ATM Skimming Can Ruin Your Life – Here’s How To Stay Safe

While payment technology has advanced a great deal, cash is still used in all kinds of transactions. How do we get our cash in many instances? An ATM machine. Unfortunately, ATM machines are not as safe as we’d like them to be, and a technique known as “ATM skimming” is one of the ways in which modern-day bank robbers steal your information and your money. The infographic below will tell you more about what skimming is, and how you can keep yourself safe. Via ATM Marketplace Click To Enlarge

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6 Mobile Apps Worth Paying For [We Ask You Results]

Paid apps can be a hard sell when there are almost always free alternatives available. However, some apps offer such great value for money they more than justify the asking price. We asked our readers to name some of these apps worth paying for, and, as always, they delivered. Value For Money We asked you, What Mobile App Offers The Best Value For Money? Unfortunately, the response wasn’t as strong as we had hoped, with only a handful of comments proffered for consideration. However, this handful of comments contained enough recommendations for us to create a list of six mobile...

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6 Smart Interior Air Quality Monitors You Should Buy For Your Home

Not sleeping well lately? Poor air quality in your home can negatively impact your sleep, physical energy, and cause cold symptoms like teary eyes or sniffles; not to mention the dreadful words like lung disease or cancer. Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Seemingly, the air quality within our homes can be up to eight times worse than outdoors, and on specific occasions — say while repainting a wall — way more than that too. Our need for a more secure and confined environment has somehow contributed to this disparity in air quality between the interior and exterior. Indoor air quality can...

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4 Free Magnificent Marvel Games For Android

Marvel’s heroes are known by name the world over, and their movies continue to blast to the top of the box office charts. In the video game world though, they tend to be a bit more hit-or-miss. For every great one like the free-to-play Diablo-style Marvel Heroes, there’s a dull X-Men: Destiny out there tarnishing the franchise’s reputation. It’s good news then that Marvel’s recent outings on Android succeed at offering bite-sized nuggets of fun on your phone or tablet. Check out these four free Marvel games for superhero gameplay on the go. What Does Free Mean? Let’s get this...

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Considering Linux? 10 Common Questions Answered

A lot of Windows users might be a little afraid to try out Linux because they don’t know how to deal with the differences between the two operating systems. So, to alleviate some of that fear, we’ll be answering the most common questions that Windows users have. After going through this list of questions and answers, you should feel much more confident trying out Linux. Can You Run All Your Old Software? Most likely not. While there are a lot of popular applications that are cross-platform (such as Firefox, Chrome, VLC, and so much more) that will run on Linux...

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4 Rhythm Games That Don’t Look Musical At First Glance

When a video game looks like it’s going to be one thing, but ends up being something else, do you feel tricked, or excited at the prospects of digging in and enjoying something unexpected? If you answered the second one, you are going to love these games, as they start off as one thing, and end up being rhythm games! That’s right, you get to flex your musical muscles while also taking part in a game of a different genre altogether. Crypt of the Necrodancer This game is quite new, as it’s still in alpha, and it’s actually the one...

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PlayStation Vita Slim Review And Giveaway

A couple of years ago, Sony released a portable gaming system called the PlayStation Vita (read our review). This portable gaming console promised to bring gameplay experiences that rivaled those offered by the home console, and for the most part, it delivered. Where it didn’t bring the goods, however, was in sales, as the Vita was certainly not an overwhelming success. That being said, Sony is trucking on, having now released a major hardware revision that lowers the price while reducing the depth and weight of the console. It also makes a huge change to the screen, and it’s one...

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Stop Bending Apple iPhones, Unveiling New HP Stream Devices, And More… [Tech News Digest]

Also, the iPhone 6 lands in China, Microsoft plans New York store, Photoshop comes to Chromebooks, Samsung releases pun-filled Galaxy Note 4 ad, and the world’s first underwater unboxing. Idiot Kids Caught Bending iPhones The saga of BendGate continues, with the latest twist in the tale being people testing how easy it is to bend the iPhone 6 Plus in Apple retail stores. This obviously isn’t a good idea, and we’re covering it to warn people off doing so. If you buy an iPhone 6 then bend it to your heart’s content, but all the while it’s sitting in an...

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It’s Never Too Late To Start The Road To Success

If you’ve every thought that you were too old to follow your dreams, you might want to reconsider that idea. The same goes for being too young! Age is just a number, it all comes down to how hard you’re willing to work, and whether you are willing to push yourself to achieve your goals. The infographic below breaks down the ages at which some of the most successful people found their big break. It starts with Michael Dell (of Dell) at age 18 and goes all the way to Charles Flint (of IBM) at age 61. For an interactive...

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Elementary OS Freya: The Next Major Update To A Rising Linux Distro

Elementary OS is a Linux distribution that has been making waves as of late. For a lot of people, including our own Akshata, it made them switch to Elementary OS full-time from Windows. However, the latest stable release, “Luna”, is becoming quite old. Now, we’re getting a glimpse at the first beta of the next released, codenamed “Freya”. What’s new in Freya, and is it worth upgrading or switching to it from other distributions? Let’s take a look. Release Schedule Elementary OS appears to only make new releases each time there is a new LTS release of Ubuntu. However, it’s...

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