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      <title>Meet Folders: one free app for 382 kinds of files</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Folders is a free, open-source file manager for Android, Windows and Linux that opens PDFs, Office files, 3D models, code, videos and archives itself, with no ads and no account.</description>
      <category>News</category>
      <category>Android</category>
      <category>Windows</category>
      <category>Linux</category>
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      <title>A Windows file explorer with tabs, and the shortcuts that make it fast</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Folders on Windows and Linux: tabs, multiple windows, drag and drop with File Explorer, a see-through window and the keyboard shortcuts you already know. Free and open source.</description>
      <category>How to</category>
      <category>Windows</category>
      <category>Linux</category>
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      <title>How to clean junk files on Android without deleting anything you need</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Free up storage by clearing thumbnail caches, leftovers and other junk, with a cleaner that only ticks what's certainly safe to delete and shows you everything else first.</description>
      <category>How to</category>
      <category>Cleaner</category>
      <category>Android</category>
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      <title>How to find and remove duplicate files safely</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Duplicate photos, videos and downloads waste gigabytes. Find true copies by their contents, not their names, keep the oldest of each and delete the rest, on Android, Windows or Linux.</description>
      <category>How to</category>
      <category>Cleaner</category>
      <category>Android</category>
      <category>Windows</category>
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      <title>How to free RAM on Android 14 and newer, now that apps can't close other apps</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Since Android 14, RAM cleaner apps can't close background apps any more. Here's why, when freeing memory actually helps, and how Folders' Extreme mode still does it, safely.</description>
      <category>How to</category>
      <category>Cleaner</category>
      <category>Android</category>
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      <title>How to move files between your phone and PC over Wi-Fi, without a cable</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Two free ways to send photos, videos and documents between Android and a computer on the same Wi-Fi: a browser link with a QR code, or Nearby share that works with LocalSend.</description>
      <category>How to</category>
      <category>Sharing</category>
      <category>Android</category>
      <category>Windows</category>
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      <title>How to open HEIC photos and convert them to JPG, on Android and Windows</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>HEIC photos from iPhones won't open everywhere. View them on Android and convert one or a whole batch to JPG, PNG, WebP or AVIF, for free, keeping the originals.</description>
      <category>How to</category>
      <category>Photos</category>
      <category>Android</category>
      <category>Windows</category>
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      <title>How to open Markdown and code files on Android, with preview and highlighting</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Read README.md files as formatted pages, view Python, JavaScript, Kotlin and 127 more code types with syntax highlighting, and edit and save them, in a free file manager.</description>
      <category>How to</category>
      <category>Markdown</category>
      <category>Code</category>
      <category>Android</category>
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      <title>How to open RAR, 7z and ZIP files on your phone</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Open ZIP, RAR, 7z, TAR, GZ and ISO files on Android or a PC, look inside without extracting, open a single file, or extract everything, for free and without ads.</description>
      <category>How to</category>
      <category>Archives</category>
      <category>Android</category>
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      <title>How to open STL, OBJ and 3MF files on Android (no CAD app needed)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Open STL, OBJ, 3MF, GLB, FBX and 24 other 3D model formats on your Android phone: spin, zoom, check the mesh and see the triangle count, for free.</description>
      <category>How to</category>
      <category>3D models</category>
      <category>Android</category>
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      <title>How to play MKV videos with subtitles, and find subtitles online for free</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Play MKV, MP4, AVI and other videos with embedded or external subtitles, search subtitles online without an account, and fix their timing, size and colour.</description>
      <category>How to</category>
      <category>Video</category>
      <category>Android</category>
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      <title>Read and edit PDF, Word and Excel files offline, without an office suite</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Open PDF, DOCX, XLSX and PPTX files on Android, Windows or Linux: search, sign PDFs, add notes, edit Word text and spreadsheet cells, present slides, all offline and free.</description>
      <category>How to</category>
      <category>Documents</category>
      <category>Android</category>
      <category>Windows</category>
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      <title>Where WhatsApp, Telegram and Instagram keep your files, and how to find them</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Find WhatsApp images, videos, documents and statuses, Telegram downloads and Instagram saves on Android: the exact folders, and one place that gathers the files you need most.</description>
      <category>How to</category>
      <category>Social apps</category>
      <category>Android</category>
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