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A Shattered Collection of My Best Memories: An Immediate Solution Thanks to Stellar Photo Recovery

Who doesn’t love creating new memories and saving them as photos on a smartphone, PC, or any other digital media? While many of us share some on social media, we keep the most precious and private ones to ourselves. Sadly, my hard drive of photos became corrupted, which held images…

Adobe Acrobat Pro is the ultimate solution for increased productivity

Disclosure: Our team is always looking for things we think our readers will value. We have received compensation for publishing this article. Despite our many technological advances today, we still sit with situations where we open several apps for a task. You use one to compile a document, another one…

GOM Mix Max’s Big Launch

GOM & Company is releasing its newest video editing software, GOM Mix Max, with a big launch celebration. Focused on balancing high-quality and plentiful features, GOM Mix Max will be a powerful tool for new editors and veterans alike. Users who sign up now can get GOM Mix Max for free for…

This Week’s Top 5 Trending Videos
With the Presidential Election well and truly over and the effects of Sandy realized the focus of the trending videos this week shifted to some usual suspects. The top 5 videos this week are diverse and feature among them a racy video from a global music superstar, a CNN... Read more
Facebook Security: A Slower, Safer Facebook
Facebook is about to face a new change that will slow it down – literally. And you are going to be excited about it. Facebook is in the process of switching to an internet connection that is more secure.   Added Security HTTPS is more secure than a traditional... Read more
DirectX 11.1 Finally Coming to Windows 7
Windows 7 users can breathe a sigh of relief as Microsoft has confirmed DirectX 11.1 is not exclusive to Windows 8. Over the past few months, Microsoft has been focused exclusively on Windows 8 and its launch. In the midst of the hype and hoopla surrounding the new version... Read more
Samsung Stops Supplying Batteries To Apple
The feud between Apple and Samsung has led to a loss of battery sales. According to a new report in China Business News Samsung has refused to supply Apple Macbook and iPad devices with its battery technology, instead forcing Apple to seek out new batteries from Chinese tech firms Amperex Technology... Read more
Apple, Google and Microsoft in 2012
The three major players in our technology today, Apple, Google, and Microsoft have given us a lot to look at, think about, and own in 2012.  Here is a look back, a glance forward, and wrap up of where the companies are at. Apple Apple has lived through some big... Read more
$250 Million Spam Lawsuit for Papa John’s
Papa John’s, the multi-chain pizza company, is facing a huge $250 million lawsuit for sending customers text messages.  The company is accused of sending 500,000 unwanted texts back in 2010 as spam.  They were deals for pizza, but some customers got as many as 15 or 16 in a... Read more
Apple Stock On the Rise Again
To say this has been an eventful year for Apple would be an understatement. The company has been in the news for all the right, and sometimes the wrong, reasons. Yet, it is becoming difficult to doubt its ability to recover from a tough situation. At the tail end... Read more
Nielsen and Social Guide – The Future of Social TV?
Everyone is watching to see what happens next after the merger of Nielsen and Social Guide.  Nielsen tracks the ratings of television shows and Social Guide measures the fan buzz surrounding the TV shows. What Does the Mean for TV? What we would like it to mean is that... Read more
5-Hour iMessage Blackout Prompts Customer Backlash
While Apple was busy trying to restore investor confidence after the 28% drop in stock price, the users started facing a problem of their own. The iMessage, Apple’s flagship messaging service, faced an outage on Sunday 18th November, which lasted for around five hours. Starting at around 3pm ET,... Read more
Get Google Chrome’s Missing Features With Chrome Toolbox
One of the things about Google Chrome that makes it so popular is that it is easy to use. However, the down side of the browser is that it lacks many features that the other browsers have. These features would enhance the overall product and help it compete better.... Read more
Google Holiday Shopping

Google Holiday Shopping

Internet November 22, 2012

Holiday periods are always exciting, but the shopping rush during these times can get really crazy. While I am not big on holiday shopping, I try to get gifts way before the craze starts. Otherwise, I’m going to end up with inadequate gifts – or none at all! For... Read more
AT&T Wireless Enabled FaceTime On All Data Plans
AT&T’s Facebook over cellular caused quite the stir when it was first revealed. In early 2012 the company announced that the program would only be made available to customers who switched over to a new AT&T shared data plan. That announcement immediately led to backlash from many consumer advocacy... Read more
How to Clean Up Your Online Reputation
You may not have thought about it at the time, but that embarrassing post on your Facebook page just might cost you a new job opportunity.  Many people do not realize that recruiters are looking at their online profiles to make a decision about candidates.  And if you list... Read more
Android 4.2 People App Deletes December Dates
The world is going to end in December 2012. That is what the Mayans believe but it seems like the bug has caught on and the folks at Google have taken it seriously as well. They have ended up omitting the month of December from the People app on... Read more
Facebook Offers New Sales Tracking Tool
One of Facebook’s newest additions is not for users, but for retailers. It has added a new sales tracking tool to help retailers determine how effective their ads are on the social network. One of the biggest jobs or marketers is determining which of their efforts has the best... Read more
Nokia Finalizes Acquisition Of Mapping Firm Earthmine
The battle of the mapping software giants continues to get interesting. Nokia on Wednesday finalized the acquisition of 3D street-level imaging specialist Earthmine.  Nokia will use the acquisition to help bolster the 3D mapping capabilities of Nokia Maps. The company recently gave its mapping software a facelift and renamed the... Read more
Google to Pay $22.5m in Safari Privacy FTC Case
A federal judge approved Google’s offer of $22.5 to settle an ongoing legal tussle with the Federal Trade Commission. The tech giant has been accused of planting cookies on Apple’s Safari browser illegally which enables it to track the browsing history of users. Google had made the offer of... Read more
The Tablet Gift Guide

The Tablet Gift Guide

Mobile November 21, 2012

So many options are available today in tablets that it’s hard to know the best one to buy for a holiday gift.  If you haven’t gotten the details about which one your recipient wants, you may have to make the selection on your own.  Here is a guide to... Read more