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MakeUseOfby Sagar Naresh24 Aug 2026
Android launchers share one thing in common: you get a list or grid of app icons to launch. Of course, the presentation differs, and that is what sets them apart.
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu24 Aug 2026
Like many long-time VLC users, I open the app and default to hitting the Play button. However, there's a Stream option that has always been around, which turns the tool into the source.
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar24 Aug 2026
Summary - Gemini’s new Device Help feature can inspect a Pixel’s settings and device data, diagnose certain problems, and apply relevant fixes.
MakeUseOfby Brandon Miniman24 Aug 2026
I see it all the time: people swipe away their apps after using them, as if it's a magic ritual that restores their phone to maximum speed while preserving battery life.
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha24 Aug 2026
I love getting into the nitty-gritty of things. Linux lets me do what I want, however I want — and I don’t have to bother with any artificial OS-level limitations.
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu24 Aug 2026
With several file-sharing tools, you're caught between two options: tools where the company may be able to read what you send, or clumsy processes that force you to email the file instead.
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder24 Aug 2026
With legacy standards such as VGA and DVI phased out, the two display connectors you're likely to find on the back of a computer monitor are HDMI and DisplayPort.
MakeUseOfby Chris Hachey24 Aug 2026
There are certain brands that you should seek out when you're building out your tool inventory at home.
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef24 Aug 2026
When Google killed location-based reminders on Google Keep, I had to find a replacement to-do and note-taking app that supported the same.
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar24 Aug 2026
Summary - Duck.ai now offers GPT-5.6 Luna as its default free model, with no account or login required.
MakeUseOfby Dan Selcke24 Aug 2026
TV is TV, movies are movies, and never the twain shall meet. Or at least, that was probably what a lot of people probably thought when TV came on the scene in the 1950s.
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu24 Aug 2026
When I leave my home, my VPN sometimes fails in a specific way. The streaming services or my banking app that worked well without a VPN start requiring extra authentication, and a few may not load...
MakeUseOfby Oliver Haslam24 Aug 2026
Most home Network-Attached Storage (NAS) units spend their lives doing one thing and one thing only: holding large amounts of data.
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder24 Aug 2026
There's never been a better time to buy a foldable. Samsung, Google, and Motorola are firing on all cylinders, giving U.S. buyers more foldable choices than ever before.
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu24 Aug 2026
You probably blocked third-party cookies in Chrome without noticing the second setting that enables Related Website Sets, which lets companies group their own domains together.
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah24 Aug 2026
When you’re standing in a store comparing TVs, it’s easy to spot how one is brighter or shows off more accurate colors than the one next to it.
MakeUseOfby Kris Henges24 Aug 2026
As part of Hisense's Labor Day sale, you can save up to $300 on the company's QD7 Smart TV at Costco, including the company's massive 100-inch model. You don't want to miss out!
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef24 Aug 2026
I have a couple of budget laptops from the past decade. Some I've given away, others I've kept as backup.
MakeUseOfby Bryan M. Wolfe23 Aug 2026
I’ve had a Roku Streaming Stick plugged into the back of my TV for years, mostly as a launcher for Netflix and whatever else I was already paying for.
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi23 Aug 2026
I’ve probably opened thousands of ZIP files without thinking much about the format itself. Double-click, extract, move on.
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