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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…

HBO Now Coming To iPhone, iPad And Apple TV For $14.99 Per Month
HBO CEO Richard Plepler has revealed the new standalone internet service ‘HBO Now’ will be coming one week before the premiere of Game of Thrones on April 12, and will cost $14.99 per month. It is as we expected, but one of the unexpected twists is Apple has an... Read more
Apple Event Roundup: Apple Watch, New MacBook
The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco US was the setting of the latest Apple Live event. Everybody was expecting Apple Watch to be deconstructed, pulled apart and generally drooled all over and yet there still remained a mystery surrounding the event. Some were predicting an... Read more
Apple Launches ResearchKit, Making Every iPhone Owner A Participant
Apple has announced a new software framework for collecting health information on iPhones, known as ResearchKit, as its event earlier today. The new ResearchKit ties into HealthKit launched last year as an API for software developers to connect health apps on iOS. It is part of a huge push... Read more
Apple Announces New 12-inch MacBook With Retina Display
Apple has announced a new 12-inch MacBook fitting in-between the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro at its event earlier today. Named simply ‘MacBook’, it features an all-new super-thin design, with a redesigned logic board, keyboard and trackpad. The new logic board has been trimmed by 67%, removing the fan and... Read more
Apple’s New Music Service: No Free Version Likely
It is doubtful that later on today at the Apple ‘Spring Forward’ event, the world’s most valuable company will launch their much anticipated music streaming service. It is more likely it will be later on in the year at WWDC when they will open up the new service which... Read more
Ping Announces 3D Printed Putter
I have mentioned this before now, but the uses of 3D printing technology is becoming very widespread. From jewellery to gadgets and tools to houses, 3D printers are obviously well capable of printing lots of different things, but sporting goods was never something I envisioned. American golf manufacturer Ping... Read more
Cinder Cooks Your Steak Perfectly, Every Time
I’ve become quite the avid griller over the past couple of years. My wife and I have tried grilling just about everything we deem “grill-able”, from vegetables to potatoes to chicken. We of course also grill the staple items – burgers, hot dogs, brats, you name it. I’ve also... Read more
Scientists in Finland Create Solar Electric Forest
Green and renewable energy projects are always at the forefront of R&D teams across the globe and the team of scientists at the VTT Technical Research Centre in Finland are no exception. The team are in the process of developing a prototype 3D printed ‘tree’ that also uses a... Read more
Sony Announces 20 Million PS4 Sales
Sony has announced over 20 million PlayStation 4 sales since the launch a year and a half ago, up by nearly two million since the 18.5 million January announcement. The announcement came at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, where Sony was showing off the newest version of... Read more
How To Create Fish Eye Lens Effect in Photoshop
When a fish looks up from under the water, it is generally thought that they would see an ultra-wide angle hemispherical image. This is caused by the refraction of light through the water and is known as the Snell’s Window effect. That’s why any ultra-wide camera lens is known... Read more
How To Create Clouds in Photoshop
What does nearly every photo taken outside have in common? No, it’s not an annoying bystander photobombing, we’re talking about the sky here. It’s nature’s canvas and forms the backdrop of most outdoor photos. If it’s a daytime photo then you may have a lovely photograph foreground, but with... Read more
Need a Disaster Recovery Solution for your Mac? Try Disk Drill
Have you ever inadvertently deleted a file or folder that you really needed and just couldn’t figure out a way to recover it? Everyone should have at least one form of backup utility on their Mac, whether that be a Time Machine connected to a NAS drive or a... Read more
Lockheed Martin Announces ATHENA Laser System
It was 38 years since the weapon with enough firepower to take out a planet, i.e. ‘The Death Star’ was mythically brought to our theatre screens in George Lucas’ iconic blockbuster, Star Wars.  Although that was pure science fiction, the field of laser weaponry is, in fact, very real, as... Read more
Seattle PD YouTube Channel Shows Body Camera Footage
In the latter part of 2014, the president of the United States, Barack Obama, made a pledge of approximately $263 million in federal funding for body cameras and police training. The police departments in some cities have taken the initiative seriously and have been thoroughly testing body cameras in... Read more
Makerbot Starter Lab: 3D Printing for Schools and Businesses
MakerBot has announced Startup Lab, a 3D printing initiative, which will allow schools to get involved with 3D printing. The new program will provide an education centre with everything they could need to start creating 3D printed items. The kit includes a printer, parts and materials, and a workshop that... Read more
App Review: Citymapper Travel And Transit App For iOS
When an app has won this many awards–the Apple 2013 and 2014 App of the Year and Editor’s Choice awards, MTA New York City App Quest Grand Prize, the Best Overall Mobile App 2014 by Mobile World Congress, the Design of the Year 2014 by London Design Museum, Essential... Read more
Apple Delays Production Of iPad Pro Till September
Apple is delaying the launch of the iPad Pro, following issues with the display panel supplier in procuring enough 12.9-inch panels in time for an early launch. Internal conflict is also delaying the launch, with some executives looking into adding additional USB 3.0 ports, alongside ports for a mouse... Read more
Prototype Smartwatch with Eye Tracking Created
At Mobile World Congress this week in Barecelona  there have been lots of fresh ideas and really cool tech appearing on the horizon. The field of wearables is hotting up and nestled nicely within that field is eye tracking. The EyeTribe are a firm that has already manufactured a... Read more