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http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/software/Microsoft/Office%202016/OfficePlanner-470-75.jpgMicrosoft has begun rolling out Planner preview to Office 365 First Release customers. Planner is Microsoft's collaboration tool, designed to allow teams to brainstorm, organize and assign tasks, among other activities. Although primarily designed for business use, Office 2016 users can also use Planner to plan vacations, creative projects and more. Office 365 administrators who have opted into First Release will be able to install the Planner preview after receiving an initiation email from Microsoft. Emails will begin going out today and will be rolling out over the next several weeks. In addition to task management, Planner is built to help groups share files, discuss workloads and conduct chat sessions. Think of it as a virtual boardroom for team meetings. Visual collaborationPlanner allows managers to create a dashboard for group tasks. Managers can assign projects, track progress and rearrange responsibilities directly from the dashboard. The best part: you don't have to keep your eyes on the dashboard all day. Whenever someone makes a strategic change, group members receive a notification. The difference between Planner and collaboration tools like Google Drive is that Planner is primarily organized based on visual cues. Instead of your boss sending a group email telling everyone what their new assignments are, your boss can simply drag and drop a responsibility from your column to your colleague's. The cues are represented by items called "Cards," "Charts" and "Buckets," all of which feature rich image previews of due dates, financial goals or whatever success measures have been established for a given project. This enables project managers and workers to gain a quick, visual understanding of how far along a project might be and the next steps that need to be taken. Planner is integrated within the Office 365 suite, so users can easily add and share Office documents, calendars and contacts within Planner without having to leave the tool. The plan for PlannerLike Windows 10 and Office 2016, Office 365 and Planner are iterative applications. Microsoft will make regular updates to the tools, based in large part on user feedback. Similar to how Windows Insiders have helped shape the Windows 10 operating system, Office 365 First Release customers will be able to share their experience with Planner prior to its worldwide, general rollout. In order to sign up to become a First Release customer, users must log in to Office 365, go to the Office 365 admin center and then Service Settings. From there, you will be asked to choose how release updates are sent to your organization. Instead of selecting Standard, you'll want to tick First Release for your entire business or for select recipients. Read our Windows 10 review http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247385174062/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c3ad2f9/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247385174062/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c3ad2f9/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247385174062/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c3ad2f9/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/247385174062/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c3ad2f9/sc/28/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/247385174062/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c3ad2f9/sc/28/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/4c3ad2f9/sc/28/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/5ds60VtX6Uw

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/av_accessories/Telstra%20TV/JPEG/_1020064-470-75.jpgThe Telstra TV launched in Australia with one key marketing message – it was the only place you could access the country's three main SVOD platforms on a single device. While Netflix, Stan and Presto are a pretty big selling point on their own, the Telstra TV also promised to deliver ubiquitous catch up TV services via the box. At launch, the list wasn't quite full, with Tenplay and iview nowhere to be seen. But now, the Telstra TV is complete. Tenplay launched on the box last month, and now Telstra has announced that ABC iview will be available to stream from December 15. Racking up the numbersWith iview being the longest running and best loved catch up service in Australia, its addition to the Telstra TV lineup means that the telco is sure to enjoy even more success from its Roku-branded box. During its announcement, Telstra bragged that in the short time the Telstra TV has been available, users have streamed over 18 million minutes of content. The most popular services, according to Telstra, are Netflix, YouTube, Presto, Stan and BigPond Movies. Undoubtedly, iview will jump into that list fairly quickly as soon as it launches. Read our Telstra TV review

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/av_accessories/Telstra%20TV/JPEG/_1020064-470-75.jpgThe Telstra TV launched in Australia with one key marketing message – it was the only place you could access the country's three main SVOD platforms on a single device. While Netflix, Stan and Presto are a pretty big selling point on their own, the Telstra TV also promised to deliver ubiquitous catch up TV services via the box. At launch, the list wasn't quite full, with Tenplay and iview nowhere to be seen. But now, the Telstra TV is complete. Tenplay launched on the box last month, and now Telstra has announced that ABC iview will be available to stream from December 15. Racking up the numbersWith iview being the longest running and best loved catch up service in Australia, its addition to the Telstra TV lineup means that the telco is sure to enjoy even more success from its Roku-branded box. During its announcement, Telstra bragged that in the short time the Telstra TV has been available, users have streamed over 18 million minutes of content. The most popular services, according to Telstra, are Netflix, YouTube, Presto, Stan and BigPond Movies. Undoubtedly, iview will jump into that list fairly quickly as soon as it launches. Read our Telstra TV review http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247385142054/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c397e86/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247385142054/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c397e86/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247385142054/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c397e86/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/247385142054/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c397e86/sc/28/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/247385142054/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c397e86/sc/28/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/4c397e86/sc/28/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/n_5N_VKURJE

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/TRBC/onedrive-470-75.jpgAfter a rash decision to cut OneDrive storage from 15GB to 5GB on consumer accounts last month, Microsoft acknowledged the errors of its decision following backlash from its users. Existing users will be allowed to keep their free storage on OneDrive, which could go as high as 30GB total. Through an opt-in policy, OneDrive customers can visit a link to preserve their 15GB of free storage along with a 15GB bonus for automatic camera roll uploads from a smartphone. Unfortunately, if you don't visit the link to reclaim your storage, your account will be downsized to the 5GB limit that's in effect for all new and existing users. If you have more than 5GB of content stored on your OneDrive account, Microsoft will allow you to access your files for the next 12 months for free. Additionally, you can also sign up for one-year subscription to Office 365 Personal, which includes 1TB of OneDrive storage. Office 365Unlimited OneDrive storage will no longer be an option for Office 365 consumer accounts, including Office 365 Home, Personal and University editions. "Starting now, those subscriptions will include 1 TB of OneDrive storage," Microsoft said in a statement. However, similar to the free OneDrive amnesty program, if you used more than 1TB of OneDrive storage on your current Office 365 subscription, you'll be able to keep and access your uploaded files, photos and content for the next 12 months. Because of these changes, Microsoft is offering a prorated refund as an option for users who find that the new terms no longer fit their needs. Other changes to OneDrive include the removal of the 100GB and 200GB paid plans. In early 2016, Microsoft will replace these plans with a lower 50GB plan for $1.99 (£1, AU$3) per month. OneDrive and Office 365 for BusinessMicrosoft has not addressed how it will handle unlimited storage for OneDrive for Business for Office 365 Business and Enterprise customers. According to Microsoft's Office 365 roadmap, business customers "will get unlimited OneDrive storage at no additional cost," but it's unclear if Microsoft has plans to remove the unlimited capacity or replace it with a lower tier, similar to the consumer OneDrive changes. Read our comparison of the best cloud storage services http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247384921117/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c2d8774/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247384921117/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c2d8774/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247384921117/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c2d8774/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/247384921117/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c2d8774/sc/15/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/247384921117/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c2d8774/sc/15/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/4c2d8774/sc/15/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/mnqzk_nJvvM

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/Randoms/HitFilm-Force-470-75.jpgHitFilm has been providing Star Wars fans with the tools to help create their own fan films since just after the release of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace back in 1999. Now, with the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on the horizon, the company has released a free Special Edition of its editing, effects and animation software, HitFilm 3 Express, which comes complete with Star Wars-themed effects. HitFilm 3 Express Special Edition: The Force, which is available to download for this month only, gives you the means to create your own lightsaber and lightning effects, regardless of your skillset or midichlorian count. To make things simple, HitFilm has produced a pair of step-by-step video tutorials for how to achieve these awesome effects using its software, which you can watch below. " width="420">YouTube : " width="420">YouTube : http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/broadcast/Star%20Wars/starwarsstrips/darkside_strip-420-90.jpgExplore all of our Star Wars Week content. Come over to the Dark Side... http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244161169468/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c204157/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244161169468/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c204157/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244161169468/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c204157/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/244161169468/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c204157/sc/28/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/244161169468/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c204157/sc/28/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/4c204157/sc/28/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/S252BpF0suc

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/magazines/MacFormat/Issue%20262/MAC262.mainfeat.Apple_tV_Art-470-75.jpgApple is used to winning. When the company decides it wants to do something new it expects to simply march into a new category and dominate it, as we saw with smartphones, tablets and, most recently, smartwatches. One product category appears to be eluding it, though: TV. Yes, Apple has the recently relaunched Apple TV, but this is a device that is broadly limited by on-demand offerings. What Apple really wants to do is smash the powerful cable and satellite providers like Comcast and DirectTV in the US, and Sky in the UK. If Apple could control directly which live TV channels people get, that gives it not only a bigger slice of the TV pot, but would also give it more negotiating clout with broadcasters and content providers. Despite persistent rumours that the company is trying to move the pieces into place to launch a live subscription TV service, it has now been claimed that the company has suspended plans as it just can't make it happen. The Price Ain't RightBloomberg reports that Apple and the American TV companies can't come to an agreement over (surprise!) money. It says that Apple wants to charge customers around $30-40 for live TV delivered over the internet - around half the price of a traditional cable subscription. Sadly for Apple, the economics of it don't appear to work for the TV companies, who are used to cable providers charging roughly double for the same service. What's interesting is that this revelation, and apparent confirmation that this is at least something Apple wants to do, comes from none other than CBS Chief Executive Les Moonves, who owns many of the channels that Apple would like to get its hands on. So plans have been suspended, as the company continues instead to focus on apps and on-demand for the time being. This is the latest in a number of difficulties for the product category that Apple CEO has said is "stuck in the 70s". Previously, Apple has been rumoured to be working on a full-size TV set, rather than just a set-top box, but it has yet to emerge. (We don't think it was ever particularly likely.) Why Tim Cook thinks TV is stuck in the 70s

