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How to Clean Up Your Computer or Laptop after the Holidays

Best Software Sep 19, 2024

Your laptop most probably carries more than just travel photos and memories from your holidays. Using it to stay in touch, watch movies, or navigate your way around an unknown location during your vacation adventures, it’s no surprise that digital clutter builds up. From downloading huge files and accessing unfamiliar…

Holiday Video Disasters: Common Issues and How to Solve Them

Best Software Aug 28, 2024

The arrival of summer is often accompanied by cameras ready to capture every special moment of our vacations. However, too often we discover upon returning home that those memories have various types of errors. From videos that won’t play to corrupt files that prevent us from reliving our experiences, it’s…

August 24 Tech news roundup: Windows will remove Control Panel soon, Chrome gets a critical security update, Access Apple Podcasts on any browser

News Aug 24, 2024

Windows 11 Control Panel will be removed soon Microsoft has confirmed it will remove Control Panel from Windows 11. This has been coming for a long time, since 2015 to be precise. A recent update to a document on Microsoft’s website reveals that the legacy app is being deprecated, in…

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May 4 Tech news roundup: Arc Browser released for Windows, Netflix discontinues Basic plan, OneDrive gets an offline mode

News May 4, 2024

A new desktop browser is available for Windows 11. Netflix is discontinuing its cheapest ad-free plan. Let’s find out what else happened in this week’s tech news roundup. Netflix asks Basic users to move to other plans Netflix has begun prompting users who are subscribed to its Basic plan... Read more

April 27th Tech news roundup: Windows 10 faster, Adobe makes blurry video great again and Fallout 4 updated amazingly

News April 27, 2024

In this week’s edition of our tech news roundup, we discuss the release of a new browser for desktops, improvements to Windows 10, and more. Windows 10 updates are faster than ever because of a simple change One of the biggest criticisms with Windows updates are that they take... Read more

April 20th Tech news roundup: Youtube will fight adblockers, Emulator for iOS available and Twich present its own TikTok

News April 20, 2024

The first third-party iOS app store has been launched in Europe. Google is blocking YouTube adblockers more aggressively. Read on to find out more in this week’s tech news roundup. Mozilla Firefox 125.0.1 adds a new way to visit URLs copied to the clipboard Mozilla released the Firefox 125.0.1... Read more

April 13th Tech news roundup: Baldur’s Gate 3 continue winning, Google Photos now have AI and Windows 10 is patched again

News April 13, 2024

This week’s edition of our tech news roundup features a new privacy service from DuckDuckGo, Proton’s acquisition of an encrypted note-taking service, and more. DuckDuckGo launches Privacy Pro subscription service The privacy-oriented search engine, DuckDuckGo, has launched a new subscription service called DuckDuckGo Privacy Pro. This is a 3-in-1... Read more

April 6th Tech news roundup: Chrome Safer, Anonymous Chatgpt and Brave Browser welcomes AI

News April 6, 2024

Welcome to this week’s tech news roundup. Here is what’s latest in Firefox, Chrome, Android, iOS and more. Vertical Tabs in Firefox Mozilla is finally adding Vertical Tabs in Firefox. The feature isn’t unique to the browser, it is available on Microsoft Edge, Brave and Vivaldi. Users had been... Read more

A Shattered Collection of My Best Memories: An Immediate Solution Thanks to Stellar Photo Recovery

Desktop News Photo and Image January 2, 2024

Who doesn’t love creating new memories and saving them as photos on a smartphone, PC, or any other digital media? While many of us share some on social media, we keep the most precious and private ones to ourselves. Sadly, my hard drive of photos became corrupted, which held... Read more

UPDF Editor: Multiple Tools to Hone Your PDF Editing Skills (Giveaway)

Desktop News PDF March 21, 2023

PDFs are used in almost every professional environment. This has also given rise to various professional tools to help edit and save PDFs. The problem with these tools is they don’t have all the features, so you end up spending on multiple tools to get the most out of... Read more

