Download YouTube Videos in a Snap: Three Easy Methods

We bring you the solution to download any YouTube video without dying trying and fill your mobile with cat videos.

You’ve seen an amazing video of a cat dancing to Rihanna’s latest and you want to send it to all your friends. But of course, sending a link to YouTube looks a bit bad, and you know not everyone will open it. And you don’t want them to miss out on that feline hip shake. Don’t worry: we bring you the solution to download any YouTube video without dying in the attempt and fill your mobile with cat videos. We’d lie, but deep down we all know what we consume on the Internet.

Pay (or not)

You’re not going to like the first option, but get your wallet ready, because you’re going to have to subscribe to YouTube Premium. Yes, that thing where you get an ad every eight or nine videos asking you, please, to spend your money. Downloading videos as a premium member is very simple: click on “Download” under the video, select the quality and that’s it. In exchange for this simplicity, however, you pay 11.99 euros per month after the first free month. Keep in mind that right now there are 80 million subscribers, so don’t feel alone: there are also people who paid for WinRAR!

Another option is to download videos using browser extensions, installing the YouTube Video Downloader or a similar app, which, truth be told, leaves little doubt about its function. Installing it is a bit more difficult -but 11.99 euros per month cheaper-, so be careful: first, download the Chrome extension Foxified. Give it all the necessary permissions and you will find automatically and below the video a download button. It may take a while if you decide to download that half-hour compilation of UFO sightings, but in less than you think it will be downloaded to your mobile. You won’t be helping the authors, but your goal of having a video to pass on to your family will be accomplished.

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Aplicación gratis para descargar vídeos de plataformas online

But imagine that you don’t want to mess with Chrome extensions (or that you still use Edge, as if we were in the Middle Ages!). Then you can always download the Open Video Downloader app, which, once again, doesn’t hide its function either. Let’s see how to get that performance of Tu Cara Me Suena that you love so much because Eva Soriano and Lalachus are hilarious: After downloading Open Video Downloader, copy the address of the video, paste it into the app to put it in the queue, choose in “Preferences” the video quality or the video extension, click on “Download”… Et voilà!

You may have arrived here saying “Well, all right, but I downloaded the Doraemon Almond Tree song using a website and…”. Well, yes, there are web options, but if you don’t want to fill your computer with downloads you didn’t ask for and see how suddenly everything is full of ads, starting to doubt if Venga Monjas is so worth it, we recommend you to follow our previous recommendations. You’re welcome!

From Zombies to Silence: The Mysterious Disappearance of PopCap Games

14 years have passed since that first game and since then we haven't heard much from PopCap, its developers. And it's what… What happened to them?

Surely you remember the first time you played Plants Vs Zombies: a game as simple in appearance as it was complex to master, which relied on the player’s ability to plant the right sunflowers and place the perfect plants and guessing strategies that ended on a high note, with one of the biggest hits in the history of video games (only second only to Portal’s Still Alive). But 14 years have passed since that first game and since then we haven’t had much news from PopCap, its developers. So… What has become of them?

Sexy Action Cool

Year 2000, Seattle. Jason Kapalka founds Sexy Action Cool, his own video game company, together with John Vechey and Brian Fiete. The idea was to create innovative video games that they were passionate about, even if they first had to make cheap but attention-grabbing stuff to make easy money. Their first attempt was Foxy Poker, which was about, you guessed it, a game of strip poker.

Sadly for them, the game did not succeed (for whatever reason) and in fact it is currently lost, but the fame they did not get then was achieved with their next release, the famous Bejeweled (formerly known as Diamond Mine), which at that time was played directly from the Internet. Between Diamond Mine and Bejeweled it took four months of development and they achieved more than ten million units sold between all the platforms where it was adapted, from Blackberry to… the first iPod.

Sexy Action Cool had already changed its name to PopCap, and its success was such that it even acquired a casual games company and expanded outside Seattle: they opened a company in Dublin and planned, between sequels to Bejeweled and other casual video games (such as Peggle and Bookworm), what they had always wanted to do. That is, a completely original title that would change the rules of the game.

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Practicing gardening

In 2001, George Fan, a Californian developer, created a game called Insaniquarium that mixed pet simulation, strategy, action and puzzles. Years later, he was still kicking around the idea of making a sequel, which eventually led to a tower defense between plants and zombies. The PopCap team, passionate about the subject, took three and a half years to put the game together before launching it on May 5, 2009. A decade after its founding, they had finally achieved what they were looking for: a more or less original, epoch-making hit.

Plants Vs Zombies (which was going to be called Lawn of the Dead until George A. Romero expressly forbade it) took ideas from Warcraft III, Magic The Gathering and Swiss Family Robinson, but gave them the perfect twist to create a little adventure game with no micropayments, the old-fashioned way. The game came to iPhone, Android and consoles over the years and became PopCap’s fastest selling game ever.

To give you an idea: in just nine days, sales on iOS exceeded one million dollars, so PopCap had an incredible future ahead of it. And then, as in all horror stories, along came the big bad wolf. In this case, Electronic Arts, which bought the company on July 12, 2011 for $560 million. And when you’re bought by someone like Electronic Arts, they want immediate results: the beginning of the end.

More plants, more zombies

Since its purchase, PopCap has not released a single original game: only sequels to Peggle, Zuma, Bejeweled and, of course, Plants Vs Zombies. In August 2012, in fact, they announced that they would lay off fifty employees to focus on developing free-to-play games with micropayments. Said and done: in 2013, Plants Vs Zombies 2: It’s About Time was fun enough to ignore the fact that every so often you were pushed to buy power-ups and novelties.

The sequel was a bigger hit than the original: it sold 25 million units in one month, setting the franchise up for success. But greed is dangerous, and after PopCap Vancouver took a chance (and succeeded) with the two great Garden Warfare games, it was time to go back to mobile: Plants vs Zombies Heroes launched in 2016 with the ability to play on any of the two teams and with a system similar to that of Hearthstone… And with increasingly annoying and intrusive ads and micropayments.

And since then, beyond another console game similar to Garden Warfare, nothing. Plants vs Zombies 3 remains an eternal promise that they’ve been developing for years and years doing something they hadn’t done up to that point: disregard EA’s pleas and listen, instead, to the fans. In July 2019, a pre-alpha was released on Android. Then, in October 2020, there was a worldwide release, but it was so criticized for continuous micropayments that it was withdrawn a month later. In 2021 there was another attempt, but so far there hasn’t been an official release… And EA is starting to get nervous.

With a broken management team, a community of fans demanding a return to the basics of the first game, a canceled animated film, and several canceled projects, the question is in the air: will they, like Rovio, manage to stay afloat, or before even from the third party PopCap has already died… but no one has warned them?

What happened to Rovio, the creators of Angry Birds

What happened to them? What happened to Rovio before and after Angry Birds?

