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Google Blog – 11.30.18 (11.29.18)

The holidays can be such a joyous time, with festive parties, lots of baking and lights twinkling. But this time of year can also be stressful, from balancing an overbooked schedule to working your way through a seemingly endless to-do list. It can often be more chaotic than calm.
Read more: 7 ways the Google Assistant can help you survive the holidays
Contests / Deals / Giveaways / Special Offers, Gaming
Xbox Blog – 11.30.18 (11.29.18)

Hello, Xbox Game Pass members! Now that we’ve had our annual dose of turkey and family, normal service resumes here at Xbox Game Pass. And on that note, we’re excited to share three important public service announcements: If the 16 games we announced at X018 were not enough, we are adding three more to the Xbox Game Pass catalog over the coming week.
Source: Xbox Game Pass: The Gardens Between, Mutant Year Zero, and Strange Brigade Coming Soon
Components / OEM, Gaming, Laptops / Tablets / PCs / eReaders
ASUS Blog – 11.30.18 (11.27.18)

AMD holds the crown for game-worthy integrated graphics performance thanks to its Ryzen processors with Radeon Vega technology. Packing CPU cores and GPU resources onto the same die in the right proportions is a perpetual challenge, particularly as modern games push new features that improve realism. AMD strikes a sweet balance this generation, allowing for some insanely cool small form factor builds capable of casual gaming at 1080p.
Read more: Building a versatile HTPC with AMD’s Ryzen 5 2400G and the ROG Strix B450-I Gaming
EdTech / Coding / STEM /STEAM, Kid's Tech
littleBits Blog – 11.30.18 (11.28.18)

Anyone, anywhere can organize an Hour of Code event. This year, as a partner to Code.org, littleBits is excited to donate Code Kits to 25 classrooms looking for physical computing kits to use with their students as part of this year’s festivities. But we want to do more.
Read more: Why We Need to Set Our Kids Up to Fail
EdTech / Coding / STEM /STEAM, Robotics
Ozobot Blog – 11.30.18 (11.28.18)

The simplest way to see if your device is compatible with an Ozobot product is to search for and install an Ozobot app. If your device cannot find and install a particular Ozobot app from an official app store (App Store or Google Play), your device will not support that product. See below for details on specific apps and products for the next generation of creators!
Read more: Is My Device Compatible? Ozobot Recommended Devices