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/games_consoles/Xbox%20One/The_Mall-470-75.jpgIf you see more teenagers hanging out in your living room than normal, blame a new app on Xbox One called The Mall. The app allows anyone to virtually shop for clothes using your home console with a nifty feature called "the dressing room" that uses Kinect to virtually overlay clothing on you so you can see how it'd (sort of) look in real life. The app, produced by Dublin-based television e-commerce company Von Bismark, is free, though, obviously any clothes you might purchase will cost real-world dollars or euros and be processed through PowerTag. Brands that have signed up for the experiment in shopping so far include SoccerPro, Style PB, Grayers and Go2Games, with more to come sooner rather than later. Before you get your shopping on you'll need to create an account first (a relatively arduous task on Xbox), but it shouldn't be much trouble past that. If the idea of turning your living room into a personal fitting room really isn't your scene, well, you can always check out one of Xbox One's other quirky apps like the Dominos app that gives you the power to order a pizza without using a telephone, learn a new language through Rosetta Stone or watch a wrestling match on the WWE Network. (It's a pretty weird system, to be honest.) You know what else is weird? CES 2016

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/TRBC/Buildings/Microsoft/microsoft-hq-redmond-470-75.JPGIntroduction and a better server OSIf you're looking at the way Windows Server 2016 focuses on containers and Docker and worrying that it's going to be better designed for running Azure than for the servers in your office or the virtual machines you use on AWS, lead architect for Windows Server Jeffrey Snover suggests thinking about it the other way round. "We're starting from the premise that the cloud is not a place; it's a model. We want to be able to provide that model to customers anywhere they are. We want to be able to provide it in the public cloud, through trusted hosters or allow them to run that model on premises." That way, says Snover, you don't have to worry about getting stuck with the first cloud you choose. http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBC/People/jeffrey%20snover-420-90.jpg Drop the dramaBut it also brings the strengths of the cloud to systems that you run yourself. "We're taking the public cloud patterns and practices and making them available everywhere, and the first one is 'no drama'," he explains. "I can promise you it is not the case that when something goes wrong in Azure that someone is running around going 'oh no, a disk died!' We have a pattern to eliminate the drama from operations." The first part of that is making Windows Server a better server OS. "That's things like Nano Server, containers, Desired State Configuration, package management and a new installer – Windows Server Installer. We made it a nice, small, agile, manageable OS that fits well into a devops environment. You can create a great cloud app running in Azure or AWS or anywhere you want." The second part is using Windows Server to run the fabric of your data centre, by improving how it handles storage, networking and compute. "In compute we have Nano Server and containers, and there are improvements in both of those in TP4 [Technical Preview 4 of Windows Server]. With the new Hyper-V containers, each container gets its own implementation of the kernel and that gives you significantly more isolation." That's key if you're running a cloud service like Azure and you let people run their own code. "Windows Server containers work great in a trusted multi-tenancy environment. Hyper-V containers are for when you have a hostile multi-tenancy environment. The customer could be Dr Evil and sends us evil code," Snover points out. But it's also useful as developers increasingly use software components and libraries to build their apps. "A lot of what's done today is combining software components that people don't really know, that they didn't write. The flow of security fixes through the open source community is not particularly good and the ramification is that your applications are based on components that you might not trust, so you might want to put those in Hyper-V containers as well." Smoothing outNano Server is much easier to work with in this preview, with more PowerShell commands, the Remote Server Management Toolkit that replaces tools like Server Manager, and support for Desired State Configuration and PowerShell package management. "TP3 gave people a feel for Nano Server, but it had quite a few rough edges – you're seeing those rough edges being rounded off in TP4." For storage and networking, Windows Server uses designs from Azure. "Across the entire storage stack we've made great advances – parallel deduplication, diagnostics, quality of storage – but the big news is Storage Spaces Direct. This uses fast NVMe and SATA SSDs to dramatically lower the cost while increasing the reliability and the performance." That uses the design from Azure Storage, but Snover explains "we had to re-implement portions of it so it will work on the smaller footprints that customers will want." "In the networking stack, we literally took code running in Azure and that's the code we're shipping to our customers, so this will be unlike any version one ever. In the past, when we had version one of something we would do a lot of testing on it with customers to make sure it was really rock solid. This time our version one is going to have literally millions or perhaps even tens of millions of hours of production use on it and that's the code we're delivering to customers." Cloud benefitsBut Microsoft doesn't assume everyone wants to use or build clouds – the idea is to give you access to the innovations happening in the cloud, on your own systems. "As much as we support microservices and containers, there is a lot of investment for the existing world," he points out. That includes rolling cluster upgrades, clusters that work with certificates instead of needing to be joined to Active Directory (ideal for appliances), nested virtualisation, faster booting virtual machines, saving checkpoints on production systems and being able to back up and live migrate even shared virtual hard drives. Nested virtualisation was needed to make Hyper-V containers work, but it's useful for anyone who builds and tests virtual machines too, because you can run Hyper-V inside a VM. "In the past when Hyper-V only ran on psychical hardware it raised the cost of experimenting," Snover points out, "now we've dramatically lowered the cost of that." Boosted performanceWindows Server 2016 will have better performance too. He cautions that "we've really just begun to scratch the surface on our performance work – we get the architecture right and the feature set right and then we start working on performance," but even so, he says it already has "fantastic boot times". "This is one of the most dramatic architectural changes we've made to Windows Server in quite a long time," claims Snover. "We're laying down the architectural foundations to be able to move at a cloud pace. The change to the architecture in the guest OS, means people can innovate very rapidly with server applications by having the smallest components possible with Nano Server. "You're going to see lots of innovation – service fabric, containers, all that stuff – that you can download with package management, configure with things like Desired State Configuration, and then test with things like Pester. That architectural foundation that we've built with the OS allows customers to adopt innovation above that very quickly. "At the fabric level we're fully on the software-defined everything stage and as Azure innovates so too we'll take those innovations and bring them to our customers and our hosters. It's going to move fast, but I think it's going to move fast in a way that has dramatically less drama." That doesn't mean a new version of Windows Server more often – it means Windows Server 2016 makes it easier to pick up the cloud way of functioning so you can change the way your server apps work as quickly as you want, even if you're not using the cloud. Snover notes: "We innovate in the public cloud and we find out what really works, what brings you the benefit, and we make it available to our customers' data centres." 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http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/logos/ibm-470-75.jpgIBM has announced that it's opening up its security intelligence platform, IBM Security QRadar, to the security community, and the company is also launching an App Exchange marketplace – moves which are designed to enable developers to build apps to further the fight against cybercrime. IBM says the idea is that opening up this platform will help advance the level of collaboration in the security industry, and follows neatly on from the launch of the IBM X-Force Exchange threat sharing platform which kicked off back in April, and has seen in excess of 2,000 organisations join up since then. The IBM Security App Exchange is being opened as a marketplace to help security experts distribute the custom apps they create using the QRadar platform (which uses analytics and threat intelligence to detect security compromises for thousands of companies across the world, including practically half of Fortune 100 firms). Indeed, the App Exchange already has a number of apps on offer from the get-go, with security outfits such as Bit9 + Carbon Black, BrightPoint Security and Exabeam providing software which uses IBM's QRadar APIs. Behaviour analyticsThese new apps are free to access through the marketplace, and encompass a variety of functions, including user behaviour analytics (for example, to detect when an employee's login credentials have been compromised and a malicious party is actually using them to access the system), threat intelligence searching and reporting, endpoint detection and response, and incident visualisation. IBM further notes that a new release of the QRadar platform will allow users to create custom rules to trigger automatic actions once certain threats have been detected, and the apps developed using the new QRadar application framework will also be able to make use of custom rules for automatic responses. Marc van Zadelhoff, Vice President, Strategy and Product Management, IBM Security, commented: "With thousands of customers now standardising on IBM's security technologies, opening this platform for closer collaboration and development with partners and customers changes the economics of fighting cybercrime. "Sharing expertise across the security industry will allow us to innovate more quickly in order to help stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated attacks." IBM wants to safeguard third-party apps for the enterprise http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160954239/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c14b3bf/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160954239/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c14b3bf/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160954239/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c14b3bf/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/244160954239/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c14b3bf/sc/28/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/244160954239/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c14b3bf/sc/28/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/4c14b3bf/sc/28/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/HcZ7PwdicqQ

