Apple’s Self Service Repair program debuted in April, allowing iPhone users to fix their own devices by purchasing genuine replacement parts, accessing official repair manuals, and even renting the equipment Apple uses to fix phones. Now Apple is expanding the program to cover recent MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops as well. Apple recently debuted […]
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Lilbits: Single board PCs, under-display cameras, and YouTube angers… everyone
It’s been a few years since Asus launched its first Raspberry Pi-like single-board computer aimed at makers, and the Asus Tinker Board platform hasn’t exactly exploded since then. But the company has made a few updates to the series over the years, with a Tinker Board S, Tinker Board R and Tinker Edge T, and […]
CrossOver lets you run Windows apps on Chromebooks (now out of beta)
The first Chromebooks were designed to run web apps only. But a few years back Google added support for running Android apps, and then Linux apps. Now you can also run Windows applications on a Chromebook… although it requires installing a third-party tool that sells for $40 and up. CodeWeavers has announced that CrossOver 20 […]
Linux apps on Chromebooks makes running Windows apps easier
Now that Google is allowing users of (some) Chromebooks to run Linux applications alongside Chrome apps, there’s an odd side effect: it’s also easier to run some Windows applications. CrossOver from CodeWeavers is a utility that adds a compatibility layer to Mac and Linux that allows you to install and run some Windows applications on […]
Run Windows apps on a Chromebook (with CrossOver for Android)
There are a lot of things you can do with a Chromebook. While Google’s Chrome OS is an operating system based on a web browser, there are plenty of web-based games, office suites, email services, and other apps. And now that Google is bringing support for Android apps, there are more than a million app […]
CrossOver for Android lets you run (some) Windows software on Android, preview launches August 25th
For years, CodeWeavers has been selling CrossOver software that lets you run some native Windows programs on Linux and Mac computers. Now the company is getting ready to bring CrossOver to Android, making it possible to run Windows software (including games) on Android phones or tablets, as well as Chromebooks like the Acer Chromebook R11. A […]
CodeWeavers demos Windows apps running on a Chromebook (through an Android app)
CrossOver is a utility that allows you to run some Windows programs on a Linux computer. The company behind CrossOver has been working on an Android version that allows you to run Windows software on an Android phone or tablet… but now that Android apps can run on Chromebooks it turns out that installing CrossOver for […]
Codeweavers demos Steam game client running on Android*
Crossover is a tool that allows you to run some Windows software on Mac or Linux machines. It’s developed by a company called Codeweavers, and it’s basically a commercial version of the open source WINE software, and last year Codewavers announced it was working to bring the software to Android. That means you could eventually run some […]
CrossOver and WINE to bring (some) Windows apps to (some) Android devices
Want to run desktop Windows PC apps on your Android phone or tablet? We’ve seen developers porting classic games like Fallout to run on Android for years, and you can always install a DosBox app and try to run Windows 95 or something. But soon there may be a better way. WINE is a free […]