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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…

How To Manage A Friend/Relative’s PC
If you are asked to help out on occasion to ‘fix’ a friend’s PC, chances are that you really could do the job simply in a few minutes.  In such a case it is irritating to have to organise both your time and your friends time to sort out... Read more
These Epic AutoCorrect Fails Will Have You in Stitches!
Prepare to laugh your pants off at some of the funniest autocorrect fails ever and take solace knowing that you’re not the only one who has their day ruined by technology’s shortcomings! Share your worst autocorrect moment with us in the comments below! 1. Image 1 of 15 Read more
McAfee Labs Stinger Update Now Available
Stinger from McAffee Labs, is a quick and installation-free standalone tool for detecting and removing prevalent malware and threats.  It is an ideal tool if your PC is already infected. While not a replacement for full-fledged antivirus software, Stinger is updated multiple times a week to include detection for... Read more
iPhone 6 Will Reportedly Offer 2 Bigger Sizes
You can’t seem to go anywhere online without seeing something regarding the upcoming iPhone 6 – it’s all anyone seems to want to talk and/or speculate about. Since (and even before) the release of the iPhone 5/5s, rumors have abounded that Apple wasn’t too far away from finally increasing... Read more
How to Turn Your Smartphone into A WiFi Hotspot
If you are like me and use the Internet on a daily basis, then you need a good strong reliable connection.  But what if you are out and about with your laptop/tablet and there is no WiFi connection?  How do you get online?   Don’t panic, as no doubt you... Read more
The Best Alternative Browsers
We recently discovered what you, the TechBeat readers, prefer to use when it comes to browsers, however we noticed that some of you commented on how you have chosen alternative browsers over the mainstream ones like Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer. So if you are looking for a change... Read more
Edyn Makes You Grow The Perfect Garden
My wife and I decided to have our “first” real garden this year. I put first in quotes because we tried it in 2011, but due to a tornado we never saw the fruits (or rather, the vegetables) of our labor. This go round, however, we can look out... Read more
Google Email/Calendar Integration Increases With Inferred Events
For a while now there have been a few rumours flying about concerning Google and them making use of ‘inferred events’ (events grabbed from Gmail/other Google services) and presenting it as a card in the Google Now service. Well, it looks like the rumour is now a reality for... Read more
Everything You Need To Know About Swift – Apple’s New Language
At this year’s WWDC Apple surprised all attendees by unveiling its new programming language, Swift. Apple’s chief of engineering Craig Federighi, revealed that Swift is “safe, modern and powerful” and will be replacing Objective-C in the months to come. There’s no denying that this is a big step for Apple but... Read more
Samsung Officially Announces Galaxy Tab S
Samsung has just officially introduced the Galaxy Tab S range of tablets at an event in New York.  The Galaxy Tab S range will comprises of both 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch models.  These devices will be available in Wi-Fi only and LTE versions.  Samsung described the new flagship range as “its best tablet ever”.... Read more
How Can You Tell If An Online Review is Fake?
For every product you buy, every hotel you book or every app you download, you can guarantee that there will be a review out there telling you whether it’s a good choice or not. You can find out almost all the pros and cons of anything before you actually... Read more
How to Watch The FIFA World Cup 2014 Across Multiple Devices
The 2014 FIFA World Cup has arrived!  Whether you like it or loathe it, for the next month it will be the subject on most peoples’ lips.  There are more ways than ever to watch the World Cup, you don’t just have to watch it at the bar! Here... Read more
Use Your Xbox One Controller With Your PC
Here’s a bit of good news for Xbox One gamers who also like to play games on their PC’s – thanks to a recent update from Microsoft, you can now use your Xbox One controller on your PC. After you download and install the new drivers, all you really... Read more
Download Wireshark 1.10.8
Wireshark is the foremost network protocol analyzer that is available.  The software is standard across industry and educational institutions alike. There are many features to the software including; Deep inspection of hundreds of protocols, with more constantly being added.  Live capture and offline analysis.  Standard three-pane packet browser. Rich... Read more
Teen Inventor Creates Footwear To Charge Your Phone
People have always been inventing things at a young age; Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel first conceived the Man of Steel whilst they were in high school.  Taylor Hernadez received a “Chester Award” for inventing the ‘Magic Sponge Blocks’ when she was not a even a teenager, and the list goes... Read more
Whisper App Reveals Most Outrageous Excuses For Being Late For Work
Whisper, the social networking app, is an outlet for people to anonymously express their secrets, views and strange preferences.  Thanks to the anonymity people have felt at liberty to share there ridiculous excuses for either turning up to work late or not at all. Of course just telling your... Read more
Skype Launches New Design For iPhone
Microsoft have just announced earlier this week, that it was very close to releasing a new version of its video calling app Skype for iPhone; sporting a new streamlined design coupled with improved performance. As expected we didn’t have to wait too long.  The new Skype 5.0 for iPhone app is currently rolling... Read more
Download the latest version of WinRAR
WinRAR 5.10 is an great archiving utility, which completely supports RAR and ZIP archives and is able to unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, Z archives. It consistently makes smaller archives than its competition, thereby saving disk space and costs. WinRAR has a... Read more