It’s that time of year, folks!  As any Nintendo fan can tell you, March 10 is the day to celebrate everyone’s favorite Goomba-squashing, Bowser-beating, Princess Peach-saving plumber, Mario!  Whether you’ve been a Mario fan for years, or are just getting to know this plucky plumber, Best Buy has you covered for all your Mar10 Day needs.

“You there, check the coordinates on the temporal array!”

<Indecipherable static erupts from the communications device.>

“What?!”

<…skkk… *pop!* …hsss…>

“Hmm… This is most irregular. You’re saying that this is two thousand… nineteen?”

<*crackle* nine…teen…>

“That can’t be right.”

Did you know September is Baby Safety Month? Take a gander to learn more about some cool products we offer that can help you feel confident as a parent! 

"We're in the endgame now."

Spending time outside at a festival doesn't mean you have to be miserable. Find out how...

Ahhhh… Summer is finally here. For us in Minnesota, that means the bitter cold has gone, and the blistering, sticky, super fun summer is here! Most Minnesotans spend the summer at their cabin, on their boat, fishing, at the water park, playing cornhole, and just enjoying the mosquito infested summer. There is a lot of tech that can contribute to your memorable summer, and Best Buy has you covered on it all!

To Infinity and Beyond! Toy Story has been warming the hearts of children and adults ever since it was first released in 1995. If you’re anything like me, the adventures of Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy’s toys had a large impact on your childhood.  Perhaps you tried tip-toeing back to your room to catch your toys in action, or even telling any toy you couldn’t take home that it was loved and would find a kid that could take it home because you didn’t want it to get discouraged during its wait on the toy shelf. (Or was that last one only something I did?)

Woody and Buzz have made a lot of friends over the years, and Toy Story 4 is filled with them; both old and new. Like many of those in the audience, Andy grew up. However, these toys are far from forgotten as they’ve been passed along to a sweet kindergartener named Bonnie.  Disney and Pixar made the film relatable to an audience that has grown up with these toys, as well kids that are just discovering the magic of Toy Story.

Higher, further, faster, baby!

It is officially graduation season! That means caps, gowns, diplomas, BBQs, and lots of proud family and friends. That also means it is the season of gifting those grads with something to congratulate them on all of their hard work, and often help prepare them for the next steps they take. I am going to be shopping for a graduate in my family, and I couldn’t be happier. My younger sister is graduating from high school, and heading to my alma mater for college! Now I’ve got to figure out what the perfect gift for the grad in my life is, and hopefully I can help you too!  

Vinyl records are making a huge comeback in the music world. Whether you're looking to upgrade your old turntable or purchase your very first record player, get yourself familiar with the lingo, and the basics of the record players Best Buy has available in this blog. 

MAJOR KEY ALERT!

DJ Khaled has announced his partnership with Beats with the new release of his own limited-edition headphones.  Calling on renowned street artist RETNA to help design these custom headphones, the Beats by Dre - Beats Studio³ DJ Khaled Custom Edition Wireless Headphones celebrate bold artistic expression and the full emotion of music in typical Beats fashion.

Life will always find a way... 

10 year, 18 movies converge in to one epic battle with Thanos, The Mad Titan and his Infinity Gauntlet. The Infinity War begins!

GoPro was introduced to me almost 10 years ago while playing baseball with some friends. Little did I know is how much of an impact such a small piece of technology would make in my life. My GoPro has become an essential part of my gear and I foresee it being that way for a very long time. Whether I’m snowboarding, longboarding with my dog, on my motorcycle, or on the lake, my GoPro is right there with me to make sure I can capture those moments so I can share them later with my friends, family, and those naysayers who say, “pics or it didn’t happen!”.

When it comes to choosing a voice assistant, there are many options out there. In several ways, the Amazon Echo Spot stands out from the rest. Here are the five features sure to make the biggest impression.  

