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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 Customise Text in Photoshop
Have you ever needed a quick Logo or Title but just didnĂ­t have the time to draw it yourself or search for a suitable new font? Those dull old fonts you already have can be spiced up using a few of Adobe Photoshop‘s simple blending tools, and this gives... Read more
Helium-Filled 10TB Hard Drive Announced
Western Digital’s HGST have announced the world’s first 10-terabyte hard drive and it’s helium-filled to boot. The Ultrastar He10, comes just a couple of weeks after Seagate announced the initial availability of their 8TB air-filled hard drive. The company has failed to disclose any pricing structure as yet but... Read more
Switching From Android to iPhone? Here’s A Guide!
With the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus all set to release tomorrow (Friday), there’s a good chance that more than a few people are going to be trading in their old Android phones and switching to an iPhone to see what the fuss is all about. It’s... Read more
World’s First Operational 3D Printed Car
The idea of 3D printing is a huge concept with far reaching implications on all aspects of modern life.  If you can design it, then you can print it. In the not too distant future, you will be able to walk into a car showroom and choose a design,... Read more
Google Furthering Tests For Project Wing
At the moment Google is all about the drones. After testing their hardware for delivery drones as a part of its Project Wing program in Australia, the company has now asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to allow test the drones, which could eventually be used to deliver internet access to... Read more
Doctor Took Selfie With Joan Rivers While Operating On Her
The death of Joan Rivers seemed to come out of nowhere and was a shock for many who loved her and laughed with her. Indeed, within the last couple of weeks it seemed like you couldn’t turn on the news or look at a magazine without seeing something about... Read more
The White House is Backing the Use of Police Body Cameras
One potential solution for bridging the deep mistrust between law enforcement and the public is requiring police officers to wear body cameras. It appears as though The White House is along the same line of thinking. The government is weighing in on a recent national debate that was sparked... Read more
Snowden Claims New Zealand Government is Involved in Mass Surveillance‏
Edward Snowden is still living in Russia, hidden away from the US authorities looking for the whistleblower, who revealed information about the NSA, PRISM and other secret mass surveillance information. Even though some have claimed Snowden has no more to offer, with the recent crop of leaks feeling more... Read more
Smart Glasses for the Blind Designed at Google Science Fair
A teenager from Greece, Angelos Getsis, has won in Google’s Science Fair 2014.  The young man has claimed a prize for creating a pair of smart glasses, which can assist blind people in navigating their way around the city. The 17-year-old from the city of Arta, Greece, has said that the... Read more
Elon Musk Won’t Make SpaceX Public; He Wants To Colonise Mars‏
Elon Musk is not letting investors have it their way, when asked about his third venture, SpaceX, going public, Musk claims he has repeatedly called off plans to go public, due to his end goal plan of establishing a martian city. Like something straight out of a Ray Bradbury... Read more
Need Remote Access? Download TeamViewer
With the TeamViewer application you can connect to any PC or server across the globe within a matter of a few seconds. If you need to access you friend’s PC to help them with an issue or maybe you need to access a file on your partners PC?  With... Read more
YouTube India Allows Offline Video Saving
I have lost count of the amount of times, when trying to watch videos on YouTube that the signal on my WiFi drops and I receive very choppy footage or the video becomes unplayable due to a bad internet connection!  Fortunately after running a few tasks and couple of... Read more
NBA 2K15 Scans Your Face to Create a Player
I’ve played a lot of sports games in my life – in fact, some of my favorites come from the Madden and NBA 2K titles. There’s just something awesome about dominating in a virtual sport even when I’d have no chance on a real football field or basketball court. While I’d... Read more
The Weirdest People You’ll Find on the Internet!
Modern technology has given us the power to be able to edit and embellish pretty much any photo or video before anyone has the chance to see it, however thankfully the Internet has a way of making sure we get to see life in all its forms. Take a... Read more
Early Warning Earthquake System Developed
Only a few weeks ago, on Aug. 24, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck terror across the Bay Area. Almost all were unaware until it had already struck, but one UC Berkeley professor received an early warning time of five seconds before the quake hit.  It came from a $110 homemade device.... Read more
SmartCane That Vibrates “Sees” For The Blind
A device that has been developed in India has the prospective of giving people that have near or total blindness a greater amount of freedom and independence in their lives.  The new device, dubbed the ‘SmartCane’ acts like personal radar. By tapping on to the top of the SmartCane, it... Read more
Police Take Down Student for not Giving up Phone in School
When I graduated from high school, cell phones were just starting to get popular. Every student didn’t have one, no one could look at the internet in class or get on Facebook (it didn’t even exist yet), and I can’t remember texting being all that big of a deal... Read more
The Best Celebrity Ice Bucket Challenges
The Internet became awash with everyone taking up the Ice Bucket challenge in order to raise money for the ALS Foundation, celebrities included. Famous actors, sports personalities, politicians and tech tycoons all took to social media, sharing videos of them being doused in ice cold water. Here is a... Read more