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20upgrade/should%20you%20upgrade-470-75.jpgMicrosoft is apparently preparing the ground for another big push to get folks to upgrade to Windows 10, with an intrusive move to try and force the update onto Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs. This news comes courtesy of Josh Mayfield, the creator of GWX Control Panel, a piece of software which allows users to block the Windows 10 upgrade from popping up on their PCs. However, Mayfield has had something of an uphill battle in defending users' machines from Microsoft's upgrade, and the weekend before last he found out that the 'AllowOSUpgrade' setting was being reversed for those who had switched it off – and indeed, the switch kept resetting itself apparently multiple times every day for those who kept re-implementing the setting. Why is this happening? Mayfield explained to Computerworld that Microsoft keeps re-serving its GWX (Get Windows 10) applet to PCs running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 complete with undocumented changes, and evidently this new behaviour is something to do with the latest tweaks. Does all this sound like reasonable behaviour from your operating system? Hardly, and as Mayfield noted, this latest move "does leave your PC vulnerable to unwanted Windows 10 upgrade behaviour". Pushy MicrosoftIndeed, the GWX updates are running alongside changes to Windows Update, and thus Mayfield theorises that Microsoft is working up to a new major scheme to push Windows 10 adoption. As we already know, come 2016, Redmond intends to make the Windows 10 upgrade a recommended update – meaning those whose systems are set to automatically take recommended updates on board will find themselves on the path to a new OS. (Although you will be able to cancel out of the installation once it fires up – as you would hope!) We've previously observed that Microsoft needs to be careful about its heavy-handed tactics in pushing Windows 10, as all this is likely to lead to resentment and people deciding they most definitely don't want the new OS on their PC (particularly when you also consider the privacy issues which have cropped up with the operating system in recent times). Redmond needs to tread very carefully indeed if it doesn't want adoption to slow further still – the latest figures have already pointed to a slowdown, which is likely part of the reason for stepping up the upgrade campaign. We are now getting daily pop-up messages on our Windows 8.1 PC urging an upgrade, and have been for a couple of weeks now. How to control updates on Windows 10 http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160954238/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c14b3da/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160954238/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c14b3da/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160954238/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c14b3da/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/244160954238/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c14b3da/sc/15/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/244160954238/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c14b3da/sc/15/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/4c14b3da/sc/15/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/IjM8higof88

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/TRBC/Software/Microsoft/Office2016/Office%202016%20review/office%202016%20setup-470-75.jpgMicrosoft's new Office 365 plans aimed at small and medium businesses are now ready. After unveiling the plans last year, Microsoft decided to wait until after the launch of Office 2016 to make the transition more seamless. The new plans have been available since the start of the month, and businesses can start migrating to the new plans. The Office 365 SMB plans, called Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business and Office 365 Business Premium, are designed to replace Microsoft's current Small Business, Small Business Premium and Midsize Business plans. The new plans start at just $5 (£3, AU$6) per month, or $60 (£39, AU$81) per year, and go up to $12.50 (£8, AU$17) per user per month, or $150 (£99, AU$204) annually. Microsoft guarantees 99.9% uptime with these plans. Additionally, all three plans include 24/7 phone support for critical issues and on-premises Active Directory synchronization for single sign on. Office 365 Business PremiumBusiness Premium is Microsoft's most expensive plan for SMBs. There is no annual commitment for the plan, and Microsoft is including all the features found on the lower tier plans. Business Premium users have access to Office 2016, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and Publisher. Users can download and install Office on up to 5 Windows PCs or Macs, and the plan includes mobile access on smartphones, tablets and iPads. Office Online is also bundled with the plan. The plan also includes web-based and social tools, including 1TB OneDrive for Business cloud storage, a 50GB email with Exchange sync for calendars and contacts, Lync for online business meetings, SharePoint for team collaboration and Yammer for internal communications and networking. Business and Business EssentialsThe Business Essentials plan is Microsoft's most affordable Office 365 bundle for SMBs. This plan doesn't include Office applications or mobile access to Office, but you will be able to access Office Online. It also includes all of the web-based and social tools found on the Business Premium plan. At $8.25 (£5, AU$11) per month, the Business plan is the mid-range SMB offering. Like the Business Premium Plan, Business users have access to Office 2016 on up to 5 Macs or PCs, the ability to use Office apps on smartphones and tablets and the access to Office Online. Office 365 Business comes with 1TB of OneDrive for Business, but the plan doesn't include features like Exchange email, Lync, SharePoint or Yammer. Microsoft did not give any indications on whether the company will increase the OneDrive for Business storage limits. The company recently made headlines when it decided to reduce consumer storage limits on OneDrive. Via: ZDNet Read our review of the best cloud storage services http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160644377/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c033039/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160644377/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c033039/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160644377/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c033039/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/244160644377/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c033039/sc/28/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/244160644377/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4c033039/sc/28/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/4c033039/sc/28/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/kUltbi2YIFk

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/mobile_phones/Microsoft/Lumia%20950/review/lumia-950-review-app-store-470-75.jpgWe're still not sure when everyone will get access to Windows 10 Mobile, but today we've learned when the operating system (OS) will become obsolete. On January 9, 2018, Microsoft will end mainstream support for Windows 10 Mobile for Business and Consumer users. This means Microsoft will continue to make incremental updates to Windows 10 Mobile for 24 months, including new features and services. However, after 2018, Microsoft will only offer security updates. Previous reports indicated the termination date would be in 2019, instead of 2018. Microsoft appears to have updated the page from which that reporting was based. Unlike, the Windows 10 desktop OS, the mobile version has a much shorter shelf-life. Microsoft previously said it will offer mainstream support for Windows 10 until October 13, 2020, and it will offer extended support until October 14, 2025. This makes sense given how often people buy new smartphones versus how often they update their desktops and laptops. It is immediately unclear when Microsoft will terminate extended support for Windows 10 Mobile. Windows 10 Mobile release date?Microsoft released its most recent Windows 10 Mobile preview more than two weeks ago. The build, which is live on the Lumia 950 and 950 XL, featured a few minor bug fixes. The release was so solid in terms of lingering bugs versus improved reliability that it appeared to be a near-complete release. Today, Xiaomi Mi 4 users learned they would also be able to upgrade to the OS. However, we're still awaiting a green light from Microsoft for all Windows devices. We originally thought Microsoft would make the OS generally available in September. However, several delays pushed the rumored release date to November. We're now one week into December and we still don't have a clear date for when all Windows Phone users will get the OS. Read our Windows 10 Mobile review http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160447881/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bfa9e83/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160447881/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bfa9e83/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160447881/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bfa9e83/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/244160447881/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bfa9e83/sc/28/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/244160447881/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bfa9e83/sc/28/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/4bfa9e83/sc/28/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/Ko2QpOdfFg0

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/other/emoji_people-470-75.jpgGive it a decade and words will be a thing of the past, it'll all just be emoji. Google is pushing forwards towards that glorious goal with the launch of new emoji on Android. Currently Android is stuck on Unicode 6.0, which is way behind the times given that iOS is on 8.0. But in a tweet, Android SVP Hiroshi Lockheimer revealed that new emoji will be arriving on Nexus devices next week. An image he shared included a unicorn, lion and crab, all of which are from Unicode 8.0. So Android will finally have caught up with iOS when it comes to killing the English the language. We just hope we'll be able to give everyone the middle finger. http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/other/Android%20emoji-420-90.jpg Nexus gets them firstThe emoji are initially only coming to Nexus devices, but the font and tech details have been shared with manufacturers, so other Android devices can get on board. There might be quite a wait though, as it will be down to each manufacturer to add the new emoji. So if you can't express your love of unicorns without a picture you might want to check out the Nexus 6P or Nexus 5X. Emoji are already having a big impact on language. http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160450722/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bf8abed/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160450722/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bf8abed/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160450722/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bf8abed/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/244160450722/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bf8abed/sc/15/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/244160450722/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bf8abed/sc/15/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/4bf8abed/sc/15/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/NC-xircURY4

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/software/Adobe/Flash%20download%20message-470-75.jpgAdobe has announced that it will be discouraging content creators from using Flash in favor of newer web standards like HTML5. While Adobe Flash as an application will still continue to exist, it will be renamed Animate CC and be intended mostly for interactive web animation. "Today, open standards like HTML5 have matured and provide many of the capabilities that Flash ushered in," said Adobe in its statement. "Looking ahead, we encourage content creators to build with new web standards and will continue to focus on providing the best tools and services for designers and developers." The news of Adobe stepping away from Flash as a web plugin doesn't come as a surprise. While popular in the early days of the internet, its use waned considerably over time, including never catching on with smartphones. YouTube, Firefox and McAfee Labs have also given the application a wide berth, citing high memory usage and security vulnerabilities as major concerns with the program. Web animators and designers who still use the program will not be directly affected by the decision, as Adobe still plans to provide support. This includes working with Facebook to detect vulnerabilities early so the social media site can securely host Flash-designed browser games. Also, while the name change will take effect in 2016, Animate CC is still expected to work in the same capacity as Flash Professional CC, even allowing developers to make content compatible with open web standards that can provide safer and more stable sites online. Flash may not be extinct yet, as web creators still have the ultimate choice to develop with it, Adobe's distancing notwithstanding. That said, the sun seems to be setting on the horizon, as even the webtoon virtuosos of the Flash-created Homestar Runner have make a new home on YouTube. In fact, the aptly titled "Flash is Dead!!" short does a succinct and offbeat job illustrating the shift, as only Homestar and his wrestleman rival Strong Bad can. " width="420">YouTube : Hypertext Markup Lotion, indeed. Speaking of Adobe, see what we thought of the Adobe Document Cloud http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160221955/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bee487e/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160221955/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bee487e/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160221955/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bee487e/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/244160221955/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bee487e/sc/28/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/244160221955/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bee487e/sc/28/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/4bee487e/sc/28/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/SwbTkF0foHA