For years, Dyson has been the leader in air-purifying technology.  Recently, the company ventured into the territory of haircare with the Dyson Supersonic™, a first-of-its-kind device that reinvented the way we perform the mental task of drying our hair.  Dyson announced earlier this month its plans to release not one, but two, new products which are now available at Best Buy.

The slow cooker. Is there anything better for making great tasting easy to prepare meals that don’t take a lot of hands-on time? With the advent of the electric pressure cooker, there may be. And Gourmia has a wide range of pressure cooker options to fit almost any need.

We're knee-deep in the holiday season, and we couldn't be jollier!  As the end of the year grows nearer, so does the perfect time to give something special to your friends and loved ones.

Here at Best Buy, we believe there's a perfect gift for everyone, and we've put together a few suggestions in our Holiday Gift Guide to help take guessing out of the game.

There are movie franchises that I care a great deal about, like Alien and Star Trek, and others that I really don’t that are still enormously popular, like the Fast and Furious and Friday the 13th. There are venerable film series that have been trundling along for decades with various degrees of success like James Bond. And then there’s Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, an ongoing series of films that have not failed to be excellent in nearly every way — even when I didn’t think they possibly could be.

The latest entry in the MCU, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, adds yet another achievement to this series of films that already includes Iron Man, the Mighty Thor, Captain America, Doctor Strange, and a host of supporting heroes — and villains — in it’s ever expanding roster. A film critic once described The Lord of the Rings as having more characters than the Bible. The MCU embodies this sentiment like no other film franchise since.

Calling All Master Builders:
New LEGO Sets have Arrived at Best Buy!

For many of us, our garage is used for far more than just a place to store our car (along with all those boxes you haven't unpacked since your last move). It's a place where we work on a range of do-it-yourself tasks, like auto maintenance, woodworking projects, bicycle repairs, and more. Fortunately, Best Buy has a range of products that can help you get the most of that garage space.

In modern cinematic history, there have been three big screen Spider-Mans. Spider-Men? Fine. Three big screen Peter Parkers. All three actors have their merits and flaws, but which one is the best? So, to answer the question, I watched Spider-Man (2002) and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) back to back to refresh my memory on Tobey Maguire’s and Andrew Garfield’s performances. I’ve watched Captain America: Civil War a few times, so Tom Holland’s is already fresh in my mind.

More people than ever are Cutting the Cord from paid TV service and going all in with streaming. Are you ready to Cut the Cord?

KA-CHOW! Everyone’s favorite race car, Lightning McQueen, is back in action with Cars 3 releasing today in theaters and Best Buy has you covered with many ways to bring the excitement home with you.

Exams are finished and excitement is in the air. Friends, family, peers, and teachers all gather together in celebration of this monumental occasion. Students enter the main event with a musical intro from “Pomp and Circumstance Marches.” Diplomas are awarded, tassels are moved, “Congratulations to the class of 2017!” is spoken, and caps rain from the sky in celebration of this long awaited achievement.

If 10 years ago someone had told me that Sony would be competitive in the professional photography world, directly competing with the likes of Canon and Nikon, I would not have believed them. I think the most surprising thing is how they are doing this; not with the traditional DSLR, but instead with full-frame mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras.

Have you ever wondered when the future would arrive? Well, the answer is now. Ever since I was a kid watching The Jetsons, I’ve been waiting for the day where we would have flying cars, hologram video games and food prepared and delivered at the push of a button. It’s safe to say we’re almost there.

Way back in the day I purchased one of the very first windows “smart” phones, and boy did I feel like I had the best phone. Compared to today’s phones I might as well have been using smoke signals. The first real smartphone I ever owned was an Android HTC (can’t remember the exact model), and I immediately loved how customizable the Android platform was.

Don’t be a Fool this April Fool’s Day! Every year our computers and smart devices are subject to an ever-growing number of online threats, and your own knowledge is a crucial part of protecting yourself. Here we’ll define the common types of Malware (Malicious Software) you may encounter online, and how you can better protect yourself.

