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A Shattered Collection of My Best Memories: An Immediate Solution Thanks to Stellar Photo Recovery

Desktop Jan 2, 2024

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

Business Sep 1, 2022

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

Video Dec 8, 2021

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…

Adobe Pulls Off Live Episode Of Animated Show

News May 18, 2016

Adobe Character Animator, the new app from Adobe, has helped produce a three-minute segment of a live episode of the Simpsons! Television shows have a fun history of producing a live episode from time to time, which gives long-time fans a chance to see their favorite characters “wing it”... Read more

WhatsApp For Desktop. Better Than The Phone Version?

Social Media Software Reviews May 17, 2016

Last week I spent some time testing the new version of WhatsApp for desktop, and was pleasantly surprised by just how well it works. If you already use WhatsApp on your phone, or via the WebApp extension for either iOS or Windows, it’s pretty much more of the same.... Read more

Software Glitch Kills Formula 1 Car Mid-Race

News May 17, 2016

In all of its different variations, from international megastar Grand Prix racing to a local hometown dirt track event, auto racing is an exciting sport. It pits both human power and mechanical capability against a field of competitors with nearly equal footing in terms of mechanics, and the end... Read more

EMV Woes Plague Consumers, Retailers

News May 16, 2016

Credit cards and debit cards are such a way of life–due to their convenience and the perception that they’re safer than carrying cash or writing a check–that “swiping it” is second nature to most Americas. But with the shift to the EMV cards that Europe has had in place... Read more

“Get Windows 10” Message Will Soon Be Extinct

News Windows May 16, 2016

Microsoft’s “Get Windows 10” nagware will be ramped down by July, the tech giant has indicated. The software has been worming its way into Windows PCs using Windows Updates and antagonistic malware-like methods and regular pop-up reminders since it was released last Summer. Get Windows 10( or GWX in... Read more

WhatsApp Makes The Jump To Desktop!

News Social Media May 13, 2016

Facebook’s WhatsApp has just released its Desktop App for Windows 8 (and above) and Mac OS 10.9 (and above), making it available on all major platforms. But it is undeniably great timing for them too, and good news for laptop and PC users worldwide, as they also just recently... Read more

Clock Counting Down On Free Windows 10 Upgrades

News Windows May 12, 2016

Yep, that’s right, the clock really is ticking for users wanting to upgrade their viable computers for free to Windows 10. Microsoft announced on their official blog that the free upgrade offer for Windows 7 and 8 users will officially expire on July 29th 2016. After that, users will... Read more

Disney Drops Infinity Video Game

Gaming News May 12, 2016

It’s a sad day when a corporation has to make an announcement like this, and even sadder when word gets out that a really cool platform is on the chopping block. This week, Disney announced that not only will they be ending the Infinity video game project, but they... Read more

SFMOMA: Rethinking Interactive Software

Mobile News May 11, 2016

If you’ve had the pleasure of visiting a major-name museum, gallery, or iconic city, you may have had the option to take part in an interactive, self-guided tour. These tours date back decades, and depending on the technology used to power it, they may have been either engaging or... Read more

Introducing Viv, By The Makers Of Siri

Development News May 11, 2016

For those of us who grew up having to dial a recorded message and sit through every single announcement just to find out what time a certain movie was playing (and woe be unto you if you made noise while we were trying to scribble down the show times,... Read more

Space Invaders, Sonic, GTA III And Others Join Video Games Hall Of Fame

Gaming News May 10, 2016

I’m fairly sure that back in 1978 when Space Invaders was first released that even in their wildest dreams, its programmers never imagined that one-day video games would have become so mainstream that the 40-year-old coin-op machine would one day get its own place in the World Video Game... Read more

Connectify Hotspot For All Your Devices

Internet Software Reviews May 10, 2016

To many of us tech users, wifi is now right up there with coffee and oxygen on the list of daily demands. Studies have already shown that free internet access is a major consideration for most travelers when choosing a hotel, and small businesses have been encouraged for years... Read more

Ford Makes Major Investment In Software

News May 9, 2016

Cars and software go hand in hand, for better or for worse. On the one hand, software is powering autonomous vehicles and safer infrastructure; at the same time, software is enabling vehicles to purposely pollute the planet to dangerous levels and allowing hackers to take over vehicles in motion.... Read more

Google Changes Every Blogspot Domain to HTTPS

News May 6, 2016

Web giant Google has taken a proactive step forward in its goal to make the internet a safer and more secure environment for people by using HTTPS to encrypt everyone on their homegrown blogging network, blogspot. The company has announced that every blogspot domain will now use the Hypertext... Read more

Antivirus Software Exposing Your Tech…And Your Kids?

Antivirus News May 6, 2016

It’s been drilled into consumers’ heads that they need antivirus software, but is it doing more harm than good? It’s frustrating enough for any IT pro or tech support guru to find out that consumers aren’t safeguarding their computers with strong antimalware protection, but a new study from Concordia... Read more

Google’s Chrome Browser Overtakes Internet Explorer For The First Time

Internet News Software Reviews May 6, 2016

Google Chrome has officially overtaken Internet Explorer to become the world’s most used web browser. The news finally ends Microsoft’s default Windows browser’s almost two-decade long dominance as the leading internet browser. Haven’t I heard this one before? Probably. Over the last few years, quite a few tech analytics... Read more

Apple Banned From Selling 2nd Hand iPhones in India

Mobile News May 6, 2016

India has said no to Apple’s plans to sell refurbished iPhones within the emerging economic workhorse. According to an official from the ministry of telecommunications, Apple will not be allowed to import or sell refurbished iPhones in India for the foreseeable future, due in the main, to fears that... Read more