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A Shattered Collection of My Best Memories: An Immediate Solution Thanks to Stellar Photo Recovery

Desktop Jan 2, 2024

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

Business Sep 1, 2022

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

Video Dec 8, 2021

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…

Are Waterproof eReaders Really That Important?

Mobile February 25, 2015

If you’ve ever dropped your smartphone in the toilet then spent the next 48 hours offering sacrifices to the device as it sat in a bowl of rice to dry out, you may wonder why every single object you own isn’t encased in carbonite like Han Solo. Wouldn’t it... Read more

Rock Out With This Millennium Falcon Guitar

Music February 25, 2015

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

Grand Theft Auto 5 PC Edition Delayed Again

Gaming Internet February 25, 2015

Rockstar Games has announced another delay for Grand Theft Auto 5 on PC, pulling it back another month to April 14. The studio released a statement claiming it needed more time to work on the PC version, but PC gamers are starting to get tired of the excuses. “Our... Read more

Apple Creates New Diverse Emojis

Mobile News February 25, 2015

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

Pebble Time Kickstarter Launched, Full Color Smartwatch

News February 25, 2015

Pebble has announced the third smartwatch in the range, called the Pebble Time. The smartwatch has been released first on Kickstarter and raised over $5m in just a few hours. Announcing the news with a Kickstarter campaign, Pebble is returning to its old roots to make a break in... Read more

Microsoft OneNote For iPad Adds Handwriting Feature

Mobile Software Reviews February 24, 2015

Microsoft recently announced a long-awaited addition to its functionality for iPad devotees, and that’s the addition of handwriting capability to its popular OneNote app, specifically addressing the needs of tablet users. OneNote has allowed this feature already for different touch-screen computers, but this marks the incorporation of the stylus-driven... Read more

Apple Repairing Certain MacBooks For Free Due To Bad Video

Internet Mac News February 24, 2015

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

Google Acquires SoftCard To Compete With Apple Pay

News February 24, 2015

Google wants to compete in the payments business, but for over three years Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile USA have blocked Wallet – the mobile wallet and payment service – from working on U.S. smartphones. This has severely limited Wallet’s adoption rate, while the three main carriers offer the... Read more

Target Adds Lower Free Shipping Minimums, Beats Out Amazon

Internet Mobile February 24, 2015

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

Internet February 24, 2015

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

Anti-Monopoly Case Taken Against Google In Russia

News February 24, 2015

Google is facing yet another antitrust investigation, this time in Russia by the Anti-Monopoly Service. It follows a lawsuit filed by Yandex, the search provider based in Russia, over Google’s pre-loaded applications on Android. Yandex claims Google gains a significant advantage on mobile search and services use by forcing... Read more

12 Ridiculous Photoshop Fails

News Photo and Image Editing February 24, 2015

This week marks the 25th birthday of Photoshop, the Adobe software that was created back in 1988 so that people could enhance their images. Sadly the software has become synonymous with celebrities and fashion houses using it to produce ridiculously tiny waistlines and slim thighs, leading to the inevitable... Read more

Exploding Kittens Breaks Kickstarter Records With $8.7 Million

News February 23, 2015

Exploding Kittens’ Kickstarter has ended after 30 days, earning $8.7 million and gaining the most backers in the history of the crowd-funding site with 219,382 backers. Matthew Inman, Elan Lee and Shane Small started the campaign at $10,000, but it quickly flooded over the requested amount and in 24... Read more

New Android Malware Simulates Shutdown and Mines Your Data

Antivirus Internet February 23, 2015

If you have an Android phone and have purchased third-party apps from outside of the more well-known app stores, you may have put your device at risk from an ingenious new malware that makes it look like you’ve shut off your phone, but instead has only simulated the shutdown... Read more

Man Killed By Batman, His Online Obituary Claims

Internet News February 23, 2015

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

Google I/O: Wallet Revival Incoming

News February 23, 2015

Google Wallet has been a failure in terms of user and retail adoption, but it is not all the fault of Google. The service is only available in the United States, and even in the country U.S. carriers have blocked the service in favor of SoftCard. It might not be... Read more

This Smartphone Dongle Tests For HIV In 15 Minutes

Mobile News February 23, 2015

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