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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…

iPhone Air Leaked On Video With 5.5-inch Display‏
Apple’s September 9 event is just around the corner, but it looks like Cupertino will not have any surprises to show on the mobile side. French website Nowhereelse has released some more screenshots and a video of the 5.5-inch “iPhone Air”, apparently coming this year. Rumors of the iPhone... Read more
MSN Messenger Being Retired in October
Whatever name you know it by, Windows Live Messenger, or its former name, MSN Messenger, you should know it’s closing up shop on October 31st of this year. If you remember back about 15 years ago, it was MSN Messenger and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) that always seemed to... Read more
10 New Android Apps That You Must Try
If you are looking for some new apps for your Android smartphone but need some inspiration, then look no further than our collection of the ten best new apps that were released last month. WeTransfer Image 1 of 10 You can use WeTransfer to send large files across the... Read more
Ice Bucket Challenge with Liquid Nitrogen?!
The Ice bucket challenge for ALS has been a global phenomenon, with all sorts of people from celebrities and businessmen to your average Joe taking part.  Some attempts brought epic fails to the table. If there was an award for the craziest IBC attempt, then the award should go... Read more
Will Robots Kill Us All In The Future?
With all the advances in technology and artificial intelligence happening around us every moment of the day, what will life look like in the next 100 years? Just within the past year we’ve seen so many advances in autonomous cars, robotic employees, the possibility of a robot army –... Read more
Nude Photos Of Celebs Stolen From iCloud – is “Find My iPhone” To Blame?
Apple has some major explaining to do after it emerged that nude photos of A-list celebrities were published on 4chan, the anonymous image-sharing site. A total of 101 celebrities were targeted by the hacker who allegedly broke into their iCloud accounts and stole the images. One such celebrity was... Read more
Cops Called On Developer For Planning WWIII
Don’t you just hate it when you have been accused of something that you didn’t do?  That’s exactly what happened to software developer Henry Smith. Henry Smith, from Bristol in the UK, was recently given maybe the worst false accusation possible: that he was planning to start WWIII. Well,... Read more
Need To Backup? Get Alcohol 120%
Alcohol 120%, is a powerful CD and DVD burning software for Windows, which makes it simple to create backups of DVDs* and CDs. Additionally, the program lets you store your most used CDs as images on your computer, so you can call them up at the click of a button.... Read more
Apple Creating a Mystery Building for September 9th Event
There’s a lot we still don’t know about Apple’s big media event that’s coming up in just 8 days. Oh, we have lots of theories about what’s going to happen, such as 2 new iPhones being revealed, the iWatch finally being announced, the official release of the new iOS... Read more
Check Out The Latest Version Of Viber For Mac!
Apple’s own iMessage app, which comes gratis with Mac OS X, is a great app.  However, it does have a drawback: it doesn’t allow cross platform messaging (Which is Really important!). Well, all is not lost! Just download the latest version of Viber: an application for Windows, Mac and... Read more
Kid Kicked Out Of Preschool Due To Mom’s Facebook Post
Be careful what you put on Facebook. That’s the lesson a mom in Florida is learning as some of her posts have recently caused her 4-year-old son to get in some hot water. Yes, you did read that correctly – a toddler’s in trouble due to something his mama... Read more
Blink: Home Security Made Easy
Blink is the new, smart, wire-free home monitoring and alert system in HD.  This kickstarter project is promising to be easy and inexpensive.  For $69, backers will receive a remote video camera and motion detection unit.  Or, if backers require two units, they can have them for $119.  Not... Read more
Now’s The Time To Sell Your Old iPhone
As September 9th and the expected reveal of two new iPhone models inches ever closer to us, your chances at getting a really good price on your used iPhones are steadily decreasing. It only makes sense – why would someone pay top dollar for something that’s not the latest... Read more
The Origins Of The Ice Bucket Challenge
From Matt Damon to your friend’s parents – everyone seems to be doing it. If like us, your Facebook feed has become a wash with random people throwing buckets of ice cold water over themselves you may have wondered – what started all this? Well the nifty little presentation... Read more
Robot Printer Brings Papers To Your Desk
The ability to print documents from a computer (or phone, tablet, whatever) is great in today’s world. But you know what, unless you have a printer right there on top of your desk, chances are you’re still going to have to get up out of your office chair to... Read more