Who doesn’t love pop-up ads? [Comic]
Die pop-up ads!
25-year-old laptop vs today’s laptop [Image]
This image compares one of the first ever laptops from 25 years ago to today's modern laptop.
“Programmers are easily scared and will cry, violently” [Image]
I'm going out on a limb here and going to assume this is sarcasm.
‘The Emperor’ is a futuristic work chair that costs $21,000 [Image]
Have over twenty grand to spare? The Emperor is calling.
This camera “automatically takes a picture when a cat’s face is detected” [Image]
This camera by Stylus has a 'Pet Mode' to assist you in taking awesome cat photos and videos.
[Windows] Convert is a free portable unit converter that allows you to add custom conversions
Are you a/an student, scientist, analyst, programmer, engineer, doctor, physicist, mathematician, chemist, biologist, or (you name it)? Do you frequently need unit conversion? Convert is an astounding program that can help you! Wh...
[Windows] Automate basic file management via functions like copy or delete with MoveBOT
Computers were ultimately designed to make things easier. Sure, there are some things that will never be easy, but one of the reasons we use software and various applications is to make tasks easier. Unfortunately, there are thing...
[Android] Alarm Clock Ultra is a comprehensive clock and alarm app
I think it’s safe to say that most of us don’t even really need a traditional alarm clock anymore. The modern smartphone has pretty much replaced most other electronics. Heck, smartphones and tablets have replaced a lot of things....
[iPhone] No reading glasses? No problem…if you have ‘no Glasses Lite’ magnifier
In the last two years, my mom has had something like half a dozen eye surgeries to counteract both glaucoma and cataracts. The doctors only operate on one eye at a time, so the procedures had to be stretched out over months and mo...
Researchers claim they can hack iPhones with a malicious charger
This story is definitely going to force us to be careful with what we use to charge our phones. The Black Hat security conference is taking place next month, and three researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology plan to sho...
Amazon expanding its online grocery service, looks to replace your local grocery store
You’re probably well aware by now that you can get practically everything you need from Amazon these days. But did you know that you could soon be getting your groceries delivered straight to your door from Amazon as well? A...
Have a look at what it’s like being a real Google intern [Video]
To coincide with the upcoming release of The Internship, a comedy about working at Google, Google has released an official video that takes a look at 5 different interns during their first week at Google. I haven’t seen the ...
Here’s the first official video walkthrough of Windows 8.1 [Video]
We’re now only a few weeks away from Microsoft’s Build developer conference, where we’ll be bombarded with news about everything Windows — and more specifically, Windows 8.1. But it looks like Microsoft cou...
ITC deems Apple guilty of infringing Samsung patents, bans iPhone 4 and other older iDevices
Samsung has won a battle in their seemingly never-ending war with Apple, as the International Trade Commission has today ruled that Apple infringed on one of Samsung’s patents. Unfortunately for Apple, this ruling is accompa...
Research suggests more than a third of newly married couples met on the internet
According to a study, more than a third of recent marriages got their start thanks to the internet. It’s to be expected really, since technology has increasingly become such a big part of our everyday lives. These days, who doesn’...
Martian rocks may prove that water existed and altered Mars’ surface
For quite some time scientists have felt that the surface of Mars was greatly altered by water. They believe that flowing water helped formed the landscape and shape the planet leaving it the way it is currently. Unfortunately, th...
Tales of Illyria is a game crafted with love by RPG lovers, for hardcore and casual gamers alike
Aside from writing for dotTech, I do other things. One of these other things is writing content for the newly released game Tales of Illyria. Typically we avoid self promotion here on dotTech but Ashraf asked to do a writeup on th...
EA is taking Origin mobile, brace yourselves Android users
EA’s digital distribution platform is not exactly loved by the gaming community. It is clear, however, that EA is trying to compete with Valve’s Steam, another popular distribution platform. Though, Origin has nothing ...
