Holiday tech gifts for everyone on your list

Are you ready for Christmas? It's officially crunch time now with almost a week left of holiday shopping. It's probably too late to get in any online shopping without paying a premium in shipping, so I guess I'll see you at the mall? But you're still stuck on what to get? Don't panic. It's last minute but if you're like me, some of the best ideas come to mind when I'm under stress. So, here are some last minute tech gift ideas for everyone on your list! 

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Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheel Bundle now available for Xbox One S

The Xbox One S Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels Bundle is available at participating retailers today, including Microsoft Store or Microsoft.com. The bundle is $349 in Canada and includes:

• Xbox One S with a 500GB hard drive – the best value in games and entertainment
• Xbox Wireless Controller
• Forza Horizon 3 with the Hot Wheels expansion – with access to play on both Xbox One S and Windows 10 PC
• 1-month Xbox Game Pass subscription with unlimited access to over 100 Xbox One and Backward Compatible Xbox 360 games
• 14-day Xbox Live Gold trial to experience the most advanced multiplayer gaming network

Latest Xbox One update to speed up downloads by 80 per cent

The Xbox One is an amazing console but sometimes the need to download patches, firmware updates and add ons can take a lot of time. Thanks to a new software update, Microsoft promises speed boosts of up to 80 per cent if you'r internet connection is faster than 100Mbps. For slower connections clockedat less than 100Mbps, the update should still boost game and app downloads by 40 percent. This is a welcome update and it's great that Microsoft continues to improve the nuances of the XBox One experience.

Source: Engadget

Xbox One S coming on August 2 starting at $499.99

The smaller and redesigned XBox One S 2TB launch edition will begin hitting shelves in Canada on August 2. That means that all pre-orders will arrive on August 2 and, for those of you that haven’t yet, you can still pre-order a 2TB Xbox One S launch edition through microsoftstore.com and select retailers. 

The 2TB launch edition will be available in limited quantities for $499.99 CAD, while consoles with 1TB and 500GB hard drives will be offered for $449.99 CAD and $399.99 CAD, respectively.

Xbox One S is the most compact Xbox yet, 40 percent smaller than the original Xbox One, and includes a built-in power supply. We also shifted one of the three USB ports and the pairing button to the front of the Xbox One S alongside the newly added IR blaster for increased accessibility.