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Deal: Amazon Fire HD 8 for £79.99 on amazon.co.uk

For the August Bank Holiday here in the UK, Amazon is providing a lot of deals and over the next couple of days the Amazon Fire HD 8 has £20 off the price, bringing it down to £79.99 This version comes with 32GB storage, in Marine Blue, Canary Yellow, Black and Punch Red. Check back daily for more deals, on alexandtomstech.com/deals [amazon_link asins=’B01J94T8M8′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’alantosteadan-21′ marketplace=’UK’ link_id=’5d213a76-a862-11e8-b9c5-91ade046df98′]

With version 7.3, Twitter stops supporting iOS 9

Yesterday, the official iOS app for Twitter was updated to version 7.3 and amongst the usual bug fixes and feature improvements, support for iOS 9 was removed. Granted, not many devices are running a software version that old anymore, most of them can now run iOS 10 or later. iOS 9 If you haven’t updated and have a device that can, we highly encourage you to do so, as in […]

Sony’s smart light now works with Google Assistant

A few years ago, back in 2016 Sony brought out a new smart light at that years CES event, it promised to be able to turn on your TV and it had built in motion, temperature and humidity sensors as well as a whole host of other capabilities. It was also at launch, only available to the Japanese market and still is too. But at the time we did say: […]

Deal: Anker Soundcore mini for £15.99 on amazon.co.uk

The Anker Soundcore mini may have been out for a few years now, but at £15.99 on amazon today you might as well pick one up. It offers plenty of features too, with a 5W driver and support for 3.5mm input, bluetooth and microSD for playback. The Soundcore mini even has an integrated FM radio too. Anker’s famous battery tech that you’ll find in its battery packs is here so the […]

Apple Pay has had increased growth, now with an estimated 250 million users

According to a recent report this week from Loup Ventures, Apple Pay transactions are up and are continuously rising. Now, an estimated 31 percent of all iPhone users have used Apple Pay complete a transaction within the last year, when compared to the same time last year it was only 25 percent. In Apple’s recent earnings call, no details were mentioned on how many users or anything related to the […]

The recent Snapchat redesign caused the company’s first drop in daily active users

Snapchat rolled out a controversial major redesign to its mobile app in November last year, as a result 1.2 million people signed a petition asking for the app design to be ‘put back.’ As a result it did cause the company to see a drop in daily active users, the first decrease since Snapchat was launched back in 2011. This Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that in the first quarter of this […]

Deal: HomeKit compatible Logitech Circle 2 is £109.99 on amazon.co.uk

For smart home and Apple HomeKit fans, a great deal on a Logitech Circle 2 camera has popped up on amazon.co.uk today. The Circle 2 is usually £169.99 but, it’s on deal today for £109.99. Logitech’s Circle 2 is usually a firm favouite out of all the HomeKit camera offerings currently on sale, but it does also work with Amazon’s own Alexa service, as well as Google Home too. Similar […]

Deal: This Toshiba 4K Smart TV is only £358 on amazon.co.uk

On amazon.co.uk today, we have spied a new deal on the Toshiba 49U5766DB, a large 49-inch 4K TV with built in Freeview Play for £358.40, down from the usual £549.99. The Toshiba 49U5766DB has an Ultra HD resolution, with integrated Dolby Audio. While it doesn’t have built in Android TV or Fire TV OS, Toshiba does include its own ‘Toshiba Smart Portal’ which has social media apps as well as access to […]

Fortnite will come to Android, but won’t be on Google Play

Fortnite is becoming ridiculously popular. And after expanding the games platform coverage earlier this year with expansion onto Apple’s iOS earlier in April, then to the Nintendo Switch in June – just Android was left to cover the major platforms on the market. But in bringing the game to Android, much like iOS they first need to go through Google Play and for any paid apps, extra subscriptions and in-app […]

Nike Training Club is now available on Apple Watch

Much like how Nike Running Club currently works, with an app on the iPhone for viewing all your stats and seeing what runs you have done and also a companion app on the Apple Watch for use when you don’t want or can’t take your iPhone with you. Nike now want to do the same with the Nike Training Club app. Now on the wrist Starting today, Nike is rolling […]