Fitbit Ionic now available worldwide

Fitbit Ionic is the first smartwatch from Fitbit and it offers the ultimate curation of advanced health and fitness features, personalized guidance, smart functionality and versatile style. Ionic has been available today for presale on Fitbit.com, with retail availability starting in October 2017. 

Fitbit Ionic brings a number of first to the pioneering and leading smart tracker space. It is the first smartwatch from the company. It is also water-resistant and can be used while swimming and for tracking water sports. It is the first device to use Fitbit Pay, which brings touchless mobile payments to the Fitbit  wearable space and it can be used to pay for items and services on most touch to pay terminals. The Ionic can also play back stored music and works in tandem with the Fitbit Flyer and other wireless headsets. Stay tuned for our full review of this very important wearable which can be used with iOS, Android and Windows 10 devices.

Review: Apple iPhone 8 Plus

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

iPhone 8 Plus feels substantially more powerful and quicker than most top tier Android competitors. It smokes the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 in everything from loading videos and websites, as well as simply navigating and moving from app to app.

Apple's iPhone 8 Plus may look like more of the same in terms of large smartphone dimensions, but the real significance of this update is under the hood and in the updated cameras.

The iPhone 8 Plus is the fourth large-format smartphone from Apple and it retains the same dimensions as the iPhone 7 Plus. A fact that multiple case and accessory makers have happily declared.

While it features the same 5.5-inch display that's made the jumbo iPhone the go-to device for iOS users who want to supersize, there are some surprises. The true-tone display that's been an iPad Pro exclusive feature now appears on iPhones 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.

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A Microsoft Surface Pro with LTE is coming this year

Microsoft announced that it is releasing a Microsoft Surface Pro that features onboard LTE connectivity. Created mostly for enterprise or corporate customers, an always-connected Surface will help mobile workers or field operatives by enabling access to the Internet and to back-end systems wherever they may roam.

In a surprise reveal during Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, Fl, Microsoft representatives said the Surface Pro with LTE would be coming by December 1 Neowin notes, it will be sold in two configurations: Core i5/4 GB RAM/128 GB SSD and Core i5/8 GB/256 GB. These revelations came from a session at Ignite this week in Orlando.

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Anticipated indie game Cuphead arrives Sep 29 on Xbox, Windows 10 and Steam

Cuphead is one of the most anticipated side-scrolling platformers which mixes a quirky classic cartoon aesthetic (think early Disney like Steamboat Willy). Cuphead loses a deal with the devil and has to go through hellish boss battles to win. The game has various touches like a Dixieland Jazz soundtrack, scratchy old newsreel effects and non-stop action. Stay tuned for our initial impressions coming in a few days.