state police Tuesday morning.

The driver of the GMC Sierra, a 57-year-old man from South Berwick, Maine, suffered injuries that were not life-threatening and was transported to Lawrence General Hospital.

Three other vehicles were involved, including a Toyota 4Runner driven by a 51-year-old man from Newton, New Hampshire, a Chevrolet Impala driven by a 22-year-old man from North Andover, and a Mazda 3, driven by a 54-year-old woman from Farmington, New Hampshire, but none of the drivers were injured.

State police said a "preliminary investigation indicated traffic was slow or at a near standstill prior to the crash, due to regular commuters, when the Honda CRV struck the GMC Sierra at a speed greater than that of the other traffic." 

The crash caused considerable traffic delays, as the right two lanes were closed until the scene was cleared just before 9 a.m. 

The crash remains under investigation by troopers assigned to State Police Andover barracks.

Reporter Breanna Edelstein contributed to this story.

Source: UPDATE: Police release name of Haverhill woman killed in I-495 crash

Tablets and Capsules Packaging Market Size & Share Set for Accelerated Growth by 2024

Sarasota, FL -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/20/2017 -- Packaging is the technology used to safeguard product existing in any form, from getting damaged and contaminated specifically the consumables such as medicines and pharmaceuticals, and food and liquids. The packaging of medicines such as tablets and capsules demands high seal integrity, preventing accidental misuse, dosage direction, patient compliance, and delivery of products in complex transportation. The overall manufacturing process and machinery are majorly designed in a fully automatic way to avoid direct human contact which may lead to drug contamination. Pharmaceuticals packaging designs are based on the user's convenience, child resistance, and easy dispensing.

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Tablets and capsules manufacturing and packaging comprise various complex processes and composed materials. Thus based on the types of material used fo r tablets and capsules packaging, the global market is segmented as monolayer polyvinyl chloride PVC, polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), chlorotriflouroethylene (CTFE), polystrene (PS), and aluminum blister foil. Further, based on the packaging products, the market is classified as blister, strip, and bottle. Various technological equipment used in packaging process is segmented as thermoforming and cold foaming, which are further sub-segments of the blister packaging methods as well as glass and plastic are the sub-segments of bottled type packaging. Based on end-user application, the market is segmented as pharmaceuticals and medical application. Geographically, the global fast moving consumer goods packaging market is segmented as North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Rest of World.

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Constant technological advancements and mo difications based on tablets and capsules directly impact the demand for tablets and capsules packaging. Rising number of the hospitalization and consumers' preference to preventive health check is also driving the market growth. Growing pharmaceuticals industries around the globe are also fostering the growth of tablets and capsule market. Further, government taking medical initiatives in many developing countries to maintain the health rate of the population is one of the vital factors responsible for boosting the demand for tablets and capsule packaging. The combination of creativity and packaging ideology to ease the delivery system and make the packaging more convenient for the consumers in terms of dosage are the developmental factors impacting the growth of the capsule and tablet packaging market positively. Strict regulations by regulatory bodies to reduce the adverse effects on human body owing to packaging materials may restrain the growth of the tablets and capsules packa ging market to some extent.

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Geographically, Asia Pacific is accounted as the leading market player for tablets and capsule packaging owing to significant growth in population and consecutive demand for medicines followed by North America and Europe.

Some of the major players dominating the global tablets and capsule packaging market include Marchesini Group S.P.A, Bausch Strobel, Maschinenfabrik Ilshofen GmbH+Co., Robert Bosch GmbH, I.M.A. Industrial Machine Automatic S.P.A., Korber AG, 7 MG2 SRL, Multivac Group, Romaco Pharmatechnik GmbH, Uhlmann Group, and Optima Packaging Group GmbH.

Source: Tablets and Capsules Packaging Market Size & Share Set for Accelerated Growth by 2024

SuperTuxKart Racing Game Now Available on Android, New Release Adds Many Changes

The developers of the SuperTuxKart open-source and cross-platform racing game built around the Linux mascot Tux the penguin announced today the release of SuperTuxKart 0.9.3.