Hollywood studios ask Google to censor Kim Dotcom’s Mega
A couple of the major Hollywood studios have asked Google to remove the homepage of Kim Dotcom’s Mega from Google search results. This includes NBC Universal and Warner Bros, who are claiming that their copyrighted content i...
President Obama going after patent trolls today with executive actions, according to report
Today, President Obama is looking to take executive action against patent trolls, announcing a series of legal moves to rein in some of the patent system’s current abuses, according to The Wall Street Journal. It’s rep...
[Windows] Genius PDF is a full-featured PDF reader and eReader
There are a whole ton of PDF, comic and eBook readers for Windows. Some of the big leagues include Calibre, Reader (Sony), Adobe Digital Editions, and Firefox epubReader. A lot of the aforementioned readers will handle other file ...
[Android] Use your Windows keyboard to type on your Android smartphone or tablet with Remote Keyboard and PuTTY
One obvious thing that touchscreen devices lack is an accurate keyboard. Virtual keyboards are acceptable sometimes, but when you’re typing a lot, a physical qwerty keyboard is just so much more efficient. There are ways aro...
[Windows] Convert your animated GIF to an ASCII art animation with ASCII Animator
Do you like ASCII codes? Well, I can’t when it appears in my text to spoil my reading. ASCII animation can be fun though! I remember when I saw the first ASCII animation online, I was amazed. If you would like to have fun with ASC...
How to root Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 (Exynos 5 Octa) on Android Jelly Bean [Guide]
Did you just pick up a brand new Galaxy S4? Well if you’re looking to root your Galaxy S4 on Android 4.2.2, this guide is going to help you. But be careful, this is for the Exynos 5 Octa version only. Make sure you read this...
[iPhone] Whims is a social networking app perfect for typography nerds
In any social network, it can be hard to stand out from the pack. For the most part, everyone’s status updates look the same, and everything can sort of blend together. If you want to add a splash of color (and a dash of per...
[Mac OS X] Send faxes without a fax machine using iFax for Mac
In most of the world, the fax is a dinosaur, an outmoded piece of technology that takes up space in your office, but doesn’t really do much. I know that in Japan, they’re oddly still quite popular, and many people have...
Beautifully gorgeous Grand Canyon [Wallpaper]
This wallpaper is a photo captured of the Grand Canyon. And it is awesome.
True love [Amazing Photo of the Day]
Love is not an emotion unique to humans.
“How to protect your privacy from Google Glass” [Comic]
Comedians at Joy of Tech are at it again, this time providing suggestions as to how to protect yourself from Google Glass.
Domino’s Domicopter delivers pizzas via air drone [Video]
This is the Domino’s Domicopter. It’s exactly what you think it is and it is awesome. It isn’t actually in use yet and I’m not sure why this hasn’t happened yet, but a future where pizza deliveries ar...
“I haven’t been fully honest with you” [Image]
Comedian Nathan Fielder asked people to run an experiment: text someone "I haven't been fully honest with you" and then not respond back to their inquiries. The results are hilarious.
Want a free Galaxy S4? Samsung gave away free Galaxy S4s to whomever stared at the phone for 60 mins [Video]
This is probably the best marketing of any kind for the Galaxy S4 yet. Samsung held a S4 stare down in Zurich late last month and offered a free Galaxy S4 for those that could stare at the handset for 60 minutes straight without l...
This is what Wikipedia would have been like in the 80s, running on DOS [Video]
After discovering Wikipedia sometime after its launch 12 years ago, it’s hard for me to imagine the world without it. But YouTube user Squirrel-Monkey has imagined it in a completely different decade and place. Could you see...
“Respect your parents…” [Image]
"...They graduated school without Google or Wikipedia."
Porn app for Google Glass gets banned hours after launch
A porn app made its way onto Google Glass today, but it was pulled by Google merely hours after its release. Appropriately titled Tits and Glass, the app was design to let users take, upload, and rate pictures online (not video, s...