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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…

Lutz Driverless Pods To Hit UK Streets Later This Year
Google’s self-driving car is a familiar sight online. The driverless automobile is a topic that has been on everyone’s lips. But are Google the only people interested in driverless technology? A few months back, a series of driverless car trials that the UK government was funding was coming to... Read more
Furniture Maker Ikea Creates an Emoticon App
IKEA is great, isn’t it? Many a time I have spent rearranging the back seat of the family seven-seater to pack in numerous boxes of household furniture Tetris-style.  In fact, I think I have been to my local IKEA store so many times since I’ve been married that I... Read more
How To Use Chromecast Guest Mode
One of the many joys of owning a Chromecast is the ability for multiple devices to connect to it. This means if you have several people in front of your television, any of them with a smartphone or tablet can cast content to the screen, add videos to a... Read more
Global Drop in Smartphone Theft Thanks to iPhone Activation Lock
Smartphone theft is a big issue; but there is relatively new fight against the war and it looks like the stats show it is winning, for the moment anyway. With pressure from the communications industry and government regulators alike, the decision to implement a ‘kill switch’ in Apple’s flagship mobile... Read more
Rapidshare Will Shutdown in March
Back in the day, Rapidshare was one of the most popular file-sharing websites around. The time has now come to close the doors on the site as it has been officially announced that Rapidshare will close in March. The decision comes after a long period of decline for the... Read more
How To Bypass the Logon Screen on Windows 10
Microsoft Windows, as an operating system, is ok. I say ok, because I like some features of it and others I don’t. In every version of Windows that Microsoft has released, there have been some features that really standout. Windows 10 is no exception. Obviously it is still in... Read more
Need Drivers? Try IOBit’s Driver Booster
Have you ever needed to update your drivers for your system? I’m sure you have. There is numerous  software available to fulfill your need, some of which are paid for products, some of which are freeware. What you need is well written software, combined with a comprehensive scan for... Read more
Boston Dynamics Announces New Quadruped: Spot
Boston Dynamics employees have recently showcased their newest member of the ‘Dog’ team: Spot. Boston Dynamics’ latest quadruped has an incredible ability to self-stabilize and more than one employee has been given the opportunity to literally kick Spot, to see if he will get up after being kicked down... Read more
Apple Employees Charged in Complex Gift Card Theft
Stealing is bad. Which ever way you chop it up and change it around, the fundamental act of theft is wrong. Stealing from your employer is also really bad. The law in some countries, state that theft from your employer also carries the heavier issue of breach of employers’... Read more
JetBlue Airways Launches Apple Pay on Flights
With the ability to pay for your goods and services in so many different ways these days, it was only a matter of time before the tech giants figured out they are going to make lots of revenue from NFC mobile payments. Both Google and Apple have entered the field... Read more
Need To Recover Lost iOS Data? Try iFoneBox
Have you ever been in the unfortunate circumstance where you wreck your iPhone? Well, let me tell you, it’s not pretty; smashed screen, unable to turn on your device properly, and maybe worst of all, you haven’t made a backup in a while or you have but you can’t... Read more
Samsung Starts Mass Production of EPOP Memory
The South Korean electronics giant, Samsung, have recently announced they have gone into mass production of the industry’s very first ePoP memory for smartphones. ePoP stands for embedded package on package. The memory module is a single memory package, which has 3GB LPDDR3 DRAM, a 32GB eMMC (Embedded Multi-Media... Read more
Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition Smartphone Coming Soon
Smartphones are a mixed bag. They all have their differences, but behind the operating system they are all pretty much the same. They have a display, a data connection,  a web browser and a camera or two. What is different is the operating system that the phone runs on.... Read more
Netflix Working On Live Action Legend Of Zelda Series
According to a recent report by the Wall Street Journal, streaming media company, Netflix, is currently developing a live-action series that is based upon Nintendo’s famous The Legend of Zelda gaming series. The show has been described as “Game of Thrones for a family audience.” The Legend Of Zelda games... Read more
How To Get The Most From Your Smartphone Battery
Most of us use our smartphones so much that they will use up all of their juice by the end of the day. Likely you will plug your smartphone in at night and then forget about it and fall asleep, knowing that you will wake up to a fully... Read more
GOM Player Updated
GOM is a free media player, which has popular audio and video codecs built-in. The application will play almost any type of media that you may have on your system. The user interface is easily navigated and GOM Player has lots of advanced functions. Codec Finder GOM Player includes many... Read more
US Navy’s SAFFiR and DC-21: The Future of Fire Fighting
US Navy and Virginia Tech engineers have been developing SAFFiR, the humanoid firefighting robot, for an number of  years now. It looks like SAFFiR is now a few steps further than the initial prototype stage of development as the military division has demonstrated what SAFFiR is capable of doing... Read more
YouTube Trials Multi Angle Videos
YouTube are testing a new feature that is basically a multi-camera setup. The new service is still in its beta stage, but YouTube are testing it out on the public now. The new service is in its rudimentary testing form, but it allows you to choose the angle from... Read more