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Trouble choosing a standard E27 fitting light bulb? We guarantee a great purchase if you can find any of these models in your nearest hardware store. If you wish to save money, be more sustainable and environmentally friendly, LED light bulbs are the way to go. In this article, we would like to show you three fantastic and efficient options for the standardized size lightbulb, E27 or the Edison standard. When LED light bulbs first came to the market, they were not very stable

If there is one thing from science fiction most believed would have become a reality by now, it is hologram technology. How far along are we? It may not surprise you to learn we still have not managed to achieve hologram the same way we see in science fiction movies. We expect to see a three-dimensional image projection in empty air space. However, we have not figured out the execution. We can project green lasers on smoke or mist to create an image, effectively using particl

In this article, we have narrowed down three professional tablets for those of you who draw professionally, artists and designers. It took us a while to determine the proper term for this device; it seems there is no agreement. Still, after much deliberation, we found the correct name for drawing pads, drawing tablets, digitizer, pen tablet and digital artboard is the graphics tablet. Semantics aside, these graphics tablet we have narrowed down are the most professional withi

It is annoying when you don't have enough Ethernet LAN points at the back of your router at home, but here is an easy solution to that problem. Between Smart TVs, gaming consoles and the rise of IoT devices, we seem to be running out of LAN ports at home. Routers these days, especially Mesh routers, only have one spare LAN port and that is absurd. WiFi is fantastic and convenient but wasted on more permanent devices and hardware. Leaving the WiFi bandwidth for tools that need

If only there were a way to charge our mobile phones faster, that would be amazing. What do you mean there is? That did sound like an infomercial. If you ever find yourself waiting for your phone to charge, you are not alone. Not all of us are regimental, charging our smartphones at the same time every day. Many of us prefer to charge when the battery is in the red. Charging, however, takes time, especially when you are using a charger the came in the box with your phone. The

Buying a generic USB or HDMI cable is worth the risk since they are drastically cheaper and even replacing them is not a problem. Some IT hardware or devices purchase must be from a reliable brand, say a wireless router or even a laptop. You cannot afford to have such items from an unreliable source with no valid warranty attached to it. Furthermore, branded products are incentivized to be more reliable; consumers sending the items back during warranty periods is harmful to p

Laptop bags that many laptop companies make and provide look very generic. Let us show you five stylish options with a professional touch. If you have seen one laptop bag, you have seen them all. Companies like Asus and Dell, for example, make fantastic looking laptops but provide very boring bags to go along with it. We cannot expect laptop manufacturers to know much about fashion. So if you are tired of the same synthetic nylon fabric that lacks style and cheapens your prof

Companies like Disney have expanded from TV to an online streaming service, and many more will follow due to the success of Netflix. But at what cost? Between consumers and companies, it is hard to be sure who is more confused. We have cable TV, pay-per-view, Youtube and now multiple streaming services. The entire video content market has become widely saturated, and to fair, everyone needs to make money. Between the tug-of-war for content between geographical rights, online

You will be surprised at these five apps we have found and how much hassle they will save you from. A special article for the Grab and Gojek drivers we depend on so much! We cannot imagine what it is like to work as a Grab or Gojek driver, but one thing is for sure, it is not as easy as it looks. The work of a rideshare driver does not end when the car is parked, vehicles used so extensively require more regular maintenance. Fuel consumption and finances need to be accounted

For only a few dollars more, you can buy a thumb drive able to withstand extreme heat, moisture and physical force. So ask yourself this very important question, why haven't you? There was a time when even we did not pay too much to thumb drives, they get damaged, and we replace them. These days thumb drives can store a much higher capacity, which means they are not as easily replaceable. But with data in cloud services such as Google Drive, is there a need for USB drives any

Curved screen monitors are fantastic. But if you are going to get one, it has to be one that is wide enough to get the full curved experience. If there is ever a reason to buy a curved monitor, we think immersion should be at the top of the list. For the full immersive experience, purchasing the larger monitors makes the most sense, which is why we have found three forty-nine inch curved monitors for you to choose. Any of these would make a great addition to your gaming and v

Is dual-screen enough? How about three screens or more? Let us show you three great monitors that are not only affordable but perfect for a display set up of up to six monitors. Have you ever watched the movie swordfish, where Hugh Jackman plays a hacker, and numerous screens surround him? We thought that was worth a mention since it is quite relevant to what we are about to discuss in this article. Not that we condone or promote the idea of hacking. Multiple screens are bene

Many multinational tech companies bring with them great benefits and workplace standards you will struggle to find work in a local private firm. Everyone wants to feel appreciated, and Singaporeans find benefits as a form of appreciation for the hard work and dedication they provide their employers. Foreign firms have realized Singaporeans, if treated fairly, become extremely loyal to the firms which employ them. Locals have always seen tech companies in Singapore as the plac

A simple breakdown for the layman to understand the fundamentals of internet technology. To better understand internet technology, we need to go back in time to when it first started. As early as the 1960s, some research was bring done with packet switching, which eventually led to modern-day packets. A network packet is an encased combination of '1' and '0' signals, arranged in a standardized format which would indicate when the network packets start, the body of the packet

Being able to store your data in the cloud is probably one of the best decisions your company (or you) will make. It provides a host of benefits, but if managed inefficiently, can also lead to some negative experiences. Here are the pros and cons of using cloud storage: Pros: #1 - Disaster recovery If using a cloud storage service, you don't have to stress anywhere near as much about things going missing. In the cloud, your data and files are constantly being backed up and st

One of the most confusing and most controversial topics of the social media era. Will this finally lead to internet regulation? Social media's intention was always to serve as an infrastructure for content. Let us not fool ourselves, behind the very generous infrastructure willing to host your content for free is a scheme to monetize it. Nonetheless, social media became the modern-day freedom-of-speech platform. Maybe a better question to ask would be, who does the internet b

In the world of buying and selling, the vast majority of us will be used to buying things brand new, but when it comes to a PC, does new necessarily make much of a difference compared with a refurbished PC? Nowadays, a new PC straight out of the box might cost you just shy of $500 (US dollars that is), that's including the PC unit itself, and a bog standard mouse, keyboard and monitor - Something that works fine for your budget. The truth is that refurbished computers give yo

In the world of cloud, there are many great features and benefits, one of them is a cloud desktop service - What is this, and how does it work? A cloud desktop, or sometimes called a "remote desktop" - Is essentially a private server that allows members of a group, company, or organisation to access the same virtual device from any physical device. To put it simply, if you wanted to use the equivalent of your work PC at home, you would be able to do so using a cloud desktop s

Outlook is arguably the go-to email client, both for individuals, and businesses (Outlook 365). There are a lot of things on there that you might not know are possible - Here are some easy ways to improve your experience in Microsoft Outlook. Stopping an email being sent We have all been here, we go to send an email, only to realise a couple of seconds later we forgot to attach a file, or we didn't copy the right recipients in. Luckily, Outlook has an undo send option, which

It's the 21st century, more importantly, it's now 2020, and the era of the smartphone is well and truly in its peak. As we know, the two major mobile phone makers now are Apple and Samsung - The latter of the two being the main manufacturer of Android based phones. Before these, and before full touchscreen phones became the normal thing to buy, there was an era of phones that 90s kids especially will remember, as they were the mobiles we grew to love, the phones we began text