Wi-Fi networks are the best thing ever. Except when they don't work everywhere you need them. With the increasing number of wireless devices in your home, you may have discovered "Wi-Fi dead spots". Areas where the WiFi signal is weak, spotty or non-existent.

The solution may be a whole home Wi-Fi system.

On the hunt for the latest and greatest in technology? We’ve got you covered.

Here on the “Latest & Greatest” we try to focus on just that, the latest and greatest in current and upcoming technology but what if I told you there was an entire website of ours also dedicated to that? No, I am not kidding you!

On Wednesday AMD formally revealed their new flagship, high-end Ryzen CPU’s. It’s been rumored for some time that the upcoming silicon from AMD may finally dethrone Intel CPU’s as the fastest on the market, and if the preliminary numbers revealed by AMD this week are anything to go by they very well may!

LG, the pioneer of OLED, announced another show stopper at CES in January. This time it’s a wallpaper thin TV that weighs in at a little over 16 pounds for a 65” 4K HDR 3D TV!

Dyson has been well known for creating industry leading technology in their latest vacuum and air treatment models, and yet they continue to amaze the consumer industry with its latest innovation, the Dyson Supersonic™

It's a personal assistant. It's a great camera. It's an entertainer. It's a 4K video camera. It's the new Google Pixel smartphone.

Do I sit at my desk and work on my computer, or do I browse cat photos online from the tablet on the couch? The age old question finally has a good answer, or multiple answers in this case, in the form of some great “convertible” laptops. Also known as “2-in-1s”, these computers can effectively function as either a laptop or a tablet depending on your needs. Perfect for the home office, couch browsing, working on the go and everything in between; we’ve got some of the hottest convertibles to pick up. Summer might be over, but it’s still a great time to buy yourself a new convertible.

It’s that time of year when the leaves start to change colors, the temperature dips, and you find pumpkin spice flavored everything. All of these indicate the start of the football season (formally called Fall)! When football is on pretty much every day of the week it’s important to ensure you have best tools to watch at home.

If you've been thinking about getting a new gaming laptop now is a great time to upgrade or get your first! With the release of Nvidia's new 10 series GPU's based on the Pascal architecture, near desktop level graphics are commonly available in laptops for the first time!

Have you ever been in a home more connected than this one?

Whether you’re looking to up your streaming game or cut the cord altogether the new 2016 edition of the Roku streaming stick has everything you’ll need.

I fully “cut the cord” about 2 years ago and my Roku has been the main source of television entertainment in my household. With over 3,000 Channels including Netflix, Hulu, Google Play, and Amazon Prime, Roku allows you to steam television and movies new and old directly to your TV!

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few months, you probably are aware that it is back-to-school season again. As college students prepare to say goodbye to their parents, and high schoolers dread the upcoming coursework, I figured that some students may be a little nervous about what awaits them in and out of the classroom. I know that I am!

Fisher-Price recently introduced the next generations of learning toys. Your child will not only enjoy playing with this new line of toys, but learn new ways to get ready for school and learn to think big!

It’s here it’s here!  The Xbox One S is available now!  The sleeker, slimmer and sharper 2TB console is now out in the wild.  It’s 40% smaller than the current Xbox One and has a huge hard drive. 

Wearables are cool for tracking your movement, but if you would rather have your tech literally move you, then you should check out our rideables category.

In 1996, Earth was invaded by extraterrestrials whose chief weapons were the cliches and tried-and-true tropes of science fiction. Gigantic spaceships positioned themselves over Earth’s major cities (Childhood’s End, Arthur C. Clarke’s seminal novel of 1953). The aliens were discovered by the detection of a seemingly interstellar broadcast (John Varley’s superior 1977 novel The Ophiuchi Hotline and Carl Sagan’s brilliant Contact). They were biomechanical in nature (Ridley Scott’s classic Alien). They had a gazillion fighters (every Star Wars movie) and impenetrable electromagnetic shields (Star Trek, but only here and there, really). They did not come in peace (every invasion movie in human history, except Steven Spielberg’s amazing Close Encounters of the Third Kind). They were defeated by a computer genius with a Macbook that greeted him with “Hello Dave” (Arthur C. Clarke again in Stanley Kubrick’s singular 2001: A Space Odyssey). In short, way back when Independence Day came out and I saw it for the first time, I left the theater feeling like I’d seen it before.

