Dropbox is an extremely popular cloud storage service used by many people, including me and likely you. However, popularity or size doesn’t mean you are immune from hackers. Since a few weeks Dropbox users have been complain...
Hate those extremely annoying notification bar/push notification ads, such as AirPush or KDDI? Yeah, we do too and that is why dotTech has featured tools that allow users to detect and uninstall apps that use notification bar ads....
For a long time tethering your Android device’s Internet connection to another device was as easy as downloading a free (or paid) tethering app from Android Market/Play Store. Then everything changed when greedy corporations...
Today’s Software Desktop Background Tuner: use multiple photo folders as backgrounds Smart PC Locker Pro: disable task manager, portable media, and more when you walk away from your computer InstallGuard: prevent software fr...
Today’s Apps live logcat lite: view logcat when booting your phone Tweedle for Twitter: a beautiful Android Twitter client Weapon Test Dummies FREE Beta: a fun, unique tower defense game Subscribe to dotTech to never miss an...
Holly Lisle is an independent author that publishes online writing guides, which she sells on Amazon, iTunes, and presumably other eBook stores. Or, at least she used to in the case of iTunes. Lisle is reporting Apple has banned h...
It looks like the education sector wants to get in on the patent war fun. A Taiwanese university, National Cheng Kung University, has filed a lawsuit claiming Apple is fringing on its patents with Siri. Specifically, the universit...
Google is rolling out a 1 Gbps broadband network to the citizens of Kansas City (both of them). As the fastest network available to the general public in the United States, and possibly the world, Google Fiber has obviously gained...
Today’s Software Framecaster: manage and upload videos to the web Webcam Effects: Add tons of goofy effects to your webcam image AltMove: manipulate windows with keyboard+mouse combos Subscribe to our Windows section to neve...
Today’s Apps Notification History: keep track of notifications, dismiss by app, and more! MyScript Calculator: if you can write it, we can solve it Super Calculator (Beta): a new type of calculator based on pre-entered formu...
A previous rumor claimed the iPhone 5 will be released on September 21, 2012. A new rumor now backs up that speculation. According to “sources who have proven accurate in the past”, iMore is reporting the iPhone 5 and ...
There have been countless iPhone 5 rumors, including some that supposedly showed the finalized version of the iPhone 5. Now we have images of what appears to be a real iPhone 5. iLab Factory got its hands on alleged iPhone 5 parts...
So you thought Apple copied Sony, eh? Yeah, well, so did I. The truth is, Apple didn’t. Or at least Apple didn’t according to court documents it has filed in the on going Apple vs Samsung battle. Not surprisingly, Appl...
In May 2012 Facebook went public, holding its IPO (Initial Public Offering). At the time Facebook stock was floated for US$38 per share. Based off the fact that Zuckerberg owns 503 million shares of Facebook, Zuckerberg was estima...
Today’s Software Expat Shield: get a UK VPN and watch all the Olympics you want Immersive Explorer: a Metro-style file browser Scan2PDF: scan documents… to PDFs! Subscribe to our Windows section to never miss an articl...
Today’s Apps Radiant Motion Free: a shimmering colored background Fresh Water S3 LWP Free: splash through your homescreens AirPush Detector: stop notification ads in their tracks Subscribe to our Android section to never mis...
In Apple vs Samsung court documents unearthed by AllThingsD, it has been revealed that Best Buy, a major electronic retailer in the United States, told Samsung that customers were returning Samsung’s tablets because they mis...
Kindle Fire, the 7 inch tab that took the tablet world by semi-storm in 2011, may be no longer be an only child. It is being reported by Reuters that an executive at Staples, a retailer that sells the Kindle Fire, has revealed the...
Apple vs Samsung is raging, as is Microsoft vs Motorola. Time to open a new front in the war of smartphones: Android vs Micro-ple. Eastman Kodak Co., once a booming photography company, is filing for bankruptcy. As part of the ban...
Earlier this month we learned Android comprises of roughly 50% of smartphone sales in Q2 2012; and, last year we learned Samsung is the new leader in smartphones, snatching the spot for #1 smartphone maker from Apple. So it should...
Today’s Software Syd: create electronic music mp3DirectCut: manipulate MP3 files losslessly! Free Screen Capturer: capture screenshots and screencasts Subscribe to our Windows section to never miss an article: RSS Feed | E-m...
Today’s Apps n7player Music Player: 3D music player with an “innovative” interface Pixel Rain Live Wallpaper: beautiful pixel rain Fix Broken Power Button: broke your power button? Now your volume button IS your ...
You know that Gabe Newell “Windows 8 is a catastrophe” outburst dotTech posted about earlier? Yeah, well, Blizzard Entertainment, the company that brings us gaming titles such as World of Warcraft, Diablo III, and Star...
Two years ago it was discovered Google had been ‘accidentally’ gathering data from unprotected WiFi access points. For those not familiar with the issue, here is a quote from my earlier article on this topic explaining...
The average download speed differs depending on where you live. For example, according to Ookla’s SpeedTest.net, the average download speed in Hong Kong is 42.12 Mbps, the EU is 15.86 Mbps, and the States is 14.13 Mbps. Comp...
We just learned Google and Facebook both have stepped up their lobbying efforts in Washington D.C., the capital of the largest economy in the world. What better time to reveal that Google, Facebook, Amazon, and eBay have formed a ...
In the second quarter of 2011 Google spent roughly $2 million on lobbying the federal (American) government; Facebook spent $320,000 during the same period. This year both Google and Facebook has drastically increased their lobbyi...
Today’s Software OpenPuff: professional-quality steganography Free Viewer: view dozens upon dozens of file formats StartupSelector: select various combinations of startup programs Subscribe to our Windows section to never mi...
Today’s Apps Symphony of Colors: a colourful live wallpaper Rotation Locker: lock, unlock, and even force rotation. Great for Nexus 7! ZArchiver: a powerful Android archive and file manager Subscribe to our Android section t...
Today’s Apps Billy – Bill Tracker (Create and set reminders to pay your bills) Sushipedia™ (Find out everything about sushi) Stickman Games: Summer Edition (Play Olympic type sports with a stick man) Subscribe to dotTe...
There are many apps in the 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 picked a...
Today’s Software DestroyFlickr: access and manage your Flickr account Tomahawk: a powerful music player with online integration Freehand Painter: draw with your mouse or tablet PC Subscribe to our Windows section to never mi...
Zynga, the social game maker famous for titles like FarmVille and Facebook spam, became a public company in 2011 when it held its IPO (Initial Public Offering). Offering 100 million shares at $10 a pop, Zynga was valued, at that t...
We have heard plenty of iPhone 5 rumors. An Asian accessories manufacturer leaked that iPhone will be launched on September 21, 2012. Now another Chinese accessories maker is providing another Apple teaser; this time it is photos ...
IFPI, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, is a music industry group that represents 1,400 publishers worldwide. Recently a IFPI study, conducted by their Head of Internet Anti-piracy Operations, was leaked o...
