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Deepfake Safety: Five Things You Can Do Today

The generation of images, videos, and voices through artificial intelligence is evolving at a pace that demands we establish clear criteria and good habits to defend ourselves from the dangers of abusing these technologies. Deepfakes are already part of our everyday online life, so it is a very good idea…

Top Online Scams to Be Aware of in 2025

The internet is undoubtedly full of great content, hobbies, information, offers, products, and people, but there’s also a darker side to it. We might not realise it, but every day we’re exposed to threats and scams as we navigate the online world. Curiosity and trust can be exploited to lure…

Meet the new features for Avast Free AV and Avast Premium Security

With millions of active users worldwide, Avast stands as a benchmark in cybersecurity. Why? Because of the quality of its solutions, the reach of its tools and because it is a platform in continuous evolution. A platform that today, once again, places our security at the forefront by reinforcing every…

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Microsoft Most Open in Discussing Future Plans
Apple is the leading company in the market for handheld devices. There are no two ways about it. However, when it comes to revealing plans about their upcoming products, they are extremely secretive. The company goes to great lengths to ensure that a device is only unveiled to the... Read more
Jawbone UP Now Works for Android Users
The Jawbone UP is a fitness wristband and application that takes a holistic approach to a healthy lifestyle.The original Up was launched by Jawbone in late 2011 but was recalled because many customers were returning damaged devices. After some design changes that have made the wristband more durable, the... Read more
Asus GX1000 Is A Gaming Mouse On Steroids
Asus on Wednesday unveiled the ‘Republic of Gamers GX1000’, a mouse that the company calls its first for ‘hardcore’ gamers. Outfitted with an aluminum body the mouse incorporates a wide set of programmable functions that help provide optimal gaming for users. The GX1000 is setup to help avoid mouse... Read more
Forget Siri: Android’s New Utter App is Awesome
With the advent of Siri came an onslaught of attempts by other applications to replicate Siri’s success.  Luckily for Android users, there is a promising new voice controlled personal assistant that may be able to give Siri some serious competition.  Not simply content to be a Siri clone, Utter... Read more
GNOME Co-Founder Now Uses a Mac
Miguel de Icaza is well-known for being one of the founders of Linux GNOME and Mono. However, the software programmer recently revealed that he has been using a Mac device instead of a Linux one for the past several months. According to de Icaza, the various Linux versions are... Read more
Dota 2 is in Beta

Dota 2 is in Beta

News March 21, 2013

Dota 2 is an upcoming MMORPG game by Valve Corporation and is the sequel to the Defense of the Ancients mod for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, a multiplayer online battle arena mod, and its expansion pack, The Frozen Throne. The game will be free-to-play, will run on Microsoft... Read more
Microsoft Repairs Hotmail, SkyDrive and Outlook Glitches
Several of Microsoft’s services experienced outages recently. Users trying to access Hotmail, Outlook.com and SkyDrive saw error messages reporting that something was wrong with them. Microsoft was quick to react to the situation and worked on repairing the glitches which caused the outage in the first place. They were... Read more
The Fight Against Android Malware
Just as Android mobile usage is on the rise, so is malware targeting Android users.  According to a recent report from Kaspersky, malware on smartphones was up 780 percent last year, over the year prior.  Of all of the mobile malware that was identified, 99 percent specifically targeted Android... Read more
WhatsApp Now On BlackBerry 10!
Popular cross-platform messaging app, WhatsApp is now going to be available on BlackBerry 10, in spite of a previous statement from a member of the WhatsApp back in December of 2012. According to James Richardson of CrackBerry, a team member responded to his question via email by saying “We... Read more
Microsoft Surface Sales Reach 1.5 Million
A recent article on Bloomberg.com reported that, according to three people with knowledge of the company’s sales, Microsoft has sold only  around 1.5 million of its Surface Tablets since its launch last October. The sources, due to the fact that the sales have not yet been made public, wished... Read more
Kim Dotcom Has Valid Ground for Suing NZ’s Spy Agency
The legal wrangling for Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom doesn’t appear to be ending any time soon. This time though, it is he who is in a position to press charges and file a lawsuit. According to a New Zealand court, Dotcom has valid grounds for suing New Zealand’s spy... Read more
Glamping in 2013

Glamping in 2013

Internet March 21, 2013

There is a new kind of camper for people who like the idea of camping but may not like the idea of a vacation without creature comforts.  If you love nature and enjoy getting out in the wilderness, but don’t have the desire to pitch a tent and sleep... Read more
CCleaner Android App Announced
Android users will be able to clean their smartphones and tablets with ease once the CCleaner app is released later this year. Piriform (makers of the massively popular CCleaner software) have announced they are working on the CCleaner Android app and it will be released soon. For those of you that... Read more
The End of the Google Reader
Google has announced on their Official Google Blog that they are planning on shutting down their Google Reader. Much to the chagrin of many loyal users of product, Google Reader will officially come to an end on July 1, 2013.  The company has indicated that the announcement was made... Read more
Samsung Smart Watch to Compete with Apple iWatch
Let the smart watch races begin! Samsung is currently developing a smart watch that it hopes to release before the end of 2013. According to a report in Bloomberg the smartphone manufacturer is hoping to beat the Apple iWatch to market. According to executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business, Lee Young... Read more
Younity App Makes Cloud Storage Easier
A new app is making it easier for users to store and access their files across devices.  Younity is essentially your own personal cloud, created for all of your files.  It is a service that makes all of your files available to you on any device.  The unique aspect... Read more
Dropbox Expands With New Mail Venture
US-founded file sharing company Dropbox has strengthened its portfolio by acquiring yet another business. After buying photo cloud storing service Snapjoy in December, Dropbox has now sunk its teeth into another new arm for the business, by purchasing budding email management app, Mailbox.   Developed by Orchestra Inc, Mailbox was... Read more