Friday, March 15, 2019

Android Weekly: What's Coming in Android Q (and Some Other Stuff)

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March 15, 2019

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Today's Featured Articles

How to Start Your Own Game Server

While you could host a game server on your PC, sometimes it’s more convenient to have a cloud server running 24/7. Game server hosting can be surprisingly cheap, especially if you’re just looking to play with a few friends.   Read More »


How to Adjust Music Equalizer on iPhone and iPad

Apple’s Music app has a built-in equalizer setting on iPhone and iPad. You can use these EQ settings whether you’re an Apple Music subscriber, you buy songs from iTunes, or you listen to music files you’ve transferred over manually.   Read More »


Android Weekly: What’s Coming in Android Q (and Some Other Stuff)

There was a lot of movement in the Android world the week of March 8th thru 15th. The Q beta landed with all sorts of new features, Vivo showed off a portless phone, and Google killed a bunch of services.   Read More »


The Best Free Dropbox Alternatives (For More Than 3 Devices)

Dropbox now limits free users to a maximum of three syncing devices at one time. If you need more devices and don’t want to open your wallet, Google, Microsoft, and even Apple are superior to Dropbox.   Read More »


Daily News Roundup: Google Killed 2.3m Bad Ads, Microsoft Announced Game Stack for XBL, and More

In today’s headlines, we learned that Google is making the web a better place by removing horrible ads (2.3 million last year, in fact), the Edge Insider Addons site for Microsoft’s new Edge-Chrome thing showed up, and more.   Read More »


REVIEW GEEK

Qustodio Review: Flexible Cross-Device Parental Control Software

One of the biggest pitfalls of most parental control software is limited to a particular device or platform. Qustodio overcomes that by working across all your child’s devices.   Read More »






Review Geek Deals
DEAL OF THE DAY

Daily Deals: LG Gram for $1028, Cheap Desktop Accessories, Board Games, and More

Pi Day is in the past, but there are still some great deals floating around. If you’ve had your eyes on a premium laptop, a curved monitor, or a portable battery, then now’s the time to drop some cash.   Read More »




Everything Else We Published Today
How to Protect Parts of a Word Document from Editing
How to Disable or Delete PowerPoint Animations
Daily Deals: LG Gram for $1028, Cheap Desktop Accessories, Board Games, and More
Qustodio Review: Flexible Cross-Device Parental Control Software
Daily Deals: Microsoft Pi Day Sale, Pixelbook for $1120, Galaxy Note 9 for $720, and More
The Best Knee Pillows for Side Sleepers




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