Apple’s iPhones and iPads popularized the idea of app stores, which make it easy to find and install apps and manage updates all from one place. But while competitors like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have all launched their own app stores, they also make it fairly easy for users to install apps from other sources. […]
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BlueStacks Inside could bring more Android games to PCs
The folks at BlueStacks have been offering tools that let you run Android apps and games on Windows and Mac computers for years… but in order to do that you’ve needed to install the company’s Android emulator on your computer. Now BlueStacks is taking aim at Android game developers with a new tool called BlueStacks […]
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Lilbits 342: Facebook’s next device might be for your TV
Facebook’s probably on your phone. You might use it on your computer from time to time. And the company recently introduced a smart speaker/display/video calling gadget called Facebook Portal that puts Facebook in your living room, kitchen, or anywhere else in your house. So what’s next? According to a report from Cheddar, Facebook wants to […]
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Daily Deals (8-23-2018)
Find yourself buying music, movies, eBooks, apps, or games from iTunes or the app store from time to time? Then eBay is basically giving away free money today. The retailer is selling $50 iTunes & app store gift cards for $42.50. If you’re not an Apple user, that’s probably $42.50 too much. But if you […]
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BlackBerry World app store won’t offer paid apps after April 1, 2018
BlackBerry doesn’t make phones that run BlackBerry OS anymore, and the company has announced that it’ll stop supporting the operating system and its associated app store at the end of 2019. But it looks like BlackBerry is going to cripple the BlackBerry experience a little sooner than that. BlackBerry is notifying app developers that it […]
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Universal apps that can run on iPhone, iPad, or Mac coming in 2018?
Apple’s iPhone line of products changed the way we think about smartphones… and the company’s App Store also change the way we find and download apps to run on those devices. So it’s not surprising that Apple eventually tried to replicate that success by launching a Mac App Store. But it’s never really taken off. […]
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Google Chrome is now (kind of) available in the Microsoft Store (Updated)
Smartphone users are used to the idea of a one-stop-shop for apps. If you have an iPhone, you get all of your apps from the App Store (unless you have a jailbroken device). Android is a bit more of an open platform, but the Google Play Store is still the best place to find most […]
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F-Droid gets a makeover (app store for free and open source Android apps)
F-Droid is a third-party app store for Android apps. What makes it different from the Google Play Store is that while there are some free and open source apps available in Google’s store, the only apps you’ll find in F-Droid are FOSS. If you don’t care about those things, you’ll find a much wider selection of […]
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Amazon Appstore to end “Actually Free” app and game downloads
There are an estimated 2.8 million apps and games in the Google Play Store, and 2.2 million in Apple’s App Store. A few years ago Amazon really wanted to encourage developers to submit their Android apps to the Amazon Appstore… and to get people to actually use the app store. So after years of offering […]
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Canonical to stop supporting Ubuntu Phone in June
Canonical had already announced development of its Ubuntu Phone software was ending. Now we know when the final nail goes in the coffin: June. That’s when Canonical plans to end support for the handful of phones and tablets running the touchscreen-optimized version of Ubuntu Linux. In a message to NetworkWorld, Canonical notes that “Ubuntu phones and […]