FileHippo News

The latest software and tech news

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…

Google Launches Chromebook Pixel
When Google launched the Chromebook Pixel in 2013, few people ran to the stores to see if there was any in stock, in fact I’d wager nobody did. It was an expensive and ludicrous notebook running Chrome OS; Google’s web browser operating system that is capable of running on... Read more
How To Fix Your iOS 8.2 Battery Issues
As was expected this week, as soon as the ‘Spring Forward’ Apple event was over, there was a new update to iOS owing to the Apple Watch. But since the update there have been numerous complaints of poor battery performance across a range of iOS devices. I for one have... Read more
Batman Arkham Knight Goes Mature For The First Time
Let me be honest for a minute here; I love Batman, and I love video games. So naturally, I’ve played several games featuring the Dark Knight over the years, and let’s just face it – some of them have been a lot better than others. I remember one for... Read more
Goodyear Announce EV Tyre Charging Concept
The future of transportation is electric. More and more car manufacturers are turning away from standard internal combustion engines and moving towards an electric future. At the forefront of this technology are manufacturers and designers from all over the planet, but the big advances are coming from firms such as... Read more
Apple’s 12-inch MacBook: A Bad Deal?
Apple launched a new 12-inch MacBook, situated in the middle of the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro as a new ultra-thin solution to some of the current portability problems.   It brings with it two ports, a mandatory 3.5mm audio jack and the USB-C port for charging USB, HDMI,... Read more
Top 5 Products from Wearable Technology Show 2015
Wearables are everywhere these days, they even have their very own show! At this year’s Wearable Technology Show, held at the Excel Centre in London UK, the field has been opened up wide in all sorts of areas. From medical technology and sport and fitness through to augmented reality,... Read more
Why The Apple Watch Is A “Shut Up And Take My Money” Device
Isn’t it weird how times have changed? Time used to stop when Apple launched a new device, even if it was just a shinier, flashier update to an existing model. But now, with the announcement of the specs for the soon-to-be-released Apple Watch, the industry is kind of like,... Read more
Intel RealSense 3D Camera: It’s Like Having A Kinect Inside Your Laptop
The new RealSense 3D camera from chip manufacturer Intel, has been described as having one of the next-generation Kinect sensors right inside your laptop. The Intel RealSense 3D camera will, in effect, transform your usual workspace into a kind of holodeck. The system comes complete with a very sophisticated gesture... Read more
Texting Woman Allegedly Walks Right Into Moving Train
It happens all the time, no matter where you go – people who walk and text and have absolutely no idea how to do both activities at the same time. If they focus on their walking, they misspell all kinds of words and even autocorrect can’t save them. (Can... Read more
Wikipedia Sues NSA Over Mass Surveillance
The Wikimedia Foundation is going on an all-out offensive against the National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Justice (DOJ) for the global surveillance network created by the NSA with partners in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, essentially covering the entire world. The surveillance works by... Read more
Facebook Won’t Let You Feel Fat Anymore
For anyone out there who has “fat days” every now and then, you can still have them, you just won’t be able to share about it easily in your Facebook status update. If you’re an avid Facebook user, then you know that you can choose from just about any... Read more
Nest Reportedly Moving Into Home Audio
Nest is looking to enter new ground in the ‘Internet of Things’ market, adding a new job post for a leadership position in a new team, Nest Audio. Given Nest’s goals of redefining the appliance to something much better, this job posting probably isn’t a simple sound-bar or speaker... Read more
Redheads Want Their Own Diverse Emojis Too!
If you remember from a couple weeks back, it was revealed that Apple had been working on a set of diverse emojis to roll out in a future update (iOS 8.3). Instead of the stock “white” emojis, there would be six different ones to choose from, all available at... Read more
Driver On Facebook Allegedly Kills 3 People
I’m not sure what it’s going to take to get drivers to put down their Facebook accounts while they’re driving, but if stories like this help in even the smallest way, I’ll keep sharing them. It was just pointed out within the last couple of weeks thanks to a... Read more
Solar Impulse Aircraft Begins Global Flight
André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard are two Swiss pilots that have begun circumnavigating the the world in a solar-powered plane. The founders of the project will alternate flying the plane during the five-month long project. Each of the flights will last approximately five or six days. The two pilots... Read more
Pandora To Offer Ad-Free Day Pass
If you like music, (who doesn’t?) there are lots of Internet radio and music streaming services out there that can offer numerous services that vary in price for the type of service you want to receive. There are free services that are usually supported by advertising and there are paid-for... Read more
iOS 8.2 Released By Apple
Apple had a big day with their Spring Forward event; they released all kinds of details about their forthcoming Apple Watch (including pricing), they released information regarding a new 12-inch Macbook with Retina display, and, among other things, they also announced that iOS 8.2 was available as an update... Read more
The Apple Watch: From $349 to… $10,000
I think it is fair to say that everybody who has even the slightest interest in wearable technology was waiting in eager anticipation for the announcement of the Apple Watch. Whether you wanted to see Apple fall on their face or stand proud with this new product, you have... Read more