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.
Google Voice gets group texts, MMS and a new look after years of stagnation
Congratulations to Google Voice supporters. Your time has finally come. After years of languishing in the bud, Google has finally revamped its phone service, adding a new look and some new features for Android, iOS, and web clients.
RansomFree proactively protects your PC from ransomware attacks
Windows: RansomFree is a new tool that promises to stop ransomware attacks before they can encrypt all of your data. Instead of monitoring specific processes or trying to use signatures to detect ransomware, it monitors the behavior of running processes, alerting you when something happens.
The first builds of Lineage OS, the successor to CyanogenMod, are already available
While CyanogenMod, the most popular custom ROM for Android , may be dead, its spirit lives on in Lineage OS . The first builds of this ROM are now available for the Nexus 6P, 5X and some other devices.
Blynk makes it easy to create mobile apps for Arduino or Raspberry Pi projects
Android / iOS: If you want to control a device connected to a Raspberry Pi or Arduino from your phone, you usually need to know at least some programming skills. Blynk is an app that makes it easy to control these devices from your phone.
Wine, software that helps run Windows applications on Mac and Linux, has reached version 2.0
Mac / Linux: Wine has long been the best free open source tool for running Windows applications on Mac and Linux. Today it finally released version 2.0, which brings support for Microsoft Office 2013, 64-bit software on Mac, and more.
Writefull analyzes the context of the phrases you use to improve your writing
Chrome / Windows / Mac / Linux: If you’ve ever had a phrase , you’ve probably turned to Google to find the correct wording. Writefull will do the job for you. It’s free, helps you improve your writing, compares phrases, shows how they’re phrased based on context, suggests synonyms, and more.
Netflix makes it easy for Android users to save movies to SD card
When Netflix launched the feature to save movies and shows to your phone , Android users found it difficult to save those movies to SD card. Now Netflix has been updated to make things easier.
Arch monochrome desktop
Reader Linux. Jess introduced this monochrome Arch Linux desktop at our Desktop Showcase and we couldn’t help but show it. It’s clean, elegant, and easy to reproduce. Here’s how.
Self-control, brute force distraction blocker, lands on iPhone
iOS: Self Control has a proven track record of taking blocking distractions seriously – you couldn’t just turn off an app or restart your computer to make it go away. Now, an app inspired by the original has arrived on the iPhone, offering a similarly serious approach to focus on what’s important.
Lock screen mirroring turns Windows lock screen image into wallpaper
Windows: Windows 10 displays a rotating set of beautiful photos on the lock screen. If you want to save one of them as wallpaper, this tiny utility makes it very easy.