Microsoft has officially open-sourced XAML Studio, a lightweight rapid prototyping tool for XAML-based UI development, under ...

After purging roughly half of all apps on its storefront, the Google Play Store has nearly 2 million applications available to download. Sorting through millions of apps to find the best one is not ...

Customizing your Android home screen is one of the easiest ways to make your device more convenient and enjoyable to use. By adding app icons directly to your home screen, you can access your favorite ...

In the name of convenience, many apps these days are designed to be cross-platform. They can run on both mobile and desktop, so you can readily switch between devices without starting from scratch. It ...

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Google will start taking action on Android apps in the official Google Play store that have high background activity and cause excessive battery draining. Apps that exceed a "bad behavior threshold" ...

TL;DR: Short battery life and excessive power use remain two of the biggest complaints about modern smartphones. Google is attempting to address both in Android by shifting responsibility to app ...

While Android Auto may have its own quirks and shortcomings, it's one of the best and safest ways to use certain functions of your smartphone when driving. If you wish to make a call, play music, or ...

There are three things that are certain in life: death, taxes, and Google restricting background work. With every new Android release, Google seemingly further restricts what apps running in the ...

Too Good To Go partners with restaurants and grocery stores for surplus goods. As the government shutdown drags on, SNAP benefits could lapse for 42 million Americans who rely on the federally funded ...

Apple's Swift programming language can now be used to develop for Android, and share code with iOS apps. Swift was launched by Apple in 2014 — although it had secretly been in development since 2010.