If we make a list of the fifty most important video games in history, there would have to be Super Mario Bros or Call Of Duty, yes, but also Angry Birds, a mobile game that arrived three years before Candy Crush in a world where having the phone full of apps was still something grotesque and that turned a small studio in Finland into a money-making machine. But what happened to Rovio before and after Angry Birds?

Before the angry birds

Year 2003. Three technology students from the University of Helsinki participate in a mobile game development contest and manage to set up King of the Cabbage World, which would later be known as Mole War and helped them set up their own company, which they called, effectively, Relude. Or, as we all knew it after they changed the name to a better one, Rovio.

“Rovio” means “pyre” in Finnish, and that’s why its logo is a kind of flame that has not been extinguished for two decades now. And for six years they had to fight to stay in the market, either through mobile games based on licenses (Need for Speed: Carbon, X-Factor 2008) and other more or less original ones. The problem was that someone understood the potential of playing on a cell phone at a time when the word “app” meant nothing. To put it another way: what’s the point of making good games if there’s no one to play them?

And then, in 2007, the iPhone arrived and everything changed: mobile games were no longer difficult to access, the target was literally everyone, and Rovio saw their chance to, after 51 attempts, get a little piece of the market. They only had three rules for their last great game before bankruptcy, Square style: it didn’t need a tutorial, its loading times should be minimal and one minute of gameplay should be enough to have an optimal experience. Oh, and a flashy icon on the App Store wouldn’t hurt. Before losing everything, what’s the worst that could happen?

After several designs for a possible game, the management team was left with some angry birds that they found amusing. They found a reason for their anger (pigs had stolen their eggs) and spent 25,000 euros creating screens and their physics in their spare time. Six months later, Rovio had released four apps for other companies and had Angry Birds on the verge of success. And the proof that the game was addictive was that the mother of one of Rovio’s founders saw (well, smelled) her turkey burn on Thanksgiving because she was hooked on a trial version. All that was left to do was to throw it in a slingshot and see what happened. Success guaranteed… Or did it?

Angry birds

In December 2009, Rovio launched Angry Birds and it became, overnight… a bit of a flop. It didn’t take off in the United States or the United Kingdom, but it did in smaller markets. Little by little, between Finland, Greece, Sweden and Denmark, the game accumulated 40,000 downloads, enough to stay alive for a few more months. But in February 2010 everything changed. After Apple selected it as Game of the Week, it went from 600th to first place. And it would take quite a while to move from there.

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At first, the business was clear: the game cost money on iOS and was fed by ads on Android, but it gradually fell into the game of microtransactions. For example, for 89 cents an eagle that appeared in one of the updates could solve a level in which you were stuck and move on to the next: more than two million people used it. There were screens to pass, of course: although the first installment had only one chapter of 21 levels, at the end of its life it had almost five hundred. Almost nothing.

And then came the madness: Rovio put aside the rest of its projects to focus exclusively on Angry Birds. First came Angry Birds Seasons, in 2010, which was updated at different key moments of the year (Halloween, Christmas, the first day of school). Then, Angry Birds Rio, a crossover with the movie, of course, Rio. From then on, the madness.

After the angry birds

Crossovers with Star Wars and Transformers, racing games (Angry Birds Go!), RPGs (Angry Birds Epic), pinball (Angry Birds Action), tile-matching (Angry Birds Match), virtual reality… The saga has expanded to 28 games, two movies, 9 TV series and countless books. They even have theme park attractions! However, for some time now, longtime fans are not happy with them… And rightly so. It all goes back to the first game, before microtransactions were our everyday life.

And the fact is that Angry Birds has been removed from the app stores because -seriously- it overshadowed Rovio’s novelties. Just as it sounds. On iOS, Rovio Classics: Angry Birds, which costs 0.99 euros, has changed its name to Red’s First Flight, and on Android it has disappeared altogether. In fact, we can find Angry Birds 2, Angry Birds Friends or Angry Birds Dream Blast, but no trace of the original.

Rovio has based its business model so much on micropayments that promise a falsely free game, that a game like the first Angry Birds, in which everything was paid from the beginning, could hurt them in the face of an audience that has lost, in a decade, quite a lot of interest in the franchise’s games. In addition, it cannot be said that what Rovio has done outside the saga has been successful: Selfie Slam, Retry (an attempt to capitalize on Flappy Bird) or Love Rocks Starring Shakira have not had enough pull to imagine a future for the company without slingshots, pigs and trying to milk the (red) golden bird.

Say Goodbye to Video Call FOMO: How to FaceTime with Non-Apple Devices

FaceTime video calls go beyond the Apple ecosystem. We can use them on Android, Windows, Linux and much more.

From company meetings to conversations with our friends or family, video calls are becoming more and more common. Even for shopping at an Apple Store. In this sense, FaceTime is presented as a simple and secure option to carry them out. And if we add to that the fact that we can make video calls regardless of the operating system used by the receiver, even better.

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Unleash Your Inner General with These Top-Rated Free Strategy Games for PC and Android

Discover and safely download the best completely free strategy games for both PC and mobile phones with the Android operating system.

Strategy games never go out of fashion. This exciting genre puts our tactical skills in check by offering an irresistible balance between action and adventure, showing the most Machiavellian part of our intellect. And it doesn’t matter if we play in multiplayer mode or against an AI. There is an indescribable satisfaction when we load a video game of city and civilization building, real-time assaults on enemy fortresses, MOBAs or card games… We are leaders and strategists of our own adventure!

We have already talked about the paid strategy games that we like the most but… Is it necessary to pay to enjoy this genre? Of course not! And there is an endless number of excellent bets without having to spend a lot of money. These are the best strategy games for PC and Android of this 2023. We hope you like them!

Free strategy games for PC

When you think of strategy games, a PC title immediately comes to mind. In large part this is because this genre always requires the precision of a mouse, accurate turn calculations by the computer and, of course, a quiet environment to spend hours and hours plotting the game.

Since there are hundreds of free strategy games for PC, we have made a varied list so that regardless of your preferences, you will find one that you like.

0 A.D

0 A.D could be considered as the free version of the Microsoft Age of Empires saga. In this one we will take the role of the leader of the civilization we want and we will have to take it to the glory by means of the noble art of war.

0 A.D is a real time strategy game where we will have to explore, build and carefully plan the attacks we make on the enemy side. Besides being a really fun game, 0 A.D has really attractive graphics even though it is a free game.

If you like RTS games like Age of Empires or the classic Warcraft, we recommend that you take a look at this game. You will be surprised.

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Arcane Showdown

Taking the wake of games like Clash Royale or Clash of Clans comes this Arcade Showdown. We do not refer to the game system as such that is displayed on the screen, but to the use of cards with time periods to perform attacks, defenses or strategies that we are going to play.

Arcane Showdown starts from the same basic concept as all of its competitors, that is, defeating the enemy’s base to win the game. This is done through different profiles, see monsters, statues, fantastic creatures, wizards and many spells on screen. Of course, the player gains experience with each game he plays (win or lose) and can use it to level up the cards he has in his deck (and which are the ones he deploys later in the game).