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/software/Windows/Windows%2010%20notifications/action%20centre-470-75.jpgIt's a new month, and so we have a new round of figures concerning desktop operating system market share – and Windows 10's performance is being scrutinised very closely, with another slowdown evident. These figures are from NetMarketShare (as spotted by Betanews), and they show that for November, Windows 10 managed to snare a 9% share. That's a healthy enough figure considering the OS hasn't been out that long, but Windows 10 only increased its share by 1.06% last month, compared to an increase of 1.31% seen in October. That's not a huge difference of course, but it does continue the trend of a slowdown since the OS got off to a blazing start out of the gate. Indeed, other bean counting firms have also observed this slowdown in recent times, with the likes of Stat Counter reporting a much more considerable drop in its figures for October (with a 1.36% increase seen that month, compared to a 2.26% jump the previous month – a much bigger difference). Windows 8 on the upWhichever way you look at it, this isn't great news for Microsoft, which absolutely must have Windows 10 seen as a big success, particularly after the flop of Windows 8. As for Windows 8.x, NetMarketShare's new figures show that it actually grew by 0.81% for a total share of 14.03% in November. Windows 7 also made a slight gain to sit on 56.11%, still way in the lead – and Windows XP slid by just over 1% to 10.59%. Windows 10 still hasn't muscled its way past XP, though. Microsoft is set to push Windows 10 harder in the future, of course, introducing it as a recommended update next year – and we've noticed more frequent (and more prominent) pop-ups in our Windows 8.1 installation urging us to upgrade over the past couple of weeks. Redmond needs to be careful, though, that any heavy handedness in terms of persuasion doesn't backfire and make users dig their heels in and refuse to upgrade. Should you upgrade to Windows 10? http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160179880/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bea37b0/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160179880/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bea37b0/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160179880/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bea37b0/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/244160179880/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bea37b0/sc/15/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/244160179880/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bea37b0/sc/15/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/4bea37b0/sc/15/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/3pAmjQVrS4U

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/Streaming%20Services/Presto/Best%20Presto%20update/presto%20shows%20mr%20robot%20lead-470-75.jpgFoxtel's streaming service Presto has been a little bit slow on the big screen app service rollout. After launching on Samsung Smart TVs and then expanding to Telstra TV, Presto users have otherwise had to rely on using a Chromecast or Airplay for big screen enjoyment.But that's all changed for some people today, as Presto has announced it has launched a native app on the Android TV platform. Now, anybody with a TV running Android TV 5.0 and above can access the massive collection of Presto Entertainment programming. Initially, that means Sony's 2015 lineup of Smart TVs, as well as the Google Nexus Player, The news comes at the same time that Presto has rolled out its December lineup of exclusive content, including the entire back catalogue of The Big Bang Theory. See what Presto is like on the big screen in our Telstra TV review

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/logos/microsoft-1-bett-470-75.JPGMicrosoft announced that Dynamics CRM 2016 is now available for online and on-premise deployments in 130 markets and 44 languages. The company's customer relationship management platform leverages machine learning to deliver a personalized, predictive and proactive experience. "We're bringing all Microsoft has to offer in productivity and intelligence into a single experience," said Jujhar Singh, General Manager of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, in a statement. "We're bringing the advanced analytics and machine learning capabilities of the Cortana Analytics Suite to preview our first intelligent, adaptive processes for sales, customer service and social." Microsoft claims that Cortana integration helps CRM 2016 surface the right tools at the right time, so businesses can deliver a more personalized experience to engage customers with the right content. Integrated experienceThe Dynamics CRM 2016 suite better integrates with Microsoft's productivity software. The CRM app for Outlook has been enhanced, and Office 365 users will be able to create more personalized sales documents in Word. Files can be seamlessly shared between SharePoint, OneDrive for Business and Office 365 Groups. CRM 2016 also delivers a single, unified customer service experience across self-service, agent-assisted service and field service. There is an interactive Service Hub, Knowledge Management center and surveys. Mobile users will benefit from offline capabilities in CRM 2016 on phones and tablets. Users can also create task-based mobile apps, and Microsoft says that CRM integrates with Cortana to surface data for key sales activities, accounts and deals. Machine learning intelligenceCortana integration promises to make CRM 2016 smarter, thanks to machine learning. The integration with the Cortana Analytics Suite surfaces cross-selling opportunities. Sales reps will now be able to use the data to predict which products and services to pitch to a customer during different stages of the sales cycle. Customer service representatives can also rely on CRM 2016 to surface important knowledge articles to resolve customer issues. The software can also analyze data from social networks to predict new sales opportunities or service issues. And finally, with Delve integration, CRM 2016 can also surface relevant trending information. This smarter, predictive integration will help CRM 2016 compete more effectively against Salesforce's improved Lightning interface, which also comes with a digital assistant with predictive intelligence. And even though Microsoft and Salesforce may be competing in the CRM space, the companies have collaborated on other projects, and Microsoft was even rumored to be in talks to acquire Salesforce in the past. Read our review of Office 365 http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160113042/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4be5d12d/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160113042/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4be5d12d/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160113042/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4be5d12d/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/244160113042/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4be5d12d/sc/28/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/244160113042/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4be5d12d/sc/28/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/4be5d12d/sc/28/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/eBAmHWodCjA