Previously in RC state, the SuperTuxKart 0.9.3 release comes four and a half months after the previous version, and it brings awesome news for the fans. The big news for this release is that for the first time, users can now enjoy SuperTuxKart on the go, on their Android smartphone or tablet, as the game hit Google Play store.

As for the cool new features added in SuperTuxKart 0.9.3, we can mention a new "Cornfield Crossing" track set in a farm, new "Candela City" nighttime track in the European city, new "Las dunas stadium", arena for the battle mode, as well as updated karts with new graphical effects like exhaust smoke and headlights.

On top of that, there's now a new kart, Kiki, the mascot for the Krita popular open-source digital painting software, the Hexley, Konqi, and Wilber karts received improvements, a new mesh format is now available, which is optimized for space and hardware skinning, and in-game screen recording is finally here.

"Most of those tracks have been part of previous gift packages, and as we have promised we are now making them available for everyone," said the devs in today's announcement. "Another major news is that for the first time, SuperTuxKart is available on Android! You can find it in the Google app store."

Reduced RAM and VRAM usage, better loading times

Under the hood, the game received numerous optimizations and performance improvements for reduced RAM and VRAM usage, better loading times. SuperTuxKart 0.9.3 also got a bunch of physics and graphical enhancements, a new, smoother camera, improved gamepad configuration, and dozens of bug fixes.

Also, the mipmap generator is now of higher quality, wall driving was improved, as well as the cannon, parachutes, and GP points. In the meantime, work on the networked multiplayer continues in the background as the developers now wait for a WAN version, and initial work started to play the game in a Steam environment.

For now, the game can pick your Steam username and avatar, but the devs can't yet publish the game on Valve's Steam digital distribution platform because of legal issues related to the fact that they don't have a company in place. Until SuperTuxKart hits Steam, you can download version 0.9.3 for GNU/Linux, as well as macOS and Windows right here.

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Source: SuperTuxKart Racing Game Now Available on Android, New Release Adds Many Changes

Police release video showing possible armed home invasion suspects

OKLAHOMA CITY — Police are searching for multiple suspects following an armed home invasion.

"My 3-year-old was just hiding under the covers," the homeowner, who wanted to remain anonymous, told News 4.

It happened around 8:30 a.m. Thursday in southwest Oklahoma City. The homeowner said she left the door open while taking her daughter to school.

"I got back, and it was locked but I was like, oh, I got a key," she said. "So, I try to open it, but some black guy opened it for me, pointed a gun to my head."

The suspect, along with multiple others, then started making demands.

The homeowner said all she could think about was her husband and kids, who were asleep but quickly woke to the chaos.

"At first, they were like get on the floor, get on the floor, don't look at us," the woman said.

Then, they demand a long list of things, including cash.

"When my husband opened the safe, when they had I guess what they wanted, they told us to go to the restroom and just locked us in there," she said.

The suspect's got away with cell phones, tablets, guns and about $6,000 in cash.

Before they got away, the woman's husband tried to stop them.

"The homeowners did fire rounds. However, it's not believed that he actually struck any of the suspects," said Megan Morgan with the OCPD.

Fortunately, nobody in the family was hurt.

"I was like 'don't do anything to us, my babies are here.' They were like 'we won't do anything to the kids.' I was like everybody says that. I'm like I don't trust you," she said.

So far, no arrests have been made.

The victims told police that three men entered her home.  One of the men was a bald African-American with a medium build who was wearing a black sweater.  Another suspect is described as a bald white male with a skinny build who was wearing glasses and a grey sweater.  The third suspect is described as an overweight African-American male who had a shirt over his face.

Police have since released surveillance video from the area that shows two men walking in the area at the time of the robbery.

Authorities would like to speak with the men regarding information they may have about the crime.

If you have any information that could help police, please call Crime Stoppers at (405)235-7300.

Police want to identify these two men who were in the area at the time of the home invasion/burglary

Source: Police release video showing possible armed home invasion suspects

Apple Pushes HomePod Release to 2018

Earlier this year, Apple announced that it would be releasing its first smart speaker called the HomePod in late 2017. If you were holding out for one of these new devices, you will have to wait a little bit longer.

