Working at a computer sometimes means switching focus to your smartphone or tablet when it bleeps. DeskNotifier pushes these messages to your desktop so you can handle (or ignore) them quickly.
Hammacher's hawking this over-sized walkman look-alike featuring an iPhone/iPod Touch dock that lets you convert cassette tapes into MP3s via an accompanying app. But does anyone out there even have audio cassettes that can't be more easily replaced with a quick iTunes search?
Someone in your life still uses a crappy, ancient, point-and-shoot digital camera. Maybe it's you. Maybe it's your mom. And at some point, on some vacation, or some holiday dinner, you're going to get shot with it—the digital equivalent of a FunSaver.
Think about all the things you’ve used your Internet for in the past 24 hours. You’ve probably checked your email, updated your Facebook status, paid some bills through online banking, read up on the latest news, and took the time before bed to video chat with a far-flung childhood friend. Even after logging out and turning off your computer, the information you’ve just accessed or created continues to wander the great plains of the World Wide Web. This information that we leave behind about ourselves on a daily basis is known as our digital footprint.
Paul Ceglia, an upstate New York wood pellet salesman who claimed to co-own Facebook with Zuckerman was arrested last week at his home on fraud charges. Associated Press reports that he may just face the next 40 years in one of America's finest penitentiary institutions, compliments of the Jury. So if you're tempted to fib and tell your friends and business associates that you own, oohh let's say Twitter, learn a lesson from this sad guy and don't!
Capitalizing on our increasing loss of memorization skills, Sprint is today launching a new product that will let users replace their usual phone number with their name. And the product has perhaps the best brand name ever: StarStar Me.
"Being hacked" is an amorphous catch-all of a term. Typically, it means your computer has been infected with some kind of malware—a trojan or keylogger or something. And one, theMan in the Browser scam, just got a lot more sophisticated: Now it works in real time.
If you use autofill for your passwords in your browser of choice then you know it's easy to forget what your password is. As it turns out, tech blog Digital Inspiration shows off how to easily reveal these passwords
Android: If you manage a wireless network, or just like being able to see who's on your wireless network at any time, ezNetScan for Android gives you a powerful tool for scanning, collecting data on, and reporting on the networks you connect your phone or tablet to.
Over the past few years, several studies have been conducted looking at social media and employer hiring habits. One of those studies, conducted by Microsoft, showed that 70% of employers in the United States screened out potential employees because of information found online.
You know the office is changing when old school executives tell you they work from home. They might go into the office to check in and hand in some papers but often they are either working out of the house or out on the road. It’s just the reality of the new work world.
Marriage proposals are getting ridiculously over the top lately, almost at Hollywood production levels. These love declarations are crazy too, but a lot bigger. So big that you can see some of them from space.
If you aren't careful, much of the tech you hold near and dear can be used against you. An app called PlaceRaider, for instance, can use your phone to build a dull 3D map of your house , all without you suspecting a thing.
Knowing exactly where you are on the face of the earth gives your smartphone wonderful location-specific capabilities. But GPS can only tell you what building you're in, not where you are in
We all have to deal with unpleasant coworkers. It's part of most work environments. Maybe their habits annoy you, they're lazy, or they write rude emails. Don't let them completely ruin your work environment.
The fact that we’ll soon be able to rent and enjoy Family Guy right from our Android tablets has me plenty excited. Not only that but we’ll also be getting movies weeks before they hit on DVD all available on Android smartphones and tablets.
Did you wake up this morning feeling awful, even though you got plenty of sleep the night before?Chances are that you mayhave woken at the deep end of your sleep schedule. Sleep Time Alarm Clock is a free app for Android that will make sure that doesn't happen again.
Working from home, for most of us could be deemed simple, easy and carefree. But don't be fooled by the Flexibility and the Freedom. If you don't have the ''haves'' and discipline of your regular (or ex) workplace, your venture is bound to fail miserably.
Business communication has really come a long way since the Pen-Paper-Envelope era of yesteryear, and so has the content and way in which we communicate. E-mail communication has become dominant after the decline of the facsimile, or shall we say,the facsimile became obsolete after the e-mail. Why shouldn't it?
LastPass, our favorite password manager, has added a new feature called LastPass Sentry that automatically emails you whenever it detects a breach on one of your online accounts.
Anonymity Goodbye! Rumor has it that in the States, Facebook has started contacting YOUR friends to ask them if YOUR name is real! Users in other countries are also going to follow suite quite soon.
Gadget Republic just launched it's i-Accessories range for iPhone,iPad and iPod. A poll from 'Wired' this year in a poll to an Apple consumer base depicted that one of the main reasons people actually buy i-Pads and iPhones is for their accessories.
Earlier this month, news surfaced that iPhones were more susceptible to spoofed SMS messages and phishing attempts via text, and now it seems the vulnerability is more or less exclusive to iOS.
Does anyone remember what a typewriter is? For those of us that are middle aged probably remember a typewriter as the high tech gadget of the 70's and early 80's.There were even typewriting lesson for the ladies and it was part of the School curiculum at most Western schools.
A man's home is his castle; his sleazy illicit collection, sanctified! Whether it's your nosy mother, snooping brother, suspecting spouse or controlling govornment, you're going to want to keep your secret stash locked away and as safe as the Tower of London!
Stylish Milan meets Techie Tokyo with this cheeky ladies' bracelet that is both chic and sleek. A must for the busy 21st Century woman that owns a messy bag that has to be turned upside down and emptied to find anything as important as a phone (remind you of anyone?)
I'm a great supporter of intelligent dialog, but if there's one thing that everyone hates come election season, it's that some of your friends can become extremely irritating when politics are involved. If you're tired of the unintelligent, annoying, ''I'm-fed up and moving-to-Canada'' posts, here's how to hide them from your News Feed to ensure your Facebook stays high on quality and low excessive politics.
Within thhe framework of Gadget Republic's debut in high tech cleaning, we unveil the first product in a range that is going to be exciting, high tech and most of all Wife-Friendly!
The Robot Vacuum cleaner is definetely not something new