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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…

Samsung Throws Its Hat In The Self-Driving Ring
Electronics giant gets self-driving car permit in California. It’s a little odd how so many different – and even unexpected – entities are getting in on the self-driving car game, with a few unlikely players. But what’s even stranger is the sense of non-committal to the concept. Apple has... Read more
Tinder Tops Apple Store With New ‘Premium’ Feature
-For the first in its history, Tinder has become the top-grossing app in Apple’s online app store, beating the likes of Netflix, Candy-Crush, and other hit apps such as Clash Royale.  The sudden burst to the top of the charts comes straight after Tinder launched a paid-for ‘premium’ feature... Read more
Avast Free Antivirus 17.6 Review: Powerful, Reliable, Free.
We review the latest update of Avast Free Antivirus – one of the most popular online security solutions available today.  Of course Avast Free Antivrus is popular – it’s free! And for most people, that’s probably enough to recommend it on its own. But it’s also really good. And that’s not just our... Read more
Samsung vs iPhone Still A Game Of Catchup
Is the Galaxy Note 8 Samsung’s phoenix phone? It’s been a rough year-and-a-half for Samsung, who suffered the single most damaging product recall in smartphone history when its Galaxy 7 handsets began exploding. The situation was so dire that some airlines banned the phones from their planes, even while... Read more
Bitcoin Goes Beyond $5,000 For First Time Breaking Records
Bitcoin yet again has managed to silence many of its naysayers and critics by reaching (briefly) the $5,000-mark last Saturday. The currency peaked at $5,103.91 according to Coindesk, before a sudden sharp sell-off of the digital cryptocurrency sent it scurrying back down toward around the mid-4,000s. Of course, $5,000... Read more
BMW Reveals Electric MINI Concept
German carmaker BMW has unveiled the outline design for the full-production electric version of the next Mini car. With the rise in popularity of electric cars and the rise in global gas prices, a lot of manufacturers are looking for their own portion of the customer base. While giants... Read more
Canadian University Loses $10m In Phishing Scam
Staff at MacEwan University fall for a simple online phishing scam. Staff at MacEwan University, in Edmonton, Alberta, received fake emails from someone who claimed they were writing on behalf of one of the university’s major clients, and that they were changing their bank account details. Seemingly taken at... Read more
Google Questionnaire To Help Decide If You’re Clinically Depressed
Search giant partners with US National Alliance on Mental Illness. “Now when you search for “clinical depression” on Google on mobile,” reads Google’s blog post on the subject, “you’ll see a Knowledge Panel that will give you the option to tap “check if you’re clinically depressed”, which will bring... Read more
Uncovering The Hidden Tech Job Offers
Apple follows Microsoft’s novel approach to attracting tech talent.  There’s little doubt that the 21st century workplace is a very different environment than previous generations experienced on the job. In every area of industry, new innovations and labor practices have changed the setting, so it should come as no... Read more
Alexa, Open Cortana: Microsoft And Amazon To Integrate Cortana and Alexa
Tech giants announce first-of-its-kind collaboration. “Alexa has made a new friend,” Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tweeted to announce a major collaboration between the two tech giants. So it turns out, both Amazon and Microsoft have been working together for the last 12 months to make Alexa and Cortana BFFs.... Read more
Benkow Uncovers Spambot With 700M Stolen Emails
Opening emails alerted spambot to functioning accounts. A Paris-based security researcher just made an unprecedented discovery: the largest database of stolen email addresses to date. With more than 711 million separate emails, it’s certainly one for the history books. The security expert, who goes by the name Benkow, explains... Read more