The company announced today that they will be delaying the HomePod until early 2018 by releasing the following statement:

We can't wait for people to experience HomePod, Apple's breakthrough wireless speaker for the home, but we need a little more time before it's ready for our customers. We'll start shipping in the US, UK and Australia in early 2018."

There are a few things to note here about this, the first is that the delay pushes this past the holiday shopping season. For Apple, this may not be a big deal as their products tend to sell well no matter when they are released but it does make you wonder what the issue is with the device.

Considering it was announced with a six-month window to finalize and build the product, the issues must have been serious to warrant this move. But on the other hand, this is a good thing (for those who are buying it) for the consumer as shipping a buggy product is worse than not shipping one at all.

What this does mean though is that Google, Amazon and even Microsoft will have digital home assistants for sale this year and that Apple will be late to the party. Does that matter? Likely not, as the company will still sell millions of phones and tablets with Siri baked into the hardware.

The company is not giving an exact timeline for release but it doesn't look like, at least from the announcement today, that the product is delayed a significant amount of time.

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Source: Apple Pushes HomePod Release to 2018

Hands-on with the Acer Switch 7 Black Edition 2-in-1 tablet (coming in 2018 for $1699)

The Acer Switch 7 Black Edition is a premium 2-in-1 tablet with an Intel Core i7-8550U quad-core processor, NVIDIA GeForce MX150 graphics, a detachable keyboard, and pen and touch input.

First unveiled in August, Acer says the 13.5 inch tablet should be available in early 2018 for $1699.

Sure, that's a lot of money for a tablet, but the Switch 7 Black Edition has a lot going for it including a fanless design, a high-resolution display, and a relatively compact design: the tablet weighs just 2.5 pounds.

I got a chance to spend a few minutes with a pre-release version of the Switch 7 Black Edition this evening, and while I can't say much about performance or battery life (Acer says it should last for up to 8 hours on a charge), it does have an attractive design and the 2256 x 1504 pixel display looks pretty sharp.

The tablet also has a few nice touches that make it stand out a bit at a time when every PC maker seems to have a 2-in-1.

The Switch 7 Black Edition's kickstand automatically pops out when you gently slap the end of the tablet on a table or desk.

The Wacom pen that comes with the tablet supports 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity and allows you to do many of the things you'd do with a mouse when you're in tablet mode. But unlike a lot of digital pens on the market, this one doesn't require a battery and you can slide the pen into a slot in the tablet when you're not using it.

The detachable keyboard cover features backlit keys and has an under-glass fingerprint sensor. Typing feels pretty good, all things considered. But like most keyboard covers you can feel the whole thing squish a bit if you press too hard on the keys. It's also not going to be quite as easy to balance the Switch 7 Black Edition on your lap as it would be to use a more traditional notebook.

Overall, the Switch 7 Black Edition seems like a promising device that could be competitive with high-end Microsoft Surface Pro tablets. But it'd be nice if there were some lower-specced models with lower starting prices, because even with all of those bonus features, $1699 is a lot of money to spend on a tablet.

Source: Hands-on with the Acer Switch 7 Black Edition 2-in-1 tablet (coming in 2018 for $1699)

Global Pharmaceutical Tablet Packaging Equipment Market 2017-2021 - Increasing M&As in Pharmaceutical Packaging Equipment Industry

November 15, 2017 09:19 ET | Source: Research and Markets

Dublin, Nov. 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Pharmaceutical Tablet Packaging Equipment Market 2017-2021" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering.

The global pharmaceutical tablet packaging equipment market to grow at a CAGR of 8.98% during the period 2017-2021.

The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global pharmaceutical tablet packaging equipment market for 2017-2021. To calculate the market size, the report considers the revenue generated by different vendors through the sales of tablet packaging equipment by several types which include blister packaging equipment, strip packaging equipment, aluminum foil packaging equipment, and other equipment. The 'others' segment includes fill and sealing equipment, automatic pouch packing machine, tablet counting machine, and vertical tablet packing machine.