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Battle for Wesnoth

Battle for Wesnoth is a classic among lovers of open source strategy games. This completely free game takes us to a fantasy world where we will have to fight the most exciting turn-based battles you can imagine.

Battle for Wesnoth has a gameplay very similar to titles such as the Fire Emblem saga for consoles. Although its graphics are not very flashy, the title is really fun and allows us to play either alone or against a friend in multiplayer mode.

If you like turn-based strategy and are a fan of fantasy, you can’t miss one of the best free games on this list. You can download Battle for Wesnoth from its official page or, if you wish, by clicking below these lines.

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Builders of Egypt: Prologue

Are you passionate about Ancient Egypt? This historical era has more and more followers every day thanks to the professionals who dedicate themselves to its research. Although it has always aroused interest, we are living a golden age as far as video games based on this period are concerned, and the case of Builders of Egypt: Prologue is a good example.

This strategy game is based on the premise of taking the economy of an Egyptian town to its maximum splendor. This means, therefore, to take into consideration the bureaucracy of the city, as well as the construction of the buildings we want, to profess correctly the religion in which we believe and to establish good commercial contracts with neighboring regions so that everything goes well.

The story of Builders of Egypt: Prologue begins in the Protodynastic period and concludes with the death of Cleopatra VII. Hundreds of years in between to give free rein to our creativity, all in one of the most fun strategy and simulation games that the free to play catalog has right now.

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Epic Arena

Epic Arena is a turn-based strategy game that could be described as a mixture of the Heroes of Might and Magic saga with card battles in the purest Magic: The Gathering style.

The operation of Epic Arena is simple to understand but really difficult to master. In it we will have to fight battles on a 3D board where we will have to defeat the enemy. To do this we will have to select one of the 3 teams (Legion of Chaos, Brotherhood of the Order or Pirates of Tortuga) and unleash our neuronal power to overcome the challenge.

Epic Arena offers in each combat a different objective and troops to defeat. With each successful combat you will win cards and with them, advantages against the enemy. The game has both a single-player mode and the possibility of challenging a partner in multiplayer. You can download the title completely free of charge below these lines.

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Eternal Return

Eternal Return is a free strategy game unlike anything you have seen so far. It combines the MOBA and Battle Royale genre with a strong dose of survival. In it we’ll travel to the island of Lumia, a dark place where they experiment with human beings in search of creating a superior and improved race. Does the approach sound familiar? No wonder, because this is a spiritual successor to the acclaimed Immortal Soul: Black Survival.

Throughout our adventures in Lumia we will have to face other players using a challenging RTS combat as well as search for resources and craft all kinds of tools and weapons to survive. If you are looking for a strategy game unlike anything you have played to date, do not hesitate to give it a try.

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Forge of Empires

Are you hungry for Age of Empires? If the question is yes, surely you know that Microsoft’s title is paid, that is to say, you have no choice but to put up with it and pay for it if you want to get it. What alternative do we have on PC, but it is totally free? Well, the best one, perhaps, is Forge of Empires.

The approach of this video game is based on the same premise as the classic strategy game: we control the chief of a tribe 5000 years before Christ. From here, our decisions will trigger a better or worse future. The more resources and measures, the greater the evolution in time. The idea is, of course, that our capital will make historical leaps until we reach the moment in which we find ourselves. Of course, during this journey we will encounter pandemics, evils, meteorological phenomena of all kinds, invasions by enemy countries and much more. And yes, these battles against other rivals will also have their part of the game.

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Freeciv

Sid Meier’s Civilization is undoubtedly one of the great classics within strategy games for the PC. Freeciv is an open source title inspired by Sid Meier’s saga that will provide the best of the Firaxis title without the need to spend a penny.

Freeciv will make you the leader of the civilization of your choice. Once in command you will be able to build cities, infrastructures, make discoveries and, of course, conquer new territories.

Although Freeciv is a visually quite old-fashioned game, it is really fun and especially recommended for all turn-based strategy lovers. You can download the game free of charge below.

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Goose Goose Duck

Goose Goose Duck is a fun strategy and deduction game, perfect for Among Us lovers. In it you’ll play the role of a member of a brave group of geese in charge of carrying out the most varied and challenging missions. However, while you plot the next move to triumph in the perfect coup, you must keep a close eye on your teammates. And it is that some perfidious duck may have infiltrated the mission to lead it to ruin.

As you can see, Goose Goose Duck’s proposal is simple but highly entertaining. You will have to think like a real strategist as well as analyze your teammates in the purest Sherlock Holmes style. The game can be played either in open or closed multiplayer and only with your friends.

One of the strong points of Goose Goose Duck is that, despite being a free strategy game, it includes an excellent voice chat service. If we add to this a thousand and one options to customize your mallard, fun is guaranteed.

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Hearthstone

Hearthstone is the card strategy game created by Blizzard, the developer of titles such as World of Warcraft, Overwatch or Diablo. This one is perfect for all Magic: The Gathering lovers looking for a similar experience without the need to make your wallet cry.

Hearthstone stands out for being a challenging card game but at the same time very easy to understand. Say goodbye to thousands of rules and start playing like a pro from minute one. In it we will have to create a deck of 30 cards and defeat our opponent. Does it seem simple? Nothing further from the truth!

Like any good card game, Hearthstone confronts your abilities as a strategist with the luck factor. And with its millions of cards, it is very common for your opponent to surprise you with some orc hidden up his sleeve. Highly recommended.

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League of Legends

League of Legends is the MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) of the moment. Created by Riot Games, this hilarious real-time strategy game pits two teams of five players against each other, with only one player left standing.

Set in a beautiful fantasy world, LoL will put our team in check at all times. And it is not surprising that we are facing one of the most popular action games among eSports. League of Legends is based on communication between teams, previous strategy and, of course, having a lot of skill and nerves of steel.

In terms of gameplay, LoL is a game as simple as it is complex. In it, we will have to defeat a variety of enemies to improve our characters and thus have an advantage when it comes to defeating the rival team. Each of the characters in the game has its own personal story, powers and peculiarities, so it is essential that each member of the team knows exactly how to use it. Perfect for all multiplayer game lovers.

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League of Pixels

No one can deny that the name is not already giving a clue, right? Behind League of Pixels is the same format as seen in League of Legends, but in a two-dimensional perspective and with the pixel art aesthetic that is so popular nowadays.

Once again, the MOBA genre is the predominant one in this title, which is based on Riot Games’ product, that is to say, games of 30 minutes maximum where two players must defend their base and destroy the opponent’s. To do so, each player will choose his champion, who will have different abilities (all of them stipulated in keyboard letters) and who can level up during the game. To do this, each player will choose his champion, who will have different abilities (all stipulated in keyboard letters) and who can level up during the game.

Of course, during the game there are also minions, those little soldiers that are launched automatically and that go in the direction of the base. In addition, we also have the upper and lower lanes, in the purest League of Legends style. They don’t say it’s based on it, but it wouldn’t hurt to confirm it, given what we’ve seen.

