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6 Best Ways to Fix Store Data Structure Corruption on Windows 10
The BSOD or blue screen of death is one of the most dreaded errors on a Windows PC. However, more puzzling is when Windows throws an error code ‘Store Data Structure Corruption‘. Often this data structure corruption error pops up during o
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What Is a USB Data Blocker and Why Do You Need One
If you’ve traveled several times, you’ve probably had one of those moments when your smartphone ran out of juice. Often, you’d just need a little boost to get going before you get home. One of the most popular ways people boost their devices’
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GT Explains: How In-Display Fingerprint Sensors Work on Smartphones
Technology is a never-ending game of innovation. In less than a decade, we’ve moved from punching PINs to using Face Unlock as authentication measure on our phones. And just as we were thinking that it couldn’t get better, we have a brand
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Do You Need an Optical Drive? 4 Reasons For and Against It
Optical drives have just about been phased out from modern laptops, allowing them to reach an ever thinner and lighter form factor. However, a PC user can still choose if they wish to give in to the storage and media revolutions of the decade.
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M.2 SSD Storage Pros and Cons and an M.2 Explanation
In the past few decades, we’ve seen computer storage improve from the 2 square meter products of IBM to modern flash drives. The M.
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Pros and Cons to Buying the New 10.5-Inch iPad Pro
The new 10.5-inch iPad Pro is an extremely powerful tablet. It packs in a new A10X Fusion chip, increases the size and brightness of the display over the previous generation, and introduces a 120Hz refresh rate to the lineup.
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Intel Optane FAQ: 6 Important Questions Answered
Intel is the first name that pops up when anyone mentions microprocessors for PC. And the latest rage is the super fast Optane memory. Optane is touted as an affordable solution to solid state drivers (SSD) and it
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Should You Buy the 2016 MacBook Pro? 4 Facts to Consider
For a while, loyal Apple customers were starting to get nervous the company might be abandoning the Mac.
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How to Fix a Sticky Apple Watch Digital Crown (Surprising!)
One of the biggest downsides of having hardware buttons on any device is that they’re prone to break over time. While my Apple Watch crown hasn’t broken, I noticed every so often it becomes a bit sticky when I’m scrolling with it.
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How to Free Up RAM on MacBook to Quiet the Fan
Have you noticed lately that your MacBook isn’t running quite like it used to? You’re hearing the fan turn on a lot more and maybe it’s starting to freeze up when you have too many windows or browser tabs open. It’s not necessarily time
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Buying Accessories for Your Phone? 5 Tips to Note
Buying a smartphone isn’t easy these days. After months of careful consideration, I overcame my analysis paralysis and went with the OnePlus 3. But as soon as I purchased it, I realized that I need to not only protect the phone from a
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Move Over, Touch Bar: My HP Dv7 Laptop Did It First (Kinda)
I have a bit of a secret to share. While it’s true I am an Apple fanatic — me personally, I don’t represent the views of every Guiding Tech contributor — I wasn’t always like this.
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Should You Buy a Roku Box or a New Smart TV?
Roku has become the most popular method for turning a regular TV into a smart one complete with Netflix, Hulu and hundreds of other apps and games. Starting at only $29.99, price is a clear advantage to buying a Roku box.
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Should iPhone Owners Switch to Google Pixel?
Google announced its new Pixel and Pixel XL phones and they appear to be delightfully innovative. Apple and Samsung have been going back and forth for years arguing over the iPhone and Galaxy, but the Pixel feels very different. It seems like Go
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Google Nexus One vs Pixel: An Incredible Technological Leap
Google Pixel looks like a fantastic smartphone and Google’s first significant foray into the hardware market in a while. But it’s far from Google’s first attempt. If you’ve been following technology for a while you might remember the Google N
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Google Home Launching on Oct. 4? Here’s What We Know
Talking to your home appliances could just get less weirder. According to a report on Android Police, Google is set to announce their ambitious Amazon Echo competitor – the Google Home. And it will launch for $129, making it $40 cheaper than Amazon
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Apple Watch’s Lack of a Proper Home Button is an Ergonomic Problem
I’ve spent the past four days with my brand new Apple Watch Series 1. Though I had used an Apple Watch before, I never owned one for myself despite the initial launch being over a year and a half ago. I never got that intimate time with it to form
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Apple Watch Series 1 vs. Series 2: Which Should You Buy?
Even though I’m a huge Apple fanatic (my own views don’t necessarily represent the views of the rest of the Guiding Tech team), I still don’t own an Apple Watch yet.
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Why Modular Phones Will Never Be Successful
Once an exciting futuristic concept for a smartphone, Google’s Project Ara has been suspended. The company dedicated the project to create a modular phone with interchangeable hardware parts. The modular smartphone, while fun in theory, would
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4 Galaxy Note 7 Alternatives You Should Consider
I hope you were sitting down if you read that title and didn’t know about what’s going on with the Galaxy Note 7. Yes, it’s true, they’re all being recalled due to exploding batteries. Yikes. Samsung promises that once you return your Note 7,