Growing developments in pharmaceutical industry. Advances and developments in drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry have surged the need for packaging. This, in turn, is generating the need for packaging in the pharmaceutical industry. Pressure from consumers, investors, regulators, and governments to drive down costs and improve product performance in terms of efficacy and ease of use are driving pharmaceutical companies to consider all aspects of a specialized drug, including the use of advanced drug delivery technologies and unique packaging solutions.

Drug manufacturers are looking toward custom manufacturing organizations that can offer unique drug delivery technologies and unique product packaging to ensure that patients get the medicine they need in the dosage form they prefer.Key Market Trends

Increasing M&As in pharmaceutical packaging equipment industry

Rising developments in pharmaceutical packaging equipment industry

Growing enhancements in tablet counting equipment

Key vendors

Bosch

GEA Group

LMT Group

IMA

Marchesini Group

MG2

MULTIVAC

Romaco Group

UHlmann

Busch Machinery

Key Topics Covered:

Part 01: Executive Summary

Part 02: Scope Of The Report

Part 03: Research Methodology

Part 04: Introduction

Part 05: Market Landscape

Part 06: Market Sizing

Part 07: Five Forces Analysis

Part 08: Market Segmentation By Equipment Type

Part 09: Customer Landscape

Part 10: Regional Landscape

Part 11: Decision Framework

Part 12: Drivers And Challenges

Part 13: Market Trends

Part 14: Vendor Landscape

Part 15: Vendor Analysis

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Source: Global Pharmaceutical Tablet Packaging Equipment Market 2017-2021 - Increasing M&As in Pharmaceutical Packaging Equipment Industry

Can tablets help kindergartners learn math?

By the end of December, all kindergartners in the Lansing School District – more than 1,000 – will receive a PBS KIDS Playtime Pad thanks to a partnership between PBS, Michigan State University, WKAR and the Lansing School District.

The Playtime Pad Research Project studies the effectiveness of tablet-based learning in early childhood math literacy. The pads used in the study include preloaded PBS KIDS educational game apps, but are also customized to include a special math game study app, designed by PBS KIDS software developers, in consultation with MSU early childhood education researchers. The app includes a mix of math games.

On Monday, kindergarteners at Lansing's Kendon Elementary received the first batch of Playtime Pads, which are 7-inch android tablets, available at retailers. 

"We are honored to be working with the Lansing School District on this exciting outreach program and tablet-based learning study," said Susi Elkins, general manager at WKAR Public Media, which is housed in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences. "This project brings quality PBS educational games and programming from the PBS KIDS Playtime Pad to Lansing kindergartners through new technology that children love, and allows us to strengthen the community connection between MSU, WKAR and the Lansing schools."

Amy Parks, associate professor of teacher education, and Laura Tortorelli, assistant professor of teacher education, will lead the research. They will collect anonymous data from the app, from periodic surveys of parents and teachers and from LSD's AIMSWEB testing program. 

The study is unique because widely available PBS KIDS math apps will be tested for effectiveness, Parks said. Most studies of this kind are based on specially designed applications rather than what is publicly available. 

"Our goal is to see what teachers choose to do with the tablets and look at the impact on student learning," Parks said. "We expect there will be variation in how engaging various applications are, as well as variation in the extent to which these applications impact learning. We also expect applications will impact different kids in different ways." 

In addition to the research component of the project, the partnership gives teachers, parents and students access to the latest technology and PBS KIDS digital learning tools.

The Lansing School District has identified a need for good research in this age group and in an urban district like Lansing to help teachers make learning more effective and fun for kids, said superintendent Yvonne Caamal Canul.

"This is really going to be an exciting partnership and adventure thanks to our friends at WKAR and Michigan State University," Caamal Canul said. "The young students will get to explore the world on the Playtime Pads and the researchers will know more about how children use technology to learn."

The Lansing School District is the largest public school district in mid-Michigan, with 17 elementary schools.

"This project is about partnerships," said Prabu David, dean of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences. "MSU, WKAR, Lansing schools and PBS KIDS have come together to empower our students, families and teachers by introducing a new technology in the classroom. I'm excited about the possibilities these tablets offer for instruction and research."

Funding for the project is provided by the National Science Foundation, the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, WKAR Public Media, Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies at MSU and the Lansing Rotary Foundation.

