A default app is the one you'd like your operating system to use to open certain files or links. Understandably, out of the box, Android defaults to Google applications. For instance, the default web ...

Discover five lesser-known open-source apps that significantly improve the clipboard, files, apps, sharing, and media ...

Windows only: Free, open-source application Types is a lightweight, user-friendly tool for editing default applications, icons, and context menu options for filetypes in Windows. You can already tweak ...

Windows offers a wide range of applications. Almost every kind of software is available for Windows 11/10. Even if you want to make a shortcut to copy and paste, you have a freeware to do it ...

Windows 8.1 comes with several default applications, including Mail, Music, Videos, Photos, Games and Camera. These default programs are arranged on your Start screen; left-clicking an icon opens the ...

One of the best parts about Android is the ability to swap out default applications for ones that are more tailored to your needs. What if you don’t like your home screen launcher? What about your ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Sometimes, I wonder how Apple executives picture the average iPhone user.

Apple just removed one of the biggest remaining restrictions from the iPhone and iPad. It’s finally possible to change the default email application in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 to something other than ...

The default apps that come on Windows 11, or Windows 10, seem to take up a lot more storage than you might think. Some deep digging reveals it can be more than 1.5GB of disk space in total. Like a lot ...

Google Pixel phones ship with a clean software experience out of the box, but some superfluous apps prevail (which is why I disable them immediately).