Brotherly love among tiger cubs [Amazing Photo of the Day]
After a hiatus of almost two weeks, the cats are back.
Collision of planets [Wallpaper]
Here is some awesome art depicting planetary destruction -- literally.
Computers in 1950s required delivery by truck [Image]
Your smartphone today fits in your pocket. A computer sixty years ago required a truck to be delivered.
How many people spend their free days like this? [Comic]
Nothing like spending your free day sleeping in... and watching TV all day.
How to fix Windows 8 [Image]
All you people that hate Windows 8 will enjoy this one.
More adults text while driving than teenagers, according to AT&T survey
Last month we posted results of study by the American Center for Disease Control that said roughly one in every three Americans text/email while driving, with Europeans not far behind. Now a new survey suggests more adults text or...
Is this Mark Zuckerberg’s first ever website, created at age 15 on Angelfire?
What were you doing at age 15? Don’t remember… or don’t want to remember? In any case, this post isn’t here to discuss your misdeeds as a teenager but rather to highlight what the world’s second young...
The first cellphone was invented 40 years ago
Can anyone take a guess as to when cellphones were invented? Well it is hard to say exactly because of ongoing research and development that took place in companies and the military. However, we do know the first ever cellphone ca...
New Copy.com cloud storage service gives free 5 GB storage plus free 5 GB for every person you refer
I’m guessing between Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, and iCloud, most people have their cloud storage needs fulfilled. However, that hasn’t stopped competing cloud storage services from cropping up. Copy is the latest...
How to root Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505, LTE Qualcomm version) on Android Jelly Bean [Guide]
Have a shiny new Samsung Galaxy S4 that you want to root? You have come to the right place. This guide shows you exactly how to root your Galaxy S4! Disclaimer: This guide is intended as a helpful “how to”. dotTech and its writers...
[Windows] Snackr is a great RSS aggregator and reader, but it does not replace Google Reader [Mac OS X, Linux]
Google Reader is going away. Most folks already know that Google will be shutting the service down at the very beginning of July. While some could clearly care less about Reader retiring, the few of us who do care are frantically ...
[Android] Backup your apps with App Backup & Restore
Sometimes you need to wipe your phone, clear the data, and hit the factory reset button. Doing that makes you lose your installed apps and their data. App Backup & Restore allows you to easily back up and restore all of your a...
[Linux] Download websites and run them as web apps on your computer with Fogge
Ever been to a website that you’d like to see on your desktop? Most websites nowadays are built more like full featured applications, and sometimes they’re an annoyance when opened up in a tab on your browser. When you...
[iPhone] ‘Do! – The Best Simple To Do List’ offers quick sorting and organization
I’ve checked out a ton of different to-do apps recently. I’m still trying to find the app that’s perfect for me. I’m picky, I guess. The most recent productivity app I decided to check out is called Do! ...
[Android] Let It Shop is the perfect app for creating grocery lists
Shopping lists are pretty much a thing of the past, at least the ones penned on paper are. These days, everyone has a smartphone, which means the shopping list has gone digital. Problem is creating a shopping list in conventional ...
[Mac OS X] Monitor RAM and CPU usage, battery health, network speed, and more with MagicanPaster
Have you ever blindly accepted a recommendation from a friend, and later wondered if it was the right call? My current Mac system monitor is a program a friend recommended to me way back in 2008, and I haven’t switched since...
BMW baby stroller [Amazing Photo of the Day]
I wonder how many cylinders this has.
Extremely fat lion enjoys “yummy lunch” [Wallpaper]
I have a feeling this obese lion will have trouble catching prey.
iOS users vs Android users [Comic]
The difference between iOS and Android users highlighted in this comic couldn't be more true.
[Windows] How to create custom screensavers and photo or image slideshows with IrfanView
I’m sure, by now, most dotTechies have heard of IrfanView, a popular freeware image viewer and Windows Photo Viewer alternative we featured in our list of 12 free image viewers on Windows. However, some people may not know I...
[Windows] Create custom screensavers and image slideshows with gPhotoShow Pro
Windows come’s with many built-in screensavers and you have the option to download other screensavers. However, what is you want to create a custom slideshow using images of your own? Or maybe not a screensaver but an image ...
Windows Blue may be Windows 8.1, if a screenshot is to be believed
Last week we heard murmurs about Windows Blue being shown off to the public by Microsoft this June. Now a screenshot by an anonymous user going by the name ‘Kacper.K’ indicates Windows Blue may actually be Windows 8.1....
Yahoo Mail integrates with Dropbox, allows users to send attachments larger than 25 MB
Last year Google integrated Google Drive with Gmail, allowing users to send attachments as large as 10GB. Microsoft has similar integration of Outlook.com (the new Hotmail) and SkyDrive that allows users to send attachments up to ...
More than 1 million people pirated season 3 premiere of Game of Thrones in less than 24-hours, sets new torrenting record
Game of Thrones must be an awesome show because it is consistently the most popular pirated TV show in the world. First Game of Thrones topped the charts for most pirated TV show of 2012. Now season 3 premiere of Game of Thrones, ...
[Windows] NexusImage is a well designed, portable, and lightweight image viewer
It’s common knowledge that Windows has it’s own image viewer. The issue is the default image viewer is very basic, such as its inability to support animated GIFs. NexusImage is far from basic. NexusImage is a full feat...
[Android] OI File Manager is a basic but elegant file manager for your smartphone or tablet
File management is a must on Android. Some file management apps are super advanced and are praised by very technical users while other file managers are basic and simple yet very elegant. OI File Manager is the latter. If you desi...
[Linux] Chromium browser is the privacy-focused version of Google Chrome
Google Chrome is becoming the worlds preferred internet browser at an alarming rate, and with advances in webkit, Mozilla is having a hard time catching up. All this is well and good, but if you’re not a fan of Google’...
[Android] Delete images, videos, audios, and backups downloaded by WhatsApp with WCleaner
Whatsapp is a pretty popular app. It’s for good reason too considering you can send SMS, MMS and more through the service without paying extra messaging fees. Regardless, Whatsapp ends up taking a lot of storage capacity over time...
[iPhone] How to Tie a Tie provides instructions to tie neckties, bowties, pocket squares, and more
We’ve all heard the expression, “The clothes make the man.” The full version is a bit funnier: Mark Twain allegedly said, “The clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.̶...
Ship-shaped SkyPark at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore [Amazing Photo of the Day]
Not many people associate such engineering marvels with Asia.
Capturing a falcon in flight [Wallpaper]
A simple but rare wallpaper
“Linux users don’t have relationships” [Comic]
You know what they say...
Windows Search’s index database file is 72 GB on this computer! [Image]
This may be the reason why so many people hate indexes.
How Linux is built and used [Video]
Linux is used in more places than you may realize.
[Windows] Clean, optimize, and manage your computer with Ashampoo WinOptimizer, a program with over 20 different tools and features
There are many, many jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none system utilities out there that perform multiple functions under one roof, functions you would otherwise have to download multiple different programs for. Ashampoo WinOptimize...