While they’re still desperately difficult to get a hold of, this past week I was lucky enough to be provided with an Oculus Rift to take home and play with. Unfortunately, I wasn’t allowed to keep it, but I sure did have some fun while it lasted!

If you’re a gamer in any regard, you’re probably used to the feeling of looking forward to... something; be it the release of a game, a large event of sorts, or possibly even a simple gathering of friends to talk about what games you’re currently playing. One thing is for certain, though. We all look forward to E3 every year. This year was particularly exciting for me, as I'm a long-time Zelda fan. Read further to see more of my highlights from this year's E3 conference!

If it's been a long day at work, school or you just need a break from reality the PlayStation VR (PSVR) will take you away and give you an experience unlike anything you've seen before.

If you’re always on the go and rushing everywhere…and nowadays who isn’t, right? Then maybe finding time to cook long and tedious breakfast meals would be as hard as finding the time to make them.  However, if you’re still a passionate health enthusiast, some of the latest and greatest kitchen gadgets may help you compliment your busy lifestyle. A single-serve blender for example would be just what you need - as you rush out for your morning commute.

Looking for a Smartwatch or something similar but does not hang on your wrist? You are just in time! Pebble is coming out with three new devices that truly rock! Pun intended.

If you’re a PC builder or hardware enthusiast like I am, chances are high that you have heard the word “Pascal” over the past year a lot and up until now, it was simply what we knew as the name for the next generation of Nvidia’s graphics card architecture. All the waiting and anticipation paid off on May 6^th, when Nvidia unveiled details for the upcoming GTX 1080 and 1070 graphics card, and they are very worth the wait indeed.

With the HTC 10 having been available to order with us for Verizon since 5/9/16 and Sprint since 5/13/16, I think it’s time to highlight what makes this device stand out!

Have you been in your car and wanted to take a video of something before it happened, or without you being there? I’m hoping by now you are curious and asking yourself, “How do you capture video without being there, or record before an event happens?” Simply put, get yourself a dash camera to capture moments that occur when you are not around and for times when seconds matter making a picture impossible to take.

How many times a day do you pull out your phone to search the web for information you need, or to change the song you’re listening to on Spotify? There is so much we use the internet for now it’s become a necessity, and it’s really how we connect to the web that matters. The Amazon Echo is one way to connect to the internet, and I have to say it is one of the best ways.  It not only changed how we connect to the internet, but also changed how we interact with our own homes.

Earlier this month Geek Squad revealed their biggest change in over 20 years, including a refreshed logo and a new Geekmobile. These changes represent the next step in Geek Squad’s continued evolution from a small local PC repair business, to today’s preeminent 24-hour task force for unruly tech nationwide.

Move over plastic alphabet magnets, and everything else that finds its way to your refrigerator that stays up until it falls off.  Samsung has revolutionized the refrigerator again, but this time by introducing it as the Family Hub of your home.

HDR is something that was widely discussed at CES earlier this year, and the 2016 Premium HDTVs will be boasting this new feature. What does this new feature bring to the table?  

I remember purchasing my first SLR and how much I loved all the bells and whistles it had. Growing up I have always loved tech, and collecting new equipment. I guess collecting is part of photography, and in a way capturing a moment in time is collecting that moment. I know I picked a very expensive thing to collect. Because of this one of my favorite times of the year are when the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and when Camera & Photo Imaging Show (CP+) are happening. I love seeing all the great new gear, and this year shows did not disappoint.

