For the purpose of this project, I wanted to use an old phone to host a media server, which is simple to do on Android and not too difficult with an iPhone, although you will have to jump through a ...

Many of us have old phones shoved away in a box somewhere, and there are plenty of great ways to repurpose them. If you’ve been interested in getting into the home media server craze, you may be ...

Gigabyte’s Brix line of devices are small computers that don’t look much larger than a small stack of CD cases. Now the company is developing a new model that’s a little different. Instead of a ...

While you get many of the capabilities of a Roku, Apple TV, or Fire TV with this NAS box, it’s not as easy to use as those devices. It’s also currently missing some of QNAP’s techier apps, including ...

Do you have old tech sitting around your house unused? Well, it’s time to put that old Mac mini or Wii U to use and repurpose it as a network-attached storage server. Apple’s Mac mini computers are ...

Cody has been writing with Android Police for ten years. While best known for the hundreds of APK Teardowns and breaking news on many of Google’s new products and services, he also covers deeper ...

Self-hosting your data and services with Network Attached Storage (NAS) is a great way to free yourself from the spiraling costs and tangled web of subscription fees. Whether you’re simply looking to ...

Synology has today launched their new DS212j NAS Server, which has been designed specifically for the home user and features dual drive bays, allowing you to add up to 6TB of storage. Using Synology ...

Plex is undisputedly one of the easiest to use media server apps available that is truly cross platform for all operating systems. Today users of Plex Media Server and its Android app will be able to ...

At home I have a Synology NAS and sometimes we need files from it while out and about. We do have Android phones (Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich). I am looking at a good VPN/Firewall solution that ...