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Tablet & Pellet Coating Systems Market to Record an Exponential CAGR by 2025

Persistence Market Research has announced the addition of the "Tablet & Pellet Coating Systems Market: Global Industry Trend Analysis 2012 to 2017 and Forecast 2017 - 2025" report to their offering.

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New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/13/2017 -- Tablet & pellets coating is among the traditional pharmaceutical processes which is still continuing with advanced machinery technologies. Coating is a procedure by which a basically internal layer of coating material, dry layer is spread on the outward layer of a dosage form in order to converse specific profits over uncoated part. These tablet and pellets coating involves usage of a polymeric or sugar coat on the tablet and pellets. The benefits of tablet coating are odor masking, keeps the drug inside the stomach, taste masking, chemical and physical protection, and also regulate its release profile. Tablet and pellet coating machine is basically used for film and sugar coating of pallets, tablets, granules etc. Tablet & pellet coating is the use of a coating composition to a moving cot of tablets with the parallel use of heated air to enable evaporation of the solvents particles. In tablet & pellet coating systems, the circ ulation of the coating is performed by the movement of the tablets & pellets either vertical or perpendicular to the usage of the coating composition.

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Tablet & Pellet Coating Systems Market: Drivers & Restraints

The major factors boosting the growth of tablet & pellet coating systems market are pharmaceutical industry growth, advancement in tablet coating market, increasing health awareness among consumers, and urbanization. Moreover, tablet & pellet coating comprise of high end benefits such as it covers the unpleasant taste, color and odor, offers chemical and physical protection for the medicine (light, moisture and air), improves the appearance of tablets, makes it easier to swallow the tablets, controls the release of a drug (enteric coating), facilitates the identification of a particular drug. Thus, these beneficial factors drives the demand of overall tablet & pellet coating market in forecast period. Nowadays, organic tablet coating is booming due to consumer awareness of food ingredient labeling has increased, manufacturers of tablet and pellets coating systems has increasingly focus of organic coating systems. In addition, upsurge in the occurrence of diseases, whic h has increased the demand for drugs, inventions of new excipients in the pharmaceutical industry, advancements in the techniques and equipment for manufacturing excipients. On the other side, government regulations and FDI authentication and health awareness among consumers about tablets and drugs are restraining the growth of overall tablet & pellet coating systems market.

Tablet & Pellet Coating Systems Market: Market Segmentation

The tablet & pellet coating systems market is segmented into three parts based on the type of coating systems, process type, and geography.

Based on the type of coating systems tablet & pellet coating systems market is segmented into:

The standard coating panPellegrini panImmersion sword systemImmersion tube systemThe perforated coating panAccela-cotaHi-coater systemsDriacoaterGlatt coaterOthers

Based on the process type tablet & pellet coating systems market is segmented into:

Sugar coatingFilm coatingOrganic film coatingAqueous film coating

Tablet & Pellet Coating Systems Market: Regional Outlook

Regarding geography, tablet & pellet coating systems market has been categorized into seven key regions including North America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, APEJ, Japan, Latin America, and the Middle East & Africa. Tablet & pellet coating systems market is expected to register healthy CAGR during the forecast period due to high demand of organic coating across the globe and due to reason that organic tablet coating meets demands for natural-ingredient dietary supplements. In terms of developing region of Asia-Pacific, the growth of tablet & pellet coating systems is significantly high and with comparatively high CAGR in forecast period owed to factors such as such as rapid economic development, globalization and increasing demand of tablet & pellet coating systems in pharmaceutical sector, various types of coating demand such as organic coating, inorganic coating, and many others, these different types of coating demand for different coating processer syste ms. Moreover, tablet and pellet manufacturers in North America are increasingly using organic tablet and pellets coating systems as the demand for this type is increasing day by day from consumer as well as business side. North America, especially U.S. is the large pharmaceutical market in the world accounting for about 53% of the world wide consumption, and thus demand for tablet and pellets coating systems is high as compared to other region.