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/deals/Black%20Friday%202015/Black%20Friday%20deals%202015/Black%20Friday%20deals/TR_black_friday_graphics_2015_0222-470-75.jpgCyber Monday deals in the USLoading Cyber Monday deals links... The best Cyber Monday deals for 2015 have officially started in the US, and retailers are offering discounts on the PS4, Xbox One, iPad, 4K TVs and just about everything else you can think of. Stores across America like Amazon, Walmart, GameStop and Best Buy are all rolling back prices for a limited time, so now is the moment to shop if you can still find what you want in stock. Sure, Black Friday started things off with a number of exciting bargains, but Cyber Monday deals are likely going to be better and last longer than just November 30. Walmart launched its lower prices as early as Sunday night, November 29, to get out ahead of Amazon, so we've compiled a list of the best Cyber Monday deals below. Cyber Monday: Quick linksJust straight to the deals at the biggest US retailers. Links will open in new tab: Amazon US Cyber Monday deals + lightning dealsBest Buy Cyber Monday dealsWalmart Cyber Monday dealsTarget Cyber Monday dealsGameStop Cyber Monday dealsToys R Us Cyber Monday dealsThe best Cyber Monday deals so far...Apple Watch Cyber Monday discounts do exist, and it's just in time. The iphone-compatible smartwatch is $60 cheaper with a starting price of $296 at Target (click into the deal to see). Apple Watch starts at a discounted $299 at B&H Photo, which isn't as good as the Target deal until you factor in the excellent $50 gift card at B&H Photo. Google Nexus 5X just came out, but this unlocked unlocked 32GB Android phone is $80 off for today, now $349 at Best Buy. The best 4K TV prices are here right now. This 49-Inch Sony 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV is 50% off now $798 at Amazon. Honeywell Portable Air Conditioner MM14CCS 14,000 BTU with Remote Control - Black Friday is the right time to buy this AC unit originally $599, now $549 at Amazon. iPad deals are hard to find, as the Apple Store typically plays the part of scrooge, but today they're up to 25% off at Staples. Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge unlocked for $500 off (no, that's not a typo) now only $539 at Target. Sony 4K TV - Get this beauty for 32% less today. Now $1298 at Amazon US. Canon Pixma MX922 inkjet printer saves for $135 off the MSRP, now only $64 at Amazon US. Madden NFL 16 Cyber Monday deal means it's not too late to get in on the NFL action on Xbox One for $47 at Target. Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro is save $250 dollars on Lenovo's heralded 2-in-1. It's now $749 at Best Buy. Toshiba C55-C5390 Laptop with Windows 10 is $200 off. That's a big present at a small $249 at Staples. Guitar Hero 4 bundle, on all systems including PS4, Xbox One and Wii U, comes with the redesigned guitar controller. On PS3 it starts at $93 at Amazon. Fitbit Charge Cyber Monday deals will get you moving now that the popular fitness tracker is only $89 at Amazon. Canon Rebel T5 EF-S 18-55mm IS II & EF 50mm f/1.8 II Kit may be refurbished, but it remains only $199 via Canon. Nintendo 2DS is going for a Blue Light Special discount at Walmart for $79, though it's currently sold out. Wii U 32GB bundle including Splatoon and Super Smash Bros. is at its lowest price ever now $249 at Target and Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, the online retailers are out of stock, but it might be available locally in your neck of the woods! Look at each deal to find out. The new (smaller) Nintendo 3DS bundled with Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer is $40 offnow $179 at Wal-Mart. http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/deals/Black%20Friday%202015/black%20friday%20products/blackfridaynew2-925-100.jpg Gaming dealsPS4 and Xbox One are already the must-have items this Christmas and they're both selling well. Look out for some particularly attractive bundle deals which include consoles and games in one package, as well as some headline-grabbing low prices on standalone consoles. Leading the Black Friday deals charge among video games consoles is the PlayStation 4, with its sales almost doubling that of Microsoft's Xbox One. Don't worry, they're both still at a decent price, closing in on the bargain bottom line of the Nintendo Wii U and 3DS. PS4 Black Friday dealsThe PS4 500GB Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection bundle is our favorite because it pairs Sony's Indiana Jones-style games trilogy with the console. It costs $347 at Amazon. PS4 1TB bundle with Call of Duty Black Ops 3 doubles the storage of the gaming system and adds Activision's landmark first-person shooter for a Black Friday discount of $429 at Amazon. PS4 bundle with Nathan Drake Collection, Call of Duty Black Ops 3 and controller charging station combines the three and adds an accessory extra for $349 at Costco. PS4 Star Wars: Battlefront bundle includes the new game, plus classics downloads Super Star Wars, Bounty Hunter, Jedi Star Fighter and Racer Revenge, all for $349 at Amazon and $349 at Walmart. PS4 bundled with The Last of Us Remastered and Call of Duty: Ghosts lets you dual wield with two of last year's top-selling PlayStation 4 games. Right now, it's just $399 at Walmart, but it's currently out of stock. The absolute cheapest PS4 Black Friday deal doesn't come with a game and it's used, but the price is right at $299 through Best Buy. Xbox One Black Friday dealsXbox One 1TB Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition bundle is the best Black Friday deal for fans of the Mast Chief franchise, and costs just $449 at Amazon. Xbox One Halo: The Master Chief Collection bundle brings last year's game and the 500GB console together with the best price being just $299 at GameStop. Want it in white? Xbox One Special Edition White Halo: The Master Chief Collection bundle is sold out, but when it is back in stock will cost $349 at GameStop. Until then it's $403 at Amazon. Xbox One 500GB Gears of War: Ultimate Edition bundle in black is even cheaper on Black Friday, with prices currently at $299 through Amazon. Want it in white (again)? Xbox One 500GB Gears of War Special Edition White bundle is a exclusive that is actually cheaper. Act fast, because its price is $299 only at Walmart. Xbox One 1TB Madden NFL 16 bundle brings a bargain to the gridiron. Its best Black Friday deal so far make it $448 at Amazon. It's not too late to get in on some NFL action if you already own an Xbox One. Madden NFL 16 is now $29 at Target. Xbox One 1TB FIFA 16 Limited Edition bundle combines the other kind of football, soccer, with Microsoft's next-gen console. It's in stock for $349 at Walmart. Xbox One 1TB Fallout 4 bundle gives you enough internal storage to save and re-save your game that could glitch any moment. Don't worry, the game is buggy, but fantastic, and costs around $470 at Amazon. Xbox One The LEGO Movie is the console bundle for the kids and the kids at heart. It's $299 through Amazon. Xbox One 500GB standalone console does away with the bundles, but clocks in at a cheaper price, one that once matched the name of Halo's developer. It's even cheaper at $331 via Amazon. Xbox One 1TB console bundle with three games includes Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, Rare Replay, and Ori the Blind Forest for $349 at Amazon. Xbox One 500GB bundle with Assassin's Creed Unity adds the latest game in the Ubisoft franchise and retails for just $359 at Amazon. Xbox One 1TB Rise of the Tomb Raider bundle is still available, but we could only find it in one store. It's price is $349 at Best Buy. The Xbox One Elite bundle combines a 1TB console with the pro-level Xbox One Elite controller. It launches on December 1, but you can pre-order now for $449 at Amazon. The cheapest Xbox One is at GameStop, which isn't always known for the best prices. It's inexpensive because it's pre-owned. It's in black for $299 at GameStop and white at $299 – also at GameStop, though this one is currently sold out. Just in case this hot number sells out before Black Friday, there's another deal for a refurbished, black Xbox One on sale for $299 at Amazon. Wii U Black Friday dealsBlack Friday deals for Nintendo Wii U console bundles are going to be hard to find because they always sell better than expected with families. Here's what we found so far, before mom and dad snap them up. Wii U Mario Kart 8 bundle packs in the best game for Black Friday week for just $299 at Amazon Wii U Super Mario Maker bundle isn't available to buy at most stores, but it's still $299.96 at Walmart Wii U Skylanders Swap Force bundle gets you started with Activision's InerAction Figure game foronly $289 at Amazon. Cheapest Wii U you can buy is a "premium refurbished" 8GB console that costs $229.99 at GameStop Cheapest Wii U 32GB console gives you more space for a few extra dollars $259.99 at GameStop Check out the best PS4 Black Friday deals and Xbox One Black Friday deals in order to find more video game consoles with ultra-cheap prices today. Nintendo 3DS Black Friday dealsNintendo is venturing into the mobile space, but all of its best portable games remain on the 3DS. It's going to be that way for some time. Here's the best way to save on the still viable handheld system. Looking for the recently released regular-sized New Nintendo 3DS? The new (smaller) Nintendo 3DS bundled with Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer is $40 off now $179 at Wal-Mart. The Nintendo New 3DS XL in Red, with the wholly-worth-it C Stick and larger display, is currently slashed to $179 at Amazon. The Nintendo New 3DS XL in Black is almost as cheap for Black Friday month. It costs $179 through Amazon and matched for $179 at Walmart. The same Nintendo New 3DS XL with a choice of game is a good deal if you're getting a game anyway, as it starts at $207 at Walmart. Save some money with Nintendo 3DS XL in Black or Red without the C stick. It plays all of the same games and costs just $176 on Amazon. Even cooler is the Nintendo New 3DS XL Hyrule Gold Edition. This exclusive, in stock for now, won't be available for long due to its cheaper price at $199 only at GameStop. New 3DS XL Hyrule Gold Edition with Zelda Triforce Heroes bundles one of the best games on the Nintendo 3DS. It's $239 only at GameStop. The cheapest Nintendo 3DS XL is the NES Edition Black Friday deal. It's a hidden gem locked away inside of an old Nintendo controller at $169 at GameStop, thought it's currently out of stock. Slightly cheaper is the same Nintendo 3DS XL NES Edition console at the used price of just $99 pre-owned at GameStop, though it's currently out of stock. Check out more deals at the Golden Joystick StoreTV & video dealsTVs are almost always the most popular Cyber Monday and Christmas items and this year looks set to be no different. As we get closer to the big day we'll update this section each morning with all of the latest TV deals so that you can get the best one for you. We'll pick according to headline prices and big discounts so there should be a good range of "cheap as chips" TVs as well as "great TVs at a great price." Our pick of the best 4K Ultra HD TV deals this Cyber Monday: Samsung 60-inch HD TV is for anyone who wants a huge TV, but doesn't want it in 4K yet. It usually costs $999, but now it's only $699 at Best Buy. Samsung 60-inch SUHD JS7000 4K TV was $2,599 and now costs $1,299 at Samsung.com. This 49-Inch Sony 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV is 50% off now $798 at Amazon. Samsung 55-inch 4K TV packs a 2160p resolution and 120Hz typically at $1,999, but its Black Friday deal makes it just $797 at Target. Samsung 60-inch 4K TV is the same Ultra HD TV for only a few dollars. It did cost $1,699, but now it's an easy $897 at Target. Vizio 55-inch 4K TV gets you an Ultra HD television for the cheap price of $949 even cheaper at $699 at Best Buy. TCL Roku TV 40-inch is one of our favorites because it has the best smart TV interface that was $419, now costs $299 at Amazon. LG 55-inch 4K TV will make you think that Life's Good with a price of only $699 at Dell.com. All LG 4K TVs on sale starting at $547 through Amazon. iPad & tablet dealsThe bottom has fallen out of the tablet market a little bit - there's a reason why Apple is now making the massive iPad Pro - it's already sold an iPad to most people who want one. Expect some aggressive iPad and tablet deals as we get closer to the big day. iPad Air 2 is on sale for Black Friday with a $100 discount on the 16GB model, now just $399 at Best Buy, though it's currently not available for online purchase. iPad Air 2 with the bigger 64GB of storage also saves you $100 this holiday season, now just $499 at Best Buy. These iPad Air 2 deals aren't as exciting – until you realize that they come with a $150 gift card to Target. iPad mini 4 with 64GB of storage is the same price as the iPad mini 4 16GB model if you check the awesome price of $399 at Best Buy, though it's out of stock at the moment. The iPad mini 4 is smaller, but its Black Friday deal comes with a big gift card worth $100 at Target. iPad mini 2 is older, but still a compact tablet and is bundled with an $80 gift card from Target. Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8-inch is our favorite new Android tablet and it's $50 off, now just $349 at Staples. Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7-inch is an Android tablet and it's Black Friday deal is even better since it's $100 off at just $399 at Best Buy. Microsoft Surface 3 serves up a killer deal now that it is being featured with a $100 discount, bringing the price to $399 at Best Buy. Microsoft Surface Pro 3 is way more powerful, but comes in under the thousand dollar mark during Black Friday for $999 at Best Buy. Amazon Kindle Fire tablets are red hot deals, and selling out fast. That's because they start at just $34.99 through Amazon. Laptop & Macbook dealsMacBook Pro 13-inch 8GB of RAM and 256GB storage $150 off just $1,349 at Best Buy. New MacBook 2015 12-inch 8GB of RAM, 256GB storage and the one we have and love is just $1,149 at Best Buy. MacBook Air 13-inch display, Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM, 256GB of storage now $1,049 at Best Buy. Save $250 dollars on Lenovo's heralded 2-in-1. The Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro is now $749.99 at Best Buy. Dell Inspiron 11.6-inch touchscreen, 8GB of RAM, 128GB internal storage $165 off, now $384.99 at Best Buy. Dell 2-in-1 laptops are on sale through Amazon with various configurations starting at $319. HP Envy laptop 15.6-inch touchscreen with an Intel Core i5 CPU, 6GB of RAM, 1TB hard drive $200 off now $479 at Best Buy. HP Envy laptop 15.6-inch touchscreen with an Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, 1TB internal storage $250 off now $549 at Best Buy, though it's currently not selling online. HP Spectre laptop 13.3-inch touchscreen, Intel Core i7 CPU, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage saves you $200 now $969 at Best Buy. ASUS 15-inch laptops with various configurations on sale throughout Black Friday for steep discounts at Amazon starting at $129. Smartphone dealsiPhone and Android phone deals are on a lot of wish lists this Black Friday, and we're here to help point out the best bargains on AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint. Apple's iPhone 6S on AT&T moves to the US carrier's monthly plan, so you don't have to pay for the phone upfront. It starts at $21.67 a month at Best Buy. The new iPhone 6S on Verizon is sticking to the usual two-year contract plan through some retailers on Black Friday. That means it starts at $199 and up at Best Buy. iPhone 6S on Sprint also uses two-year contracts, though it sometimes offers lower monthly payments (which add up to more money over time). Best bet is to go with the just $99 deal at Best Buy. The iPhone 6S deals are rare. Even Apple's official store doesn't give Black Friday discounts on its smartphone because, really, it doesn't have to. It's usually out of stock come Christmas, anyway. Get the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge unlocked for $500 off now only $539 at Target. Snag the latest phone from Google and LG, the Nexus 5X, at its lowest price ever. The unlocked 32GB version is $80 off for today, now $349 at Best Buy Cyber Monday: What is it?Welcome to TechRadar's Cyber Monday deals homepage! This year, St Andrew's Day isn't just an excuse for Scots to get sozzled: November 30, 2015 is Cyber Monday, which is America's busiest online shopping day of the year, and it's now just a month away! Like many dates on the calendar, Cyber Monday is a marketing invention. It was coined in 2005 by Shop.org to encourage more people to shop online. It's safe to say it's done that: last year, US shoppers spent a record $2.68 billion, making Cyber Monday the biggest day in US online shopping history. Retail consultancy Channel Advisor reports that Google Shopping was up 2.9% year on year, eBay 9.82% and Amazon 30.76%, and clicks on paid search ads jumped by a massive 60.56% compared to 2013. Marketing experts Monetate, who work with some of the world's top brands, reported that traffic to US online retailers was up 11.8% year on year. Walmart reported that Cyber Monday 2014 was the biggest day for online orders in its entire history, and this year is expected to be bigger still. http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/deals/Cyber%20Monday%20deals/cybermondaywalmart2014-420-90.jpg Cyber Monday and Black Friday: what's the difference?It's not just that they sit on either side of the appallingly named Sofa Sunday. Black Friday is dominated by technology, and by a handful of big-name retailers with deep pockets and big advertising budgets: Target, Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop and so on. It's very hard for other retailers to stand out on Black Friday, so many of them don't bother. They offer their deals on Cyber Monday instead. When ecommerce provider EKMPowershop surveyed its small- and medium-sized business users about Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it found that those retailers sold 29% more on the Monday than on the Friday. It isn't just the size of the retailers that's different. It's what they do, too. While Black Friday is dominated by technology products, Cyber Monday is better for fashion, shoes and home electrical appliances. For example in the last two Cyber Mondays, there were 45% more clothing deals than on Black Friday and 50% more deals on shoes. There are still plenty of tech deals around - firms such as Currys discounted HDTVs and gadgets for the entire long weekend until stocks ran out - but the freshest deals tend to be in other sectors. According to figures collated by ecommerce marketing experts Fresh Relevance, beauty sales were up 400%, gifts 300%, holidays 150% and home and garden items 150% on Cyber Monday 2014 compared to a normal Friday. So if you're looking for a laptop, Black Friday's the day to do it. If you're looking for something from a designer or some great Christmas presents, you should wait until after the weekend. " width="420">YouTube : The changing face of Cyber MondayCyber Monday began as a day when people went back to work, thought "aaagh! It's nearly Christmas!" and immediately started misusing their employers' computers to do online shopping. Employers have cracked down on that, but it hasn't dented Cyber Monday's popularity. We're just shopping on our smartphones instead. Last year Adobe reported that 19% of total online sales were made from mobile devices; Monetate's figures suggest that since 2013, smartphone use for Cyber Monday shopping is up 57%. Even YouTubers like Cyber Monday... " width="420">YouTube : While this is all great news for us bargain hunters, though, it's not all good news for the retailers, because while the numbers are bigger, the average order value is going down - and it seems that rather than creating new demand, the Cyber Monday weekend is actually an exercise in foot-shooting for many online stores. When marketing experts Verdict Retail analysed the effect of Black Friday and Cyber Monday last year they found that there was "no evidence that it stimulated demand"; by discounting their products, retailers sold stuff they would have sold anyway, but for less money. That's led retailers such as UK shopping giant John Lewis to say "we've got to ask if it's right to concentrate trade so much in that one period." There will be bargains, but for many retailers they'll be carefully chosen ones - and retailers will use them as bait in the hope they can cross-sell and up-sell too. There's also the issue of the Enormous Magical Sale That Goes On Forever, or EMSTGOF for short. Amazon was the most obvious proponent of EMSTGOF, with a week of deals running up to Black Friday and another week - Cyber Week - beginning on Cyber Monday, but you can expect other EMSTGOF from other retailers too - not least because by spreading things out, they're not as prone to the traffic spikes that knocked so many retailers offline last Black Friday. Walmart was one of several retailers that ran promotions before, during and after Black Friday and Cyber Monday (including a "Cyber Monday Evening Edition" for people coming home from work), and others are likely to follow suit. 
 http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/deals/Cyber%20Monday%20deals/walmartcyberweek2014-420-90.jpg How to get the best Cyber Monday bargainsStart early and start here. We'll be rounding up the very best Cyber Monday 2015 deals on this very page, and we'll point you to the ones that really do deliver bargains. It's a good idea to do some homework, too; with some companies discounting almost everything - Brand View reports that Argos had discounted 93.3% of its tablets on Cyber Monday with average discounts of 21.5%, while Currys had 85.5% of its TV range on offer, with discounts averaging 19.8% - it's not a bad idea to study the shelves of your favourite online emporium to draw up a shortlist. There's a very good chance at least some of your shortlist will be offered at a lower price. It's also worth installing the mobile apps for your chosen retailers. We don't think we'll see quite as many sites going offline due to excessive demand this year, but if you've recently tried to order an Apple Watch or iPhone 6S on launch day you'll already know that apps are often more reliable than the same firms' websites. More than anything, it's important to set a budget and identify what you really want. There's no point bagging a bargain if the credit card interest is double the discount, or if it ends up gathering dust in a corner. Be careful out there. Where to find the best Cyber Monday deals in 2015:Here's TechRadar's rundown of where to find the best Cyber Monday deals on November 30th 2015: http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/techradar/mline-420-90.jpg http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/deals/Black%20Friday%202015/Black%20Friday%20deals%20retailer%20logos/techradar-150-100.jpg TechRadar.com:Last year, over a million people visited TechRadar's Cyber Monday deals page where we rounded up all of the best Cyber Monday deals from all of the most trusted retailers in the UK. This year, you'll be pleased to hear, we're doing it all over again just as we are for Black Friday! Tune in to our Black Friday page throughout November to discover what we think are the best deals, and then to our separate Cyber Monday page - that's this one you're reading now - to discover what could be some even better deals. Last year the best deals appeared on Cyber Monday. http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/techradar/mline-420-90.jpg http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/deals/Black%20Friday%202015/Black%20Friday%20deals%20retailer%20logos/amazon-150-100.jpg Amazon.com:Obviously as the world's biggest online retailer, Amazon will be all over Cyber Monday like jam on toast. Expect some of the absolute best Cyber Monday deals to come from Amazon, and check out this page for a round up of them all so you don't miss out! Quick link: Amazon Cyber Monday homepage

