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Microsoft announced at an event in New York overnight, new hardware and an update to Surface Book.  The biggest announcement was a new product called Surface Studio designed for the creative market. The Surface Studio is designed to take on Apple's iMac and will be available for pre-order from today at $2,999 US . It has a tiltable display, an iCore 7 processor and 2TB of storage. Windows 10 is getting a creator edition update that will be released in early next year. Also announced at the event was the availability of Hololens. It has been released today for  an expensive $3,000 US. However other VR headsets will be available next year. For all the highlights of what happened at Microsoft's event see this article on  the verge . Microsoft Surface Studio (Image from microsoft.com)

Sony has offically released Playstation VR a Virtual reality headset designed for the PS4 system. It works by tracking movements through the PS4 Camera and has a processing unit that helps it track movement further. It is a tethered system so it requires you to be connected to the PS4. It is available for $549 from EB Games, JB Hi Fi and other stores. You must have a PS4 system and PS camera for it to work. See this  SMH article  for more information. Image from Sydney Morning Herald website

What may have come as no surprise to some is that Samsung has killed off the Galaxy Note 7. This is was because of the battery exploding on the replacement models. See The Australian newspaper article for more information.

As you may know Google had announced two new phones, called Pixel and Pixel XL. The phone is made by HTC, but Google branded. It was announced at the Google October 4 event. It is available in very Sliver and Black. See the Google stores website for more information . It is available from JB Hi Fi and Telstra from 20 October and you can Pre-order now. Image from theguardian.com

As you may know Facebook has a new addition on it's Android and iOS apps. It is called Marketplace. Facebook's Marketplace allows users to buy and sell items on Facebook. It is similar to ebay and is seen as a direct competitor. Facebook has launched it's Marketplace here in Australia, New Zealand, US and UK. It is a direct attempt by Facebook to explore commerce options for social media. See this  SMH article  for more information. Image from (thenextweb.com) 

This may come as no surprise to some, bu Blackberry has officially announced that that are no longer making mobile phones. Blackberry was one of the major companies in mobile phones, but failed to keep up with the rise of Android and Apples iOS. This SMH article has more information about it.

As you may be aware Telstra is currently trialing the next phase of mobile technology , which is called 5G. 5G mobile internet is promising faster speeds of access to the internet on mobile devices than what is currently offered by 4G. Telecos around the world are currently trialing it to bring to main stream devices by 2019. It is expected to allow consumers to download HD videos at a faster rate than our current broadband speeds.  Read more about it  here  on this SMH article published last week. Image from whistleout.com.au