NewApp Digest
search bot

savings

Ahead of its full remaster, the most relaxing building game ever is yours for free on Steam, but be quick
AppWizard
April 4, 2026

Ahead of its full remaster, the most relaxing building game ever is yours for free on Steam, but be quick

House Flipper is offering players a chance to download the game for free on Steam as it approaches its eighth anniversary. The player base has exceeded ten million, and a House Flipper Remastered Collection is set to launch later this year. The remastered version will be priced at .99 and will include all downloadable content (DLC). Discounts will be available for players who already own the original game, based on the content in their libraries. Players can claim their free copy until April 6, 2026, and the remastered collection is expected to be released in the second quarter of 2026. A playtest is currently underway until April 6, allowing players to explore two jobs and one purchasable house, with feedback being actively sought by the developer.
Steam Giving Away Two PC Games for Free for Next 72 Hours
AppWizard
April 3, 2026

Steam Giving Away Two PC Games for Free for Next 72 Hours

Steam is offering two games for free until April 6, each available for about 72 hours. The first game is House Flipper, a 2018 simulation title valued at .99, which has a 94% approval rating based on over 45,000 reviews. The second game is Depths of Horror: Mushroom Day, a 2021 first-person adventure horror game valued at .99, with a 74% approval rating. House Flipper is compatible with the Steam Deck, while Depths of Horror's compatibility status is unknown. Both games will remain in players' Steam libraries permanently once claimed.
Friday’s Android app deals and freebies: LUNA Shadow, Growbot, The Longing, Lara Croft GO, more
AppWizard
April 3, 2026

Friday’s Android app deals and freebies: LUNA Shadow, Growbot, The Longing, Lara Croft GO, more

A selection of Android games and apps are on sale, including Friend of a Slime: Survivors, LUNA The Shadow Dust, Growbot, Paths & Danger, The Longing, Unforeseen Incidents, Terra Mystica, Lara Croft GO, and Homo Machina. Samsung is offering discounts on its Galaxy Tab lineup, with 0 off all configurations of the Galaxy Tab S11 and a 30% discount on the Book Cover Keyboard Slim when purchased together. The Galaxy Tab A11+ is available for on Amazon.
Today’s Android app deals and freebies: Summer Catchers, Minabo, Bendy Lone Wolf, more
AppWizard
April 2, 2026

Today’s Android app deals and freebies: Summer Catchers, Minabo, Bendy Lone Wolf, more

A fresh lineup of Android game and app deals includes titles such as Summer Catchers, Minabo: A Walk Through Life, Aces of the Luftwaffe Premium, and the Bendy series (Bendy: Lone Wolf, Bendy and the Dark Revival, Bendy and the Ink Machine). Other notable mentions are Pumped BMX 3 and Endling: Extinction is Forever. Additionally, Amazon offers competitive pricing on the Google Pixel Watch 4 and discounts on the Samsung Galaxy Book6 Copilot+ PCs, with savings of up to 0. The Galaxy Buds 3 FE are available for , down from their original price of 9.
EDB Postgres® AI Delivers Superior Predictability vs. Cloud Data Warehouses in High-Concurrency Benchmark, Unveils Q1 Platform Updates to Power the Agentic AI Era
Tech Optimizer
April 1, 2026

EDB Postgres® AI Delivers Superior Predictability vs. Cloud Data Warehouses in High-Concurrency Benchmark, Unveils Q1 Platform Updates to Power the Agentic AI Era

Independent benchmarking by McKnight Consulting Group shows that EDB Postgres AI for WarehousePG provides significant cost efficiency and performance consistency, with organizations potentially saving up to 58% in total cost of ownership compared to leading cloud data warehouse solutions. The evaluation compared EDB PG AI against competitors like Snowflake, Databricks, Amazon Redshift, and Hive on Apache Iceberg using a 10TB extended TPC-DS dataset, focusing on high-concurrency mixed workloads. Key findings include: - EDB PG AI demonstrated unmatched cost efficiency, with an annual cost of ,886 compared to Snowflake’s ,953 for a multi-cluster setup. - It exhibited superior concurrency handling, with the lowest performance slowdown of 2.7x when scaling from one to five concurrent users, outperforming Snowflake (3.9x), Redshift (4.0x), and Databricks (4.1x). - EDB PG AI's core-based, capacity-pricing model eliminates unpredictable pricing fluctuations associated with consumption-based models. EDB announced Q1 2026 platform updates, including: - GPU-Accelerated Analytics for 50–100x faster analytics on large datasets. - Enhanced Agent Studio for quicker AI agent development and deployment. - Upgraded Vector Engine for improved indexing speed and efficiency. - WarehousePG Enterprise Manager for simplified management of MPP workloads. - Agentic Database Management with a native chatbot for natural language database management. - Certification as a mission-critical data layer for the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
Refresh your PC with a $13 Microsoft upgrade this spring
Winsage
March 30, 2026

Refresh your PC with a $13 Microsoft upgrade this spring

A Microsoft Windows 11 Pro license is available for .97, down from its regular price of 5. This limited-time offer runs until April 12. Windows 11 Pro features a user-friendly interface, powerful search, easy redocking, Snap Layouts for multitasking, Microsoft Teams integration, and includes Microsoft Copilot for enhanced productivity. It also offers robust security measures such as biometric logins and encrypted authentication. An additional 15% off sitewide is available with code MARCH15 through March 29, with some exclusions.
Windows PCs Crash 3x More Than Macs, Data Confirms
Winsage
March 28, 2026

Windows PCs Crash 3x More Than Macs, Data Confirms

Windows devices experience forced shutdowns 3.1 times more frequently than Macs, crash 2.2 times more often, and have application freezes 7.5 times more than macOS. Each disruption costs nearly 24 minutes of refocus time. macOS updates are deployed 1.5 times faster than Windows updates due to a centralized deployment model. Apple’s M-series processors operate at 40.1°C, while Intel chips run at 65.2°C, leading to less thermal stress and longer lifespan for Macs. Only 2% of Windows machines last beyond six years, compared to 11.5% of Macs. 90% of Windows devices are replaced within three years, while enterprise Macs tend to last around five years.
Announcing Babylon.js 9.0
Winsage
March 27, 2026

Announcing Babylon.js 9.0

Babylon.js 9.0 has been released, marking the most extensive update to date, featuring new tools and enhancements for web developers. Key features include: - Clustered Lighting: Accelerates per-pixel lighting calculations by grouping lights into screen-space tiles and depth slices, improving performance in scenes with many lights. - Textured Area Lights: Area lights now support emission textures, allowing images to be used as light sources for realistic lighting effects. - Node Particle Editor: A visual tool for creating complex particle systems using a non-destructive node graph interface. - Particle Flow Maps and Attractors: Introduces flow maps for controlling particle movement and gravity attractors for dynamic effects. - Volumetric Lighting: A system for realistic light scattering through fog and haze, with configurable parameters for artistic control. - Frame Graph: A Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) system for managing the rendering pipeline, optimizing GPU memory usage by over 40%. - Animation Retargeting: Allows animations from one character to be applied to another with different skeleton structures, enabling animation sharing across diverse characters. - Advanced Gaussian Splat Support: Enhancements for Gaussian Splatting, including support for multiple file formats, shadow casting, and the ability to create and modify splat data programmatically. These features enhance the capabilities of Babylon.js for creating immersive web experiences.
Search