Dell has a new docking station set to hit the streets in May which will allow you to connect up to two 4K displays to a laptop, charge your laptop and wirelessly charge your phone all using a single power cable. And that all sounds great until you look at the price tag. Speaking of price […]
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Lilbits: Android apps on your Windows PC (sort of)
Microsoft’s Your Phone App for Windows 10 is designed to let you connect an Android phone to a Windows computer so you can respond to text messages, transfer files between devices, and more. On select devices you can also use it to view Android apps on your computer – they’re still running on your phone, […]
Lilbits: Android apps on your PC (kind of)
The Windows 10 October 2020 Update is scheduled for release next month, but you probably guessed that by its name. Now members of the Windows Insider Preview program can take the release candidate build for a spin by downloading the latest Release Preview Channel build. Meanwhile a feature that used to only be available for […]
Lilbits: Samsung leftovers, LibreOffice 7.0, and another PC with a 6W AMD Zen chip
Yesterday Liliputing reported that Lenovo has two new low-cost laptops for the education market that will be among the first to ship with 6-watt AMD processors based on the chip maker’s Zen architecture. But I forgot at the time that Lenovo also has a mini-desktop that will use the most powerful of those new chips. Lenovo […]
Lilbits 393: The priciest webcam
Webcams are in short supply these days thanks the coronavirus pandemic. But you may already have a perfectly good camera that you can use for your next Zoom meeting or Facebook Messenger call. There are apps that will let you use an iPhone or Android device as a webcam for your computer. And some DSLR […]
Your Phone app lets you drag & drop files between Samsung phones and Windows 10 PCs
Microsoft’s Your Phone app for Windows 10 lets you link your phone to a PC to view and reply to text messages, view notifications, and see photos from your camera roll on your computer, among other things. Now you can also drag and drop files between your phone and your PC — assuming you’ve got […]
Windows is losing phone screen mirroring over Bluetooth, going WiFi-only
Microsoft’s Your Phone app for Windows lets you pair a smartphone with a Windows to text or take calls from your PC, view notifications on your desktop, and transfer photos, among other things. Earlier this year the company also rolled out a feature called Phone Screen that allowed you to mirror your phone’s display on […]
Microsoft’s Your Phone app adds support for phone calls through your PC
The Microsoft “Your Phone” app for Windows 10 allows you to pair an Android phone with a Windows PC to see notifications on your desktop, view your photos on your computer, and send and receive text messages, among other things. Now Microsoft has added initial support for making phone calls through your PC. They’re routed […]
Lilbits 369: Windows 10 gets cozier with Android phones
Microsoft’s Your Phone app for Windows 10 keeps getting new features. At launch, it was basically a tool for sharing photos and websites between a smartphone and a PC. This year it gained support for mirroring an Android phone screen on your PC and then for displaying smartphone notifications on your computer. Now Microsoft has […]
Windows 10 gains initial support for Android phone notifications
Microsoft’s Your Phone app for Windows 10 allows you to link an Android phone to a Windows PC so that you can see pictures from your phone on your computer, drag and drop files between devices, send and receive text messages, or mirror your phone’s display on your PC using the “Phone Screen” feature that […]