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Mother’s Day Tech Gifts Perfect For Mom

Mother’s Day Tech Gifts Perfect For Mom

Moms are geeks too. Mother’s Day is quickly approaching, so it’s time to take a look at this year’s tech recommendations that would make the perfect Mother’s Day gift for Mom. We’ve compiled several geek recommendations for Mother’s Days below to help mom relax, enjoy herself, and help get her organized. Top Five Mother’s DayRead More

6 Products You Wish You Stole From CES 2013

6 Products You Wish You Stole From CES 2013

 The 2013 Consumer Electronics Show featured some great new devices that will be coveted by consumers, including hand-held devices, gaming devices, HDTVs, and Smartphones. Here is a look at six of the most coveted products from the show. Nvidia’s Project Shield Nvidia introduced its first hand-held gaming device, Project Shield. This powerful and versatile AndroidRead More

Near Field Communication: Pay By Smartphone Next Big Thing?

Near Field Communication: Pay By Smartphone Next Big Thing?

If you’ve seen stickers at your gas station or grocery store windows that offer to let you “pay with your phone,” you’ve discovered the next generation of payment technology: Near Field Communication, or NFC. The prospect goes both ways: it could be more convenient to lose the wallet and simply carry your phone, but itRead More

The Galaxy Note 2 Can Replace Your Computer

The Galaxy Note 2 Can Replace Your Computer

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is all the rage in the phone industry. But did you know the immense power of this phone can also allow it to be used as a full-fledged computer? Watch this video and take note of the live desktop wallpaper. The specs on the Galaxy Note 2 are pretty impressive:Read More

Keep Your Tablet PC Malware-Free

Tablet PCs are getting to be more popular nowadays.  Thanks to the surging competition among manufacturers of these devices, their prices have become more affordable, even to those who don’t have the extra savings to buy an expensive one. Most Android tablets are also available in stores that sell iPad, so finding one is neverRead More

No More Jailbreaking (or Rooting) for Tablet Owners

Jailbreaking the iPad (or rooting an Android tablet) is a way to get those old console games that you always wanted to play as a kid onto your tablet computer. With jailbreaking or rooting, you can download apps that are developed in other countries and are not available in the U.S. If you do notRead More

Samsung Wins: Apple Loses Samsung Case Appeal

Apple lost a battle on October 18 against Samsung. They lost a Court of Appeal battle against the Galaxy tablet computer of the Korean manufacturer, Samsung. Apple sued Samsung over the latter’s tablet, saying that the tablet was too similar to the iPad. However, the High Court judge in London ruled in July that anyRead More

5 Reasons Why Apple Is Successful

We all know that Apple lost the PC wars to Microsoft. However, we also know that when they created the first iPod and then the iPhone, they started succeeding another way. But why? Why is it the most loved electronics company today? Other than the fact that we are assured that their products are theRead More

iPad Mini to Be Released on October 23

Rumors about the iPad Mini keep on popping out like mushrooms because of the apparent elusiveness of this much-awaited tablet. Many are still wondering whether or not to sell old iPad for this smaller iPad. Besides, it might be a waste if they do because the smaller tablet might not even be released ever. MiniRead More

Maximizing Your iPad’s Battery Lifespan

Maximizing Your iPad’s Battery Lifespan

Almost all devices today run on rechargeable batteries. The iPad is no exception. The new iPad has a lithium-polymer batter which can run up to 9 hours of Internet use with LTE 4G, or 10 hours of Web surfing using Wi-Fi, while watching video or listening to music. In other words, the new iPad canRead More

Choosing The Correct USB Hub

Choosing The Correct USB Hub

This one is a bit of a pet peeve of mine.  To the casual computer user, utilizing a USB hub would probably consist of plugging in a thumb drive or two into it.  Considering a thumb drive or two will not require all that much power, not more is needed.  What about larger devices likeRead More

The iPad: A H(e)aven for Bloggers

Anyone can become a writer nowadays through blogging. Technically speaking, blogging is like a public diary where you let everybody into your world of imagination and ambition. For the past few years, blogging has become popular for so many people that several blogging sites keep appearing like mushrooms. For many, this becomes a problem becauseRead More