Android | - Part 10

How to Control Your TV With Your Android Phone or Tablet

Phones aren’t just for calling, texting, and playing Pokémon Go. Did you know they can also act as remote controls for your television? Whereas TV remotes are forever being lost down the back of the sofa, we all tend to keep a much closer eye on our smartphones. And ultimately, anything that can reduce the… read more »

How to Enable the Secret Night Mode in Android Nougat

Apps that change your screen’s temperature to reduce eye strain are nothing new on the desktop, but they haven’t seen as wide of an adoption on mobile. f.lux, a favorite for Windows, Mac, and Linux, is also available on Android, but requires root to work fully. Thus, your best options up to this point to… read more »

How to Install Android on Your PC With Remix OS 3.0

Jide Technology Corporation just dropped a massive third update of Remix Operating System (OS). Remix OS 3.0 gives users the ability to install Android on almost any hardware. Like Linux, Remix runs great on slow or older hardware. If you’ve got moldering junk rotting away, now is the perfect time to put it to use. I’d like to… read more »

5 Best Android Apps for Tracking Calories

Food is one of those things that’s easy to have a love/hate relationship with. It can make you either very healthy, or very unhealthy, depending on how you manage it. The following 5 apps can help you better manage food in your life. With all of the fitness “gurus” out there touting every variety of… read more »

5 Best Android Keyboards for Emojis, GIFs, and More

For a long time, Android’s use of third-party keyboards made it a better deal than iPhone. Alternative Android keyboard apps like Swype and Swiftkey are fantastic. But there’s more to keyboards than just text. Recently, more alternative iPhone keyboards have started supporting GIFs, emojis, and other cool features. So if you’re an Android (CA) user, what should you turn to?… read more »

$30 Android Phone, Backpacks, Bike Accessories, and Other Deals [US]

Looking for a super cheap phone? How’s an LG for just under $ 30 sound? Not from the US? No worries, check out the Deals section of MakeUseOf for Amazon discounts from your area! Super Cheap Smartphone LG Destiny 4G Android Prepaid Phone with Triple Minutes ($ 29.99, 50% Off) LG Destiny 4G Android Prepaid… read more »

How to Turn Any Website into an Android App in Seconds

Android has a problem. The Play Store is filled with apps that are notorious for invasive permissions, and many apps keep running in the background even when not in use, draining your device’s battery. The culprits are some of the biggest and most popular apps out there. Facebook is definitely ruining your Android. Snapchat, Google+, and others constantly… read more »

5 Best Open Source Note-Taking Apps for Android

Taking notes on a computer used to mean opening a text editor. Now people are more likely to use Evernote, Google Keep, or Microsoft OneNote. But these are closed-source, proprietary services that store your data on remote servers. Do you really want to deal with potential privacy risks just to jot down a few notes?… read more »

5 Free Apps to Turn Photos Into Art on Android, iOS, or Web

Ever since Instagram came around, the idea of adding filters to your photos has caught on. Those filters have ranged from simple settings that affect brightness and contrast, to more complex filters that make your images pop. A new filter craze is now taking over the internet. More and more, you can see people turning… read more »

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