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/software/Microsoft/Cortana/cortana-for-android-470-75.jpgHaving pushed out a beta version of its Cortana digital assistant for Android devices, Microsoft is now turning its attention to Apple's mobile platform: those who've already signed up to be part of the beta program can now download the app for iOS. It follows a Windows Insider forum post from the start of the month inviting users to register their interest in testing the app - a "limited number" of people who clicked through on the survey page are now eligible to install Cortana on their own devices. If you've not already signed up for Cortana on iOS you're out of luck for the time being, but it shouldn't be too long before the app is available for all. Microsoft's digital assistant is now an integral part of Windows 10, although desktop support has yet to extend to the UK. Microsoft everywhereAfter making little headway with its own mobile platform, Microsoft executives have decided to make sure its flagship apps are available everywhere: the likes of Office, Outlook, OneDrive and now Cortana can all now be run on iOS and Android devices. Indeed, Windows 10 comes with a Phone Companion utility for getting all of your Microsoft apps up and running on your non-Microsoft smartphone. If you can't beat them, join them - or something along those lines. Like Siri and Google Now, Cortana can pull up information from the web, search through emails and calendar entries, set reminders on the go and more. Let's hope Microsoft opens up the beta to everyone in time for Christmas. You might soon be able to test the Cortana on iOS app http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244159855687/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bd9f1ed/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244159855687/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bd9f1ed/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244159855687/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bd9f1ed/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img http://da.feedsportal.com/r/244159855687/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bd9f1ed/sc/28/a2.imghttp://pi.feedsportal.com/r/244159855687/u/49/f/415085/c/669/s/4bd9f1ed/sc/28/a2t.imghttp://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/415085/s/4bd9f1ed/sc/28/mf.gifhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/software-news/~4/bkH7FT71RB8

