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Never Lose Again Your Digital Memories

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

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

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…

Mercedes Benz Unveils ‘Luxury in Motion’ Autonomous Pod Concept
Car manufacturers have come in force to Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015, showing off new self-driving software, Android Auto and CarPlay integration and generally getting involved with the event for once. Mercedes Benz decided to take it a step further, announcing a new concept for a self-driving car that... Read more
Volkswagen Announce Android, Apple Car Integration At CES 2015
Volkswagen has announced a partnership with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay at CES 2015 earlier this week, in a move to interest both iOS and Android owners wanting to take advantage of software in the car. It has not been detailed how a user changes from CarPlay to Android... Read more
Sharp Shows Off 8K Display At CES 2015
Sharp seems like the only television company looking beyond 4K, unveiling another 8K display at CES 2015. There are several ‘Beyond 4K’ TVs, which Sharp is showing off at CES 2015. Sharp showed one that could run at 4K or higher than 4K, changing from42-million (standard 4K) to 66-million... Read more
PlayStation Vue coming to PS3 and PS4 first
Sony has updated information on the PlayStation Vue, the new cloud-based TV service coming this year. The service has been in beta for PS3 and PS4 over December, as Sony tries to flush out some of the bugs before the big launch, early this year. Sony did not give... Read more
Dish Network announces Sling TV at CES 2015
Dish Network announced a new “sort of al a carte” internet TV service at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2015 this week, following a new partnership with Netflix to bring the service to Dish satellite TV owners. The new internet TV service is named Sling TV, and is available for... Read more
Netflix reportedly clamping down on VPNs
Netflix is only available in a few countries, but it still manages to run into licensing issues, due to movie and TV companies not wanting their programs in regions other than the United States. According to Torrent Freak, Netflix is starting to ban virtual-private networks (VPN) and other services that bypass... Read more