A global survey shows the majority of countries favor Android over iPhone.

Source: Android has won the phone world war

Every Chromebook is a powerful tool that’s just waiting to be used to its full potential, and once you know a few tricks you’ll feel like you’re getting even more value out of your inexpensive computer.

Source: Got a new Chromebook? You need these 25 tips and tricks!

Explore the hidden codes that can be used to access many secret service menus (engineering mode) and useful options in your Android phone.

Source: Android Hidden Codes: All the custom Dialer Codes and What they do!

Some quick tests as Google ends its free storage offer.

Source: How bad is Google Photos’ compression anyway?

Google Assistant on your Nest or Home smart speaker or display won’t work very well if it can’t understand what you’re saying. If there’s someone in your life with a particularly complex name to pronounce, Assistant might struggle with it. Here’s how to tell it how the name sounds.

Source: How to Teach Google Assistant Unique Contact Names

Have you ever wondered how people share messages from Twitter, YouTube, or Reddit on their personal blogs, websites, or social media? Did you know that you can do the same with public Telegram posts? We’ll show you how.

Source: How to create Telegram widgets that you can share anywhere

It’s more than likely you’ll live happily with your Google account until such time as Jeeves comes back from the dead to reassert dominance in the search market (forever, in other words). However, I’ve encountered a few weird instances lately of Google deleting users’ accounts without rhyme or reason, leaving them unable to access what they’d stored on Google’s services (a lot) and with no real resources to get it back.

Source: How to Back Up All of Your Google Data

Whether you’re just getting started with a Synology NAS or looking to learn more about the platform, these are the best tips and tricks for your Synology NAS.

Source: 10 best Synology tips and tricks to get the most out of your NAS

Semantic versioning is a formal convention for determining the version number of new software releases. The standard helps software users to understand the severity of changes in each new distribution.

Source: What is Semantic Versioning?

“Telegram welcomes peaceful debate and protest,” said CEO Pavel Durov

Source: Telegram says it ‘shut down hundreds of public calls for violence’ in US last week

Of all the new devices, apps, services, and features we saw in 2020, one of my favorite and most used has been the ability to combine two emojis in Gboard

Source: 160 awesome, ridiculous, and downright creepy Gboard emoji combos you should try out

Privacy is a big topic when it comes to mobile devices. iPhones and iPads show little orange and green indicator icons when apps access the device’s camera or microphone. Here’s an Android app that can do the same.

Source: How to See When Apps Access Your Camera and Microphone on Android