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Late on Friday, Amazon announced it will be shutting down its “Underground Actually Free” program, which offers customers free versions of Android apps that would typically cost money, including those that relied on in-app purchases but were otherwise free downloads. Though it promised long-term support when it debuted back in August 2015, …

Every time you buy a hard drive, you probably think it’s plenty of space. Why would you ever need more? Inevitably, you end up in the red again a year or two later. Files just keep getting bigger with all these 4K videos and cameras with a zillion megapixels. Western …

For the last six years, Intel has followed the same naming conventions for its server chips. The Xeon E3, E5, and E7 families mirror the Core i3, i5, and i7 families, in that each successive tier of products adds features and capabilities. Intel’s E3v5 family, for example, are single-socket chips …

Rollout.io, a company that had developed technology that allowed mobile app developers to update their apps without having to go through the App Store approval process, is now entering a new business after Apple cracked down on apps using its software. Today, the former TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield finalist has transitioned to …

When AMD launched Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 earlier this year, it recommended that reviewers test with Windows 10’s power plan set to “High Performance,” as opposed to the “Balanced” configuration we typically prefer for testing and that Windows uses by default. Now, the company has released a new chipset …

Amazon’s Alexa personal assistant and the Echo smart speaker it runs on have been one of the company’s most popular products since it launched back in 2014. Today, Amazon unveiled a follow-up device, this time with an integrated camera alongside a microphone. This new product, dubbed the Echo Look, is …

Mobile applications saw a record number of downloads and revenue in the first quarter of the year, according to a new report from app store analytics firm App Annie out this morning. Across both iOS and Android, downloads grew by 15 percent year-over-year to reach nearly 25 billion worldwide – …

Many of us hoped the net neutrality battle was over two years ago when the FCC implemented Title II classification of internet service providers. However, the election of Donald Trump and ascendance of FCC commissioner Ajit Pai to the chairmanship suggested the fight was about to pick up again. Indeed, …

Earlier this year, at CES, Seagate and the drone manufacturer DJI (official name: Dà-Ji?ng Innovations Science and Technology Co., Ltd), announced they would collaborate on an upcoming product launch that would make copying data from drone flights simpler and more efficient. Now we know what that collaboration looks like — …

Google last fall introduced its own travel planning application, Google Trips, a competitor to TripIt and others, which combines tools to manage your air and hotel reservations with suggestions of places to visit and things to do at your destination. Today, Google Trips is getting its first big update since …