On the hunt for the latest tech gadgets, gear and accessories on the market?

Wanting to make the best impression on that special someone, your new boss or anyone in your general radius? You’re in luck. As usual, the tech industry has been in overdrive developing new products to capture the attention of interested consumers. In the market for something new and flashy? Here are four newly-released tech gadgets sure to make the perfect impression on just about anyone.

1. Nintendo Switch

Truthfully, you’re never too old — or too young — for some gaming action with friends. Plus, the experience tends to be more enjoyable and immersive when you’re able to take portable devices like the Nintendo Switch on the go. Not only does this portable system offer a great, new spin on a gaming legend, but its retro console is also playable on your TV. Use the joy-con grip to give the console the feel of an old-school controller so you can game like you’ve gone back in time to the ’80s.

2. Bose SoundLink Revolve 360 Portable Bluetooth Speaker

Whether the party is coming to you — or you’re taking the party to the people — make sure you have your Bose SoundLink Revolve 360 Portable Bluetooth Speaker ready to connect. Ever been to a gathering where the host is bumping music from their laptop? It certainly lacks the deep, rich bass needed to get down and enjoy the music. No need to trip, though, as this portable Bose Bluetooth speaker delivers some bangin’ bass and all the beats needed to enjoy an evening among friends.

3. Samsung Gear S3 Classic

Smartwatches are the type of gear everyone has been waiting for since they were kids. Indeed, this is the stuff of the Black Panther and Morpheus, so you know everyone will be checking you out as you don your new Samsung Gear S3 Classic. With a classic-looking face and other one-of-a-kind features, watch enthusiasts are bound to inquire about more details.

But wait, there’s more. Designers of the Samsung Gear S3 Classic have taken wearable tech to the next level. In fact, you can receive texts and other notifications via Bluetooth, or tie your credit card to the S3 Classic and use it when making in-store purchases. Additionally, the S3 Classic’s built-in GPS capabilities allow you to use it as an activity tracker, and with military-grade performance and durability, you don’t have to worry about it getting damaged or compromised while at the gym.

4. Microsoft Surface Laptop

If you’re a business heavyweight, invest in the new Microsoft Surface laptop to impress your scores of clients and prospects. Small, lightweight, fully functional, powerful, fast and sleek are just a few adjectives we have for this essential tool that will keep you looking and staying sharp, no matter where your next business meeting is taking place. Ultimately, along with plenty of personal enjoyment, these fresh tech products are sure to turn a few heads and elicit some double takes.

April Sheris is the CEO of Upland Avenue Productions and Founder of the United App, a first of its kind app that closes the gap between aspiring authors and the publishing industry.  She identified a growing need with emerging authors that were seeking publishing opportunities and has pulled resources to make sure that authors can publish brilliantly and on their own terms.

United app is the ultimate resource for writers and it is growing daily with vetted industry professionals ready to work with an Author and their book.

“After working in the publishing sector and heading a leading publishing company for several years, I ran across many aspiring authors looking for insight on ways to self-publish successfully, since getting picked up by a traditional publisher was a long-shot. The key areas that most of them yearned for, were editing, marketing and getting connected with the most beneficial trade shows and conferences. I used the connections that I have gained, personally and professionally, and channeled them into a single resource that would best aid in the production of more ‘retail ready’ books from self-published authors.” adds April Sheris.

Thanks to the United App, Authors can now better manage a successful book release project form the palm of their hands. So what’s next for April Sheris and Upland Avenue Productions? “In the upcoming year, we are looking to incorporate a social platform for authors to interact on a local level and provide events that will bring more transparency between our users and tech team. Writing can be an isolated experience and self-publishing without a network is even more distancing. Having the social platform for authors at varying levels to meet a ‘writing BFF’ is extremely important to growth. Sometimes you may be the advisor and sometimes you may be the teacher. But either way, it will remain a supportive environment.”

To learn more visit: UplandAvenueProductions.com or follow @AprilSheris on Instagram.

When it comes to saving the world some times the best person for the job is not a hero–but a villain! That is the new twist Marvel Comics is dishing out as its latest line up of Avengers are some of the greatest super villains in the Marvel Universe!

Red Skull takes Professor X’s brain

Apparently, Captain America’s archenemy, The Red Skull (in the story line, “World War Hate”) has decided to spread his message of hate to mutantkind. He plans to use the vast telepathic powers of the X-Men’s founder, Professor X (Charles Xavier) to reform the entity, Onslaught (an amalgamation of Magneto and Professor X) to obliterate mutants and enslave the world.

Sure, the X-Men and Avengers are trying to fight him tooth and nail to keep the world in one piece, but when “Stark Sentinels,” robots designed by Tony Stark AKA “Iron Man,” to take down superheroes in general come into play, their plans fall to Hell in a handbag.

Magneto, who in recent years, has been a member of The X-Men; assembles “The Astonishing Avengers:” Dr. Doom, Asgardians  Loki, Amora The Enchantress, Hobgoblin, Deadpool, Jack O’ Lantern, Mystique, Carnage, and Sabretooth to take down the machines and rescue the heroes.

This in turn allows a spell to be cast to giving Professor X control of his mind again. However, the spell also alters the personalities of everyone involved. The heroes become villainous, and the villains in turn leave heroic. It’s a new world and the soldiers of good, just got a bad ass face lift!

Needless to say this is a lot. Marvel has definitely changed their universe in the comics a lot in recent years. In just the last year both Wolverine and The Fantastic Four are no more, there are two teams of X-Men, the Avengers and X-Men went to war with each other, Thor no longer has Mjolnir (his hammer), Dr. Octopus was Spider-Man for awhile, Professor X was murdered by Cyclops, there’s a female Thor, and Falcon is now Captain America! This twist with The Avengers is interesting, however. Whereas, we have seen Magneto be both a hero and villain the other characters have only faked heroism when it served their nefarious purposes. Still others, like Carnage and Jack O’Lantern have NEVER been good. Does serial killing ring a bell?

Rumor has it Marvel may make a cinematic version of this Avengers team as an answer to DC Comics/Warner Bros.’ “Suicide Squad!” I have to admit Marvel has a better line up of villains, but I wonder how it would play into their overall phases for their cinematic universe? Time will tell!