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/deals/Black%20Friday%202015/Black%20Friday%20deals%202015/Black%20Friday%20deals/TR_black_friday_graphics_2015_06-470-75.jpgHeadphones have become one of the most important categories in tech and this year we're expecting some cracking deals for Black Friday. On this page we're listing the best Black Friday deals on headphones, Bluetooth speaker, soundbars, hifis, DAB radios and home cinema systems so that you can always get the best prices! Not only will these offers save you a heck of a lot of money, but each one has been hand picked by our experts so you can buy in confidence that the products will make your music and movies sound better than ever before! The best headphone deals this Black FridayBeats by Dr. Dre Solo 2 On-Ear Headphones Want some Beats by Dre headphones? This deal knocks off a huge £100 from the asking price now £69 at Tesco.com UE Megaboom by Ultimate Ears Bluetooth NFC Portable Speaker Save £50 with this deal for these wireless Bluetooth speakers. now £199.95 at John Lewis Bose QuietComfort Noise Cancelling QC20 Acoustic In-Ear Headphones These excellent in-ear headphones have had £110 knocked off their normal price now £149.50 at John Lewis Bose SoundTrue On-Ear Headphones - White This deal knocks off over half of the original asking price for these great headphones now £59.99 at argos.co.uk HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset One of the best headsets around. Save £25 now £49.99 at Overclockers UK Beats by Dr. Dre Solo 2.0 On-Ear Headphones - Pink Beats by Dr. Dre over ear speakers in pink. Great headphones, even better price. now £99.99 at argos.co.uk Wireless Gaming Headset Sound Blaster Tactic3D Omega now £59.99 at Creative Labs Sennheiser RS120 II Wireless on-ear headphones with a power supply now £49 at Amazon UK Philips Headphones Wireless headphones in black for just now £29.99 at argos.co.uk Gaming Headset Turtle Beach Ear Force XO One now £29.99 at Currys Philips SHB5500BK/00 Wireless Folding Bluetooth Headphones Black now £22.99 at Amazon UK Sennheiser Momentum If you don't mind the colour pink these headphones are an absolute bargain now £59.99 at Amazon UK Beyerdynamic DTX102 High quality headphones for a reduced price of now £39.99 at Amazon UK Gaming Headset Turtle Beach gaming headset for now £34.99 at EBAY-GB Beyerdynamic DT770 PRO Grab these highly rated headphones for just now £96.78 at Amazon UK Bose Soundtrue Great bose headphones with a 2 year guarantee now £89.95 at Currys Powerbeats 2 Wireless: Dr.Dre's water resistant headphones now now £127.49 at Amazon UK Sennheiser MM50iP Cheap Sennheiser headphones, Comes with 12 month warranty now £15 at EBAY-GB Powerbeats 2 Wireless Dr.Dre's sweat and water resistant headphones down to now £127.49 at Amazon UK Headphones Get these critically acclaimed headphones for just now £87.66 at Amazon UK Sony headphones The Sony MDR-ZX610 noise cancelling headphones are now just now £39.73 at Amazon UK Headphones Grab these headphones from JVC, Now just now £19.99 at Amazon UK The best speaker deals this Black FridayBOSE SoundLink Mini Bluetooth Speaker II Save £30 with this deal for the excellent Bluetooth speaker now £139.95 at Currys SONY GTK-X1BT Wireless Megasound Hi-Fi System Save £60.99 on this great sound system from Sony now £169 at Currys ROBERTS Revival RD60 DAB Digital Radio, Burgundy Save a huge 50% on this great retro-themed digital radio now £99.95 at John Lewis Creative D5XM Smart modular wireless speaker now £69.99 at Creative Labs Beats by Dr. Dre Pill 2.0 Wireless Speaker Get the Beats by Dr. Dre Pill 2.0 wireless speakers in a range of colours and with a £40 saving now £129.99 at argos.co.uk UE Boom 2 Bluetooth waterproof speaker for now £129.95 at Amazon UK Panasonic SC-HTE80EB-K Wireless Speakerboard with Bluetooth Wireless Technology now £139 at Amazon UK Sond Audio Bluetooth NFC speaker now £39.99 at Ebuyer Angry Birds Speaker Small speaker compatible with any device wit a 3.5mm jack, now £10.99 at Iwantoneofthose.com Sonos Play:1 Grab 2 Sonos Play:1s for only now £299 at Sonos Bluetooth Speaker Portable speaker now £7.99 at Iwantoneofthose.com Wireless Speaker now £74.99 at Currys The best docks and home theatre deals this Black FridayJohn Lewis own-brand soundbar Save £130 on this soundbar and subwoofer set, now £199.95 at John Lewis Sony CMT-X5CDB DAB/FM/CD Bluetooth NFC Speaker Get £50 off this great little Bluetooth NFC speaker system now £189.95 at John Lewis Bose SoundDock XT White/Yellow iPhone dock now £64.95 at argos.co.uk LG BH4030S Blu-Ray Home Cinema system now £89.99 at Amazon UK LG NB2530A 100W Soundbar with Bluetooth & Integrated Sub Save yourself £70 with this deal for LG's soundbar now £59 at Tesco.com

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/deals/New%20black%20friday%20deals/TR_black_friday_graphics_2015_16-470-75.jpgCoffee? One simply cannot have enough. And there's nothing quite like home-made coffee from a proper machine. The catch? Coffee machines ain't cheap. Unless, that is, it's Black Friday and prices are taking a hammering. And we really do mean a hammering. Illy is offering 50 per cent off several of its own machines, just as a for instance. So read on and keep popping back for all the best deals. Some of the major e-tailers won't be unleashing their best deals until Friday proper, so be prepared! The best Black Friday coffee machine deals:KRUPS EA9010 Espresseria Bean-to-Cup Coffee Machine: Save £300 on this pro bean-to-cup beauty. £999.95 from John Lewis. NESCAFE Dolce Gusto Melody 3 Coffee Machine: 15 bar pump pressure for coffee shop quality in seconds. Less than half price at £37.99 from Argos. Jura Impressa A5 Automatic 13756 Bean to Cup Coffee Machine: More mega bean-to-cup action, this time £449 off at, yes, £449 from ao.com. Tassimo by Bosch TAS200GB Coffee Machine: At over 60 per cent off, there's no excuse not to make good coffee. £29.99 from Argos. Illy coffee machines: Wide range of coffee and espresso machines at half price from Illy's website. NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto Mini Me EDG305 Capsule Machine: Multiple colours available for just £44.99 from Amazon. De'Longhi Magnifica ESAM04.320.S Rapid Long Bean-to-Cup Machine: A massive £350 savings from Amazon, now £369.09 More deals coming throughout the day!

