Archive for July, 2012
5 Utilities for Repairing Bad Sectors in Mac Hard Drives
Apple is held in high regard for a number of things: branding, design, innovation and security. All these apply to their entire line of products. What cannot be denied, however, is that there is no device that runs flawlessly. Even Apple’s high-end computers—the desktop workstation Mac Pro and the laptop MacBook Pro—can still run into [...]
Full StoryEssential Download Managers for iPhone
To be honest, I can’t work with the built-in download manager of iPhone because it is so limited and slow. That is why I tried few third-party apps to have a chance to download files form the Internet to my iPhone quickly and with the opportunity to edit and sort them at once. I have [...]
Full StoryThe Roots of Social Networking – Where It Began
Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have dominated the Internet as the most visited websites in the last seven or eight years, beating out information centric sites such as Wikipedia and the search engines Google and Yahoo. As it turns out, people have attempted to connect with each other through computers since the very [...]
Full StorySymptoms, Causes and Recovery of Data from an Unmounted OS X Mac Drive
Symptoms of Unmountable Drive: Based upon many users’ experiences, the following can be summed up as the symptoms when a drive begins to unmount. A Drive failing to mount either through a firewire or USB. Files can be seen but any task on them like copies, moving can’t be performed. The drive may once or [...]
Full Story2012 Future of Cloud Computing Survey Results
The results of the 2012 Future of Cloud Computing Survey are in, and the outlook is extremely optimistic. The survey projects cloud-computing technology is poised for a new level of growth and increasing consumer confidence across all platforms. The survey, conducted by venture capital firm North Bridge’s analyst Michael J. Skock, garnered 785 survey respondents, including a [...]
Full StoryiPhone Tricks and Tips
The iPhone spawned everything “I”. It is considered to be one of the top mobile phone choices of consumers in the market today. However, as they say, even the greatest has its flaws. Here are some iPhone ticks and their suggested fixes: #1: Battery Life. The iPhone’s primary function is still as a mobile phone. [...]
Full Story5 Strategies You Can Follow For Marketing on Your iPad
There is not a much common practice of different brands to launch their applications for this amazing iPad. It is because many marketing companies have lost their millions of dollars in making applications but have not succeeded. It is not mandatory that your application will definitely work on the iPad. Sometimes it goes in your [...]
Full StoryMaking The Cloud Less Hazy
Cloud computing has numerous benefits, but the technology has not been without its complications or growing pains. The cloud has successfully improved business productivity and efficiency, but security issues continue to remain a problem. IT professionals are constantly searching for solutions to maintain business efficiency while ensuring optimal data security. The balance has not been [...]
Full StoryData Storage Made Easy with All-Flash Array
If you live outside the plush, silicon walls that keep tech nerds immured in a wonderland of exhaustive technology news coverage, then chances are you haven’t heard about exciting new developments in the storage array industry. Flash arrays have emerged from a years-long gestation period into the tech mainstream and for some, this is nothing [...]
Full StoryDo People Really Trust Online User Reviews These Days?
If you’re reading this, then you are an internet user. You’ve probably bought stuff off Amazon or other online shopping stores. You probably base your decisions to shop for a particular item, whether it is a new tablet or phone, whether services like internet or cable, or even if it is to watch a new [...]
Full StoryExtended Auto Warranty Scams
There’s an email claiming that by entering your make, model and year, you can qualify for cheap Auto Protection for unlimited claims for auto repairs. The link in the email goes to a web site that has a poor reputation by the Web of Trust community. The web site collects personal identifiable information and could [...]
Full StoryHow Burglar Alarm Technology Moves With the Times
The very first burglar alarms were fairly unsophisticated things. Even once people had moved on from the simplicity of having a dog to bark at intruders or placing a bucket behind the door they used simply bells and wires. A system of bells and wires can be pretty effective if the burglar isn’t expecting it, [...]
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