F-Droid’s Android app store has been rebuilt from the ground up. Virtually every Android device comes with the Play Store preloaded, but there are other ways to get apps. F-Droid bills itself as a ...

Some Windows apps are only one region change away.

Managing apps on a Mac is usually simple, but many users still run into problems when apps refuse to uninstall, updates fail, or leftover files keep taking up storage space. The process also changes ...

After more than a year in development, F-Droid has rebuilt nearly every part of its Android app. The new release makes apps easier to find, install and update, while also changing how Tor, panic ...

Updatest handles App Store, Homebrew, Sparkle, and GitHub updates automatically. Are you tired of every application you open offering to install an update before you can use it? Do you wish you could ...

Some of these directions apply to all iPhones, but some are only relevant to specific iOS versions. These differences are pointed out below. The most common way to keep apps updated on your iPhone is ...

I no longer manually update each open source app ...

Most of the Windows apps you use are in the Store or the WinGet repository. UniGetUI is a free, open-source app that's easy to use. It's also a great way to back up and transfer a collection of apps.

Based in rural Minnesota, Brian Burgess worked in IT for 10 years before finding his passion for writing about consumer technology. Brian earned his degree in computer and network technology in 2000.

Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication MobileSyrup, and earlier in his ...

Just days after the FBI warned Windows users that installing or updating Google Chrome may carry a ransomware threat, there’s a similar warning for phone users. In its latest #StopRansomware advisory, ...