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May 4 Tech news roundup: Arc Browser released for Windows, Netflix discontinues Basic plan, OneDrive gets an offline mode

A new desktop browser is available for Windows 11. Netflix is discontinuing its cheapest ad-free plan. Let’s find out what else happened in this week’s tech news roundup. Netflix asks Basic users to move to other plans Netflix has begun prompting users who are subscribed to its Basic plan to…

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…

Back To The Future Going To Broadway
“Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads.” With those words, Doc Brown took Marty McFly on a ride (flight?) in a suped up Delorean that he would never forget. They went Back To The Future, and nothing was ever the same for them. And, if we’re being honest, nothing... Read more
Aston Martin Forced To Recall 75% Of Cars From 2007 On
There are small problems for vehicle manufacturers, and then there are big problems. Aston Martin is currently facing a pretty big one. Just how big, you ask? Well, they have to recall 75% of their vehicles that were made between the years 2007 and 2014. It turns out that... Read more
Pick Up Your Own Apocalypse Survival Kit
I don’t know when or how it exactly it will happen, but one thing’s for sure – this world is going to one day begin to end and we all need to be ready for the apocalypse. Maybe this world will meet its end at the hands of aliens,... Read more
Check Out This Road Ready Little Tikes Car For Adults
Did you ever have a Little Tikes car as a kid? Of course you did – it’s pretty much an essential part of childhood. You know the one I’m talking about – the one with no windows, no windshield, painted red and yellow, and above all else awesome. If... Read more
Sewers Able To Reveal Hidden Drug Use in Communities
And we thought sewers were only good for handling waste products. It turns out that sewers do much more good than just sending your bodily fluids downstream. Sewers are also becoming a barometer to measure the drug use of a community at large. A chemistry professor from the University... Read more
NYFD Uses Algorithm to Prevent New York Fires
Firefighters have pretty much responded to fires much the same way over the years. They get a call in the middle of the day (or whenever) and they pull on their gear and get in the firetruck to put out the flames. Then they return to the station and... Read more
RIP Facebook in 2017?

RIP Facebook in 2017?

Internet January 30, 2014

People it seem, have a love/hate relationship with Facebook. Some love it, some hate it, and some may admit that they have a slight addiction and that they hate to love it. You can’t go very far without hearing about someone on Facebook, seeing someone on Facebook, or running... Read more
How The Super Bowl Plans To Combat Terrorism
It’s a sad fact that anytime you get a ton of people all together in one place anymore it becomes a target for terrorists. If you have a hard time accepting this fact, just think back to the Boston Marathon bombing. It is no different this year for the... Read more
Dumbest Criminal Award Goes To This Facebook User
You’ve probably heard it a million times – there’s no such thing as the perfect crime. Eventually every crime will be solved and the details will be spilled out into the open. Just like there are no perfect crimes, there obviously aren’t any perfect criminals, either. Now, let’s be... Read more
Man Yanked Out Of Cinema For Wearing Google Glass
A man from Columbus, Ohio recently had a different kind of experience while sitting down to enjoy a movie at one of AMC’s theaters. Somewhere around the one hour mark of Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, officials came out of the shadows and pulled him from his seat. The reason? He... Read more
Sprint To Allow Wi-Fi Calling
Sprint is one of those cell phone companies that no one really seems to hear about all that much anymore. That might be changing over the coming months, though. It has been leaked through the grapevine that Sprint will probably soon be allowing their customers to make calls over... Read more
Google is Still The Best Place to Work
Are you looking for a good company to start a career with? Or, are you looking to make some kind of a mid-career change in your life? If so, I can tell you with certainty who the best company to work for is  – at least in the way... Read more
Woman Loses $500,000 On Online Christian Dating Site
There’s an old saying about being ever careful who you decide to give (or lend) your hard-earned money to. This is doubly true if you are giving money to someone you met over an online dating site. One 66 year-old woman from California just recently learned this the hard... Read more
Justin Bieber’s iPhone Taken By The Police
Justin Bieber is having a tough year, and we’re barely even half way through the month of January. Come to think of it, he also had a not so good year in 2013. Bieber was almost constantly plastered on the news and the tabloids for anything and everything –... Read more
Buses Going Green In The UK
It seems everything is becoming more and more “green” these days, and that also includes the public transportation system. Electric cars are gaining in popularity due to the positive effect they have on the environment, and now a select route in the UK is going to try out a... Read more
Facebook Being Sued For Faking Your Likes
Facebook has recently found itself in the center of the news lately and for nothing good. In December of 2013, it was brought out into the open that user’s private Facebook messages might not have been all that private after all. That news alone created quite the firestorm, and... Read more
Smart Assault Rifles Now Available
You can pretty well place the word “smart” in front of just about any device these days. There are countless Smartphones, Smartbeds, Smartglasses, SmartTV’s, and the list could go on and on. However, there’s one device you might not have considered placing “smart” in front of until now: the... Read more
Passenger Records His Plane Crashing & Takes Selfies
If you were aboard a plane that was crashing, what would you do when you realized all hope was lost? Would you say a prayer? Try and take charge and calm everyone down as much as possible? Maybe call your spouse, family or kids? Or, maybe you’d take out... Read more