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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…

Check Out ION Audio’s Bluetooth Cassette Adapter
Are you stuck in your house or your car with a stereo system that still sports a cassette tape deck? If you are, your pain is understandable. Yes, you should be thankful for a vehicle to drive, but does anyone even know how to use a cassette tape anymore?... Read more
Wi-Fi Enabled Russian Doll Named Mother Will Take Care Of The Home
This plastic Russian Doll has been designed to monitor objects, creatures and people in your home and then nag you to death if it notices something wrong. A bit like a real mother then; but with an advertising slogan that reads “Mother knows everything”, it is perhaps slightly more... Read more
Mitsubishi Metal 3D Printers Are Coming Your Way
3D printing has opened up worlds to the average person – given he could afford a personal 3D printer. While it certainly cannot be called a household item yet, a 3D printer is not that hard to come by these days, and you can create practically anything from guns... Read more
Netatmo June Smart Bracelet Helps Regulate Your Sun Tan
Netatmo has had substantial success with its clever home and garden Weather Station gadget.  The product links wirelessly to an iPhone or Android device to enable you to receive numerous accurate readings on the current climate in your vicinity. Now though, the company has followed suit with a stylish tool that is more... Read more
Bomb From World War 2 Explodes, Killing 1 & Injuring Others
World War 2 has been over since 1945, but just because the battles are over, that doesn’t mean there aren’t still casualties. In fact, bombs, mines, and other weapons are still being found on a consistent basis across Europe. Recently, an employee who worked with a construction company unknowingly... Read more
The Pill To Make You Pitch Perfect
Ear splitting renditions of popular songs on karaoke could be a thing of the past if the drug developed by Professor Takao Hensch gives us the ability to learn perfect pitch as he says it does. Professor Hensch works in molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University. He believed... Read more
UAE Says US Backdoors Found In Spy Satellites
The United Arab Emirates has allegedly discovered 2 ‘security compromising components’ supplied by the US, in military satellites provided by the French.  The UAE has reportedly threatened to cancel a 3.4 billion dirhams (£570m) deal to purchase 2 military satellites from France over claims that 2 US-supplied components compromise the security... Read more
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Rescued From Ecuador
How did you spend your New Year’s Day? I’d bet that you had a better experience than Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Actually, Bezos is having a pretty rough start to the year 2014. On January 1st, as he was aboard a cruise ship vacationing in the Galapagos Islands in... Read more
Corning’s Gorilla Glass Kills Germs
During CES 2014 US firm Corning announced that its Antimicrobial Gorilla Glass is now ready for orders. This special touchscreen glass contains ionic silver, a substance which has been known to fight germs for over 100 years. Corning said that the glass can combat bacteria and fungi, with the... Read more
Alicia Keys & BlackBerry Split 
A little less than a year ago, Alicia Keys and BlackBerry came together and announced that the singer was to  be the brand’s new Global Creative Director. If you remember, my initial reaction was, “Whatever that means!” While BlackBerry did insist that Alicia Keys had a direct hand in its... Read more
Sony Sirius To Have 20MP Camera
In recent years, companies have given their new secret weapons codenames to shroud the products in more mystery.  There has been many rumours about some of the codenames for upcoming Sony devices and now there has been some information being bantered about regarding some of the specs for the... Read more
World’s First Smart Toothbrush For A Sparkly Smile
The world’s first connected toothbrush was unveiled on Sunday at CES 2014 in Las Vegas. The Kolibree smart toothbrush will help you achieve that Hollywood pearly white smile and generally improve your oral health. The toothbrush connects to the accompanying app via bluetooth. It’s through the app that your... Read more
Flexible Chip Can Be Wrapped Around A Human Hair
Scientists are clever people aren’t they?  They research and develop all kinds of wonderful tech for use in the real world by people like you and me.  I have no idea how this next innovation will be used but the possibilities are going to be far reaching, from medical... Read more
Control Your Garage Door With Open-Me App
Don’t you just hate that feeling you get when you can’t remember if you left the garage door open? And if you can’t remember that thought will just keep bouncing around in your head until you can actually verify whether your door is in fact open or shut. It’s... Read more
Councilman Writes Resignation Letter In Klingon
What’s the most memorable way you’ve ever resigned from a job? Did you tell your boss to “shove it” as the old song says? Did you give him or her that piece of your mind you’d been wanting to give them for years? Or, did you just quit on... Read more
Samsung Launches Exclusive Apps For Windows Phones
Samsung is not a company to be behind in the stakes when it comes to software for mobile phones.  If Nokia can have exclusive apps for its Lumia model phones, then Samsung is not one to miss out on an opportunity, so the Korean company is launching two apps... Read more
Why Snapchat Turned Down $3 Billion From Facebook
A few months ago everyone was shocked to hear that Snapchat had refused Facebook’s offer to buy the company for $3 billion. Now that everything has settled down again, CEO Evan Spiegal has decided to reveal the reasons why he didn’t accept the offer and sell the company. In... Read more
Muggers in Central Park Don’t Want Flip Phones
I’ve never been mugged, thankfully, but I’d assume that most muggers aren’t too choosy in what they decide to steal from people. And, like most of my assumptions, I’d be wrong. It turns out there are electronic devices that even muggers don’t want these days. Hey, it’s pretty bad... Read more