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From 3D printers to ebooks: what you can make off screenTechAugust 25, 2026What you make doesn't have to stay on a screen. 3D printing, single-board computers, print goods, ebooks, and the servers behind an app.
Six ways to get paid from an appTechAugust 25, 2026In-app purchase and ads aren't the only options. Six ways to collect money, including the one that skips the store's cut entirely.
Where you can publish apps, games and goods, and what it costsTechAugust 25, 2026Apps aren't the only option. Games, browser extensions, templates, bots. Twelve places you can publish, and the entry fee for each.
Barometer, compass, NFC: ten things your phone already sensesTechAugust 25, 2026App ideas usually start from what a phone can sense. Past the screen and the camera, here is what else is inside, and what each one is good for.
Eight kinds of AI to put in an app that are not chatbotsTechAugust 25, 2026Ask what AI can do and most people picture a chat box. There are eight other kinds you can put in an app, and most of them run on the phone.
Five ways to put AI in an appTechAugust 25, 2026Calling an API and training a model are different jobs with different price tags. Five ways to add AI, with what each costs and what blocks it.
targetSdk 36 deadline passed: the Play Console extensionTechAugust 25, 2026What targetSdk is, the deadline that already passed, and the extension option. The fix is two lines, and then it isn't.