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Free AOMEI Partition Assistant Pro Edition v5.1! [24 hours only]
Software Description
The following is a description of AOMEI Partition Assistant Pro, as per the developer:
How to resize partition or merge partitions without losing data to maximize your computer performance? AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional Edition lets you manage your hard disk partitions like professional Partition Magic, but it’s
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Free Cloud System Booster v1.1.1! [48 hours only]
Software Description
The following is a description of Cloud System Booster, as per the developer:
Cloud System Booster is a new innovative system maintenance & optimization tool based on cloud technology. It’s a strong all-in-one PC repair and system maintenance program with Four powerful functions:
- Cleaner: Analyzing and cleaning
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Windows software of the day [July 7, 2012]
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Today’s Software
- Hash Reporter: verify downloaded files by checking “hashes”
- Z-Cron: schedule tasks and applications
- Explzh: compress and decompress files
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Windows has hundreds of thousands of programs. Because of this [...]
Read More »iOS apps of the day [July 7, 2012]
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Today’s Apps
- Universer Unit Converter Free HD (Convert multiple measurement types all in one app)
- My Great Recipes (Create great dishes with Grandma Betty’s recipes)
- Where’s My Dollar? (Find as many dollars in each picture within the time limit)
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Read More »Mozilla discontinuing Thunderbird, calling it “not a priority for Mozilla”
Some say 13 is an unlucky number. For Mozilla Thunderbird, the organization’s open-source email client, it certainly is: just over a month ago, version 13.0 was released, and now its rapid development has come to an end.
According to the Chair of the Mozilla Foundation Mitchell Baker, Mozilla will release [...]
Read More »Apple App Store gets first malware app, a trojan that spams
Thanks to Google’s lax app submission policies, malware in Play Store (previously known as Android Market) is nothing new. Malware in Apple App Store, however, is a first — literally. There have been incidents of malware on iOS in the past but all those attacks were aimed at people who [...]
Want free but ad-supported mobile Internet? Now you can get it… if you live in the UK
Free internet is one of the ideas which is most liked by Internet users but one which has failed most of the time it has been tried in different forms in different countries. The focus is now on UK, where Samba has just launched a free advertising-supported 3G Internet service [...]
Google Nexus Q teardown shows it is not “entirely” made in USA
We had earlier reported Google Nexus Q is made in USA. The details of Nexus Q were revealed at the Google I/O 2012 developers conference last week, courtesy of a “Designed and Manufactured in USA” tag at the bottom of the device. Obviously Google’s move to manufacture Nexus Q in [...]
Read More »Italy forces Apple to either provide free 2 year warranty or risk closure of operations
It is customary for companies to provide consumers with free one year warranties on electronic gadgets. Italian law dictates companies must provide consumers with free two year warranties on products. Apple seems to not want to comply with Italian law. Apple has previously been fined by the Italian AGCM competition [...]
Google patents the ability to identify faces in videos
In today’s Facebook world, tagging faces/people in photos is nothing extraordinary. But what about videos? That, is seems, is Google’s territory. Google has recently acquired a patent for identifying persons in video content, a patent that can potentially give the search giant an ace in the hole in the arena [...]
Read More »Windows software of the day [July 6, 2012]
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Today’s Software
- QuickTextPaste: cut down on repetitious typing
- Cloud System Booster: speed up your system with the power of the cloud
- GDuplicateFinder: find duplicate files based on hash
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Read More »Android apps of the day [June 6, 2012]
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Today’s Apps
- UCam Ultra Camera [Camera app that has many features not found in stock camera apps]
- Little Photo [Add over 70 film and retouch effects to your photos]
- Onavo Count [Monitor data usage]
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Read More »iOS apps of the day [July 6, 2012]
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Today’s Apps
- Stanza (Multiple format eBook reader)
- Document Manager Pro (Document reader and file manager)
- Cubes vs. Spheres (A physics game that uses blue spheres to destroy red cubes)
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Read More »Google Now shows off its brilliance in a series of 47 questions, proves it can challenge Siri
Google Now is a fresh feature added in Android 4.1 platform (Jelly Bean), first put to display in the Google I/O 2012 developers conference. An obvious Siri challenger, some were skeptical of how well Google Now would perform while others were confident in Google’s ability to pound out a useful [...]
Read More »Apple vs HTC: Apple’s request to ban HTC devices (again) has failed
Apple is a name that has been in the headlines for quite some time now, with Apple seemingly trying to sue all the possible Android manufacturers. “Apple vs HTC” had recently seen a US court blocking HTC from using the patents assigned to it by Google.
The latest development in [...]
Read More »Request to lift ban on Samsung Galaxy Nexus denied; Google and Samsung have a fix in the works
Acting on the lawsuit filed by Apple against Samsung accusing the latter to have violated Apple’s intellectual property, last week a US court judge, Lucy Koh, had granted an injunction, banning the sales of Samsung Galaxy Nexus in the US.
Samsung, of course, filed an appeal against this ban. The [...]
Read More »Windows software of the day [July 5, 2012]
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Today’s Software
- Folder iChanger: change folder and drive icons
- Filelist Creator: create a list of given files/directories
- Windows 7 Boot Updater: change your boot logo to something wacky!
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Read More »Android apps of the day [July 5, 2012]
![Android apps of the day [July 5, 2012]](http://cdn.dottech.org/media/2012/07/ifixit-288x160.png)
Today’s Apps
- iFixit: Repair Manual [Thousands of step-by-step guides and images for repairing your gadgets.]
