Android, the popular mobile phone OS, is essentially just Linux with a nice user interface layer covering it all up. In theory, it should be able to do anything a normal computer running Linux coul… ...

Do you have an old Android phone or tablet lying around? Have you wanted to put it to use beyond recycling? Why not turn it into a server! Here are simple apps and instructions on how to turn your ...

If getting more from your Android phone is your thing, perhaps you’d like to know about installing Busybox on it. We’ve also advocated for using old Android phones for ARM dev.

If you have a need to secure shell into your Android device, there are plenty of tools available. One of the easiest is SimpleSSH. Here's how to install and use this handy app.

If you happen to have an old Android phone sitting around collecting dust, XDA TV shows off one potentially cool use for it: a completely portable web server you can store and serve up data from ...

The service is called BlueBubbles, an open-source initiative that acts as a server on your Mac to intercept your iMessages and route them to a connected client app. Curious? Here’s how I did it.

Apple Maps may be the next Apple service to work on Android, at least partially. The web client now works on mobile browsers.

FTP servers allow you to transfer files directly over your home WiFI network. That's right—that means no cables and no cloud.

How to use FTP to connect to your Android phone from Windows or macOS, and transfer files between the two devices.

Android's default messaging client for 2018—"Messages"—is getting a Web client today. Google announced the feature launch on the official Google blog, which says "Messages for Web" will roll ...