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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…

Researchers Find The Key For Self-Healing Batteries
Researchers at Stanford University think they have come up with a solution to improve the lithium-ion battery, which could lead to improvements in the next generation of mobile phones and electric cars. Currently lithium-ion batteries contain silicon electrodes. Although silicon is a great material because it has a high... Read more
Do Not Track Kids Act Introduced in US
Is it morally right to track and analyse the internet history of children under 16 years of age?  An American bill called the Do Not Track Kids Act of 2013 is planning to protect children under the age of 16.  It will extend federal anti-tracking protections under the Children’s... Read more
Edward Snowden May Have Stolen 200,000 Documents
It seems the world has not seen or heard the last from Edward Snowden. Love him or hate him, Snowden is continuing to make national headlines even while he resides in Russia in a state of temporary asylum. Snowden, who was formerly contracted with the National Security Agency as... Read more
Samsung Planning for 560ppi Amoled Display For 2014
According to reports from OLED.at, Samsung is working on AMOLED displays with 560ppi for screens as small as five inches. Potentially next year’s handsets from the company could offer higher resolutions and more pixels per inch that what is currently available. If this report is correct then we could... Read more
MIT Invents Remote Controlled Shape Shifting Robotic Screen
When I first located this on the internet, my initial reaction was simply “wow, that’s deep”. Even now, I stick by that initial reaction after reading more on the subject and viewing the media surrounding the project.  If you love tech and I know you do, this will blow... Read more
Firefox Phones Will Not Be Available In The US
Firefox fan? Resident of the United States? Sorry, but it’s not looking good for you if you’ve been waiting for Firefox phones to come to the country. Although Mozilla has previously stated that Firefox phones were going to be released in the US, the most recent developments point to... Read more
New York To Washinton In One Hour With Japanese Maglev Train
The Japanese government has been showing off its maglev train system to former US politicians in the hope that it will encourage American companies to invest in this expensive technology and take it back home to the States. The group of Americans, who were from The Northeast Maglev advisory... Read more
GESTURES App Promises Easier & Better Pictures
For anyone who likes to take pictures with a phone, which is probably most of us, there comes a point when we realize that there are just too many buttons on the camera interface. There seems to be a button or icon for everything under the sun: flash, capture,... Read more
Can HTC Top The One?

Can HTC Top The One?

Mobile November 20, 2013

We are always waiting for the next innovative and must-have gadget! By now, most of us who have experienced the latest technology, are used to upgrading to the latest phone or tablet and are capable of comparing them with other similar products in the market.  Look at the Samsung... Read more
Buy The Batmobile!

Buy The Batmobile!

Internet November 20, 2013

“Holy used cars, Batman!” The day is finally here when you can own your very own Batmobile. What many of us have dreamed about since childhood is now a very real possibility. Beginning November 30th, all want-to-be Batmen can bid on an almost exact replica Batmobile from the Batman and Batman... Read more
Galaxy S3 Users Complain Over Jelly Bean Update
Following complaints from users, Samsung has pulled the software update for Galaxy S3 owners based in the UK. The update, which became available to weeks ago, is to upgrade the devices to Jelly Bean – version 4.3 of the Android operating system. The firm said it was investigating the... Read more
Google Launches Online Help For Philippines Typhoon Yolanda Victims
Google has launched its comeback to the vicious typhoon that has devastated large areas of the Philippines.  The internet giant has created an online Typhoon Yolanda Crisis Page to assist victims to reconnect with family members and friends around the world. The Crisis Page connects a wide range of Google... Read more
Robot Deer Take Aim At Illegal Hunters
I’m always up for a good police story, and I hope you are as well. It seems with the influx of crime, police in every precinct are having to get extra creative in the ways they catch the bad guys. Apparently, the police in Florida have been having a... Read more
Rover The Robot Cow Herder

Rover The Robot Cow Herder

News November 19, 2013

Robots have been able to revolutionise operations in the army and have taken NASA’s space exploration to a new level but robots could be about to get a new assignment; herding cows. According to Australian researchers robots could be the future in herding cows. A four-wheeled device named Rover,... Read more
Chrome 31 Browser Released
The time has come round once again for Google to release its latest Chrome Web browser.  The new Chrome Stable browser is known officially as Version 31.0.1650.48 and it is available for free to download for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame, according to a recent post by Anthony Laforge... Read more
Twitter Expands into New 10,000-Square Foot Silicon Valley Office 
It hasn’t been more than two weeks since the Twitter IPO, but the microblogging company is not resting on its laurels. Not that it can, really, with its stock price going down (although it’s still not performing that badly). What Twitter is doing in Silicon Valley, though, is something... Read more
Google’s “Deep Learning” Computers Out-Smart The Creators
A Google software engineer has said that the company’s “deep learning” decision-making systems have been able to crack coding problems that the engineers who designed them can’t. Quoc V.Le made the revelation at the Machine Learning Conference in San Francisco on Friday, where he also outlined how Google are... Read more
Keep Watch Over Your Kids With A Tedi Bear
I think it’s safe to say that teddy bears aren’t going anywhere any time soon. Teddy bears have long been faithful companions to children, but they haven’t really done all that much for parents. Starting in 2014, though, a new teddy bear will be hitting the shelves, and this... Read more