Mockup generators for Google devices

The shiny new Android 11 is still hot, but light on substantial features. So, even if you’re stuck with an earlier system version you can’t update, these workarounds will provide similar functionality on older devices. In most cases, the trick is to install a few specific apps.

Did I mention the shiny new Android 11? It comes with one of the most elaborate “Easter Eggs”, those hidden features or apps Google engineers implement for fun. The Android 11 Easter Egg is a game, learn here how to play it.

Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are web apps that are still relatively new and little known. This list describes 10 useful things to know about how PWAs work and how to use them on your Chromebook.

Did you use Inbox by Gmail? I did and loved it.

After the demise of Inbox, Google added some of its features to Gmail. This, along with tweaking Gmail’s settings a bit, helps you get most of the Inbox advanced sorting functionality. This guide tells what to do.

Are you researching the alternatives to a product you’d like to get?

This very simple but effective trick lets you do this kind of market research in support to, for example, comparison shopping. It relies on Google search autocompletion and returns a list of the major alternatives to the product you’re interested in.

The arXiv eXplorer app is an Android client for arXiv.org, the most prominent archive of science paper preprints and content published to open-access journals. The app lets you browse and search the archive, view the abstracts, and read the papers. Most papers are legible in landscape mode even on a phone. arXix eXplorer features a simple and clean user interface.

Now, if you excuse me, I’m going to check the latest papers on the Venus phosphine saga.

What is a mockup generator? A tool for combining product screenshots with frames of mobile or desktop devices to create promotional images. I maintain this list of mockup generators that provide a good selection of frames for devices in the Google ecosystem, such as Android phones and tablets, Chromebooks, or Chrome frames.