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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
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
Veronica Mars Movie Could Get Kickstarter Backing
The TV show Veronica Mars, enjoyed only a short 3 seasons of airtime on the CW, but later developed a cult following after it’s appearance on Netflix. The popular show is about a 17 year old California girl (played by Kristen Bell), who is an apprentice private investigator. To... Read more
Amazon Web Services Offer Lower Prices to Linux Users
Amazon Web Services lowered the prices for reserved instance virtual server. The option is by far their most inexpensive one and they proved that by exercising their liberty and slashing prices by over 25%. What this means for those who want to run reserved instance servers is that they... Read more
Version 8 of TeamViewer for Linux Launched
The version 8 of TeamViewer has been launched for Linux. This follows a succession of launches which have taken place over the past few weeks. TeamViewer have left Linux for last, as they started off by launching the TeamViewer 8 software for Mac and Windows as well as several... Read more
The World’s Thinnest Watch CST-01
The fundraising site, Kickstarter, has once again made it possible for an innovative product idea to become a reality.  Thanks to those who have backed the project on Kickstarter, “the world’s thinnest watch” will soon become a reality.  The CST-01 is a 0.80 millimeter thin flexible wristwatch.  It has... Read more
Microsoft Making Kinect More ‘Gesture-Friendly’
The Kinect motion technology has been around for a while. Users can wave their hands to operate the Kinect devices, which has made it a great option for games like Xbox 360 to deploy. Microsoft, though, have gone one step further by working to make the technology read and... Read more
New Official Flavor for Ubuntu Linux
Ubuntu Linux users had to make do with the default Unity desktop environment which came with the operating system. Over time, the complaints started increasing and developers started working on a new flavor. The launch of the GNOME Remix almost a year back provided the option for users to... Read more
Subscribing to Microsoft Office
To subscribe or not to subscribe? That is the question Microsoft Office users must answer for themselves as Microsoft has changed the way people can access their software.  The shift to subscription services by Microsoft is part of a larger trend of software companies changing the method by which... Read more
Dropbox Gets a Makeover

Dropbox Gets a Makeover

News March 18, 2013

Over the past few months, Dropbox was focused on targeting mobile users. Several changes and updates were made to the cloud storage service to make it ideal for using on mobile devices. Their attempts to capture the market caused their attention to divert from the desktop users. As a... Read more
The Dark Side of 3D Printing
3D printing has opened up a whole new world of opportunity for designers and other enthusiasts. Unfortunately, it could be opening up a world of opportunity for criminals as well. There have been many recent debates in the media over whether or not 3D printers should be allowed to... Read more
A New Kind of Green Robot
Scientists have come up with a new use for sewage waste.  Yes–that kind of sewage waste. The EcoBot III is a robot that is completely powered by energy from waste.  This amazing robot turns sewage waste into energy through its microbial fuel cells.  While that may sound disgusting to... Read more
Adobe Stops Selling Creative Suite
Adobe is the latest software company to stop selling the boxed version of its wares.  Adobe is joining a slew of other companies, including Microsoft and Apple, who have exchanged packaging for downloads and subscription services.  Adobe has now confirmed that they will no longer sell packaged copies of... Read more
35% Of Google Android Apps Steal User Data In China
The Data Center of China Internet (DCCI) is warning users that almost 35 percent of Android apps downloaded in the country secretly steal user data. The organization says the apps perform data searches that are not mentioned in their functionality. The DCCI examined 1,400 apps that were downloaded from... Read more
Microsoft Forced to Revise Office 2013 Licensing Restrictions
Microsoft had caused quite a furor when it revealed that Office 2013 users could only install the suite on a single machine. According to the company, the user key for Office 2013 had to be downloaded from their website which meant it would remain exclusive to the computer it... Read more
News Corp. Creates a Tablet for Schools
There is no doubt that Apple dominates the tablet market with its iPad. There is hardly any industry or region where Apple’s supremacy is under question. Despite facing stiff competition from companies like Samsung and Nokia, Apple continues to stay at the top. However, the latest in the line... Read more
SimCity Hack Allows For Offline Play, Solves Server Issues
EA servers threw a fit when the company brought SimCity online. That hiccup angered millions of fans who had purchased the popular game but were unable to play. The new SimCity requires users to log into an EA server at which time their games data is saved for later... Read more