Top Downloads This Week
Every week we share the number of downloads for all platforms to help you get started. Here are the top downloads this week.
The new Raspberry Pi OS is here and looks great
The main operating system of the Raspberry Pi, Raspbian, has just received a new look from the Raspberry Pi Foundation . Called PIXEL, this is a Raspbian skin that redesigns the interface, adds several new programs, and makes it more enjoyable to use. Let’s take a closer look at the new look of your Pi.
Speedify 4.0 leverages Wi-Fi and mobile data at the same time to improve speed and reliability
iOS / Android: Speedify is a convenient way to combine multiple internet connections into one mega-channel . It’s even better now. In 4.0, you can send redundant data over multiple connections and get started without an account.
IOS Guide: You Can Now Take Raw Photos
iOS: Manual is a powerful, well-designed camera app that gives you full control over the exposure of your photos, and with the arrival of iOS 10 Manual 2.0 can now shoot raw DNG photos.
Plex Cloud stores all your media on Amazon Drive
Plex Media Server is one of the easiest ways to access all of your movies from your local NAS. Plex Cloud is a new service that can eliminate the need for this NAS by connecting to an Amazon Drive account.
Signal, an encrypted chat app, is now available on the desktop
Chrome: Signal, an encrypted chat application built by Open Whisper Systems and endorsed by the likes of Edward Snowden, is now out of beta and is available as a desktop application through Chrome.
Google Maps for Android gets voice search and commands
Android: Google Maps has updated Google Maps to respond to voice commands. This means you can use “Ok Google” to do all sorts of things, like changing your navigation path, finding gas stations, and more.
ForkIt Turns Healthy Home Cooking Into Video Game Quests
iOS: When people ask me how they can start eating healthy, I usually recommend that they cook at least one or two homemade meals a week. If they are not used to cooking, even that requires a lot. ForkIt makes it more fun (and less intimidating) thanks to some gamification elements.
WhatsApp Adds Public Group Chat Links in Latest Beta
WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps in the world. However, until today, if you wanted to invite someone to a group chat, you had to do it one person at a time. The new beta changes this with publicly available group links.
Use AppCleaner to return any Mac app to its default settings
We’re fans of AppCleaner as an app uninstaller , but on How-To Geek, they point out that free software is also useful for resetting apps to their default state.
Silent site sound blocker allows you to play sound only on whitelisted tabs
Chrome: We’ve all been there – you open the site in a new tab and it starts playing audio in the background. Or worse, you open it in the foreground and it launches the video in some random corner of the page while you read the article. Silent Site Sound Blocker puts an end to this nonsense forever.