Are Google's First-Party Play Apps Any Good?
Google makes a lot of apps but are they actually worth using, or should you delete them and never look back?
How to Listen to Google Play Music on Linux
Google Play Music has no desktop version, instead designed for mobile use. Fortunately there's an unofficial desktop player called the Google Play Music Desktop Player, available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
How to Install Android Apps Right From Your PC in Seconds
When you're at your PC, you don't want to have to pick up your phone to text, so why do it to install apps? Here's a better way.
Is It Safe to Install Android Apps from Unknown Sources?
The Google Play Store isn't your only source of apps, but is it safe to search elsewhere?
Google Fixes Chrome for iOS, Malwarebytes Tackles Ransomware... [Tech News Digest]
Google improves Chrome for iOS, Malwarebytes protects you from ransomware, Oracle finally kills the Java plugin, Google Play embraces positivity, and Paul Rudd and Stephen Hawking play quantum chess.
Spotify Adds Video Content, Twitter Removes the Ads... [Tech News Digest]
Spotify finally adds video clips, Twitter VIPs saved from ads, Google+ is no longer required, tour the Guggenheim Museum for free from home, and watch Pokemon invade the Super Bowl.
Google Play Vs. Apple's App Store, Netflix Starts Blocking Users... [Tech News Digest]
The big difference between Google Play and the App Store, Netflix blocks the unblockers, Google tries to serve better ads, get The Witcher 2 for free, and the day Darth Vader got attacked by a dog.
Nintendo Thinks You Want a Mii Mobile Game, Homestar Halloween...[Digest]
Also, the $250 OnePlus X looks really nice but the buying process is Kafka-esque, Google Play now allows $400 apps, iPhone alarms are failing people, and GoPro's experimental drone takes great footage.
Google Just Banned This Privacy Tool: How to Use Disconnect
Disconnect can shield users against invisible tracking tools, while increasing consumer awareness on surreptitious data-collection methods. It also functions as an anti-malware tool. So why has Google banned it from the Play Store?
Google Play Music for Free, Amazon Offers Echo to Everyone, & More... [Tech News Digest]
Free Google Play Music, Amazon shouts about Echo, Samsung hates Windows Updates, Google adds Undo Send to Gmail, Seinfeld lands on Hulu, and Lexus teases a real hoverboard, possibly.
Bethesda Launches Fallout 4 at E3, Google Offers Free Apps, & More... [Tech News Digest]
Bethesda opens E3, Google gives away free apps, YouTube takes on Twitch, countering crowdfunding corruption, and Grand Theft Auto scores a Full House.
How Can You Stop the NSA Using Google Play to Spy on You?
How safe are you when using an app store? The recent news that the NSA intended to use Google's app store for nefarious purposes has raised concerns, so how can you protect yourself?
Emoji Added to the Dictionary, Lenovo Cast Pucks Google, & More... [Tech News Digest]
WTF Emoji Clickbait, Lenovo Casts its line, Google Play age ratings, Facebook meets Harry Potter, a Humble Nindie Bundle for Nintendo fans, and the music video which finds your finger.
Google's Self-Driving Cars Crash, CHIP Is a $9 Computer, & More... [Tech News Digest]
Google car accidents, CHIP gets Kickstarted, the end of Mad Men, Giphy for Gmail, block the Kardashians, and that Leeroy Jenkins video is still worth watching.
Are App Stores Really Safe? How Smartphone Malware Is Filtered Out
Unless you've rooted or jailbroken, you probably don't have malware on your phone. Smartphone viruses are real, but app stores do a good job of filtering them out. How do they do this?
Top 6 Ways To Get Your iTunes Experience On Linux
Switched to Linux and want to access your iTunes library? It's not as simple as you may think, but there are several strong iTunes alternatives that you can switch to offering a similar experience.
Say Hello to Windows 10, Nintendo Embraces Smartphone Gaming [Tech News Digest]
Launching Windows 10, Nintendo goes mobile, reviewing Android apps, reporting Twitter harassment, paying friends through Facebook, and Pixels depicts video games invading Earth.
15 Mobile Apps Guaranteed to Waste Your Precious Time
Some apps will add value to your life, making you more productive or helping you improve in some meaningful way. Other apps, well, they'll have the opposite effect.
How to Download an APK from Google Play to Bypass Restrictions
Need to get your hands on the installable APK file for an app from Google Play? We got you covered.
Watching Offline Movies From Google Play? You CAN Do That On A Chromebook!
Today we take a look at one area where a lot of people still harbour many misconceptions about Chromebooks - offline movie playback.