How to customize icons with icon packs

One of the best ways to tweak the look of your Android homescreen is through custom icons.

Compared to some other methods to change the look of your phone, however, it does take a little more work on your end, particularly if you don’t have a device like the Galaxy S7 or HTC 10 that includes a custom theme store for easy makeovers. 

Set up your webcam for access from the road

Ann Cherie Davies asked how she and her family can access their IP address while traveling to view their webcams.

The safest ways to lend someone your Android phone

“Hey, mind if I borrow your phone?” Well, sure, you say. But even as you’re handing your Android phone over to someone in need, you’re wondering what browser tabs you have open, which emails are in plain sight, and whether you remembered to close up Facebook.

How to protect your privacy with a VPN on Android

Using a VPN on Android can help you access content that’s blocked in your region and help maintain your anonymity around the web. There are plenty of apps that offer VPN services for free and as a paid service, but which of them are worth your time?

The new Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition is the little Linux laptop that can

Installing Linux on a laptop is one of the biggest stumbling blocks to adoption of the OS. After all, taking a perfectly good PC, nuking Windows, and replacing it with an unfamiliar OS can seem a lot like performing open-heart surgery to an inexperienced user. When you take into account that there are precious few laptops with Linux preinstalled, it’s no wonder that desktop Linux adoption numbers are so grim. (There are other reasons too, but I won’t go into those here.)

Lenovo's ThinkPad P71 packs 7.5 pounds of Xeon power for VR creators

The 17-inch workstation will ship in April, with prices starting at $1,849.

Lenovo's ThinkPad P71 is one superfast laptop that can work with HTC's Vive and the Oculus Rift VR headsets.

Return your PC to peak performance with Windows Care Genius Pro — at 56% off

There’s nothing more frustrating than staring at your laptop, waiting for a webpage to load or a file to save — and it’s taking forever. Any number of factors can make your computer slow down over time…but you can get your PC or laptop back to its prime with a Windows Care Genius Pro subscription, which you can pick up for $24.99 (56% off) from the TechnoBuffalo Deals Store.

AMD’s new Ryzen chips won’t support Windows 7

AMD has confirmed that its next-generation Ryzen processors won’t officially support Windows 7. The company never promised full compatibility with Microsoft’s aging OS, but recent reports claimed that it would be shipping Windows 7 drivers.

Samsung Chromebook Pro review – One of the best

Samsung unveiled two gorgeous new Chromebooks during CES 2017, including the Chromebook Pro and the Chromebook Plus, powered by Intel Core m3 and ARM processors, respectively. These computers, identical save for the processors, are Samsung’s latest attempt to completely redefine the Chromebook category. They’re premium and can be used as tablets, laptops, multimedia machines or note-taking devices thanks to a built-in S Pen.

Huawei's Honor 8 Lite skips the dual camera

Huawei is making quite the name for itself bringing dual-camera arrays to phones in both its Huawei and Honor lines, but not this time.

The Huawei Honor 8 Lite went on preorder earlier this week for a couple countries in Europe with just one camera, a 12-megapixel shooter, not two like the original Honor 8, or even the Honor 6X introduced in January.

Doubling up on cameras can help photos achieve clarity and depth, even on a relatively inexpensive phone.

So what's the trade-off? Apart from some extra camera tricks, the Honor 8 Lite has slightly stepped-down specs and a lower price to match.