Welcome to the Ashampoo Blog
From old devices to new ideas, from digital change to everyday life: We write about what moves us – with heart, humor and attitude.
Honest, entertaining and (almost) ad-free.*
Comments are expressly welcome!

Sven Krumrey
Editor-in-Chief
Our most recent posts:
- Some topics we just don't like to talk about, like death and inheritance. The internet has complicated matters further. Who owns a Facebook profile once its original owner has deceased? There are a lot of questions that need answering.7 min read
- Intel have been ruling the roost in terms of chip design for many years, but for the first time since 2006, the semi-conductor specialist is gradually losing ground to AMD!7 min read
- Google Maps' features go beyond a simple map like the ones we used to have in our cars. After 15 years, the time has come to take a closer look at the now massive feature set and ask ourselves how many of the features we really need/use.8 min read
- Play at home but leave the heavy computational lifting to external servers? Google makes it possible! It's been a good two months since Stadia launched and all hopes around the hype have faded. Too much went wrong!9 min read
- The C64 is back, kind of. Same design but contemporary hardware. Naturally, I had to try out this homage to a milestone of home computing.9 min read
- Edge is now built on Chromium. Old name, new underpinnings! So what's new?9 min read
- Depending on the manufacturer, a large portion of your screen may be plastered with unexpected apps .Uninstalling is often barely possible, which is especially vexatious with resource-hungry memory and performance hogs that eat away at your battery.6 min read
- Bluetooth headphones are currently much sought-after. Check out what I found under my Christmas tree! A review of AIKELA TWS-X10 in-ear headphones8 min read
- The first Christmas in new surroundings always has a more magical feeling to it. Last year, I experienced this first hand in private, this year, the Ashampoo team is spending the Advent season in their new HQ. But some things never change!3 min read
- TikTok just smoked WhatsApp in terms of download figures for 2019. Data privacy advocates and journalists beg to differ and warn against potential censorship, lackluster youth protection and the long arm of the Chinese government.8 min read
Subscribe to our RSS feed!
Use this feed to subscribe to the Ashampoo Blog with any feed reader of your choice to never miss a new post.
https://blog.ashampoo.com/en/feed
copied
