Microsoft began shipping the Surface Go tablet this week, and it’s the smallest, cheapest, and lowest-performance device in the company’s current line of Surface products. It’s also the first Surface tablet with a USB Type-C port and the thinnest Surface device to date. But it’s what’s inside that counts… and the folks at iFixit tore […]
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Nintendo Switch hack + Dolphin Emulator could bring GameCube and Wii game support
This week security researchers released details about a vulnerability affecting NVIDIA Tegra X1 processors that makes it possible to bypass secure boot and run unverified code on some devices… including every Nintendo Switch game console that’s shipped to date. Among other things, this opens the door for running modified versions of Nintendo’s firmware, or alternate […]
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Lilbits 301: Nintendo Wii games on the NVIDIA Shield Android game console
There’s been rumors that Nintendo’s next game console could have an Android-based operating system, although that’s something the company has denied. But that doesn’t mean you can’t play Nintendo games on an Android device. A few years ago the developers of the Dolphin GameCube and Wii emulator released the first build of Dolphin for Android. […]
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Dolphin Browser for Android re-gains classic view, my heart
The makers of the popular Dolphin web browser for Android rolled out a major update a few weeks ago. Dolphin v11 introduced a new menu system and toolbar. But the change caught quite a few users off guard, and reviews in the Google Play Store were decidedly mixed. Among other things, the update meant you […]
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Lilbits (12-18-2013): Dolphin Zero emphasizes private browsing
Over the past few years, private browsing or “incognito mode” has become a standard feature in most web browsers. It lets you surf the web without saving your history or passwords and can come in handy in a few different situations. Want to use someone else’s phone, tablet or PC to check your email without […]
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How to use Adobe Flash Player with Android 4.4
A few years ago one of the key things that helped set Android apart from iOS was support for Adobe Flash Player. But Adobe officially stopped supporting Flash for Android in mid-2012, a growing number of online video and game sites have released mobile web pages that don’t rely on Flash, and by the time […]
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Dolphin Browser for Android adds themes, search engine partners
The makers of the Dolphin web browser for Android have released an update bringing support for themes and wallpapers. You can customize the look and feel of the browser by choosing colors or setting a photo from your device as the background. While that’s probably the most visible change in Dolphin 10.1, the developers have […]
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Dolphin Browser 10 for Android gets a makeover, emphasis on web apps
Dolphin Browser for Android made a name for itself years ago when it was one of the first Android web browsers to support tabs, gestures, and a few other features that only later became available in Google’s official web browsers. But now that Chrome and the stock Android browser both support tabs and much more, […]
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Dolphin Gamecube/Wii emulator hits Android, runs like crap on current hardware
There’s good news and bad news for folks that’ve been waiting to play Nintendo Gamecube or Wii games on a smartphone. The good news is that the first emulator is now available for Android. The bad news is that it’s incredibly buggy, and your phone, tablet, or Android game console probably isn’t powerful enough to […]
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Dolphin Emulator could bring Wii, GameCube games to Android… eventually
Dolphin is an emulator that makes it possible to run Nintendo GameCube and Wii titles on a device that’s not a GameCube or a Wii. Right now that pretty much means a Windows or Mac computer with fairly powerful hardware. But the developer is also working to bring the Dolphin Emulator to Android. Dolphin for […]