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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…

Hydrogen From Any Plant? Researchers Crack The Code
A team of Researchers at Virginia Tech have created a process to extract large amounts of hydrogen from everyday plants. The new discovery could be a boom for the hydrogen industry as researchers search for new and renewable sources of energy. Y.H. Percival Zhang and his team pulled the... Read more
A Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 201303
The Debian Edition 201303 is one more in a long line of Linux Mint distributions being released this year. Like all previous Linux Mint distributions, this one also comes with a range of tools you can use to install Mint. From menus to installer to updater, the tools are... Read more
Perrier’s Secret Place Game Target’s Young Consumers
Perrier, the French sparkling water company launched a complex marketing campaign on Tuesday. The campaign is in the form of a movie-like mystery game, created in an effort to draw more young consumers and to develop the company’s digital strategy. Platforms and Sweepstakes The object of Perrier’s Secret Place... Read more
Sherpa App: Your Personal Assistant
Everyone dreams of having a personal assistant. You know, preferably someone like Pepper Potts who will do everything for you, even taking out the trash occasionally. Of course, for average people like you and me, a personal Pepper Potts is probably going to stay a dream forever. But there... Read more
Luvocracy: The Pinterest-like site for Shopaholics
Similar to Pinterest in layout and design, Luvocracy is a new San Francisco-based social network that launched into beta last fall. On Pinterest, users can pin any kind of inspirational content that interests them, such as clothing, recipes, vacations spots, and diy project, to share with friends and other... Read more
Dell’s Directors Fear for PC Future
In a world that is largely governed by human needs and wants, the people who have taken up the job of providing for those needs can find that human needs are fickle and can change at any given moment. The change might be abrupt or long drawn out but... Read more
The Weather Channel and Twitter Join Forces
A new deal has been announced between Twitter and the Weather Channel.  Often, the weather becomes a trending topic on Twitter.  During a big weather event, many people turn to social media for news.  Social media provides users with access to real time information. Now, whenever the weather becomes... Read more
Chrome Beta Update – Dev Improvements And Speed Updates
Google has unveiled the new beta version of its popular Chrome browser. The new update is available for both desktop and mobile browsers. Adding to the company’s move towards more capable HTML5 output the new beta Chrome version features HTML5 data and time input forms. The new version also... Read more
The 3D Printed Prosthetic Face
The advent of 3D printing has ignited a frenzy of discussion over the potential uses for the technology. Discussions have been waged over whether or not 3D printing should be used to make guns.  Pop up stores have allowed customers to create their own 3D printed trinkets. Now it... Read more
Lubuntu Ideal for Old PCs
With more powerful PCs and laptops being introduced, a large portion of the new software launched in the market is targeted for these machines. Users with old PCs have often eyed this new desktop software and then moved on with a heavy heart. For whatever reason an old PC... Read more
How to Reduce Smartphone Expenses
For those of you who own a smartphone, you already know how much more convenient it is to keep up with your social networking, emails, and net surfing, especially when compared to using your old, basic flip-phone. Most likely, you are also well aware of how quickly your monthly... Read more
Why Did Apple Buy WiFiSLAM?
Apple is always on the news, but there are some tidbits that are worth more than others. Take for example the acquisition the company made late in March. Little known indoor GPS company WiFiSLAM suddenly made the headlines, thanks to Apple turning its eye on it. That also means sending cash... Read more
eBay Forecasts Continued Growth for the Next Three Years
Ebay Inc. forecast that they will experience huge growth over the next three years.  That was the story told by Ebay Inc., as the company projected a positive future at the annual eBay investor day.  All of the major players of the company were on hand to speak to... Read more
Rovio’s ‘Angry Birds Friends’ Comes To iOS & Android
Rovio on Wednesday announced plans to take its Angry Birds Friends game from Facebook to Android and iOS devices. The announcement marks the first time that Rovio has created a game for Facebook first and then moved it to mobile devices. Angry Birds Friends has picked up 60 million installs... Read more
Capitol Records Wins Lawsuit on Recording Rights
The start-up ReDigi Inc has just lost a major battle against Capitol Records.  It has just been made public that Capitol Records won a court ruling against ReDigi.  The court ruled that ReDigi infringed Capitol Records music copyrights.  This ruling could have major implications for other startups and is... Read more
Lenovo’s ThinkPad Loses 25% Weight
Everything in the world around us is getting thinner, sleeker and faster. We’ve made our cars sleeker, our trains thinner and our planes faster. Now what? Well, a trend which was normally applied to cars, planes, trains and ships has finally moved on towards other accessories. Smart phones and... Read more
Microsoft Kodu Lets Kids Create Their Own Video Games
Kodu is a kid friendly software that gives young children the power to design video games with an easy to use, visual programming language. Educational tools that teach programming skills to children are now becoming more popular and increasingly more valuable, giving the younger generation a head start in... Read more
Ubuntu Finds A Way Into China
After being a largely Microsoft-dominated market, China has finally made a move to unfetter itself from Microsoft’s chains by opting to sign a deal with Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu. The event was widely reported, and it was speculated that China chose to go with this decision in favor... Read more