Adblock Plus is a popular ad-blocking extension that is available for various web browsers. According to Eyeo GMBH, the company behind it, it has been downloaded more than 300 million times. A […]
I like Android apps a lot, and I enjoy the discovery as much as I enjoy discovering new desktop software. I do skip the installation of Android apps that I discover fairly […]
Photo and videos that you capture on your mobile devices can take up a sizable chunk of storage space. If you are an avid photographer for instance, you may have run into […]
Only Chrome Stable and Beta were available up until recently for the Android operating system. Google changed this recently by adding Chrome Dev as another build to the company's Play Store. Chrome […]
When it comes to knowing what apps do and don't do on Android, there is little that average users can find out in advance or after installation. While the requested permissions may […]
I don't like to type on my Android device. Maybe it is because my fingers are a tad to large to always hit the right key on the keyboard but I always […]
I sometimes browse files on my Android device, for instance after transferring an apk file or other data to the device to execute it. While the default file browser works for that, […]
The advertising identifier (ID) is a unique anonymous identifier on Android devices that is used for advertising purposes. While there is no option to turn it off, the option to safely reset […]
Remember Android Device Manager? Google introduced the service back in 2013 to help you locate your phone and erase the device if it was stolen or cannot be found anymore. It required […]
Web Alert is a free application for Android devices that monitors websites or parts of websites and notifies you of changes. It can be quite useful to keep an eye on websites: […]
One of the negative side effects of my cheap mobile subscription is that I only have 200 Megabytes of free high speed mobile data per month after which the speed is artificially […]
When you are connecting to open wireless networks using an Android device, you sometimes don't know if Internet access is available or if you are blocked from accessing the Internet which happens […]
Most Android users start applications from their device's start screen or the all applications listing. Launchers are designed to make this more comfortable, for instance to provide access to all applications from […]
My mother made the decision recently to switch from a regular smartphone contract to a prepaid contract. It simply did not make sense for her to pay €30 per month for making […]
It is rather surprising that previous versions of the Android operating system did not ship with a battery saver mode that you could enable on the device to make sure the battery […]
I recently sold a couple of old game consoles and games on eBay, something which I have not done for years. Since I had to ship all items as packages, I started […]
Depending on where you live, you may be required to unlock your device when authorities ask you to do so. While you could deny that request, you could end up with a […]
System optimization tools and apps are fairly popular on desktop PCs but also on mobile devices. They promise to free up space, memory or remove privacy-related information from the device they run […]
The browser extension uBlock so far has only been available for desktop devices. The extension was released for Chromium-based browsers first and then later on for Firefox as well. Today, a version […]
Google has rolled out a new feature in Chrome Beta on Android, currently on version 42, that changes the link sharing functionality in the browser significantly. You may know that you can […]
My Moto G was updated to Android 5.0.2 finally after waiting months for the update to become available and one of the first things I ran into was the new notification system. […]
If you are running an Android device with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and use the Chrome browser on it, you may want to switch to another browser soon as Google just […]
Whenever you install an application on your Android device using Google's Play store, an icon pointing to it is placed on your phone's home screen. While that is sometimes desired, it often […]
Juggling around between multiple open applications is often not very comfortable on smartphones. Say a link is posted on your wall on Facebook. A click opens it in the default viewer application […]
While some kids are experts when it comes to typing fast on mobile devices, I always had my issues with it. It does not really matter if the phone has a hardware […]
IFTTT, If This Then That, is a wonderful service that you can use on the web or in form of app to use recipes that react automatically on certain events. We reviewed […]
I dislike services and apps that require that you create an account before you can try them out or use part of its functionality that you are interested in. It is understandable […]
Gallery Doctor - Phone Cleaner is a free application for Android device that promises to go through your digital photo collection on the device to separate good from bad free up space […]
VLC Media Player for Android has been available as a beta application for some time now. The app supports many of the features of the famous desktop version of VLC including out-of-the-box […]
Offline - An Offline Browser is a free application for Google Android devices that you can use to download web pages to your device to read them at any time even when […]
So-called QR Codes are very similar to shortened urls. The core similarity is that you don't see where the link takes you when you activate it. QR Codes are used in many […]
Microsoft released its Outlook Preview application for Android devices to the Google Play Store. It is not the first Outlook app by Microsoft for Android, there is OWA for Android for instance […]
You have two core options to connect to the Internet with your smartphone or mobile device: WiFi or using mobile connections. Both systems have their advantages and disadvantages. While you may run […]
Depending on what you do, what you buy and where you go, you may come into situations where formulas can come in quite handy. If you live in the US and plan […]
You can add pictures to Android messages or emails easily on devices by selecting that option. Usually though, you are limited to images that are either on the local device already or […]
Keeping track of certain tasks can sometimes be difficult. While it is usually no problem if you complete tasks regularly, say once a week, it gets difficult if you only do so […]
So-called IMSI-Catchers and StingRays act as false mobile towers that sit between mobile devices such as smartphones and real towers maintained by mobile providers or other legitimate companies. These fake towers can […]
Math, hate it or love it, there does not seem to be any middle ground. If your line of work requires math, or if you are in school or college, then you […]
Security and privacy is not really at the top of the list of features that most consumers want when they select a smartphone or a smartwatch. It does play a huge role […]
Nokia Here is a mapping service that has been available for select Android platforms for some time now. Nokia launched it on Google Play today where all Android users who run Android […]
