If you are reading dotTech, you are a geek. You may not know it, but you are. That doesn’t mean you are necessarily a hardcore geek, but the fact that you are reading a tech blog means there is some geek inside you. Want to ...
Last month we saw some photos and a video of man who spent time with polar bears, a man who came face-to-face with one in fact (with thick glass in between, of course). Today I have something similar to share with you, except this...
Leaked documents from Qualcomm have revealed a spring announcement for Google’s Android 5.0. The documents have since been taken down by request of Qualcomm, but the information in it, as always, will live forever on the int...
If there was any doubt that HTC’s upcoming flagship phone was going to be called the M7, let this video end it all. In a year-end party held in their home country of Taiwan, HTC CEO Peter Chou leads the company on-stage in a...
Netflix has released their original series, ‘House of Cards’. To push their second original series, the company wants as many people as possible to watch it. What better way than to make the premiere episode available ...
Finally. After rumor after rumor, Sony officially released a teaser for the “future of PlayStation.” People assumed that it was the PS4, but you can never be too sure about these things. Then The Wall Street Journal co...
Do you run your own blog, website or webpage? If you do, you probably care somewhat about your website’s page ranking. There are tons of different ways to find out important information about your website, but what I really ...
Tasks by Telerik helps you organize your life with precision and manage time with ease. This app by Telerik is great tasks app by the pros in the game. This app promises to be your best friend and help you manage your planning, or...
SomNote is a note taking application that aims to offer a simple solution to capture your ideas and other important things around you. This application is perfect for those who don’t like simple note takers and who aren̵...
Right off the bat, All Free Audio Converter had me confused. The program says “All Free Audio Converter”, but when you load up the program it asks you to add a “video” file. Did I miss something? Does it convert audio or video? Ma...
If you’ve never had a migraine, count your blessings. I started getting them in college, and sometimes have them 4 times a month now. The pain can be enough to bring me to tears, while the nausea and sensitivity to light mak...
If you asked me 5 to 6 years back about how to create PDFs, I would have told you to download CutePDF and use it as a virtual PDF printer (i.e. create a PDF out of any document or page that can be printed). However, today, in the ...
This article has been contributed to dotTech by dotTechie BearPup. Thanks buddy! Back in the days when Windows ran on top of DOS – you manually started Windows from the Command Line (the C:\ prompt!) – entire suites of...
The Dubai skyline is becoming one of the most awesome views you can see today, and what better view can you get than from the top of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building? This interactive 360-degree view of Dubai w...
You think Kim Dotcom and his Mega service should worry anti-piracy advocates? That is nothing. The government of Antigua, which is a small country in the Caribbean, is set to a launch a government-run pirate website. Yep, movies, ...
As dotTech has reported, RIM has had a busy few days. Not only is RIM no longer RIM but rather ‘BlackBerry’, RIM also introduced a brand new mobile operating system (BlackBerry 10) and two brand new phones, BlackBerry ...
Aside from Norwegians and oil, what is something found in abundance in Norway? Snow (and, consequently, ice). So what to do with all that snow and ice? How about… build an ice and snow hotel! The following is Sorrisniva Iglo...
The Sandy Hook shooting last month has sparked countless debates recently about the possibility that violent video games or violent media in general could be the cause of all these acts of violence. Senator Lamar Alexander, thinks...
Some may call it obvious but just having antivirus software installed isn’t going to help you much if hit by zero-day attacks. The New York Times had antivirus from Symantec (Norton) installed on the devices connected to the...
European privacy expert Caspar Bowden is warning that the data of people who use US-based cloud services might be monitored by the American authorities. In other words, Dropbox, Apple’s iCloud, Google Drive, and Amazon’...
I have reviewed programs from “All Free” before, and it was either a hit or miss. So when I downloaded All Free MP3 Joiner I was not sure what to expect. I mean, the task seems easy enough, but would the program actually work? Let...
Are you looking for an easy way to create presentations and upload them for others to see? Well now you can with PresentationTube. This is a program/service that you can use to create presentations at home (or work, or anywhere) a...
Pin Anything, as the name suggests helps you pin anything to your Start screen. From files to Steam games to your favourite website, you can pin anything to your Start screen on your Windows 8 machine (i.e. create a tile for anyth...
Pre Windows 8, you can manage installed programs from Control Panel (Add/Remove Programs). From here, you can also view how much hard drive space a specific program uses. In Windows 8, this still works… but it only works for...
Battery Doctor is an application designed to extend the overall battery life on your smartphone. This app is great for power users who are constantly using their smartphone throughout their day to perform both simple and advanced ...
I‘ve always toyed with the idea of making my own video game. For a long time, I supposed that I would just have to create an old-school text adventure game, since my programming skills are pretty darn meager. But then I hear...
Yesterday, I brought you word on Book Wall, an iPhone app developed by Merge Mobile. This book-finding app presented each title in an attractive mosaic format. However, I was ultimately a bit underwhelmed by the whole app experien...
When Amazon announced it’s fourth quarter earnings, you’d think they were doing pretty good. The company made a profit of $97 million last quarter on sales of $21.27 billion, and the sales which are up by 22 percent fr...
We all know how BlackBerry’s (formerly RIM) latest devices were going to look like, but here are the first official images of the two handsets announced at the BlackBerry 10 event. The Z10 is BlackBerry’s first all-tou...
When Apple tried to trademark their stores, the US Patent and Trademark Office rejected their request twice on the grounds that the design was not “inherently distinctive.” The company fired back with a 122-page docume...
How many dotTechies are married? My guess is a good majority of us are. I am and, as I have made so ever abundantly clear, I have the best, most beautiful wife in the world. (Sorry guys, the truth hurts.) And I’m not just sa...
Okay, before I share today’s find with you, let me say that, when I first came across this, I was astonished and swore it was some sort of photoshopped trick. However, the Pacific barreleye fish is real and it really has a t...
Most people are in support of helping homeless people, whether that be via direct monetary aid, giving food, or support food banks/kitchens. Check out the following video that shows a… unique… way to feed the homeless....
RIM is now BlackBerry. CEO Thorsten Heins announced during the BlackBerry 10 event that Research in Motion will no longer be the name of the company, and will be called BlackBerry instead. “We have reinvented the company, an...
Remember that little problem with the Surface RT? You know, the one where you buy a 32GB version, come home and open your brand new tablet then discover that you can only use half of that? Well, it looks like Microsoft’s Sur...
