Klaus Dear readers, This is a notice, and a small heads-up, that the normal blog commenting system (WordPress-based) will disappear from TechPatio.com during Summer of 2013, more specifically, during June and July for sure, and I may even extend it to cover August as well. The WordPress-based commenting system currently supports users leaving their name and … Read more →
The VISION IS BETTER series is an epic collection of articles, essays, and tutorials about the photographic life. David duChemin shares his insights on the how and why of photography, visual storytelling, and life lessons learned along the way. Now announcing Vision is Better 3: Become a Better Photographer, Make Better Photographs—the latest and largest … Read more →
Yahoo bought Tumblr for 1.1 billion dollars yesterday, and now they have relaunched their photo-sharing site, Flickr, and now offers all users a free 1 terabyte (TB) worth of storage. Back in 2004 when Google launched Gmail, they offered users 1 gigabyte (GB) of free storage, saying users would never have to delete an e-mail … Read more →
… Microsoft Internet Explorer! That’s what NSS Labs claims. In a test, they fired malware against five popular browsers to see which browser holds up the most. The five browsers in the test were: Internet Explorer 10, Google Chrome 25/26, Apple Safari 5, Mozilla Firefox 19 and Opera 12. In the test, Internet Explorer managed … Read more →
American news sites reports that Yahoo has purchased micro-blogging platform Tumblr for 1.1 billion dollars. Apparently the board at Yahoo approved the deal Sunday evening and it’s expected that Yahoo will announce the deal during Monday. This will be the biggest purchase Yahoo has made, since Marissa Meyer took over as CEO in June of … Read more →
The giveaway has ended! Winners will be contacted via e-mail from 3DPageFlip with their license codes! 3D PageFlip Standard 3D PageFlip Standard is flipbook converter which enable users convert PDF/Open Office/MS office/Images to stunning eBooks with page-flipping effect. It will keeps all features of original PDF like images, texts, table of contents, PDF links, etc. … Read more →
Do you ever receive those e-mails where the signature contains a line that goes something like “think about the environment, do you really need to print this e-mail?”. I get them occasionally, and I think it’s a good reminder not to waste paper unless you have to. At the same time, I know of several … Read more →
Most of us are on the Internet on a daily basis and whether we like it or not, the Internet is affecting us. It changes how we think, how we work, and it even changes our brains. Now, a video has surfaced, based on an interview with Nicholas Carr (the author of “The Shallows: What … Read more →
Whenever I get my hands onto a nice product, I like to give a little shout out about it. Good quality products deserves to be mentioned. The Case Logic SLRC-2 02B is such a product. I guess I could end this blog post right here, now that you know I endorse this product 🙂 But … Read more →
… the Olympus OM-D E-M5. Before I explain why I went with the OM-D E-M5, which I will just call OMD EM5 from now on, first let me give a little background story. I used to be a Nikon DSLR shooter (I still am, but I never use my Nikon gear anymore, so it will … Read more →
Our cars are often our most prized possessions. They cost us thousands of pounds to buy, and with all of the annual fees on top, it’s no wonder why really. There’s also the fact that we couldn’t live without them in our everyday lives, making it a mystery how people ever survived in the pre-car … Read more →
As the topic of the online tracking and privacy becomes increasingly sensitive, some national governments try to regulate this. However, as it often happens, the implementation of new laws leaves much to be desired. EU Cookie Law An EU cookie law is a good example of a poor implementation of a great idea. Since the … Read more →
The latest Android wonderchild to come out of the Samsung factory is the Galaxy S4, perhaps finally the iPhone killer that the Android fanbase have been urging for? The predecessor, Galaxy S3, was quite a beast, but what about the S4, will it be able to meet the growing demands that high-end smartphone users have … Read more →
First let me show you my current cover-setup for my iPad 3: Apple Smart Cover on front. Targus clear case for the back. I like the Targus clear case on the back because it’s see-through so you can still see the iPad’s nice design, but even more because it protects the iPad from scratches and … Read more →
More Great Ways to Make Stronger Photographs You’re going to love reading this 45-page PDF eBook—and yes, it’s completely free (Craft & Vision likes to think of this as a random act of kindness to the photography community they so passionately serve). Inside you’ll find articles by six Craft & Vision authors, and nine unique … Read more →
Their products dominate our lives, while they dominate the markets for PCs, smartphones, tablets, TVs and digital cameras, but the likes of Microsoft, Samsung, Apple, LG and Toshiba have fallen foul of the law more than once, and when they did, it’s been costly. There have been several high-profile lawsuits involving some of the world’s … Read more →