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Marvel Snap

Do you like Gwent, do you enjoy the Marvel universe like crazy? You’ll love Marvel Snap! This challenging card game brings back the most emblematic superheroes and supervillains of the franchise to bring you one of the best card games of 2023.

Taking clear influences from the veteran Hearthstone or Magic, Marvel Snap renews the genre of collectible card games with novel ideas and providing it with strong doses of strategy and emotion. Its games, like Thanos Snap, are fast, fast-paced and devastating. On top of that and unlike many other F2P games, Marvel Snap never crosses the pay-to-win threshold. In fact, Marvel Snap offers new cards and rewards on a daily basis so you won’t be tempted to spend a bundle.

Marvel Snap is a clear example of how a good game should be made with such a popular license as this well-known superhero franchise. Whether you are a lover of card games, strategy or simply passionate about the Marvel Universe, you will love it.

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Neptune’s Pride 2

Neptune’s Pride 2 is an excellent option if you are looking for a good real-time multiplayer game. This one will make you the captain of your own space fleet and your objective will be to explore and of course conquer the entire galaxy.

If we talk about its gameplay, Neptune’s Pride 2 stands out for being a game with a very low learning curve. This means that you don’t have to spend hours studying complex game systems just to enjoy a few minutes. In it we can explore, research technologies, build ships, create trade routes and, of course, subdue our rivals.

Being an online multiplayer game, Neptune’s Pride 2 is an excellent option to play with friends from around the world. You can play Neptune’s Pride 2 without downloading anything by clicking here.

Open RA

When you get older and older, you run the risk that many cultural products that you enjoyed as a child are ostracized. They are those sagas that worked in their time and now no longer do, either because their time has passed or because they do not know how to adapt to these times. In this last block we have, for example, Command & Conquer.

Created by Westwood Studios and currently owned by Electronic Arts, the franchise passed to a better life at the end of 2013, with a timid approach in 2018 for cell phones and an expected remastering for this 2020. However, and as you can see, this is far from the potential that the brand can give. And that’s where Open RA comes in.

Behind this name hides an open source game that is identical to the original Command & Conquer, that is, the one from the early years. The best thing is not only that it takes its programming lines and makes them available to everyone, but also that it is constantly updated by the official team. A real luxury to go almost three decades back in time.

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Open Transport Tycoon

Open Transport Tycoon, or better known as OpenTTD, is an open source videogame that takes as a reference Transport Tycoon Deluxe, a 1995 title. Simulation and strategy are the predominant features in this videogame where we have to control the transport routes of cities and towns so that they don’t go to hell.

It should be noted that Open Transport Tycoon is based on the premise of creating a city from scratch and giving it shape. However, the core, that is to say, the strong point, is managing the city’s communication routes, from the train stations and their convoys to the highways, maritime transport or even airports. A fantastic city manager where strategy does everything.

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StarCraft II

If you have been playing strategy games for years, you surely know the StarCraft saga by heart. This one offers challenging intergalactic battles as an RTS (Real Time Strategy) in the purest Command and Conquer style.

Choose between the Terran, Zerg or Protross team and enjoy one of the best competitive multiplayer games of the moment. Although StarCraft II is a paid game, its arcade version is completely free. It offers some of the missions of its campaign mode as well as all the multiplayer maps created by users. Among them you will find gameplay of all kinds, from the classic battle to defeat the opponent to a fun tower defense game.

The free version of StarCraft II is an essential download for all lovers of science fiction and, especially, of real-time strategy. There is no better way to experience this genre than with one of the games that made it fashionable. In order to play StarCraft II you will need a Battle.net account (don’t worry, it’s free and you can get yours by clicking here) and of course, download the game client below.

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Starfall Online

If there is something that characterizes strategy and simulation in videogames, it is because it either takes you to an ancient period or puts you in a fantasy world. Why not use space as a backdrop? That was the question that was asked, almost certainly, in Starfall Online, a game that invites us to build our space fleet and join an incredible battle in outer space.

The game mechanics of this title is again the usual strategy, but in another contextual section. We have to build a space fleet, so we need to improve our technology, strengthen the construction of the ships and manage the resources we have well. From here, enters the military point, that where we must deploy the fleet well to defeat the enemy through guerrilla tactics or other more elaborate (as in any self-respecting RTS). By the way, a curiosity: the game incorporates some physical concepts at the level of ballistics applied to space. It makes a curious hodgepodge, but we think it fits if you suspend disbelief.

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Stronghold Kingdoms

Stronghold Kingdoms is a perfect free option for those who love the creation of cities and empires. In it we will start in a region with a few workers at our command and our goal will be to conquer the entire map.

Stronghold Kingdoms has a gameplay reminiscent of a mix between Sid Meier’s Civilization and Clash of Clans. In each game we will have to explore, loot villages, create cities and of course, eliminate all enemies found on the map.

As with any good strategy game, the magic of Stronghold Kingdoms lies in knowing how to manage your time and deciding the best moment to send your troops to explore or eliminate enemies, keeping in mind that your cities will be defenseless in your absence!

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Teamfight Tactics

Riot Games is a giant. When it created League of Legends more than a decade ago, few thought that this would be the basis for an entire video game ecosystem that is becoming increasingly important. And this is where Teamfight Tactics comes in.

In this video game, which is available both for PC and now for cell phones, players choose a wide variety of champions from the League of Legends itself. Once the selection is made, the rest is nothing more than deploying them correctly on a map and moving them as if they were chess pieces (in fact, the genre is called auto chess). Each one has its skills, its moves and its characteristics. A different concept of strategy, but it is present.

Obviously, if you have played League of Legends you will know a lot about this game. However, you can always learn a little more about the game’s universe if you’ve never played the game before.

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Total War Battles Kingdom

It is one of the most famous franchises in the strategy world… and it also has a free to play version! Total War is famous among fans of the RTS genre. Generally, its videogames are always paid and composed of several expansions, but the saga has also made its incursions into the free-to-play field. It happened with Total War Arena, an installment that ended up closing its servers at the beginning of 2019, and also with Total War Battles Kingdom, the title we are going to talk about now.

Released in 2016, this installment is characterized by the low requirements it asks for the PC, that is, even the oldest computers will be able to run it without any problem. From here, the rest is something we have already seen before in Total War video games: build our empire through farms, quarries, blacksmiths and all the classic buildings. That done, it’s time to make decisions, both political and military.

On the first point we will be judged as good bureaucrats, but the management of the first point will later influence the battlefield. There is no point in being a good military strategist if in the first section we are a disaster. Both go hand in hand and in this Total War is reflected again. And one last thing! The title is not only available for PC, but also for Android and iOS (and you can play wherever you want, as all platforms are interconnected). No one is left without Total War.

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Warzone 2100

Warzone 2100 is a futuristic strategy game in which we will have to rebuild a world completely destroyed by a nuclear war. It is likely that its name is familiar to you, since this title appeared in 1999 for both Windows and PlayStation and was recently released in open source.

