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Editorial

PhotoScape Review: The Free Photo Editor You’ve Been Looking For

May 2, 2018

Via: Natalie Dunn

Sometimes you want a light photo editor that spruces up your pics without all the bells and whistles (or the price) of Adobe Photoshop, but still offers more than MS Paint. Or you’re short for time and just need to […]


Editorial

How Dangerous Is AI Really?

January 10, 2018

Via: Sofia Allende

“I keep sounding the alarm bell, but until people see robots going down the street killing people, they don’t know how to react, because it seems so ethereal”—this is precisely what visionary entrepreneur Elon Musk told a gathering of U.S. […]


Editorial

The Great HTTPS Migration: Huge Surge in Website Encryption

October 21, 2017

Via: Michael Boyd

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (or HTTPS) is quickly becoming the norm for sites loaded with Chrome. Google announced in a blog post that the number of websites that protect traffic using HTTPS has increased consistently and considerably. Latest figures […]


Editorial, Mobile Apps

Business apps you need to use right now

October 10, 2017

Via: Natalie Dunn

Apps are meant to make everything easier and enjoyable, but choosing the perfect one for your business can be quite a challenge, simply because there seems to be an endless supply to pick from. This article should give you enough […]


Editorial, Software Security

The voice imitation game. Research shows the risks of voice authentication

August 5, 2017

Via: Natalie Dunn

Most of us have seen the Terminator movies at least once. To be honest, the voice imitation scenes are creepy every time. But we are getting closer to that technology then some might think. University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) […]


Editorial, Software Security

Which Android devices are the most secure?

July 16, 2017

Via: Jeremy Corkwell

Android security is a frequent tech topic that most of us read about weekly, if not daily sometimes. Everybody knows that Android phones are exposed to hacks, but no one considered just how vulnerable they really are, until now. Researchers […]


Application Software, Editorial, Software Category

Survey: How much user data is shared by iOS and Android apps?

July 6, 2017

Via: Software Curated

Another day, another survey. Who Knows What About Me? A Survey of Behind the Scenes Personal Data Sharing to Third Parties by Mobile Apps, is a collaborative effort by Jinyan Zang, Krysta Dummit, James Graves, Paul Lisker, and Latanya Sweeney, […]


Editorial, Operating systems, Windows

Windows 7 no longer fit for business. Support ends in 3 years

May 17, 2017

Via: Michael Boyd

Microsoft’s German division admitted in a blog post on Monday that Windows 7 is no longer fit for business, even though the operating system is supported until 2020. Is this another attempt to push users on the Windows 10 bandwagon, […]


Editorial

The Best Free Online Tools. Part 1: Canva

September 27, 2016

Via: Jacob Myers

There isn’t always a good justification to buy software. Whether you’re part of a small-business, or you don’t need that particular tool on a daily basis, you may want to hold on to your budget for something more important. That’s […]


Application Software, Software Category

Say goodbye to clickbaits in your Facebook News Feed

August 5, 2016

Via: Jeremy Corkwell

My Journalism professor used to say: “If people want garbage, then garbage they shall get.” Well, clickbait is a form of the garbage he was referring to. We could probably track down the origins of these types of articles back […]


Application Software, Editorial, Software Category

New smart features for Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint

July 26, 2016

Via: Natalie Dunn

Microsoft introduced new services for Office 365 – Researcher and Editor for Word, Outlook Focused Inbox for desktop, and Zoom for PowerPoint. Each new feature is basically an additional infusion of Microsoft’s machine learning into Office 365. Designed to make […]


Application Software, Editorial, Software Category

Translate any screen with Google’s Now on Tap

July 7, 2016

Via: Jacob Myers

Android Marshmallow users got some great news today – with the release of the new Now on Tap features. The latest updates allow users to benefit from additional information and help without stopping what they’re doing. Here are the main […]


Application Software, Editorial, Software Category

The Streaming Wars heat up. Facebook Live is up and running

April 11, 2016

Via: Natalie Dunn

A couple of months ago, social media was buzzing about a certain Mark Zuckerberg photo which showed the Facebook CEO walking with a smile on his face through a room full of people with VR headsets on. The scene happened […]


Application Software, Editorial, Software Category

Important milestone – Google Translate now supports 103 languages

February 18, 2016

Via: William Palmer

There’s no denying that Google Translate helps us break the language barriers each day. In a recent blog post, Sveta Kelman – Senior Program Manager at Google Translate, introduced 13 new languages that were recently added to the translation service. […]


Editorial, Software Security

The Intelligence Community’s Worldwide Threat Assessment: What You Need to Know

February 12, 2016

Via: William Palmer

It seems that security-related topics are all we read about these days. We’re probably a few stories away from mass paranoia. It might be better to be on the verge of paranoia for a while, rather than be sorry later […]


Editorial, Operating systems, Windows

Windows 10’s first major update is available. Here’s everything you need to know

November 13, 2015

Via: IT Curated

It’s already November, and the first major Windows 10 update is here. It seems like only weeks ago, Microsoft was rolling out its new operating system. Time flies by with so many tech developments every day. Microsoft’s Terry Myerson announced […]


Editorial, Software Security

Hackers can track your location through Facebook and WhatsApp

October 30, 2015

Via: SoftwareCurated

The importance of mobile communication is unmeasurable. We could go back all the way to Alexander Graham Bell’s strike of genius, just to prove how much of an influence the telephone has had on the world we live in today. […]


Editorial, Windows

Introducing Lenovo’s new Windows 10 PCs. Can they deliver?

October 20, 2015

Via: Jeremy Corkwell

With all the new top convertible laptops releases, tech enthusiasts have been waiting to see if Lenovo will deliver on the market that the company pretty much invented with the YOGA product-line. Back in 2011, Lenovo started to change the […]


Development Software, Editorial

AzureCon: Microsoft announced the innovations that will help transform businesses

September 29, 2015

Via: Jeremy Corkwell

Source photo Microsoft announced new solutions at the AzureCon, spanning containers, security, infrastructure and the Internet of Things. These updates have all been presented in the virtual Azure conference held today, along with a number of other services that are […]


Editorial, Mobile Apps

Business apps you need to use right now

July 16, 2015

Via: Mabile Apps

Apps are meant to make everything easier and enjoyable, but choosing the perfect one for your business can be quite a challenge, simply because there seems to be an endless supply to pick from. This article should give you enough […]