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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…

HOT Watch Turns Your Hand into a Phone
There’s a new smartwatch in town and this one is literally hot! The HOT Watch is a brand new gadget that finally allows you to live out one of your dreams as a kid: talking to your watch like James Bond. Developed by PH Technical Labs, the HOT Watch... Read more
Xbox One Controller Support Coming But Not Until 2014
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 controller has pretty much taken over the PC gamepad market, apart from hacked up Playstation controllers that is. We are now nearing the launch of the new platforms from Sony and Microsoft, Those hardcore dedicated PC gamers are starting to have concerns regarding which gamepads will... Read more
Samsung Announce The Hennessy Flip Phone
Samsung has announced its latest smartphone, however this a little different from all the rest. The Hennessy, as it is called, combines a smartphone that runs on Android with a dual-screen flip phone body. From the front the Hennessy looks like any other standard Android phone but once the... Read more
TREWGrip: Qwerty Dock for Your Smartphone
How many times have you constructed an email on your smartphone, which started out in your head being only a few lines long and ended up being almost the length of War and Peace?  Well, you and me are not the only ones and there is a new Kickstarter... Read more
Latest Figures Show Who is Winning The Smartphone Battle
Gartner’s latest quarterly smartphone figures are out, so we can find out who is winning in the battle and who is losing out in this highly competitive market. It will come as no surprise that Samsung is still top dog. In the last three months it sold 107 million... Read more
100,000 Mars One Applicants Want to Leave Earth Forever
It seems the prospect of living on another planet is quite appealing to many: four months after registrations opened, more than 100,000 Mars One applicants have already signed up for a one-way trip to the Red Planet. The Mars One project’s goal is to colonize Earth’s neighbor, starting in... Read more
Liquipel Skins: Impact Protection for your Smartphone
No doubt you are like most people today, your constant companion may not be human (and no I’m not talking about your dog), your mobile phone is your sidekick which helps you out and never leaves your side no matter where you are or what you are doing. Because... Read more
Baby Monitor Hacked in Latest Cyber Attack
Baby monitors are designed to help parents keep their babies safe and provide peace of mind. However, it seems that nothing is safe in this world. It has been reported that a hacker was able to gain access to a baby monitor and verbally attack the sleeping child. The... Read more
Airsleep iPhone App for Frequent Fliers
How often have been so uncomfortable on a long flight because of a chatty seatmate? Or maybe there’s a fussy child on board. Then again, even the general buzz inside the cabin of a plane can be a disturbance to some people. If you don’t fly that often, or... Read more
Intel Creates 10 Inch Education Tablet
World class chipmaker Intel, has introduced a ten-inch tablet reference design, which is made specifically for education purposes.  The device, is simply called ‘Intel Education tablet’ is based on an Atom chip and runs Android 4.0 operating system, it also comes preloaded with some Intel Education Software.  The Intel company hopes that its tablet design,... Read more
Apple’s Aerial Map Photos Are a No Go Over Oslo
Officials in Norway have confirmed that they have refused to allow Apple to take aerial photographs of Oslo for its Maps app, which shows images in 3D. For security reasons, anyone who wants to fly over the capital and take pictures must obtain a licence from the authorities. Norway’s... Read more
NASA Unveils Potentially Hazardous Asteroids Map
In case you were wondering if Hollywood scenarios like the Armageddon could ever come to pass, NASA has just found an answer for you. In a recently unveiled map of potentially hazardous asteroids, the US Space Agency suggests those dangerous asteroids that are close to Earth’s orbit are several... Read more
New 3D Technique Uses Single Lens
Harvard scientists have come up with a new way to create 3D images, which could have a significant impact on areas such as medical imaging and the 3D movie industry. Unlike traditional 3D image generating methods, the new 3D technique relies solely on mathematics and computation, making do without... Read more
Google Chrome Developers Summit Coming in November
Last week, Google announced that they are going to hold a two-day event for Web developers known as the Chrome Dev Summit.  At this event they will discuss new API’s, performance tips, Blink and multi-device workflows with Google Chrome engineers. It is, in all essence, Google I/O specifically designed... Read more
ZTE Open Runs Firefox OS & Will Be Sold On Ebay
The latest smartphone from the company ZTE, will run the new Firefox operating system. It will be the first mobile manufacturer to run this operating system in the UK and US markets. ZTE have chosen to sell the handset named ZTE Open, exclusively through the e-commerce site eBay and... Read more
Sony Claim 80% Polled Prefer PlayStation 4 over Xbox One
It’s almost a no brainer that Sony’s PlayStation 4 is the more popular choice with consumers planning to buy a next-generation gaming console any time soon, first of all due to the attractive price tag, the specs and an overall more cohesive promotion campaign. But how popular will the... Read more
Touchscreen Germ Resistant Technology Is Close
Have you ever borrowed your friends phone? to check your email for instance or maybe they have showed you a picture on their handset and you have noticed the greasy film on the screen left there by your friends seemingly normal and clean face? which then made you feel... Read more
Meet The Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus
No matter what haters say, there is no doubt that the MacBook (Pro or Air) is very difficult to beat when it comes to aesthetics. I’ve always teased my friends about “going Mac and never going back”, but there is a lot of truth to that; and aesthetics is... Read more