Warzone 2100 is a good title if you like futuristic RTS with military strategy elements. It offers two challenging game modes, one in solitaire where we’ll confront an AI and another multiplayer where we’ll be able to compete with our friends. Of course, it is not a simple game and you will have to spend a lot of time to explore its more than 400 technologies and its city design system.

If you want to take a look at Warzone 2100, don’t think twice and download it right now below these lines.

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War Selection

Pure and hard strategy. That is what War Selection offers us, a videogame set in a pseudo-historical period in which we must build a base, obtain material resources to build troops and buildings and participate in military battles and fights of various kinds (each one weirder than the last).

In total, the game allows up to 62 players simultaneously, a feat that speaks well of the ambition of this project. In addition, it does so on a completely randomized map so that no one has an advantage. Of course, each user will be able to choose the culture that interests him, always starting from the Stone Age of the same (very similar to the concept of Civilization or Age of Empires, without going any further).

War Selection has more than 100 constructions and more than 200 types of units (including naval and infantry modes). In addition, it has up to five different game modes, so that it doesn’t become tiresome: survival, all against all, team game, armageddon and team armageddon. As a good strategy game, the rest is up to you.

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Free strategy games for Android

With the rise of cell phones, hundreds of new games appear daily on the Google Play Store. If you are looking for a good free strategy game… why not try one of our recommendations?

Clash of Clans

Clash of Clans is undoubtedly one of the most popular and downloaded free strategy games for Android. It offers a fun mix of city building and epic battles to destroy rival clans.

Clash of Clans works in a simple but challenging way. In it we will take the role of the leader of a clan and little by little we will have to build our settlement. We will be able to get improvements as time goes by and also by fulfilling challenges or being victorious in the so-called Clan Games.

In addition to being able to build our own city, Clash of Clans also allows us to engage in battles and duels against rival clans. This will level up our troops and gradually make us more powerful. Would you like to try it?

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Forge of Empires

Forge of Empires is a fun and complex strategy game for Android that lets you lead an empire from the Stone Age to the present day.

In a similar way to Sid Meier’s Civilization, in Forge of Empires we will be able to build a city from its foundations, explore its environment and develop new technologies. As we advance in the game we will be able to trade with other civilizations, take control of provinces and of course, face our rivals in the battlefields.

Forge of Empires is a really complete game with attractive graphics, highly recommended for lovers of history and classic strategy. You can download the game completely free of charge below these lines.

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Plants vs Zombies

Plants vs Zombies is a fun strategy game for Android where you must protect your garden from a group of hungry zombies.

If you are looking for a casual strategy game to pass the time during your commute to work, look no further because Plants vs Zombies is perfect for you. Its operation is as simple as selecting the right type of plant with which we can stop the hordes of zombies that come to invade our house.

Like any good casual game, the charm of Plants vs Zombies lies in the speed of its games. In them we will have to carefully select the plants that can stop the advance of the zombies to our home. Ideal for killing time.

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Ships of Battle: Age of Pirates

A good pirate and buccaneer game could not be missing in any list of strategy games. Ships of Battle: Age of Pirates is an excellent free game in which you take on the role of a former member of Blackbeard’s fleet and set sail in search of treasures all over the Caribbean.

In Ships of Battles you can create your own pirate empire, destroy all kinds of trade routes and even take part in the most bloody naval battles. To do this we will have a combat system very similar to Sid Meier’s Pirates, where we will have to move our ship as well as shoot our cannons.

Ships of Battle: Age of Pirates is a fun and refreshing game, perfect for fans of pirate stories and hidden treasures, and it’s free! It’s not too late to download it.

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The Battle of Polytopia

The Battle of Polytopia is a fun real-time strategy game in which we will have to choose our own tribe and take it to the top by annihilating neighboring civilizations.

With grid graphics reminiscent of Minecraft, The Battle of Polytopia offers the best of RTS games at your fingertips. In it we have to start a civilization from scratch, get resources, build cities and with them, an army to protect it. As you level up your city you will be able to research new technologies to travel the high seas or build all kinds of weapons to defeat your rival.

The Battle of Polytopia is a game in appearance simple but really complex and with many possibilities. If you are a lover of the Age of Empires or Civilization saga, we highly recommend it.

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The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land

The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land is an adventure and strategy game based on the popular AMC television series. This free title mixes elements of both RPG and strategy where we will have to get resources, protect and improve our characters and, of course, survive.

The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land is really simple to play. During our games we will have to explore different places in search of resources, survivors and heroes for our team. The game incorporates missions, challenges and a story element to keep the player always hooked. As for the combats, these are carried out through a challenging turn-based system with which we will have to think very well to survive each of the maps.

Whether you like strategy games or you are a TWD fan, this is a very good free game.

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Enjoy the best free strategy games

As you can see, playing a good strategy video game is not incompatible with its price. We hope you liked our selection of free games for both PC and Android. And remember, if you found this article useful, don’t forget to share it with your friends on social networks.

How to change the name of your cell phone, Bluetooth and WiFi

When we buy a new cell phone, whether Android or iPhone, its default name is usually generic and not very intuitive. In principle, this is not a problem, although it does make some basic tasks difficult, such as connecting to a device via Bluetooth. The same happens with our router. In order to connect to our own Wi-Fi network, we usually have to first write down its name and then recognize it. Wouldn’t it be much easier to give it the name we want?

In today’s article we are going to show you how to change the name of your cell phone, Bluetooth and WiFi router quickly and easily. You will see that the process is very simple and in a few seconds you will be able to recognize and have your devices recognized without the need to have their name written down. Here we go!

How to change the name of your Android phone

Depending on your phone model or operating system, changing the name of your Android phone may be somewhat different. However, the process will still be quite simple and similar. Just follow these steps:

  1. Go to Settings>General>About phone
  2. Click on the “Edit” button next to the name of your cell phone
  3. Change the name and click “Done”.
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How to change the name of your iPhone

If you are an iOS device user, the process is just as simple. Keep in mind that changing the name of your iPhone is very beneficial, as it will not only be much easier to recognize it but also to find it through its Find my iPhone application.

Unlike an Android device, the process to change the name of your iPhone is the same regardless of the model you have. All you have to do is follow these steps:

  1. Click on Settings followed by General (it is the gear icon).
  2. Select the “Information” option
  3. Click on the “Name” option and rename your device.
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How to change the Bluetooth name on Android

With the rise of wireless connections, it is very common – and useful – to change the Bluetooth name of your Android phone. This allows you to locate your device much faster and prevents you from making a mistake when connecting to it or sending any type of file.

As with renaming your smartphone, the steps to follow to change the name of your Bluetooth may be different depending on your phone model or the version of Android you have installed. However, the process will be very similar so follow them without any problem.

  1. Go to your device’s Settings (gear icon).
  2. Click on the “Bluetooth” icon
  3. Select the three dots icon in the upper right corner
  4. Choose the option “Rename device”.

Some cell phones such as the latest Samsung models use by default the name of your device. Therefore, to change the name of your Bluetooth we recommend that you follow the steps in the previous point.

