Razer's Hello Kitty and Friends collection appeal to pink-loving gamers

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After collaborating with Fossil for a new version of the Fossil Gen 6 watch, Razer has a new collaboration with Sanrio. The Razer x Hello Kitty and Friends collection has officially launched with new designs for the Kraken BT headset, DeathAdder Essential mouse, Goliathus mouse mat, and Razer Iskur X gaming chair. All three get a pink makeover featuring the beloved character and her friends. Some of them are already available, while you'll have to wait for the others.

The Kraken BT "Kitty Edition" headset gets Hello Kitty-inspired ears complete with a pink bow and "Razer Chroma RGB and a burst of stream-reactive lighting." On the headband's underside, you can spot Hello Kitty's friends like My Melody, Pompompurin, Keroppi, and more. The cute headset retails for US$119.99 (around CA$150 converted).

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Why the Stanley Cup still means so much

Every sport has its iconic trophies. Whether it is the football World Cup, or the Wimbledon Grand Slam, certain trophies and cups are instantly recognisable. None more so than the Stanley Cup. For those that play hockey, there is no prize bigger than this. Sure, in other sports trophies may be bigger and more expensive, but the Stanley Cup has a special appeal that can’t be matched elsewhere.

No other sport can boast a trophy that means so much and one that players will give their all for. It is also one that fans go wild for. The betting taking place over at Betway gives a great feel of the popularity of this cup.  Not convinced? Let’s take a look at just why the Stanley Cup means so much, and why it always will. 

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Twitter finally brings Communities to Android

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After four months since its debut on iOS and the web, Twitter Communities are finally available on Android. The topic-based groups let you chat and see what other like-minded Twitter users are tweeting. You can't set up your own Communities for now, but you can suggest new ones you'd want to create and moderate. Twitter says it'll keep these in mind as they add more communities. 

Other plans Twitter has for Communities include adding a third type of membership that lets users request to join a Community, ranked timeline, Q&As, and ways for mods to highlight some of a community's best content.

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HP introduces Fortis G10, first 14" rugged Chromebook with 4G LTE

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HP recently launched a new line of laptops built for blended learning environments. One of the new machines is what the company says is the first 14-inch rugged Chromebook for education that comes with 4G LTE.  

The HP Fortis G10 Chromebook is purpose-built for cloud-native learning. It runs on Intel Celeron or Intel Pentium processors and has a 180-degree lay-flat hinge. And for online, collaborative learning, there's an 88-degree wide-viewing angle HD camera and dual mics. For privacy purposes, the Fortis G10 Chromebook also has a Privacy Camera. And its Chrome Education Upgrade makes it easy to manage and deploy these machines. It has up to 128GB of storage and up to 8GB of RAM. Display options go up to 1080p resolution for the 14-inch display.

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