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How to spell-check in Google Chrome

Spell checkers are an excellent way to avoid embarrassing mistakes in emails, messages, and social media posts. You can opt for more feature-filled options like Grammarly to get the most out of your writing, but Google has a spell-check baked into the Chrome browser that helps catch simple mistakes. Here’s how to spell-check in Google Chrome. Read more: The best grammar apps for Android QUICK ANSWER To spell-check on Google Chrome, click the three vertical dots at the top right corner and open Settings.

Snapchat update brings a complete rebuild of the app to Android

Snapchat has been seen as a joke on Android for years now. Compared to the app on iOS, Snapchat has been sluggish, ill-performing, and the user experience was just a problem. Fortunately, the company has admitted that it neglected Android users and it spent the last two years working on a solution. Sitting down with executives from Snapchat, we were told that the company has been rewriting the Android app from the ground up.

The best Android apps to sell stuff and make money

There are a lot of apps that let you sell stuff. However, they are all in the same two categories. There are apps like eBay, Etsy, and Amazon where you can sell in a vast storefront in competition with other people. The other type are online marketplaces like Facebook, Craigslist, Letgo, etc where you list your stuff and wait to hear from someone. There is technically a third type, but we have a totally separate list of garage sale apps that we recommend in case you want to sell your stuff the old-fashioned way with a modern twist.

The best NHL and hockey apps for Android

Hockey is one of the big four when it comes to North American sports. It’s also quickly rising in popularity. It has embraced new technology much like other sports. You can stream games, find schedules, and follow the sport in all kinds of ways with your smartphone. The best hockey apps for Android The Athletic Price: Free / $7.99 per month / $72.00 per year Joe Hindy / Android Authority

All possible methods to take a screenshot with your new Xiaomi phone

MIUI has quickly become one of Android’s more popular skins, owing to its use on Xiaomi’s budget-friendly smartphones. It’s hardly unintuitive, but you might still have a few questions anyway. Read more: These are the best Xiaomi phones you can buy Let’s look at how to take a screenshot on Xiaomi phones and tablets. You’ve got plenty of ways to do this. QUICK ANSWER The standard method of taking a screenshot using the power and volume buttons works fine on a Xiaomi phone.

Gameloft unveils a new cross-platform UNO game, UNO & Friends

While Gameloft may already offer a decent version of UNO, that isn’t stopping the developer from improving upon it. The studio has launched an announcement trailer unveiling its second UNO game, UNO & Friends. UNO & Friends promises to bring the thrill of the classic competitive card game UNO to Android, iOS and Facebook. Unlike Gameloft’s previous UNO game, UNO & Friends will let players create their own multiplayer games with friends, family and even other random players around the world.

Microsoft Surface Book 3 15-inch review: Still unique, still expensive

Microsoft Surface Book 3 (15-inch) The Microsoft Surface Book 3 is a beautiful piece of industrial engineering with a unique design you can't find anywhere else. But it lacks some of the improvements you'd expect to see after almost three years. When I purchased a Surface Book 2 in November 2017, it was the most expensive thing I’d ever bought. It was an upgrade to my stolen Surface Book 1, which I’d picked up second-hand from a seller on Reddit.

Samsung's Selfie Type virtual keyboard tech appears in official demo video

A link to an unreleased video of Samsung’s magical invisible keyboard tech just popped up on its Korean community website. Called Selfie Type, Samsung has previously shared some details about the project but we haven’t seen it in action — until now. The demo video shows how the new keyboard input method works across phones, tablets, and foldables placed in a range of orientations. We also see it being used to type emails, notes, and text messages.

Xiaomi Mi A1 review: the perfect budget phone?

Xiaomi Mi A1The Android One pitch is passable, but the Xiaomi Mi A1 is a very capable device on its own and comes very close to being the perfect smartphone for those on a budget. Table of contents Introduced in 2014, Google’s Android One program never quite took off the way the company had envisioned. The program focused on developing markets like India and aimed to deliver budget smartphones with a stock Android experience powered by Google.

#Throwback Thursday - The failure of the OnLive service

This week, Google officially launched Stadia. The streaming game service represents the biggest effort Google has ever put into the video game industry. In October, Microsoft started public previews of Project xCloud. Both are trying to bring high-end console and PC games to mobile devices, including smartphones. The success of both of these endeavors are up in the air, and part of the reason is the failure of other game streaming projects.