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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…

McAfee To Testify About Belize Murder
Software pioneer John McAfee said on Wednesday last week that he will willingly testify regarding the murder of his American neighbour in Belize in 2012, as he is seeking to defend himself from a wrongful death charge which blames him for the killing. 68 year old McAfee, was named... Read more
Microsoft Releases First Worldwide Telescope-Driven Planetarium
As kids, we all had dreams of what we wanted to be when we grow up. I’m not a hundred percent sure, but I think I’m not going out on a limb when I say that space and astronauts rank high up in that list of “what I want... Read more
Bloomberg: Samsung To Release Wrap Around Handset Next Year
According to Bloomberg, Samsung plan to release a handset that features a wraparound display at some point in 2014. The report says that the point of this three-sided display design is to allow users to read whatever is on the screen even when the device is viewed at an... Read more
Project Loon Balloon Capable Of Navigating Globe 3 Times
Project Loon is an interesting idea, although it maybe a little ‘out there’.  Know doubt you are aware of the story so far; the internet behemoth Google, is building balloons to remain floating for an unusually extended period of time in the stratosphere. These balloons are specifically designed by Google... Read more
Pay For Subway Ticket With Squats in Russia
Subways in Russia are getting into the Olympic spirit. If you live in Moscow and ride the subway to work, getting your exercise in before your work day just got a whole lot more convenient. Of course, the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics have a lot to do with this.... Read more
AMD Bank On APU Servers & Rolls Out Developer Tools
AMD has just released a set of developer tools for Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) ahead of their launch of ‘Berlin’, the first ever server chip based on Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA).  The rollout is expected in the first half of 2014.  The software includes ArrayFire 2.0, CodeXL 1.3, clMath, PGI... Read more
FAA To Allow Electronics During Entire Flight
Flying is stressful enough without stringent limitations on when, where, and how often you can use your personal electronic devices. Who reading this hasn’t been in the middle of a good book on your Kindle only to have to power it down because your airplane was about to take... Read more
Reduce A Bulky Wallet With The Coin Universal Credit Card
PayPal veteran Kanishk Parashar has founded a new company called Coin, which aims to build a better credit card. Unlike contactless payment technologies, which tried to change the way we use our cards, Coin is trying to reduce all the debit, credit, gift and loyalty cards that clog up... Read more
FlyKly’s Smart Wheel Powers Your Bike & Charges Your Phone
We all want to do more to be environmentally conscious, don’t we? Most among us would agree that we should change a few things in our lives to help the planet.  What about cycling to work?  Or does that make you feel uncomfortable?  What with all the sweaty mess... Read more
Ray-Ban Sunglasses Feature Sun-Powered Phone Charger
When the sun comes out, so does everyone’s sunglasses. Sayalee Kaluskar from India has come up with the genuis idea of pairing sunglasses with solar power, so the wearer can charge a mobile phone. The plan is to incorporate photovoltaic cells that are wired to a battery buried within... Read more
Twitter Launches Vine for Windows Phone
Windows Phone users can finally capture those all important moments, in six-second bursts, as Vine for Windows Phone has finally been rolled out.  In a similar manner to the Android and iOS apps, Windows Phone users can just tap and hold the screen to begin filming a short video... Read more
Google Invests $80 Million On Solar Panels
Google is to invest $80 million into solar-powered plants in a bid to secure power for its data centers in the future. The plan is to build six new solar farms in the American Southwest, possibly in the desert regions of Arizona and Southern California. Google, who are working... Read more
Xbox One Could Last 10 Years
With the PlayStation 4 releasing imminent, excitement about the future of next-generation gaming is clearly in the air. While the Xbox One doesn’t officially release until November 22, 2013, that doesn’t stop it from making news today. Craig Flannagan is the director of marketing for Xbox Canada, and he... Read more
Messaging App, Line Creates $100M Per Quarter But No IPO
Line is a messaging app that has grown in Japan over the past two and a half years and the company is now bringing in nearly $100 million in revenue per quarter.   The app said it brought in 9.9 billion yen ($99.9 million) in net sales for the third fiscal quarter... Read more
Beware, Smartphone Camera Can Reveal Your PIN
According to a team from the University of Cambridge, a PIN for a smartphone can be discovered through the camera and microphone. The programme, called PIN Skimmer, can identify the codes that have been entered on a number-only soft keypad. It works by observing your face via the smartphone... Read more
Knock App Lets You Unlock Your Mac By Knocking On Your iPhone
I have a confession: I dislike putting passwords and passcodes on my devices. I find the extra step to be a hindrance, especially since I find myself having to unlock devices several times in an hour. It is a security measure, for sure, but I would rather have something... Read more
Microsoft-Branded Handset In The Pipeline
It has been confirmed that Microsoft is working on its own branded Windows phone. This confirmation comes two months after the company acquired Nokia for $7.2 billion. A senior executive at Microsoft said that part of the company’s strategy is to become a devices and services company but so... Read more
Viber 4.0 Adds Stickers, Push to Talk & Android Tablet Support
Viber 4.0 has just hit app stores!  The updated app carries new features such as; Stickers, push-to-talk voice messaging, and it also has support for Android tablets. CEO Talmon Marco recently said, “This is the most exciting release we’ve had for Viber since we launched the platform…Today’s updated version... Read more