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How to change the Bluetooth name on iPhone

On an iPhone, the Bluetooth name is completely linked to the device name. That is why to change the name of your Bluetooth you will need to change the name of your smartphone. To do so, follow these steps:

  1. Go to your iPhone Settings
  2. Click on General
  3. Select the Information option
  4. Click on the name of your device to change it.
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How to change the name of your WiFi network

Changing the name of your WiFi network is a much more complicated process than the previous ones because each of the steps depends largely on the router being used. However, don’t worry, we are going to guide you step by step through the whole process to make it as easy as possible.

First you will need to access your router via its IP address. To do this, open your browser and type 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1. After that, you will need to enter the network password. If you don’t know it, we recommend that you try “admin” in both the username and password fields. You can also choose to follow our tutorial to view your WiFi password using Windows 10.

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Once you are inside, each interface is again totally different from each other. However, there are several patterns of behavior in common. To change the name, click on the “WiFi” tab and look for a box called “Network name”. Here you should enter the name you want your WiFi network to appear. It’s as simple as that!

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Why it is important to change your WiFi name

The answer is very simple: for your security. When we contract Internet and receive a router from our operator we will see that it has a name and a default password. The latter is generated by algorithms that usually end up being discovered and leaked by hackers and malicious users. But… How can changing the name of your WiFi protect you from them?

Hackers use applications capable of generating passwords with the same algorithm as Internet operators. With these programs they are able to know your password instantly and therefore, their main victims are all those people who have not changed their network password. The easiest way to find out which user has made this change is to look at the name of their WiFi network. If it is the default, hackers know that the user has not changed their password and will become their main target. This is why it is more than advisable to change the name of your network.

Would you like to protect yourself even more? Change your router password. The process is very simple and in just a few seconds you will ensure that no malicious user will be able to access your network.

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How much does a name change cost?

No, it costs absolutely no money at all. When you see that someone wants to charge you money to change the name of your smartphone, be careful because it is a scam. Changing the name of your device is a hassle-free and/or effortless action, as you have seen.

Can the name be changed as many times as you want?

That’s right, there is no name change limit as if it were the lives of a video game. If you want to change the title with which your smartphone will be seen, you just have to perform the steps mentioned above. Easy, isn’t it?

Can I change the WiFi name from my smartphone?

The answer is again “yes”. However, we would like to point out one “but”. To access the WiFi from a smartphone you only have to type the IP in the mobile browser, i.e. no different from the PC. However, there are devices that are not able to perform this task, so you have to test and see if yours is compatible with everything.

Direct and effective

As you can see, modifying the name on your Android and iOS devices is very simple, straightforward, direct and, why not, effective. Think that this way you can name your terminal the way you like, which makes it easier for them to find you. Our recommendation is that you make this name change as soon as you take the device out of the box; oh, and an important detail: don’t even think of using the same name as your password.

We hope this article has helped you to change the name of your smartphone, Bluetooth and WiFi. And remember, if you liked what you read, don’t forget to share it with your friends on social networks.

Improve your Android phone’s battery life with this tweak

Battery life is one of the most important features of Android devices. The better the device’s battery usage, the longer it is possible to use the device without having to charge it.

Battery and power usage depends on several factors. The battery that is included in the device plays a key role, but so do other factors, for example: installed applications, screen brightness, or use. Playing Android games on full brightness drains battery faster than listening to Spotify in the background.

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A simple change in the Settings may improve battery significantly on Android. Lowering brightness, for example, improves battery significantly.

There is another feature that Android users may activate to improve battery life on their devices: data saving.

Did you know that some apps use more data than others?

The purpose of Data Saving on Android

Data saving, also called data saver by some manufacturers, restricts mobile background data use on Android. Applications may act in the background when they run on Android; this is desired in some cases. Mail and messaging apps may check for new messages, and music apps may continue to play music.

Google separates mobile data from Wi-Fi data.

Background data activity costs power on the other hand, and may not be desirable for all applications. Good news is that it is relatively easy to resolve.

Android includes options to enable data saver in the preferences. Once activated, apps can’t use mobile background data anymore, unless allowed by the user. Power use drops as a consequence, so that the device may be used for longer periods without charging.

The feature blocks mobile data access only. When the device is connected to a wireless hotspot, background data continues to be used by apps.

Enable Data Saver on Android

Data Saver on Samsung devices

Background data saving is not enabled by default. All Android devices support the feature and it is easy to activate.

  1. Open the Settings on the Android device.
  2. The next step depends on the manufacturer:
    • On Samsung devices, select Connections > Data usage.
    • On stock Android devices, like those made by Google, select Network and Internet > Data Saver.
  3. Activate Data Saver so that it is set to the On state.

Setting the feature to on prevents Android apps from using data while in the background. While that is desirable for most apps, some apps may not function properly without background data access.

Android includes an option to exclude those apps from the restriction. Here is how that is done:

  1. Go back to the Data Saver preference in Settings.
    1. On Samsung devices, select “Allowed to use data while Data saver is on”.
    2. On Google Pixel and other stock Android devices, select “Unrestricted data”.

The list of installed apps is displayed on the next page. Select the apps that may use background data.

Note that you may come back to the setting at any time to add more apps to the list of exclusions or remove them again.

Enabling data saver on Android devices may improve battery life, but it also may have an effect on bandwidth usage. Android devices with data plans benefit from this setting as well, as it reduces data usages while using mobile data.

All the best Space wallpapers

These five sites have all the best space wallpapers you can download for free. Check them out now.

This week at Softonic HQ we’re concentrating on bringing you fantastic wallpapers for your Windows PC or Apple Mac, and also all the best places to find them.  If you’re looking for cool desktop backgrounds including scenes and images from your favorite video games, the biggest sporting events around the world, the latest movies, and hip minimalist pictures we have you covered. Today though, we’re covering wallpapers and backgrounds from space. We don’t mean they’ve come from space; we mean desktop wallpapers of all things space related. We’ve got to say, some of these are incredible!

With these Space wallpapers we’re going to do things a little differently. Rather than highlighting particular images we like such as famous nebulas, supernovas, black holes, spiral galaxies, and planets like Saturn and Jupiter; we’re going to concentrate on where to find them all. Let’s go.

HD and 4K Space Wallpapers

Wallpaper Access

As you’ve probably guessed from the name of this website, it doesn’t specialize in space-related matters. Clearly, what Wallpaper Access specializes in are wallpapers and backgrounds. That doesn’t mean though, that the space images you find here won’t be special. On the contrary, Wallpaper Access is a great place to go find a huge collection of ultra-high-resolution space images that you can use as the background on your PC or Mac. In particular, the 4K Space Wallpapers collection is fantastic, with 69 breathtaking scenes both of outer space and views from outer space looking back to earth.

Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Telescope is one of the most iconic human machines ever built. Thanks to its earth orbiting platform, the Hubble has been able to capture some of the most incredible scenes of space the human race has ever laid eyes on. If you have a particular image of outer space stuck in your mind, chances are it was taken by the Hubble. By going to straight to the source of those space images here, you’ll be able to get your hands on space images with ridiculously epic titles like A rose made of galaxiesThe pillars of creation, and Galactic wreckage. What’s also great about the Hubble website is that it gives you free access to the full size original image meaning you won’t have to compromise on quality, if you don’t want to, and you’ll also get interesting explanations about all the images written by teams that captured them. If you’re looking for HD space wallpapers of the Milky Way, Orion’s Belt, our Solar System and beyond; this is the place to start your search.

Unsplash

Unsplash might just be the coolest stock photography library on the internet. It has thousands, if not millions of fantastic images, which have all been uploaded by the artist or photographer behind them. What’s even better about Unsplash is that all the images are available for free. As you’d expect from such a site, Unsplash has a fantastic section on space images that has many great space scenes and vistas that would be perfect as your wallpaper.

Space.com

Space.com describes itself as, “the premier source of space exploration, innovation, and astronomy news, chronicling (and celebrating) humanity’s ongoing expansion across the final frontier.”  Sounds cool, doesn’t it! As you’d rightly imagine, all that makes space.com the perfect place to find some truly awe-inspiring space-related backgrounds. Also, just like with at the Hubble website you’ll not just get the images to use as your background, you’ll also learn about what is going in the images and how they were taken. If you’re looking for something a little deeper than merely an image that looks cool, this is the place to go.

NASA

Our final source of amazing space-related wallpapers is NASA. As you’d expect from the most famous space agency on the planet, NASA has a huge library of space images. These include photos captured by telescopes on earth and in orbit, photos of cool equipment such as radio telescopes, mission mockup images like those of the famous Curiosity Rover, historic mission photos, and much much more. If you want backgrounds with space shuttles and International Space Station missions, this is the site you’re looking for.

Out of all the sites we’ve brought you today, the NASA website is our favorite because on top of offering you some fantastic images that will make great backgrounds, being a fantastic place to learn about space, and doing all of that for free; many of the images on the NASA site will make you feel emotional as you’ll recognize them. You might know who the person is in the image, what the shot is of, or even just feel an emotional attachment for the robot you’re looking at. NASA is a huge part of our global culture these days and that really gives the desktop wallpapers you’ll find here a lot more weight.

Wrapping up

We’ve shown you five great places to source all the best space wallpapers available on the web. If you’re a big space fan, you’ll definitely find the wallpaper you’re looking for on one of the five sites above. In fact, you’ll find a lot more than just backgrounds on three of the sites meaning it all depends just how deep you want to go. You might log on to the Hubble or NASA websites simply looking for a new background for your PC and emerge hours later having ended up researching anything from the composition of moon rocks to the age of the oldest and youngest galaxies. That’s just it with space though, the possibilities are endless.

7 tricks to use Microsoft Office free, without paying a cent

Ever wondered how to use Microsoft Office for free? Get instant access to several Microsoft Office versions without paying a cent. Learn how to do it here!

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Office for free? You want it, right? Microsoft Office remains the top dog of office apps. As good as the apps are, however, we understand that not everybody can afford to pay for them. We’ve covered here the best free Office alternatives, like Google Docs and LibreOffice, but we also know that some of you might want the real version of Office. Don’t worry though, Softonic has your back: put that credit card away (except for number 5) because here are 7 ways to get free access to the Microsoft Office suite on Windows and Mac.

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7 tricks to get access to free Microsoft Office

1. Use Microsoft Office Online

Little by little, Microsoft has been growing the number of Office apps that you can use for free online. You’ve got Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Sway, Email, Contacts, Calendar, OneDrive and Docs.com all without the need to install Office on your hard drive. If you have a Microsoft account and a reliable internet connection, you can use these free office programs on a Windows PC, Apple Mac, or Linux using web browsers like Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Microsoft Office Online programs even offer some cool and unique features like real-time Skype chats while collaborating on documents with friends or colleagues.

Try out Microsoft Office online here, choose the app you want to use, and log into your Microsoft account. You’ll also find Office Online in the Products menu over at office.com.

You won’t get all the Office 365 features with Microsoft Office Online, but you will at least be able to edit documents

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2. Use mobile apps

The Mobile office apps work just like the online versions we’ve already mentioned. The difference is that they’ve been optimized for mobile devices.

Here we’ve listed the available Microsoft Office mobile apps, which are available for free on Android:

Word

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Excel

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PowerPoint

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OneDrive Cloud Storage

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Outlook

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OneNote

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SharePoint

For iPhone and iPad, it’s more difficult to list the mobile Office applications as there are different versions for both Apple devices. You can find the list of all Office apps for Apple devices, including those for the new iPad Pro, on Microsoft’s iTunes listing.

Again though, don’t expect the full Office 365 experience, but this free version of Office will allow you to do basic editing.

If you want to get Office 365, you’ll have to try one of the following methods.

3. Get Office from your school

If you’re a student or teacher, you may be entitled to an Office 365 education subscription. Enter your school email address hereYou’ll get Office software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive storage among other tools, totally free. If your school isn’t registered, let them know what they’re entitled to ASAP!

4. Persuade your boss

Huh? What kind of company doesn’t have Microsoft Office 365? If yours doesn’t, it could be time for you to step up. You’ll have to sell it though, and go through the numerous Office 365 options available and the benefits they’ll bring to the business. The important thing is that your company will foot the bill!

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5. Sign up for a free month trial of Office 365

Try out the Office 365 Home version. You’ll have a 1 month trial to experiment with the Office 365 personal package that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook… Also, the trial gives you access to 1TB of cloud storage on OneDrive.

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Keep in mind, however, that to download the trial, you’ll have to enter a current debit or credit card number. When your one-month trial ends, you’ll automatically be charged for an Office 365 subscription so make sure you don’t forget to deactivate your account before the trial ends.

6. Sign up for a free trial of Office 365 ProPlus

Have you already finished your one-month free Office 365 personal trial? What about 30 MORE days? Well, here you go. Sign up here for Office 365 ProPlus. You’ll have to sign up for the Evaluation Center, but in our final trick, we’ll go into this in a little more detail.

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7. Try your luck with the TechNet Evaluation Center

Microsoft likes having users try out their products’ new features before officially launching them and this includes everything from DocX Word documents to Microsoft’s latest and greatest software innovations. This allows the software giant to resolve any software issues and problems, before they’re rolled out to all users.

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This is where Microsoft’s TechNet Evaluation Center comes into play. If you sign up, you can get free access to the products Microsoft needs testing. This usually means you’ll get to try them for 30-60 days. Sometimes, you might even cross paths with Office, like with the trial for the ProPlus version we just told you about.

Remember though, that the versions you’ll find in the Evaluation Center are still rough around the edges. You should expect all sorts of surprises!

What if you’ve used up all these options?

What happens if you’ve already used up all your free trials? Then you’ve got no choice but to buy Office (unless you’re satisfied with the online and mobile versions). Our personal recommendation is Office 365 Personal, which costs $69.99 a year or $6.99 a month.

