Open Planet Ideas – Innovation by the people for the planet

Technology is deemed a very good thing for us.  It makes our lives easier and better. That is why Open Planet Ideas, in conjunction with Sony and WWF, is inviting you to help create a clean and green environment for the present and future generations with the use of existing technologies. If you have a … Read more →

Facebook to launch webmail service? Would you trust them?

Facebook has been working secretly on a project known as Project Titan which the public first heard something about in February. According to TechCrunch, Facebook will announce the project on Monday. But TechCrunch knows more than that – they claim that according to reliable sources, Facebook is about to launch a webmail client, a “Gmail … Read more →

RAW vs JPEG – Yes, that battle again… and I Shoot RAW!

I recently became a regular reader of Jared Polin’s FroKnowsPhoto.com photography blog. He he has a ton of great videos and publishes quite often, ranging from a weekly post processing edit of readers’ RAW files to video reviews of camera gear to unboxing of new cool stuff. Oh, and his grandmother Lil often appears as … Read more →

Smartphone reliability: iPhone 4 with fewest failures, but…

  A new study conducted by SquareTrade after analyzing failure rates of over 5,000 smartphones covered by SquareTrade Care Plans, shows that Apple’s iPhone 4 has the fewest failures with 2.1% failures within its first year. Below Apple you find Motorola with 2.3% and HTC with 3.7%. Another interesting observation is that when it comes … Read more →

The How & How Much: Starting a Photography Business

As the economy continues to crawl ever so slowly out of the recent recession, more and more people are starting their own businesses out of their homes to make a living. One of those start-up businesses can be a photography company. So many people out there claim to enjoy taking pictures, and some people are … Read more →

Quick Tip: Free Mac data recovery software

Just a quick tip for Mac users on how to recover deleted or lost data, such as pictures or documents. CleverFiles has just released Disk Drill, which is a new free Mac data recovery software. Disk Drill recovers damaged and deleted data from external or internal hard drives, memory cards, etc. and allows protecting data … Read more →

Is there a future for standalone GPS systems?

I’ve only owned one sat nav GPS system for a car, ever, which I bought several years ago. Since then, they have become much better, better UI, better GPS reception, better maps, better touch screen etc. I’ve considered many times whether or not I should buy one of the new sleek systems to have one of the best sat nav systems out there, but it’s an expense I simply cannot justify…

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October 2010: Blog Summary & Income Report

Well, hello there! It’s November – that means another month just went by and that also means it’s yet again time to spill all the TechPatio beans to let you all know how many visitors arrived here last month and how much money were made as well. I knew beforehand that October wouldn’t bring in … Read more →

Win a year’s salary of £40,000 [PayPal]

What to do if I win £40,000? Of course, buy things I would love to have that I thought I can never buy without sacrificing many other things! The first thing I would do is to plan a nice holiday trip for my family, renovate our home, donate some to charitable foundations and to the … Read more →

Simple Methods of Link Building for SEO

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has been used mostly for developing better links. Having a large number of links means having a large number of people for getting in to the site as well as also increasing popularity of that web site. This process is somewhere related to the success of that business as it offers … Read more →

Flash coming to iPhone & iPad … ish!

Three months ago I mentioned the Skyfire browser might be coming to iPhone soon. Well, now it has been approved by Apple and is expected to appear in the App Store on November 4th with a price tag of $2.99 in the US App Store. Skyfire has a trick up its sleeve. It doesn’t fully … Read more →

Photoshop vs Photoshop Elements: Which One Is Right for You?

If you’re in the market for an image editing software, chances are you’re choosing between Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. Both are excellent software for manipulating digital photographs and images. In this article, I’ll discuss some of the ways the two software are different. Hopefully, after reading this, you can make an informed decision. Keep in … Read more →

I wish I could play online poker on my iPhone…

I remember back in the days, probably 6-7 years ago, when online poker was really starting to become popular. It was everywhere, on television, in the newspapers, online – they gave us updates from the big tournaments such as WPT, WSOP etc. Then there was a few poker players who sort of became “celebrities” in … Read more →

iPhoto ’11 bug may cause data loss – update before launching!

There’s a serious issue with the new iPhoto ’11, announced as part of iLife ’11 on October 20th. If you’re an existing iPhoto user and you have an iPhoto library with photos in it, you’re at risk of losing all your photographs when you upgrade to iLife ’11 because it will also upgrade your iPhoto … Read more →