The Best Media Streaming Apps for Your Android
Skip the USB sync and keep your SD card clean. Streaming music and video to your Android is possible—from the web, from your living room, or any computer. Here are the apps to make it happen.
For the flip side of the mobile OS scene, check out the best media streaming apps for iOS.
Google Maps 5.0 Blows Other Maps Out of the Water with 3D Compass Mode and Offline Navigation
Android: Google Maps on Android has always been great, but today’s update brings it to a new level of awesome, adding 3D maps, compass mode, and offline caching so you can get anywhere you need to go—even without internet.
Android: Google Maps on Android has always been great, but today’s update brings it to a new level of awesome, adding 3D maps, compass mode, and offline caching so you can get anywhere you need to go—even without internet.
Most Popular Linux Downloads and Posts of 2010
Most Popular Linux Downloads and Posts of 2010
It may not be the most popular operating system around, but we still love Linux around these parts (and we know you do too). Here are some of our favorite Linux downloads and posts from the past year.
Lifehacker Pack for Linux: Our List of the Best Linux Downloads

Linux hasn’t always had the best rep as far as ease of use, but us Linux fans at Lifehacker wanted to prove the naysayers wrong by including Linux in this year’s round of Lifehacker packs. We rounded up some of the best Linux apps for getting things done and making your desktop great.
Turn Your Android Phone Into a Windows Phone 7 with this Metro UI Launcher

Love the Android operating system but envious of Windows Phone 7 and its Metro UI? Can’t say we feel the same, but just in case you fall into that category you are in luck. Windows Phone Android is a new launcher application that will transform your handset’s UI into the operating system you never wanted, right down to the Internet Explorer tile icon. It is currently available in the Android Market, though consider it in the early stages of development. Check out the video below and decide if it’s worth your $2.99.