Due to the dynamic nature of the consumer electronics industry, new product models tend to be released more quickly than in other industries. So when you combine baby + electronics we are taking it to a whole new level. A rapidly changing one!

Check out information on the LG G5, available for pre-order 3/18/16! 

With all the new and exciting Connected Home and Smart products coming out, it can be hard to know where to start if you want to convert your home. Enter Philips Hue, a simple but powerful system of smart lighting options. Recently I was lucky enough to be able to test out a couple of the components in the Philips Hue system, including the Hue White LED Starter Kit and Hue Go Personal Wireless Light.

What's all this fuss about 3D printing? Is it hard to do? Can I do it at home? What does it take to get started? Find out all about the growing revolution of 3D printing and learn what it takes you to get up and running!

On Sunday, February 21, 2016 Samsung announced the new iterations of their Galaxy S smartphone line, the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge! Read on to learn more about this shiny new tech coming soon!

A few days ago, we celebrated Valentine’s Day.  This week, we celebrate other soul mate(s) in our lives – our pets!  It’s National Love Your Pet Day on Saturday, February 20^th & if you’re anything like us, you already have your puppy/kitty/chinchilla/tortoise/goat/ etc.- friendly cake prepared + party hats all picked out.  You’re ready to dazzle your fur kid with your thoughtfulness!   We have some purrfect options to help you celebrate. 

It is that time of year again where we find ourselves preparing to shower our loved ones with a little extra love for Valentine’s Day. Nothing says you love someone like a song and I find myself going back to the days where a mix tape could say it all.

Many things have been said in the numerous Tech Blogs about this year’s recent Consumer Electronics Show.  But among all the headlines, the phrase “The Year of VR” has caught my eye the most. For years, consumer Virtual Reality has just been a curiosity with the faint promise of being available for the masses one day soon. With the recent opening of pre-orders for what is considered the genesis of this movement, the Oculus Rift, as well as the strong showing of competing VR hardware at CES like the HTC Vive, maybe this is the year computing changes again.

Today is the day we honor those special forecasters who help us prepare for the adverse conditions that precipitate living in an atmosphere such as ours. In other words- we thank the guy who says it’s gonna rain. If it weren’t for the weather people out there, many of us would be in rough shape when big storms come along- like the huge blizzard that hit the east coast. So to help you get ready for when the forecast calls for another big one, Best Buy has a few items that might come in handy.

Are You Game Day Ready?

Nachos 

Adult Beverages

Babysitter

New 4K Ultra HD TV 

Let me help you with that last one! 4K Ultra HD TV’s have made a huge splash in the last year, and picked up speed when VIZIO started carrying 4K products last spring. This new standard technology is also changing what’s important when you are shopping.

I don’t know about you, but I have had a great time this holiday. Be it Christmas with my family or New Years with my friends, I feel grateful for the time I have had with all the people in my life. Speaking of being grateful for the time I’ve spent with people, I am grateful for the time I have spent as the editor of the Latest & Greatest blog. Unfortunately, this is going to be my last post as the man in charge- Moderator Allan-BBY will be taking the reins from here on out. To commemorate this changing of the guard, I thought I would share a few of my favorite blogs that I’ve published over the last year. Enjoy!

It’s a very special week for anyone with even the slightest interest in geek culture- Star War: The Force Awakens comes out this Thursday! Because this is such a highly anticipated movie, millions of people across the world are reliving the experience by watching all 6 episodes of the series. If you are looking to get in on this action, feel free to check out all the Star Wars movies and merchandise we have available. This week I will be uploading my reviews of the entire series from episode one to six. Check it out here!

It’s nearly here… the day you have been waiting for- Black Friday is just around the corner! It’s that day you shake off your turkey day drowsiness to brave the elements in order to get the best deals possible. There are already people in line as of this post, so here is a list of some things to keep in mind if you are looking to take part in the biggest shopping weekend of the year.