- Amazing Spider-Man 3D Live WP [Live wallpaper]
- Idiot Test [Game]
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Read More »iOS apps of the day [July 5, 2012]
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Today’s Apps
- Location Alarm (Notify you about certain locations you want as a reminder)
- PhoneCopy (Syncronizes your contact list through the internet)
- Bullet Poker: 7 Poker & Hold’em (An offline poker game)
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Read More »Gingerbread is the most used Android platform; Ice Cream Sandwich currently third with 10.9% share
Android Developers Dashboard has been updated with the usage details of different Android platforms by users. Primarily prepared to be a reference for developers to help decide on their future programming plans, the newly published chart show that Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) is currently the most used Android platform.
Gingerbread tops [...]
Read More »Apple pays $60 million to finally own “iPad”
We have been witnessing a number of lawsuits being filed by Apple all over the globe against its competitors; an action which has been getting bad comments from all over, with even a section of the lawyers blaming the system and other lawyers for providing patents for silly things and [...]
Firefox OS is an open source mobile OS based on HTML5 by Mozilla
If you have been following Mozilla or Firefox closely, you might have already been familiar to the “Boot to Gecko” project by Mozilla. Mozilla has been working on a mobile operating system that is intended to be synonymous to complete freedom. As a result, Mozilla is now in the final [...]
Windows software of the day [July 4, 2012]
![Windows software of the day [July 4, 2012]](http://cdn.dottech.org/media/2012/07/Windows-7-Navigation-Pane-Customizer-290x160.png)
Today’s Software
- Windows 7 Nav Pane Customizer: change the icons in Windows Explorer’s navigation pane
- Win 7 Nav Buttons Customizer: edit Windows Explorer navigation buttons
- Windows 7 Tray Icons Changer: edit system tray volume, network, and action center icons more–
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Read More »iOS apps of the day [July 4, 2012]
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Today’s Apps
- Amerigo (Mobile browser that downloads any document and uses Dropbox)
- French++ (Have common words and phrases spoken in French)
- NonogramZ (Challenging Japanese picture puzzle)
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About iOS Apps of the Day
iOS has over 600,000 [...]
Read More »Windows 7 is the most used OS, has over 50% market share
With Windows 8 on the horizon, Windows 7 has become the most used operating system in the world, recently surpassing the 50% mark in June 2012.
According to StatCounter, Windows 7 had overtaken Windows XP back in the mid-September 2011 to become the most used operating system. However at that [...]
Read More »VLC officially arrives on Android
VLC media player, one of the most loved media players that has been around for sometime as many desktop users’ default video player application, has now been officially ported to Android. VLC had earlier been ported to Android by some unofficial sources and while those ports get get quite a [...]
Gmail introduces ability to set custom image as background
Gmail had already introduced the ability to use different themes for inboxes back in 2008. In an official blog post by Greg Bullock, a Software Engineer at Google, said that Gmail is now rolling out more customisability to the Gmail interface.
Gmail users will now have the ability to select [...]
Read More »Windows software of the day [July 3, 2012]
![Windows software of the day [July 3, 2012]](http://cdn.dottech.org/media/2012/07/Workrave.png)
Today’s Software
- WorkRave: take a break, man
- KeyTweak: remap your keyboard
- Windows+R Alias Manager: create custom shortcuts in the Windows run box
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About Windows Software of the Day
Windows has hundreds of thousands of programs. Because [...]
Read More »Android apps of the day [July 3, 2012]
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Today’s Apps
- Imgy [Add unlimited icons to your homescreen -- works with any homescreen launcher]
- Pencil Sketch [Turn any image/photo into a black and white or color sketch]
- Block Puzzle [Game]
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Read More »iOS apps of the day [July 3, 2012]
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Today’s Apps
- intelli-Diet App (Maintain a healthy lifestyle to lose weight)
- WiFi Files (Send files to the computer from the device)
- MR – Monster Runner (Side scrolling running game)
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Read More »Windows 8 Pro upgrades to cost $39.99 for Windows XP and above
Microsoft knows that Windows 8 will be a hard push, and they’re gearing up for it already. The day Windows 8 is released, the Pro version will be available for only US$39.99 in over 130 markets for people currently running Windows XP and above.
$39.99 will get you a digital [...]
Read More »Google Analytics goes mobile, releases app for Android, allows developers to track app stats
Google Analytics has been and still is one of the best tools for advertisers, developers, as well as webmasters for analysing user activity to provide better content and services to users; and to generate statistical data for products and services.
As many Android developers have been requesting, Google has now [...]
Read More »Verizon introduces data sharing plans with unlimited talk and text [USA]
Verizon Wireless (a USA telecom company) has kept its promise of providing ‘Share everything’ plans for their users. What makes these new plans different than other plans is they come with unlimited talk and text and shared data; that is to say, data that is shared among all devices attached [...]
Facebook’s ‘@facebook.com’ e-mail change results in lost e-mails and corrupted address books
As Ashraf had reported on June 26th, Facebook had changed the e-mail address of all its users to ‘@facebook.com’ from the original primary e-mail address. The move did bring in lots of criticism from all classes of Facebook users and it was also condemned by a large number of dotTechies, [...]
Netflix, Pinterest, Instagram and many other Amazon customers hit by severe electric storms
It was once again proved that no online service can be relied on 100%, regardless of how big that service may be. Amazon’s cloud services, which are a major competitor in cloud computing, were hit by severe storms (natural) which resulted in a number of popular online services going offline [...]