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Never Lose Again Your Digital Memories

Back Up and Recovery Sep 30, 2024

Losing photos and precious videos is incomparably much more than just a technical inconvenience: it is an emotional loss of dear memories. Cherished captured moments from family gatherings, vacations, and personal milestones hold deep sentiment. It’s as if part of our past has been torn out when these things disappear….

How to Clean Up Your Computer or Laptop after the Holidays

Best Software Sep 19, 2024

Your laptop most probably carries more than just travel photos and memories from your holidays. Using it to stay in touch, watch movies, or navigate your way around an unknown location during your vacation adventures, it’s no surprise that digital clutter builds up. From downloading huge files and accessing unfamiliar…

Holiday Video Disasters: Common Issues and How to Solve Them

Best Software Aug 28, 2024

The arrival of summer is often accompanied by cameras ready to capture every special moment of our vacations. However, too often we discover upon returning home that those memories have various types of errors. From videos that won’t play to corrupt files that prevent us from reliving our experiences, it’s…

First Time Rocket Engine Technique Is Used Outside NASA

Internet October 22, 2013

Students at the University of California San Diego (USCD) have tested a liquid fueled, 3D printed rocket engine using a technique that has never been used to build a rocket before anywhere in the World aside from NASA. The students have built and successfully test fired a rocket that... Read more

Facebook Opens Its First Office In Israel

Internet Mobile October 19, 2013

Facebook has been concentrating its mobile internet business. In an effort to increase the number of people connected to the internet in developing countries, Facebook has acquired several companies that can help them to achieve their goal. Most recently, the social network giant announced that they had successfully bought... Read more

Jony Ive and Marc Newson Design Leica M Camera For RED Charity

Internet Mobile October 18, 2013

Apple’s very own Jony Ive came together with his longtime friend and fellow designer, Marc Newson to create the one of a kind, Leica M Camera for charity. Although the two designers have known each other for years and are both incredibly successful designers, their preferred styles are quite... Read more

Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Update Supports Large Screen

Mobile News Windows October 18, 2013

Recently Microsoft announced the imminent launch of the latest Windows update for Windows Phone 8. The timing of the update matches previous updates which tend to be around fall time. The update, labelled GDR3 (General Distribution Release) sees the Windows Phone empire beginning to join the large screen phone... Read more

‘See It’ Feature Lets You Watch Your Favorite TV Show Via Twitter

Internet October 17, 2013

Recently, Twitter announced a partnership with Americas number one pay TV broadcasting company, Comcast which they hope to propel the world of Social TV. With a new ‘See It’ feature on Twitter, Twitter users will be able to view or record their favorite TV shows. See It Comcast would... Read more

Robot Petting Zoo To Help Develop Robot Personalities

Internet October 17, 2013

The face of the petting zoo has undergone a huge change thanks to the Minimaforms exhibition. Instead of petting furry little animals, visitors can be seen interacting with long plastic light-up tubes that move around according to the level of interaction visitors show them. This is the first robot... Read more

Sonos Play:1 Wireless Streaming Speaker Unveiled

Mobile News October 16, 2013

The champion of wireless home audio systems, Sonos has recently launched their most compact wireless speaker to date. The Play:1 also carries the smallest price tag of all of the speakers to come from Sonos at only $199 per speaker. As a special treat to fans of the wireless... Read more

LG Curved Display Smart Phone To Be Announced In November

Mobile October 15, 2013

After the recent release of Samsung’s ‘Round’ smartphone, the first smart phone with a curved screen to be released, it seems that LG are almost ready to unveil their very own version of the curved display smart phone next month (November, 2013) some time. There has been a lot... Read more

Hotel Wi-Fi Cheat: Say Goodbye To Bad Connections

Internet Mobile October 15, 2013

How many times have you been in a hotel that boasts ‘free Wi-Fi’, you get up to your room and the connection is…. Barely there at all. What a nightmare. Sometimes though, hotels just don’t think about this, it’s hard to imagine in this day and age where almost... Read more

Google & Facebook Join Alliance For Affordable Internet

Internet October 13, 2013

The Alliance for Affordable Internet is a group of tech companies and industry sponsors who are working together to reduce the cost of internet access, enabling developing countries to get connected via the internet. While it might seem incomprehensible to some people that a household might not have 4... Read more

McIntosh MT5: The Silent Magnetic Turntable

Software Reviews October 13, 2013

Vinyl has been making a comeback over recent years and for serious music lovers, there’s just nothing that compares to the sound of vinyl. It’s not about how many songs you can fit on a memory card in your smart phone or iPod, it’s about hearing every single stroke... Read more

Samsung Shape Wireless Audio System Starts At $400 For One Speaker

Mobile October 12, 2013

Sonos is probably the most successful wireless in home audio system available at the moment but Samsung are looking to go toe to toe with the new rival with the release of their very own wireless audio system named ‘Shape’. The Samsung Shape speaker is sleek, triangular and can be... Read more

Narrate Your Photo Stream With Shadow Puppet App

Mobile Photo and Image Software Reviews October 11, 2013

Carl Sojgreen and Adrian Graham built the Shadow Puppet application back in April 2013 but it launched at the same time as the iOS 7 update. The ex Google and Facebook executives who are used to building winning apps have created an application for people to turn their photos... Read more

Singing Machine Home:Most Usable Home Karaoke Machine Ever?

News October 10, 2013

Singing Machine Home has more or less created a hole in the market that many of us may not have thought about, but with the appearance of this machine, realize that it was there all along. The traditional home karaoke machine is great fun but rarely put to use... Read more

Google Gem Smart Watch Released End Of October Rumors Say

Internet Mobile October 9, 2013

Back in March, the Financial Times reported that Google were indeed making a smart watch and that at that stage, it was already past the stage of being a prototype. Now the respected rumor spreader Artem Russokakovski from Android Police has posted on Google+ about the possibility that the... Read more

Never Be Stuck For A Parking Spot Again Thanks To Anagog

Mobile News October 9, 2013

For anyone who has driven round aimlessly staring out of the window waiting for the tell-tale signs of somebody finally leaving a parking spot, Anagog could be the answer to your dreams. Yaron Aizenbud created the smartphone based system which already has around 100,000 users back in Israel. The... Read more

FiLIP SmartWatch Helps Parents Locate Their Kids

Mobile October 8, 2013

The FiLIP smartwatch is set to come to be released on the market and it’s especially for kids. Well at least it looks that way. On closer inspection it seems to be more about the parents needs wrapped in a bright package that kids will love. The smartwatch is... Read more