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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…

Google Chrome Ending Windows XP Support At End Of Year

Internet News Windows April 18, 2015

Google Chrome has announced the end of support for Windows XP will come at the end of the year, one full year after Microsoft dropped extended support for the decade-old operating system. Most programs still heavily used on Windows XP remain active through extended support, including Oracle’s Java program.... Read more

Weekend Read: Becoming Steve Jobs

News April 17, 2015

Whether you’re a casual iPhone owner or the head of a tech startup, Steve Jobs is a man you want to get to know. Fortunately, a new biography of the iconic tech giant has come out recently and finally provided the public with an accurate portrayal of the man... Read more

Netflix Hits 60 Million Subscribers Worldwide

Internet News April 17, 2015

Netflix has announced it reached 60 million global subscribers earlier this year, adding an extra four million from late 2014. Two million came from the US, two millions from overseas, showing the demand worldwide for the video streaming service. 40 million customers come from the US, making the bulk... Read more

Software Updates To Boost Productivity, Cybersecurity

News Productivity April 16, 2015

It’s easy to take the tools we use everyday for granted, especially if we don’t know what they’re not capable of. But a host of software updates have come out this month and the results are pretty amazing. For everything from enhanced video editing to integrated online document editing... Read more

Major Apple TV Update Planned For WWDC 2015 on June 8

News April 16, 2015

Apple has some major software changes coming to WWDC 2015 on June 8, including the launch of the next iOS and OS X update. There will also be a major overhaul on Apple TV’s interface, hinted at by the invitation ‘the epicenter of change’ with an Apple TV style... Read more

Cybersecurity Report: Elite Hackers, Or Human Error?

News April 15, 2015

Two new cybersecurity reports were released this week and they brought some surprising news: hackers don’t have to be great at what they do… employees do the hard work of infiltrating a network for them. The reports–conducted separately by Verizon Communications and Symantec–showed that the biggest threat to business... Read more

Google Fiber Forces Broadband Companies To Compete

Internet News April 14, 2015

Google Fiber is preparing to launch in several new cities in North Carolina, Georgia and Utah in the next year, something that has shaken the traditional internet service providers to actually compete. It must be an odd feeling for companies like Comcast and Time Warner Cable, who for the... Read more

Top eReading Apps For Your Mobile Device

Internet Mobile Software Reviews April 13, 2015

As if smartphones weren’t already smart enough, one of the best things about them is the ability to find a great book to read while you’re waiting in line, taking the train home from work, or otherwise just passing the time. But before you think you’re stuck with just... Read more

One Million Apple Watch Pre-Orders In First 24 Hours

News April 13, 2015

The Apple Watch launch might not have been greeted with the usual commodity of fans at the doors, but it looks like online the first-generation smartwatch is pulling some good sales numbers. Data measurement firm Slice Intelligence claims Apple sold just shy of one million Apple Watch units in... Read more

Just How Handy Is Amazon’s Echo?

Internet Software Reviews April 11, 2015

I know what you’re thinking…how useful is this little gadget? It’s basically just another voice-activated doohickey to clutter up your bookshelf and therefore your life, right? Not so fast. Echo not only comes with built-in functionalities that are intended to make life easier for the user, but also comes... Read more

LG G4 Launch Event Set For April 24

Mobile April 10, 2015

LG is planning to launch its newest flagship in New York City on April 28. The South Korean electronics giant announced the event with another teaser, showing the LG G4 camera with an f/1.8 aperture and dual-LED flash. LG also hints at a leather case or back, although that... Read more

Crazy Kickstarters That Will Have You Going For Your Wallet

Business Internet April 9, 2015

You only thought our lives couldn’t get any better with the invention of the self-driving car, the tablet computer, and a phone more powerful than the computers your high school had for typing and business classes. Just to prove that there are no limits to the innovation Man is... Read more

Twitter For Sale? Stock Shoots Up After Buyout Rumors

Internet News Social Media April 9, 2015

Twitter is up for sale, at least, that is what investors seem to think. The stock shot up after rumors of an apparent buyoff loomed, Barron’s reported. Twitter has brought in Goldman Sachs to fight off the two suitors, which may include Google, Facebook and Yahoo—all interested in owning... Read more

Netflix New Terms Of Service Allows Subscription Termination If You Use VPN

Internet News VPNs April 8, 2015

Netflix has been giving mixed signals regarding VPN and geo-location tools, with the first reports claiming a ban would hit, followed by CEO Reed Hastings and other executives appealing to VPN users, and now Netflix has changed its policy to destroy VPN users. The terms of service change allows... Read more

15 Images You Just Can’t Unsee

Internet April 6, 2015

It’s sad when a normal human being can’t even use the internet to conduct random, pointless searches for terms like “cat butt tattoo” without being bombarded with images that no amount of therapy will ever erase from our brains. You’ve been warned, this gallery contains images that no camera... Read more

iPhone 6S Plus Might Feature Force Touch

Mobile News April 6, 2015

Apple’s latest touch trick is a new ‘Force Touch’ mechanism. Instead of taking every tap as a tap, Force Touch allows Apple to create different functions for the speed of the tap, the length of the tap and the force of the tap. This opens up a whole new... Read more

Google Will Bring Android Apps To Desktop Platforms

Mobile News Windows April 5, 2015

In 2014, Google launched a way for Android developers to quickly port apps onto Chrome OS and more importantly, onto the Chrome browser. The native client App Runtime for Chrome (ARC) has been in private beta with a few well known developers, but today Google launched it for everyone.... Read more

Google Picks A Fight With China State Web Registrar

News April 5, 2015

Google has announced it will no longer accept certificates from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) following a major breach of false certificates issued by MCS Holdings in Cairo, the company who handles quite a few .cn domains. The false certificates may have allowed unverified and malicious websites... Read more