Moreover, the region increasing adoption of organic coating and technological advancement in tablet and pellets coating systems will boost the adoption of tablet & pellet coating systems in North America. The tablet & pellet coating systems market is projected to register healthy growth due to new and advanced technologies are driving the tablet & pellet coating systems and manufacturers growing focus on the utilization of functionality excipients to create controlled dosage forms of existing drugs and facilitates the identification of a particular drug. Tablet & pellet coating systems market for Asia Pacific is also expected to witness rapid growth during the forecast period primarily attributed to the trend in the most of the companies in the region are boosting organic tablet coatings and growing Asian scientific base and capabilities, and large patient pool., especially in China and India.

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Tablet & Pellet Coating Systems Market: Key Players

Few players identified in tablet & pellet coating systems market are:-

ACG Pharma Technologies Pvt. LtdAshland, Inc.BASF SEThe Dow Chemical CompanyRoquette (France)Evonik Industries AGAssociated British Foods Plc. (U.K.)Archer Daniels Midland Company (U.S.), Lubrizol CorporationCroda International Plc. (U.K.)Others

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Source: Tablet & Pellet Coating Systems Market to Record an Exponential CAGR by 2025

Global Fat Metaboliser Tablets Market Comparison by Types, Application and by Regions

(EMAILWIRE.COM, November 11, 2017 ) Global Fat Metaboliser Tablets Market report is replete with detailed analysis from a thorough research, especially on questions that border on market size, development environment, futuristic developments, operation situation, pathways and trend of Fat Metaboliser Tablets. All these are offshoots of understanding the current situation that the industry is in, especially in 2017. The will chart the course for a more comprehensive organization and discernment of the competition situation in the Fat Metaboliser Tablets market. As this will help manufacturers and investors alike, to have a better understanding of the direction in which the Fat Metaboliser Tablets Market is headed. Access complete report at: https://www.themarketreports.com/report/global-fat-metaboliser-tablets-market-research-report-2017With this Fat Metaboliser Tablets Market report, one is sure to keep up with information on the dogged competition for market share and control, betwe en elite manufacturers. It also features, price, production, and revenue. It is where you will understand the politics and tussle of gaining control of a huge chunk of the market share. As long as you are in search of key Industry data and information that can readily be accessed, you can rest assured that this report got them covered. Key companies profiled in this report are Holland & Barrett, Metrx, Protein World, Lean Active, Amcal and others. Purchase a copy of this report at: https://www.themarketreports.com/report/buy-now/705516When taking a good look at this report, based on the product, it is evident that the report shows the rate of production, price, revenue, and market share as well as of the growth of each product type. And emphasis is laid on the end users, as well as on the applications of the product. It is one report that hasn't shied away from taking a critical look at the current status and future outlook for the consumption/sales of these products, by the end users and applications. Not forgetting the market share control and growth rate of Fat Metaboliser Tablets Industry, per application. All the queries about this report can be asked at: https://www.themarketreports.com/report/ask-your-query/705516List of Chapters:1 Fat Metaboliser Tablets Market Overview2 Global Fat Metaboliser Tablets Market Competitions by Manufacturers3 Global Fat Metaboliser Tablets Capacity, Production, Revenue (Value) by Region (2012-2017)4 Global Fat Metaboliser Tablets Supply (Production), Consumption, Export, Import by Region (2012-2017)5 Global Fat Metaboliser Tablets Production, Revenue (Value), Price Trend by Type6 Global Fat Metaboliser Tablets Market Analysis by Application7 Global Fat Metaboliser Tablets Manufacturers Profiles/Analysis8 Fat Metaboliser Tablets Manufacturing Cost Analysis9 Industrial Chain, Sourcing Strategy and Downstream Buyers10 Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors/Traders11 Market Effect Factors Analysis12 Global Fat Metabolis er Tablets Market Forecast (2017-2022)13 Research Findings and Conclusion14 AppendixThe Market ReportsWe aim to provide the best industry and market research report to a seeker. Today, 'The Market Reports' is a one stop destination for all the report buyers. We have a collection of over 700,000+ research, company, market, SWOT, trends and analysis reports of various countries, categories and domain to meet an organization need.Website: https://www.themarketreports.com/Write us at sales@themarketreports.comCall at +1-631-407-1315 / +91-750-729-1479
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