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Free apps and games. It’s always the promise of free stuff that lures people into a false sense of security. And it’s that very carrot that prompts otherwise sensible people to install third-party app stores on Android. We’ve even recommended such libraries before. Sometimes they’re better than Google Play in terms of presentation, but often they provide apps that have been dropped from the “official” store. Often they make available software that the “developers” perhaps don’t have the legal right to repackage. And then there are apps and games laden with malware. But you don’t even need to install one of these third-party apps to weaken your smartphone. All you need to do is install the app store itself. This act alone can open your device to vulnerabilities. So what has this got to do with Amazon? Amazon’s Apps on Android Several Amazon-published apps are available for Android. These include, but are not limited to, the Amazon Kindle and the Amazon Shopping apps. You might...

Developing a good website that adheres to the widely accepted “best practices” can be super hard, and sometimes debugging to fix faults in your code is even harder. Thankfully, there are several extensions available in the Chrome webstore that can greatly increase productivity and make life easier when working on websites and browser-based applications. Here are eleven of the best of Chrome extensions for web designers and developers: 1. WhatFont WhatFont  is a great tool for spotting the different types of fonts on a webpage simply by hovering your  mouse on them. When you click on the font, it gives you additional information on its exact type, size and line height. So simple and elegant. 2. StyleBot StyleBot  is a CSS extension for web developers. It helps you customize the appearance of any website by picking the element and changing it’s style from the editor. There is also an advanced CSS tab where you can write your own rules directly. It’s e...

We show you how to get files off a corrupt SD card. How to recover photos and other data from an SD card that has stopped working. (See also: Recover deleted files for free: recover lost data.) Expandable storage such as SD cards are great but they're fragile and don't like being mistreated. They can make your phone or camera a much larger and more versatile beast. But when a card stops working you can lose a lot. Here we've focussed on recovering files including photos, videos and documents. You can reinstall lost apps, and if they come from a legal source music files can be replaced free of charge. But in any case the principles are the same for just about all files. Here's what to do if your trusty SD card has stopped working. Don't format the disk if you want to retain any of the photos on it. You can follow the tips in our separate article on how to format a write-protected SD card after you've tried to recover any files that are on your c...