Operating systems
Mandatory Windows 10 updates aren’t new, but the latest example is raising a few questions. Users are reporting that Windows 10 is force-restarting PCs to install links to Office web apps that launch in Edge, including in the Start menu. And despite initial reports, this isn’t limited to Insider members people using standard Windows 10 […]
Google has been adding a few new accessibility features to its products lately and today’s update is something for those who might want help hearing things around them. Sound Notifications is part of the Live Transcribe app, and it does just what the name implies sends you a notification when certain sounds are detected. There’s […]
Months after the Android 11 beta was released in June, the final version is finally here and ready to roll out to consumer devices and it’s getting a wider release than expected, with the latest version of the operating coming today not only to Pixel devices but to phones from OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Realme. […]
Samsung’s Find My Mobile app is designed to help you remotely locate your device, back up data to Samsung Cloud, delete local data, and block access to Samsung Pay in case of loss or theft. However, the app requires a working network connection to perform all of the aforementioned functions. This means that if your […]
Microsoft’s all-in-one Office app is ready for primetime. The mobile-first application, which the company announced last November, has already been available as a public preview. That version was limited to Android users that signed up through a specific Google Group and 10,000 iOS testers that registered via Apple’s TestFlight program, however. The consumer-ready Android app […]
The Play Store notification that usually pops up after an app has been updated has stopped appearing. As Android Police reports, users first noticed the missing notifications in early November. Then followed a period of back-and-forth when some users would receive the notifications, then they wouldn’t, then they came back, and so on, leading some […]
Trend Micro recently found 85 adware-laden Android apps on the Google Play Store. According to the company, majority of the apps that were discovered were found to be disguised as photography and gaming apps and were downloaded over 8 million times. All the 85 adware-laden apps were removed from the Play Store soon after Trend […]
Apple clearly sees a future in the billion-dollar play of Apple TV+, while the return of products like long-lamented Mac Pro find it attempting to reassert its core audience. macOS 10.15 has a lot updates to comb through, but the new stuff largely focuses on two primary categories: Changes in the way Apple serves up […]
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that it would begin using 7GB of user hard drive space for the application of future updates. The advantage of this system is intended to be that it doesn’t break the update process halfway through by a system running out of space. The disadvantage is that it would eliminate virtually […]
The Samsung Galaxy S10 latest update brings a dedicated Night mode to the camera app. It was rumored before that the company would be bringing a dedicated Night mode to its latest flagships with a software update in late April or early May, and that’s exactly what has happened. This update also includes the April […]
Huawei P30 Pro is one of the most highly-anticipated Android flagships of the year. That is because its predecessor, the Huawei P20 Pro, was not only critically acclaimed, but also adored by many Android fans. Huawei P30 Pro has been surrounded in rumours and speculation for months. But it appears the latest leak for the […]
Last year’s Black Shark proved to be a decent, if unremarkable entry into the gaming smartphone market for Xiaomi, but now the Chinese phone maker seems set to deliver the goods with its follow-up, the Black Shark 2. Announced today, the Xiaomi Black Shark 2 boasts a pressure sensitive 6.39-inch AMOLED display, allowing players to […]
Microsoft is about to pester Windows 7 users to upgrade to Windows 10, but this time the company is being a lot less forceful about it. With extended support for the older OS coming to an end in January next year, the Redmond firm will start notifying users about the upcoming date starting next month. […]
Antivirus is already fraught. You’re basically inviting all-seeing, all-knowing software onto your device, trusting that it’ll keep the bad guys out and not abuse its own access in the process. On Android, that problem is compounded by dozens of apps that aren’t just ineffective—they’re outright phony. In a survey of 250 Android so-called antivirus apps, […]
Just like Windows 7, Windows 10, and Mac OS X, Linux is an operating system. An operating system is software that manages all of the hardware resources associated with your desktop or laptop. To put it simply – the operating system manages the communication between your software and your hardware. Without the operating system (often […]