Information Security in the Era of Google Wallet

Make sure your phone is secure, not a liability! About a decade ago, Microsoft let everyone know that the future of payment was using their phones and devices enabled with Bluetooth. While that never really happened, Google’s push for mobile payment seems to be much timelier and actually gaining traction. With popular phones using Google’s … Read more →

Role of OS X in Fine-Tuning Your Mac and Why You Need to Switch to an External Defragmentation Source

PC users tend to delve into a number of things while performing routine maintenance, including software updation, cache cleaning, and more. One of the important maintenance tasks that needs to be repeated periodically is drive defragmentation. A Mac user doesn’t need to wary of such things, as Mac has the ability to optimize itself without … Read more →

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Game Review

The Tekken series’ first foray into tag-based fighting come out at the beginning of the PlayStation 2 cycle, and marked a fun new direction for the series to go into. After almost a decade, the franchise back into familiar territory with the release of Tekken Tag Tournament 2. Boasting the entire roster of the Tekken … Read more →

Wrapp – Send Gift Cards To Your Facebook Friends with Ease

As social networking sites have become an integral part of our lives, the idea of social gifting service has also evolved. Seeing a viable business opportunity, many companies have started their own social gifting service, but, till date, only a few stands out. Wrapp is undoubtedly one of those. What is Wrapp? Wrap lets you … Read more →

Analyzing the security features and loopholes of major mobile operating systems

With the sales of smartphones starting to exceed those of PCs, companies have started to look at these mobile devices as more than just fancy accessories that employees are given as “perks”. Smartphones are becoming a critical part of daily corporate life. Indeed, recent studies show that the average user spends more time on mobile … Read more →

10 Tips for Working with a Mobile App Developer Freelancer

I’ve recently decided to get into the mobile apps industry. I had great ideas but little experience in code and app development, which meant I had to find another solution for executing my plan of launching an app. Through the process of looking for a developer, characterizing the app in a proper way, handling ongoing … Read more →

Advancements in Safe Technology

The first safe was invented by brothers Charles and Jeremiah Chubb in 1835. The purpose of their invention was, simply put, to create a box that was durable and secure enough to prevent a thief’s efforts to steal its contents. This invention was enhanced in 1886 when Henry Brown created a metal safe that would … Read more →

Be Green When You Hit the Print Key

Every time a home computer printer rolls out another document or picture, it has an impact on the environment. In some situations, printing is an absolute necessity as a requirement of a job or in personal life. No matter the reason, most computer users want to convert their words or pictures to paper in the … Read more →

Top 5 Camera Phones of 2012

The constant battle for the throne, between high-end smartphones never seems to end. Manufacturers squeeze extra juices everywhere possible to make their own product superior, varying from processing power to custom user interface. The camera plays a key factor in any smartphone, and it becomes a critical factor among the top-rivals aiming for the number … Read more →

What is RAR? How to Open RAR Files

Most computer users are familiar with the ZIP file extension. Since a compression program is built right into both Windows and the Mac OS X, all you have to do to open a ZIP file is click on it, and your computer does the rest in most cases. Compressing a file or set of files … Read more →

Five for the 5: Gaming on the Go with the new iPhone

So it’s finally here amongst us, Apple’s 5th (or sixth, if you’re counting) outing into the world of ubiquitously, voraciously enjoyed mobile technology. Boasting such genre-defining new attributes as its beautifully extended yet entirely accessible 4-inch 1136 x 640 retina display, its hardcore-diet-induced waistline, and of course a controversial new connector. That little list forgets, … Read more →