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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…

Drone Hovers Over Fatal Car Wreck
While it may be part of human nature to let our eyes linger longer than we should at the site of a car wreck, what’s not so normal is for a drone to do the same thing. Yet, that’s exactly what happened recently in Hartford, Connecticut. While the police... Read more
How To Save A Phone From Water Damage
There must be hundreds of thousands of people out there who have dropped their phone down the loo, jumped into a pool with it in their pocket or ended up in another situation where their phone is submerged in water. There is so much advice out there about how... Read more
Headway – The Sound System For Helmets
Headway is a new device that turns a helmet in to a wearable speaker, allowing biking, snowboarding and skiing enthusiasts to listen to music while they enjoy their favourite sport. Although it has the same effect of a speaker, the sound is actually transmitted by vibrations through the use... Read more
Microsoft Takes Action on Safer Internet Day
You might have missed it, but yesterday was Safer Internet Day; and with all the security and privacy issues we’ve heard – and maybe experienced – in recent times, it sure is good to know that there is such a thing as Safer Internet Day. This “event” is organized... Read more
Vodafone Now Supports Ubuntu
We all love an outsider’s chance, don’t we?  Maybe it’s the renegade team who surpass insurmountable odds to win in the final minute of the game? I think Ubuntu is a bit like that, isn’t it?  They have done really well over the last few years, in fact now... Read more
The meMINI Wearable Camera Captures Special Moments
We’ve all done it; you experience something truly wonderful or hilarious but are unable to replay the moment because you didn’t have a camera to hand. However a new device called meMINI, allows you to save treasured moments as they happen, effectively giving you the ability of hindsight. Some... Read more
U-blox GPS Chip Never Loses Signal
Who hasn’t been en route to a destination being guided by whatever name you’ve given to your GPS when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, you hear these words: “GPS signal lost?” It’s a fair bet that most of us, in today’s generation, have had to deal with... Read more
GoPro Files For IPO

GoPro Files For IPO

GamingNews February 11, 2014

GoPro, the action camera manufacturer, has filed the initial documents for its IPO, according to a recent press release from the company. The announcement was brief and it only revealed that the San Mateo Company intends to go public, just as soon as the Securities and Exchange Commission completes its... Read more
Mercedes Creates A Sleek Surfboard For Big Wave Surfers
Mercedes-Benz, well known for its high-quality vehicles, has designed and created a limited edition surfboard. Unfortunately they won’t be available to just anyone, as they were created for use on the enormous waves that grace the shores of Nazare Canyon, on the coast of Portugal. The company worked in... Read more
Kohler Adds A Nightlight To The Toilet Seat
I think it’s a safe bet that everyone reading (or writing) this has had a very similar experience when it comes to waking up in the middle of the night and having to use the bathroom. Heck, some of us even wake up multiple times throughout the night in... Read more
ASUS VivoTab Note 8 Now Available From Microsoft Store
Something new has come up at the Microsoft Store, and it might catch the interest of people who are in the market for a new tablet. The ASUS VivoTab Note 8, which have been talked about with interest, is now available in the Microsoft Store. The ASUS VivoTab Note... Read more
Man Builds Air Hockey Robot From 3D Printer Parts
The hacker Jose Julio wanted to create something unique and interesting with parts from a 3D printer. Taking inspiration from his daughter who loved air hockey and his own love of robotics, he decided to build an ‘Air Hockey Robot’. “I have seen several interesting projects of robots that... Read more
Samsung Announces Black Edition Galaxy S4
The long rumoured Samsung Black Editions of the Galaxy S4 mini and the Galaxy S4 have now at long last, become a reality. Samsung announced the device on Friday last week.  The devices are now available in select global markets. The Galaxy S4 mini and Galaxy S4 Black Editions are the... Read more
Surgeons Successfully Implant The First Artificial Retina
The world’s first official FDA-approved “bionic eye” has been successfully implanted by surgeons at the University of Michigan Health System. This is a step in helping patients who suffer from degenerative eye disease, allowing them to now detect light and shapes. Two surgeons implanted the Argus II artificial retina... Read more
Flag App Will Print & Mail Your Photos For Free
Since smartphones came along, we all do things a lot differently than we used to. Take developing pictures for instance. In years gone by, we had to take a roll of film from a camera into a photo center and choose how we wanted it to be developed. Then,... Read more
Dyson Takes On Google With 5 Million Investment in Robotics
The inventor and designer, Sir James Dyson, appears to be at war with the mighty Internet giant Google, by investing ÂŁ5m in a London university for the development of a new generation of “intelligent domestic robots”. Dyson’s company is best known for its vacuum cleaners, but they are putting money into a... Read more
Must-Have Home Gadgets for 2014
Technological innovation happens at the speed of light these days. That means it can be very difficult to keep up with the newest gadgets on the market, and confusing to figure out which are the “must-haves” among the thousands available. This list of 6 must have gadgets for 2014... Read more
Your Car’s Computer System Can Be Hacked in Just 5 Minutes
When a person talks about something being hacked, normally they would be referring to a personal computer or smartphone, yet security researchers from Spain have been experimenting with a new target; your car. Javier Vazquez-Vidal and Alberto Garcia Illera have been preparing a small electronic device that can leave... Read more