Some malls have free WiFi; most malls don’t. Google and Boingo are looking to change that with a partnership that will see free WiFi hit malls across the United States. According to GigaOm, after testing free but ad-sponsore...
ClockworkMod recovery is currently the most popular and extensive custom recovery tool for Android devices. The default Android recovery that comes with most Android devices is a bit basic in functionality and doesn’t offer ...
There are many apps in the Apple App Store that drop their prices to free everyday. Finding only the best to download is the hard part. I searched through the many freebies and picked out the best apps for you to download. Hand pi...
Today’s Software Speed Reader Enhanced: learn to read as fast as lightning MURLS: generate dozens of short URLs Reddimage: an awwwww worthy Metro not-Metro Reddit image browser Subscribe to dotTech to never miss an article: ...
Today’s Apps SMS Backup +: back up SMS and MMS messages GuidePal City Guides: get carefully curated guides to over 60 destinations Omega StatusBar: customize your notifications bar Subscribe to dotTech to never miss an artic...
Today’s Apps Mobile Mouse Pro (Wireless remote and trackpad for your Mac or PC) Swell Info (The complete surf forecast and report tool) W.E.L.D.E.R (A uniquely designed word puzzle game) Subscribe to dotTech to never miss an...
Want to learn how to better utilize Google Search? How to get more relevant search results? How to spend less time finding what you want on Google? There is an app for that a free online class which will teach you how to do all th...
So you are in Windows 8 and can’t get over the lack of a traditional Start Menu. You just want your damn menu back and you don’t care what you have to do to get it. There is a simple “Start Menu” you could ...
If you have visited a website today that even closely resembles a blog or news outlet, you have likely read about how, at roughly US$666 a share (give or take a few dollars — the price is constantly changing), Apple is now t...
What is ClockworkMod recovery? When it comes to recovery for Android, ClockworkMod has been and still is the most famous and extensive custom recovery tool for Android devices. ClockworkMod, which is often abbreviated as CWM, is d...
There are many apps in the Apple App Store that drop their prices to free everyday. Finding only the best to download is the hard part. I searched through the many freebies and picked out the best apps for you to download. Hand pi...
Today’s Software NCollector Studio: download images or entire websites from the Internet Desktop Movie: set a video file as your desktop background MetroTwit: a beautiful Metro not-Metro Twitter client Subscribe to dotTech t...
Today’s Apps Camera Effects: be hip, yo! Add “cool” effects to your photos. Dictionary – Merriam-Webster: look up works, yo! This dictionary’s offline. Fooducate – Healthy Food Diet: Make health...
Today’s Apps Best Album – Picasa Web Albums Manager (A Google Picasa client for your iDevice) SloPro – 60fps Slow Motion Video (Record at full speed and play back in slow motion) Mileage Keeper (Gas mileage and f...
After all the serious how to guides on Windows 8 tips and tricks today, it is time for some lighthearted humor. You know that world war going on between Apple and Samsung? Yeah, well, with all the allegations, facts, fiction, and ...
Using Windows’ HOSTS file is a quick and painless way to block websites (such as Facebook, ad networks, or malicious websites) on your machine. In the past blocking websites using the HOSTS file was (is) as easy as editing t...
As I’ve mentioned before, after using Windows 7 for years and have become dependent on the search box inside Win7’s Start Menu. Windows 8 doesn’t have a Start Menu. But Windows 8 does still have search functional...
Okay this article may sound ridiculous. A Windows tip on how to shut down or restart Windows 8? You must be joking, Ashraf. Well I’m not. For better or for worse, Microsoft has made a lot of fundamental changes in Windows 8....
Windows 8 has a new ‘Start’ screen (also referred to as Metro UI). If you ever want to access the traditional Windows desktop, you need to click on/tap a tile at this Start screen which takes you to the desktop. Whenev...
After relying on the search box in Windows 7 to launch programs for so long, I was baffled with how to work Windows 8. More specifically, how the hell do I launch regedit without a proper start menu? I sat there thinking (for appr...
Today’s Software DiskSavvy: analyze disk usage with nice charts DiskCheckup: be warned! Check the SMART data on your hard drives to check for possible failures Kindle: read your ebooks from the comfort of your Windows 8 comp...
Today’s Apps Set Orientation: don’t let your accelerometer boss you around–set your screen’s orientation manually AsteRAGE: take control of the Planet Earth’s Weapon and save your planet Twidere: a be...
Today’s Apps Slice – Shopping Organized (Keep track of what you buy online) Movies by Flixster, with Rotten Tomatoes (Movie reviews, trailers, and showtimes) Dice With Buddies Free (Play YAHTZEE with your friends &...
Do No Evil. Tell that to the little boys and girls and grandmas who might miss out on their shiny new iDevice thanks to the latest happenings in patent wars. Google, through its newly acquired subsidiary Motorola Mobility, has fil...
Facebook, as I’m sure we all know, thrives on being able to collect data on its users for better integration of services and serving targeted ads. For the most part, Facebook has had a free reign in the United States althoug...
Do you find it annoying whenever you have to re-download a full package just for an incremental update to a program on Windows? Yeah, well, Android has been doing the same thing for a while and it was (is) bloody annoying, especia...
Adobe Flash’s development on Android has been terminated and new downloads have been frozen from Google Play Store. For the most part, most people won’t miss Flash, especially seeing as how the web is moving to HTML5. ...
The free 2GB Dropbox gives you not enough? Free 5GB of Google Drive doesn’t satisfy your hunger? Need more than the free 7GB of Skydrive? Missed out on Box.net’s earlier promotion of free 50GB? Box.net is here to help....
Every quarter Kaspersky releases an IT Threat Evolution report which looks at the state of the digital world in terms of security threats. As part of this report, Kaspersky has a section devoted to mobile threats. In its 2012 Q2 I...
Today’s Software JDiskReport: generate beautiful disk usage reports SnippingTool++: like Windows’ Snipping Tool, but better NBCNews: get all of the latest news and headlines on your start screen Subscribe to dotTech to...
Today’s Apps Todo.txt Touch: manage your Todo.txt list and sync to Dropbox Avoider: a free, challenging game Minus: share images, photos, and files Subscribe to dotTech to never miss an article: RSS Feed | E-mail About Andro...
Today’s Apps imo instant messenger (Talk to your friends on any IM network) Pimp Your Screen (Customize the look of your iOS device) Swordigo (A top-rated adventure game) Subscribe to dotTech to never miss an article: RSS Fe...
If you own an iPhone, you may not be able to trust the text messages you are receiving. An iOS hacker going by the handle pod2g has pointed out a bug in iOS that allows for text messaging spoofing. In other words, it allows hacker...
If you are on Verizon Wireless you could shell out almost $600 to purchase a Developer Edition Samsung Galaxy S III with an unlocked bootloader. Or you could follow this guide which shows you how to unlock the bootloader on the re...
In a droptest between the Galaxy S II and iPhone 4S, we saw how much more durable the Galaxy S II was (at least in that specific test) than Apple’s iPhone 4S. Curious how the iPhone 4S stands up against Android’s lates...