Adobe Acrobat Pro announces new features

News PDF September 2, 2022

Disclosure: Our team is always looking for things we think our readers will value. We have received compensation for publishing this article. Many of us that have been working hard since the 90s and early 20s will remember the days we fought with word-processing applications. Back then, we could... Read more

Softonic’s Online Safety Measures: Compliance and Processes

News Privacy and Security April 11, 2022

If you’re checked on or downloaded any apps or games over the years, or perhaps read a review, the chances are you discovered it on Softonic. It’s one of the leading brands when it comes to trusted content. There are plenty of guides that will show you how best... Read more

Discord messaging app: Not just for gamers

Best Software Messaging News Social Media Software Reviews May 27, 2020

If you’re even a moderate gaming enthusiast, you’ve likely heard of Discord, a messaging app that prides itself on near-instant voice chat as well as the ability to communicate via text and instant messaging. If you don’t game, chances are you’re thinking “Discord, what?” While the completely free app... Read more

ZenMate VPN offers unlimited device protection

Best Software News Privacy and Security Software Reviews VPN Software Reviews VPNs May 19, 2020

If you’re a regular reader of FileHippo’s articles, you already know that we really think you need a VPN if you have any concerns at all about being tracked or having your personal data stolen. But for those of you who might have missed it, we’ll reiterate: you need... Read more

iObit Malware Fighter strengthens its armo

Antivirus Best Software News Privacy and Security Software Reviews May 12, 2020

Cryptojackers. Worms. Bots. Keylogers. It might sound like the plot of the next installment in the Star Wars franchise, but in fact, it’s just a short summary of the dangers of modern computing. All a type of malware, these nasty bugs can at best get on your computer and... Read more

VEGAS Pro 17: 2020 review

Best Software News Software Reviews Video Video Editing Software Video Software Reviews May 6, 2020

According to online social media publication, Social Media Today, 78% of people watch video online each week and video streaming on mobile devices increases by 100% every year. On top of that, it’s predicted that one million videos per second will come online by 2022, accounting for 82% of... Read more

Telegram: The best free messaging app you’ve never heard of

Best Software News Software Reviews April 28, 2020

Ask a friend about which messaging app she uses and you’re likely to hear Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and maybe Hangouts by Google (although that’s a lot less likely). But since 2013 there’s been another messaging tool out there called Telegram, which offers several key benefits over its more commercial... Read more

TrendMicro’s Antivirus for Mac goes way beyond malware

Mac News April 24, 2020

Even though Macs have a reputation for security, the number of malware attacks on Macs surpassed those on Windows machines for the first time in 2020, according to an article in Vox. So there goes the idea that if you have a Mac, you don’t have to worry about... Read more

LibreOffice 2020 review: Free and full-featured

Best Software Desktop News Office Software Productivity Software Reviews April 23, 2020

Free software usually comes with a catch. The programs are typically only usable for a certain number of days, have limited functionality, embed watermarks, or otherwise build in limits that eventually lead you to upgrade to the full version. When it comes to LibreOffice, however, what you get is... Read more

GIMP 2020: A powerful free alternative to Photoshop

Best Software News Photo and Image Photo and Image Editing Software Reviews April 15, 2020

Think photo-manipulation software and you’re likely to think Photoshop. After all, the Adobe product is a true workhorse when it comes to creating graphics and editing images. But it’s also expensive. While there are other photo-editing software programs out there, one that has been quietly gaining followers for over... Read more

Audacity 2020 review: Surprising power in free software

Audio Audio Editing Best Software Multimedia News Software Reviews April 9, 2020

Typically, when you download free software, it tends to have limited functionality. Either it’s not very robust or it is missing key features that are only available with an upgrade. Audacity audio editing software is the exception to that rule. With a feature set that rivals larger, costlier programs,... Read more