Popular weather app Dark Sky has been acquired by Apple… and as a result, the company notes that it will be pulling the plug on its Android, Wear OS, and web apps. The Dark Sky API is also going to shut down eventually, but third party apps that make use of the API will be […]
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Google Tasks integration coming to Google Calendar for Android (probably)
I’ve been using Google Calendar on the web to confirm appointments, manage my to-do list, share my schedule with family, and generally keep organized for years. The Google Calendar Android app, on the other hand, has left a lot to be desired. So I’ve been a third-party app that syncs with Google Calendar, but offers […]
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Windows Terminal v0.10 brings mouse and split-screen improvements
Microsoft’s Windows Terminal app is less than a year old, and it’s still more of a public preview than a fully functional replacement for other Windows command line tools. But it keeps inching closer. The latest release is out today, and Windows Terminal v0.10 brings a bunch of bug fixes and a handful of new features. […]
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4 Comments on Gnirehtet reverse tethering app lets your Android phone use your PC’s internet connection
Gnirehtet reverse tethering app lets your Android phone use your PC’s internet connection
4 Comments on Gnirehtet reverse tethering app lets your Android phone use your PC’s internet connectionMost recent Android smartphones have a built-in tethering feature that allows you to share your phone’s internet connection with a laptop, tablet, or other devices (although not all wireless carriers let you use this feature, and many charge extra for it). But what if you want to share your PC’s internet connection with your phone? That’s where reverse […]
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Firefox 74 for desktop released (and Firefox Preview v4.0 for Android too)
Mozilla has released new versions of its Firefox web browser for desktop and Android users. Firefox 74 for desktop includes improvements to the password and add-ons managers and a feature that helps keep Facebook from tracking you as you browse the web. And Firefox 68.6.0Â for Android packs some stability and security fixes. But there’s also […]
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Microsoft is pulling the plug on its ad service for Universal Windows Platform apps (another nail in the coffin)
3 Comments on Microsoft is pulling the plug on its ad service for Universal Windows Platform apps (another nail in the coffin)Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps probably seemed like when Microsoft unveiled the idea in 2014. Basically UWP apps are the Windows 10 follow-up to the “Metro” apps designed for Windows 8 and distributed via the Microsoft Store, the idea was to create a class of apps that could run across a range of devices including […]
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Wine 5.0 released (Windows compatibility layer for Linux, Mac, Android, and BSD)
The Wine project has been letting folks run some Windows applications on Unix-like operating systems including Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD for decades… and a few years ago, the developers of this open source project added limited support for Android as well. Wine 5.0 is now available for all supported platforms, and it brings a number […]
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Feedly launches Pro+ plans with AI assistant features
Feedly is a freemium news aggregator that lets you view updates from nearly any news source in one app — despite the fact that it first launched in 2008, in some ways Feedly is a spiritual successor to Google Reader, which shut down in in 2013. It’s an RSS reader with a web app and […]
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Google Calendar for Android finally getting features the web app has had for years
Google Calendar is an incredibly useful tool for managing your schedule… but the web version has always been a little more useful than the mobile app that comes pre-loaded on most Android phones. Not it looks like Google is finally adding two of the features I miss the most. Last week Google finally added support […]
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Microsoft is killing its standalone Cortana apps for Android & iOS (in some regions, at least)
1 Comment on Microsoft is killing its standalone Cortana apps for Android & iOS (in some regions, at least)Microsoft is pulling the plug on its Cortana apps for Android and iOS according to supports pages on the Microsoft Australia, Canada, and UK websites. It’s possible the app will live on in the US and other markets, but I’m not holding my breath. Does this mean Microsoft is giving up on supporting the smartphone […]
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Hack allows Pixel 4 Face Unlock to work with unsupported apps (root required)
Google’s Pixel 4 smartphone feature a brand new Face Unlock system that not only allows you to login to your phone by looking at it, but also to login to apps for banking, password management, or other activities where security is important. The only catch is that developers need to explicitly update their apps to […]
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Microsoft PowerToys v0.12 includes batch file renaming, dark mode support
Microsoft brought back PowerToys last year, and the company has slowly been fleshing out the set of utilities for Windows power users ever since. The latest version is PowerToys v0.12, which: Adds a brand new batch file renaming tool called PowerRename Brings multi-monitor support to the previously-released FancyZones window manager Includes initial support for Dark […]