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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…

Man Creates Star Wars Pancake Printer
Being the father of a 3-year old daughter, I’ve had to improve upon my pancake making skills which were virtually nonexistent before I became a parent. Now, I am proud to say I can make Mickey Mouse pancakes, sprinkle pancakes, heart pancakes…and the list pretty well stops right about... Read more
Dole Japan Creates Wearable, Smart, & Edible Banana
I’m not one easily surprised by what kind of technology comes out anymore; smart devices don’t really take my breath away anymore – I guess I’ve become a little too familiar with them. As a result, it takes something really special (read: outlandish) to catch me off guard –... Read more
Rock Out With This Millennium Falcon Guitar
As an amateur guitar player, I love discovering new guitars and sounds, though I’ll admit my scope is a bit limited. I’ve mainly stuck to the acoustic side of things, but I have messed with a few electric guitars in my day. I’ve played some good guitars and some... Read more
Apple Creates New Diverse Emojis
Apple’s been hard at work on their next mobile and desktop operating system updates, and while we don’t yet know everything that’s coming with those updates, we do know at least one thing they’ve been creating: Ethnically diverse emojis. In other words, they’re making more than just “white people”... Read more
Apple Repairing Certain MacBooks For Free Due To Bad Video
If you happened to buy a certain MacBook Pro between February 2011 and December 2013, you may be eligible to have Apple repair it for free due to a problem dealing with video playback. Apple has revealed that certain MacBook Pro models between those years have some hardware problems... Read more
Target Adds Lower Free Shipping Minimums, Beats Out Amazon
Remember the good old days when all you had to do was spend $25 on Amazon and they shipped you your stuff for free? It was great, right? Too bad they quit doing it a while ago and instead upped the minimum order price to $35 in order to... Read more
First Image of Aquaman From Batman V. Superman Released
I’m not too proud to admit the fact that I am in my 30s and still love superhero movies. Some of my personal favorites include The Dark Knight trilogy, the Iron Man films, and a couple of the original Superman movies with Christopher Reeve wearing the iconic “S” on his chest. (Yes,... Read more
Man Killed By Batman, His Online Obituary Claims
When it’s my time to die, I really hope my family does something awesome to remember me; something that takes into account my hobbies and interests and the things I was passionate about in life. And I hope someone writes me one heck of an obituary – whether it’s... Read more
This Smartphone Dongle Tests For HIV In 15 Minutes
Phones have come a long way in the last couple of decades. What we once only used to talk to people we now use to check the weather, do mobile banking, listen to music, watch television shows and movies, play games, message people, update all of our social networks,... Read more
New Xbox One Update Will Let You Take Screenshots
With so many beautiful games on the Xbox One, it’s only natural to want to take a screenshot to remember some of your favorite gaming moments. Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the easiest thing to do on Microsoft’s newest console; thankfully, that’ll be changing come the month of March, but... Read more
Juicer Cable Leeches Power From Other Phones To Power Yours
Sometimes your phone’s battery dies when you need it the most, and the best smartphone in the world can’t function without any power. (And is it just me, or does this always seem to happen when there’s no power outlet nearby?) So what do you do when this happens?... Read more
Get In Shape With This Smart Jump Rope
Since everything exercise related is popular right now, it was only a matter of time before someone figured out a way to take ordinary fitness items and turn them into smart devices. Simple things from my childhood are now beginning to get the smart upgrade, and it seems the... Read more
FAA Issues Commercial Drone Rules, Looks Bad For Amazon
Last year, it was widely reported by TechBeat and other sources that Amazon was getting into the drone craze and designing delivery drones which would be capable of delivering packages right to the doorstep with no need of a delivery person. They even got so into the idea they... Read more
Dress Like Master Chief With This Motorcycle Helmet
It’s always a challenge finding that perfect outfit to wear on a motorcycle; you want to look stylish, but you also want whatever you wear to be practical and to also be safe at the same time. Okay, forget those things – you just want to look awesome as... Read more
The Needler Gun From Halo Has Been Developed
As a person who was a teenager when Microsoft’s first Xbox console was released, I played my fair share of Halo. For years, it seemed Halo replaced Goldeneye as the multiplayer game to play with friends. Everything about the game seemed groundbreaking; the vehicles, the characters, the missions – but especially the weapons. Who... Read more
Flip Phones Are Popular Again…In Japan!
When I started high school, my dad had a flip phone, and I thought it was the greatest thing ever. It had a black and white screen, an actual “ring’ tone, and an antenna you had to pull out in order to get the maximum phone signal. It was... Read more
A Drone Circus Is On The Way
We should’ve known that drones were going to find a way to take over the world. While there are all kinds of uses for drones, I have to admit I never thought “circus entertainment” would be one of them, but it has been announced that Amsterdam Arena will hold... Read more
Hello Barbie Connects To The Internet And Talks To Kids
As the father of a beautiful 3-year-old daughter, I have played with my fair share of Barbies. (And let’s not forget her male counterpart, Ken!) And, since Barbie and Ken can’t talk on their own, I’ve made up my fair share of voices so they could have conversations with... Read more