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My articles covering Google’s Android mobile operating system.

Posted on 21/08/2019

The Best Android Office Suites For 2019

These days, when most people think of office suites (integrated word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and personal information managers), Microsoft Office or Google Drive Office Suite come to mind – and for good reason.

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Posted on 24/07/2019

The Many Ways to Kid-Proof Your Android Mobile Device from Online-Tech-Tips.com


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Written by: William Harrel, Twitter: @bharrel 
Posted on: July 19th, 2019 in: Smartphones


As an Internet device, your Android smartphone or tablet, just like the family PC, allows access to all sorts of things … Read More

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Posted on 05/07/2019

How to Extract Specific Features from Android Apps to Access them Faster

Extracting Features from Android Apps for Faster Access at Online-Tech-Tips.comSometimes, getting to a specific feature or function, such as, say, locking my car remotely from the myBuick app or getting to the Selling section on eBay to check my auctions, in an Android app … Read More

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Posted on 17/06/2019

The Five Best Android Antivirus and Security Apps

The Five Best Android Antivirus and Security Apps at OnlineTechTips.comWhen you’re at the top of the heap, a big fish in a big pond, or however you’d describe the largest operating system in the world, you’re a target for exploitation. Crooks, hackers, malcontents, and … Read More

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Posted on 07/06/2019

Navigate Easier with Android’s Smart Text Selection and Selected Text Magnification

For some, especially those of us in the approaching-the-over-the-hill gang, working with text on our phones can be cumbersome. Because smartphone text itself, context menu entries, and all the other tools for working with text … Read More

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Posted on 06/05/201906/05/2019

How to Configure Do Not Disturb Settings on Android

How to Configure Do Not Disturb Settings on AndroidBy default, Android’s Do Not Disturb (DND) does exactly what you’d expect the so-named feature to do—no matter what app, call, email, or text message tries to find you, the operating system (OS) waits until … Read More

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Posted on 30/04/2019

Increase Convenience and Productivity with Android’s Picture-in-Picture Mode


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Written by: William Harrel, Twitter: @bharrel 
Posted on: April 29th, 2019 in: Smartphones


While Android operating system (OS) advocates have, for the past couple years now, been touting picture-in-picture (PiP) as a new and … Read More

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Posted on 18/03/201920/03/2019

The 10 Best Budget, Midrange, and Flagship Android Phones for 2019

Since most Android smartphone makers, especially the leading manufacturers, update their wears annually and at varying times throughout the year, writing an up-to-date comparison of the top models is a bit of a juggling act.… Read More

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Posted on 27/02/201927/02/2019

Android Pie (version 9) Review – The “Techie” Smartphone OS Gets Smarter and Friendlier

Review of Android Pie at OnlineTechTips.com

Pros

  • New Material Design API rules should make for better, more consistent apps going forward
  • Improved battery life and battery saver
  • Smart rotation button is simple but ingenious
  • Digital Wellbeing is the Alcoholics Anonymous for
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Posted on 08/02/201920/02/2019

10 iOS Launchers for Android to Alleviate Your iPhone Envy

While it’s true that Android devices dominate the smartphone market, the users of iPhones seem to have a much more fervent love affair going with iOS than do the users of the world’s most popular … Read More

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