If you don’t want to invest in the office package, don’t worry because there are other options out there! Try out these free alternatives to Microsoft Office and you won’t be disappointed.

The Best Fun Android Games to Cheer You Up

Everyone’s had that kind of bad day that leaves you feeling totally sapped of energy. Maybe you had an intense workday or an argument with your best friend. You might have been dumped by your girlfriend, or maybe it was just one of those days when nothing worked out the way you’d expected.

In these situations, there are only two solutions: you can crawl into bed and hope tomorrow will be a better day, or you can do whatever it takes to cheer yourself up and let go of the negativity. Unfortunately, the second solution is easier said than done, but there are some little tricks that can help. There are Android mobile apps for everything under the sun… why wouldn’t there be one capable of boosting your mood?

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If you’re a fan of video games, you’ll be pleased to know that Google Play is full of fun titles that will not only entertain you, but also brighten your day. If you find that hard to believe, why not download them all and see for yourself?

A Good Snowman is Hard to Build

A Good Snowman is Hard to Build is an adorable puzzle game where you’ll play an endearing monster on a quest to build snowmen. It will have you rolling snowballs until they’re the perfect size and stacking them in just the right way. While the concept of A Good Snowman is Hard to Build isn’t new, the production is as original as can be.

Each puzzle can be completed at your own pace, while enjoying the relaxing soundtrack, and you can always interact with your surroundings. Tired of stacking snowballs? Sit on a bench and relax while admiring the graphics! A Good Snowman is Hard to Build is the perfect game to cheer you up or help you unwind after a hard day at work. If you don’t believe us, find out for yourself by downloading this video game quickly and easily below.

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BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!

BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! is a fun rhythm game where you’ll be the leader of your own J-Pop band. Featuring colorful graphics in a style clearly intended for anime fans, BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! is a title that’s sure to raise a few smiles. You’ll have a choice of five bands to lead and more than 160 songs to perform with them.

Besides original songs, there are cover songs from anime and even famous J-Pop bands. But that’s not all. You can even interact with the girls in the band and start some beautiful friendships. If you’re the competitive sort, you’ll be pleased to know that BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! has a multiplayer mode you can use to challenge your friends and find out who’s got the most rhythm. Interested? You can download the game below – it’s completely free.

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Blocky Roads

Blocky Roads is a cute race car game where you’ll play a farmer on a mission to put his farm back together. You’ll create your own vehicle in true LEGO style and zip around tracks at high speed while collecting all the missing parts of your farm, which was ripped apart by a tornado.

This game is colorful, cheerful, and reminiscent of the classic Minecraft. One of the advantages of Blocky Roads is that it’s highly customizable. You can create your own farmer, car, and even farm. In fact, you can even feed your adorable animals. What are you waiting for? It’s completely free, so check it out! You can download Blocky Roads quickly and safely below.

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Cut the Rope 2

Cut the Rope 2 has all the ingredients you need to turn your frown upside down! This colorful title is easy to understand, with an adorable protagonist that’s really funny too. This game is so popular that you probably already know the rules of Cut the Rope.

In each game, you have to complete a physics-based puzzle where the goal is to cut the rope and feed Om Nom some delicious candy. It may seem easy at first, but as you advance to higher levels, you’ll have to get creative. We promise that seeing Om Nom happily munching on candy will cheer you up in no time. You can download Cut the Rope 2 quickly and safely below.

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Dumb Ways to Draw

Dumb Ways to Draw is a great way to stop making excuses and finally get into drawing. In this adorable game, you’ll save the lives of some funny beans by drawing lines with your finger. Dumb Ways to Draw is a puzzle and strategy game that combines cute graphics with complicated levels.

In it, you have to use a magical pencil (or any other utensil you find) to sketch lines that the beans will use to reach safety. Help an astronaut bean reach its rocket, a Nordic bean recover its moose, or a baby bean reach its balloon. As you play, the levels will get harder, and you’ll unlock legendary pencils with hidden powers. It’s very fun and an excellent way to boost your mood on a rainy day.

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Fast like a Fox

Fast like a Fox is a mobile platform game unlike anything you have played until now. You’ll embody a funny fox who’s in an incredible rush to recover the stolen treasures of the Golden Fox tribe. Fast like a Fox has simple yet stunning graphics that do a perfect job of emulating the fox’s frenetic speed. And what makes Fast like a Fox special is precisely how you control your furry friend.

You can make your fox run by tapping the back of your phone and jump by touching the display. It may seem easy at first, but using both controls smoothly while your fox runs is quite a challenge. It’s perfect if you’re looking for a fun, fresh platform game. You can download Fast like a Fox quickly and safely below.

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Hidden Folks

If you’ve always loved the books in the Where’s Waldo? series, you’ll adore Hidden Folks. This eye-catching app features stunning, hand-drawn scenes where you have to hunt for objects and characters. Best of all, every scene is fully animated, and you’ll be surprised by the fun animations that pop up everywhere you tap.

The game offers a choice of modes, including sepia, color, and one for playing at night. Hidden Folks is a relaxing game that still manages to be challenging and incredibly fun. What are you waiting for? You can download it quickly and safely below.

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Silly Walks

Silly Walks is an incredibly fun video game that, as the name suggests, is anything but serious. With colorful graphics, and very similar to the Katamari Damacy or Wattam sagas, Silly Walks will have you playing as Pineapple, Cupcake, Hotdog or Noodles on an epic quest to save their friends from the evil Blender.

The world of Silly Walks is both adorable and hilarious, because all the characters and enemies are funny and terribly cute. If you’re looking for a good adventure game that’s sure to make you laugh, download it today!

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Super Monkey Ball: Sakura Edition

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The cutest monkeys from SEGA have reached all Android phones, ready to raise some smiles while spreading color and a lot of madness.  Join AiAi, MeeMee, Baby and GonGon on an adventure through six different worlds where they roll around in search of bananas.

Aside from the classic Super Monkey Ball mode, the Android version has four fun mini-games: Monkey Target, Monkey Golf, Monkey Bowl, and Monkey Base. Because being inside a ball won’t stop these monkeys from playing all they can on your display. It’s perfect for anyone who’s looking for a fast, fun, challenging game to help them forget a tedious day at work. You can download Super Monkey Ball: Sakura Edition quickly and safely below.

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VOEZ

Our final pick is VOEZ, a relaxing rhythm game that’s sure to make manga and anime fans smile. It combines stunning illustrations with addictive gameplay and a fun plot following the lives and dreams of a group of young friends.

VOEZ is a free-to-play rhythm game, and every month you can access new songs and new musical challenges. What’s more, the game lets you register as a user and compete with your friends to find out who has the most rhythm. If you like rhythm games with unforgettable tracks, be sure to check it out! You can download VOEZ completely free below.

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We hope our roundup of games for Android has brightened your day! Are there any games you’d like to add to our list? Feel free to share them in the comments section!