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/deals/New%20black%20friday%20deals/TR_black_friday_graphics_2015_15-470-75.jpgWhat's the best thing about Black Friday? It's basically the Christmas sales come early. That means you can surround the Christmas tree with savings on toys and LEGO for the little ones. Yup, Black Friday is bigger than ever and now includes toys, too. Some of the big etailers, like Argos, even have a dedicated section for Black Friday toy deals. With everything from Peppa Pig and Playmobil to Minecraft and Meccano for the chop, the overall list of bargains is borderline bonkers. And yes, it does include many of the best LEGO kits. So, mount your mice and find all the best Black Friday toy deals below: The best Black Friday toy deals:Half price on toys at Argos Big toy sale at ASDA Big savings on toys at Amazon LeapFrog LeapPad Platinum Purple: Wi-Fi learning tablet with 7-inch screen. £45 off and just £54 from Amazon. Transformers Age of Extinction Mega 1-Step Bumblebee: Bumblebee for under half price. Get going to Amazon - £15.99. NIKKO RC Vaporizr 2 Car: Remote control fun for just £24.99 from Amazon. Nerf N-Strike Elite Hail-Fire Blaster: Less than half price. £19.99 from Argos. Minions Talking Minion Stuart: Your very own Minion. And he talks. 30 per cent off from Argos at £24.99. Minecraft Hostile Mobs Pack: It's Skeleton, Enderman, Creeper and Zombie, all now real-life figures and yours for just £14.99 from Argos. Peppa Pig Lighthouse Mega Set: Peppa Pig. And a light house. Well, obviously, plus boats, the four figures from the series and much more from Argos at half price for £19.49. JCB Battery Operated Ride On Tractor: 6-volt battery and digger, a proper big boys' toy from Argos, £50 off and up for £79.99. Scalextric 1:32 Scale Continental Sports Cars Race Set: Le Mans and Pro GT race car set, 20 per cent off from Amazon, £39.99. Barbie Saddle-n-Ride Horse: I'm on a horse. Or I would be, if I was Barbie. Either way, this Barbie-and-horse combo is a steal at 40 per cent off or £29.99. Playmobil City Life Shopping Centre: Train the tots up in the art of shopping with this epic Playmobil kit. Fully 50 per cent off from Amazon and offered for £64.99. The best Black Friday LEGO deals:LEGO Friends Value Pack: Mega pack includes house, car, gas station and pop star recording studio. A bagatelle at just £54.99 - that's £30, from Argos. LEGO City Explorers Deep Sea Exploration Vessel: Working winch, large wheelhouse, below-deck cabins, lifeboat and, well, more. But for less. £14.99 less, actually, and now £65 from Amazon. LEGO Technic Customized Pick Up Truck: Complete with detailed V6 engine, woot. 25 per cent off, £52.99 from Argos. LEGO Hobbit The Lonely Mountain: The Hobbit and LEGO in one? With a catapult and fireballs? Sure to be a smash hit. 25 per cent off from Argos at £74.99. LEGO Disney Princess: Ariel's Undersea Palace: Perfect for you own little mermaid and yours for £39.99, that's 20 per cent off.

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/deals/New%20black%20friday%20deals/TR_black_friday_graphics_2015_14-470-75.jpgLaugh it up fuzzballs. Black Friday is upon us and with the hotly-anticipated JJ Abrams re-boot of everybody's favourite space franchise just around the corner, now's the time to fill your boots with cut-price Star Wars clobber. Not that you needed an excuse. But the uber deals include must-have items like Lego kits (of the Millennium Falcon, naturally), chopstick lightsabres and even a Storm Trooper-themed electric scooter. And if you don't desperately want your own remote-controlled version of BB-8 for Christmas, you can stop calling yourself a Star Wars fan right now. So get scrolling for all the best Black Friday Star Wars deals. The best Black Friday Star Wars deals:Star Wars Flocked Chill Chair: Relax and find your inner Jedi for less than half price. £10.99 from Argos. Disney Infinity 3.0: Star Wars Starter Pack (Xbox 360): Disney Infinity game, Star Wars figurines and much more for a bargainous £17.50. Star Wars: The Force Awakens RC BB-8: Do not delay. Get your own BB-8 today from Argos, he's the new R2-D2, don't you know?. Star Wars Stormtrooper Electric Scooter: Feel the force of the 120W motor from Argos for half price at just £97.99. LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Millennium Falcon: Still the fastest tin can in the galaxy, just made of small plastic bricks and now £30 off. £99.99 from Argos. LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Kylo Command Shuttle: Sleek new ship from The Force Awakens gets the Lego treatment, £82.99 from Argos. Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray: All six flicks in glorious high definition. Can you afford not to for just £58 from Amazon? Star Wars Lightsaber BBQ Tongs: File this alongside Ron Weasley's waterproof golfing trousers in the strained marketing tie-in section. But what the heck, we just have to have it for just £19.69 from Amazon. Star Wars Darth Vader Light Up Version Chopstick: Light-up Star Wars-branded chopsticks? Really? Oh, alright. £17.98 from Amazon. LOADS more Star Wars deals coming your way later on Black Friday - stay tuned!

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/deals/New%20black%20friday%20deals/TR_black_friday_graphics_2015_18-470-75.jpgQuelle surprise. The in-house Kindle tablet family is a centre piece of Amazon's epic Black Friday deals. So rejoice, because that means that even the new Kindle Paperwhite is on the block at an unbeatable price. That's a pure e-reader, of course. But Amazon's full-function Kindles with glorious HD colour displays are also in the mix including the ultra-HD HDX 8.9. And don't forget. There will be Kindle deals from other e-tailers, too. Can't keep up? Don't worry, we've done the heavy lifting and have all the best Kindle deals below. Keep checking back as we're expecting the deals to come thick and fast. The best Black Friday Kindle deals:Amazon Leather Cover for Kindle 4 & 5: Leather cladding for you Kindle, reduced to £24.76 to clear at John Lewis. All-New Kindle Paperwhite, 6-inch: The new super-sharp, 300PPI e-reader from Kindle and it's already £30 off from Amazon at £79.99. AMAZON Fire 7" Tablet - 8 GB: About as cheap as Amazon tabletting gets. Now £34.99 from Currys. Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 64GB: 2,560 by 1,600 pixels, count 'em! Get this quad-core monster and save £180. Yours for £299.99 from Amazon. Kindle Fire tablet: Save £15 on the new Kindle Fire tablet - get it for £34.99. Kindle Fire TV: Save £10 on the Kindle Fire TV stick - get it for £24.99 Kindle ereader: Get an awesome but cheap Kindle ereader - grab it from Amazon for £49.99. Tablet for Kids: Save £30 on Amazon's tablet for kids - nab one from Amazon for £69.99. Kindle Wi-Fi Touch: Basic digital book reading and storage at a sensible price. £49.99 saving you a tenner thanks to Argos.

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/deals/amazon%20uk%20logo-470-75.jpgAmazon is largely responsible for importing Black Friday to the UK. It's been around for four years now but before that it was very much an exclusively American thing - landing as it does the day after Thanksgiving in the US when everyone's on holiday, drunk, and with money to spend. This year in the UK, Amazon is leading with lightning deals again - highly discounted deals which only last a short period of time. You've got to keep your eyes peeled for those ones but keep checking here to see the latest ones! (Amazon supplied us with some deals in advance - others are just popping up on the site so we'll keep updating this page throughout Black Friday) Amazon Prime: Get a 30 day FREE trial to Amazon Prime and get: FREE delivery on all purchases AND early access to all Black Friday lightning deals! Amazon lightning deals: see all of the current deals here Amazon's full-blown Black Friday deals of the dayAmazon is of course also promoting a number of all-day deals which will last for the whole of Black Friday and in some cases through the weekend to Cyber Monday. These are all the full-blown Black Friday deals on Amazon.co.uk. There aren't actually that many - but remember there are thousands of other sellers on Amazon which far outweigh Amazon's own products: TV & Video deals at Amazon:Amazon's streaming stick Save a tenner on Amazon's Fire TV Stick, now £24.99 at Amazon UK 4K Android TV box Nvidia Shield box with £30 off, now £119.99 at Amazon UK Panasonic 50-inch 4K 50-inch Ultra HD with 42% off, now £699 at Amazon UK Sony Android 1080p TV 43-inch smart TV, was £800 now £449 at Amazon UK 42-inch LG smart 1080p webOS Full HD with 40% off now £389 at Amazon UK Full 65-inch LG 4K Beefy LG smart Ultra HD, was £2,199 now £1484.10 at Amazon UK LG Ultra HD bargain 55-inch smart 4K, was £1,399 now £779 at Amazon UK Gaming deals at Amazon:PS4 500GB console with FIFA 16 Steelbook, GTA5 and The Last of US Remastered now £299.99 at Amazon UK Wii U 32GB Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon Premium Pack with Nintendo Wii U Pro Controller now £239.99 at Amazon UK PS4 Refurbished PS4 now £199 at Amazon UK Nintendo 3DS XL bundle £99 at Amazon UK Xbox One bundle Xbox One 500GB console with Ori and Rare Replay now £229 at Amazon UK Tablet deals at Amazon:Fire Kids Edition, 7" Display, Wi-Fi, 8 GB, Blue Kid-Proof Case This kid-proof tablet has had its price cut by £30 now £69.99 at Amazon UK Cameras & Accessory deals at Amazon:Sony A5100 Get the A5100 mirrorless camera and 16-50mm power zoom lens and save £124.97, now £279 at Amazon UK Pentax K-S2 with 18-135mm lens Save a massive £390.99 on Pentax's latest DSLR, sold with the extra long 18-135mm kit zoom, now £699 at Amazon UK Laptops & MacBook deals at Amazon:Powerful gaming laptop Dell Inspiron i7559-763, was £999, now £799 at Amazon UK Affordable Chromebook ASUS C200MA, was £220, now £129.99 at Amazon UK Powerful gaming laptop £999.99 at Amazon UK Affordable i3 Laptop Lenovo YOGA 500 14 inch Laptop, was £450, now £349.95 at Amazon UK Wearables at Amazon:Great Garmin Forerunner 910XT GPS deal Garmin Forerunner 910XT GPS Multisport Watch with Heart Rat Monitor - save 50% Was £319.99 now £174.17 at Amazon UK Garmin Vivoactive Garmin Vivoactive half price! Was £199.99 now £99 at Amazon UK Jawbone UP3 Jawbone UP3 with 40% off - was £129.99 now £77.99 at Amazon UK See more Amazon Black Friday deals!