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Wearable tech just hit the kids market as market-leading children’s tech company LeapFrog has announced the first activity tracker for children, LeapBand LeapBand takes its inspiration from the growing trend of adult fitness wearable technology. It encourages kids to get active in a fun way and learn about healthy lifestyle choices via their own personalised virtual pet. Read our Leapfrog LeapBand review. Sales of adult activity trackers from the likes of Fitbit, Nike FuelBand, Jawbone, Misfit Shine, Polar Loop and Samsung are booming, and kids are already begging for their own devices....

The problems have been acknowledged by Microsoft in posts on Windows Blogs. The two builds affected are 22000.176 and 22449, which are the latest updates for the Beta and Dev channels respectively, according to tech news site Windows Latest. Users report that the Start Menu, Taskbar, Explorer.exe, and Windows Settings have been unresponsive, while other parts of Windows 11 are either broken or simply not there. Other issues include the context menu being slow to respond and error messages popping up....

When it comes to protecting your lawn against the harsh conditions of winter, there are a few essentials that can make all the difference. This includes doing a final cut with one of the best gas lawn mowers (opens in new tab) or best electric lawn mowers (opens in new tab) and ensuring that you’ve provisioned nutrients for your soil over winter. However, there are also a few other ways to keep your lawn in tip top condition throughout the colder months....

Nonetheless, there is an increasing scope for replicating MS Excel’s tools and utilities, especially in Python. Did you know you can create extensive pivot tables in Python’s DataFrames with a few lines of code itself? Yes, that’s correct; if you are intrigued, here’s how you can do it. Pre-Requisites for Creating Pivot Tables Like any other programming language, even Python needs you to fulfill a few pre-requisites before you can get to coding....

You’d never need to shell out for fancy software, you wouldn’t need to fret come tax deadline day, and you might even be able to save money if you have a better understanding of where all your cash is going every month. Sounds like heaven, doesn’t it? There’s just one problem… Excel is complicated. Sure, it’s fairly straightforward to put together a basic spreadsheet. But once you start entering the world of automation, macros, and VBA, things start to get a whole lot more complex....

Now you have two more ways to try and figure out what you’re eating and where to get more of it—as well as hunt down a particular dish you might be craving—with a Google search. The updates take advantage of Google’s new “multisearch near me” function, which builds off of multisearch with an image and text query combination. If you’ve ever had some food put in front of you and thought “I wonder what this is” with a “where can I get more of this” follow-up, it’s time to pull up Google Lens....

Snapchat followed suit Sometimes earlier similar parental control features were launched by TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, etc. as well on their respective platforms. Snapchat hopes to exert a similar way of parental control as parents engage in the real world with their children. An interesting read: Now you can undelete WhatsApp Chats, Feature to Be Out Soon The process Guardians or parents have to install the app on their devices and be friends with their children on the platform....

The latest in the bulletin is Coinhive, a well-known browser-based service that has suffered a hijack. As per reports, the DNS records of Coinhive have been compromised by hijackers, giving them an easy entry to steal the cryptocurrency mined via the project’s script. What Is Coinhive? Coinhive is a famous service that lets websites owners use its Monero-mining JavaScript code to earn revenue without blitzing visitors with ads. Coinhive uses the CPU power of the visitor’s computer in order to mine cryptocurrency keeping 30% of the mined money....

The news has been confirmed by Electronic times of Taiwan and Apple is planning the move after feedback from its customers who were looking for a smaller variant of the smartphone. The target customers for this smartphone would be women who face problems in carrying a big screen iPhone. Apple has been in news this year as it launched iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus which featured in 4.7 and 5....

Before commencing: See, if the S3 is an international variant. The model number should be GT –I9300 Ensure battery is 80% Have a backup of the data with custom recovery instrument such as ClockWorkMod Enable USB debugging Updating Galaxy S3 to Official Android 4.3 Jelly Bean (XXUEML8) 1. Download I9300XXUGMK7 for GS3 on computer 2. Extract firmware through winrar/ winzip. 3. Download Odin v3. 07 and recover Odin3 v3. 07....

The company unusually released the Galaxy Watch Active and then the Galaxy Watch Active 2 in 2019 with few updates – even oddly bringing the digital bezel feature of the Active 2 to the Active in a software update. But 2018’s Galaxy Watch was not succeeded, meaning rumours are pointing to a Galaxy Watch 2. Good news, but an overcrowded line up for sure. Samsung went through Gear S2 and S3 variations with a Gear Sport model before settling on Galaxy Watch as a brand....

At $2,299 you’re getting good value for one of the best French door refrigerators (opens in new tab), but we know that it’s still very expensive. So, what else makes this fridge special, other than its capacity? The LG smart fridges are all WiFi enabled, and have a range of features to make your grocery shopping, storage, and usage much easier. Connect via the ThinkQ app on your phone, and you can perform a smart diagnosis on your appliance, and check inventory in the fridge itself....

Once you’ve finished the job, resist the temptation to abandon your leaf blower. You may be disappointed if your device won’t start when you need it. Taking good care of your leaf blower prolongs its lifespan and maximizes your investment. A few simple steps are all it takes to keep it in tip-top condition. We’ve consulted an expert to give their leaf blower storage ideas to avoid costly damage. You’ll want to put away your leaf blower once you’ve finished using it for the season....

Apple’s current array of flagship handsets, the iPhone 11 (opens in new tab) and iPhone 11 Pro (opens in new tab), are among some of the best smartphones (opens in new tab) in the world right now. But, they’re starting to show their age a little, and the more recently released Samsung Galaxy S20 line has left the Apple models behind with its 5G tech and exceptional camera. Apple is sure to come out swinging with its response though, and soon if the rumors are to be believed....