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These iPhone and Apple Watch apps help you create and achieve New Year’s resolutions

2021 holds a lot of anticipation as the world hopefully recovers from the pandemic and people around the world have more clarity than ever about their priorities. Let’s take a look at some of the best apps to create habits, set stakes, and achieve New Year resolutions with iPhone and Apple Watch. Table of contents Rethinking New Year resolutions How to achieve New Year resolutions with…
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Best iPhone apps to enhance your experience with Apple Music

Although iOS comes with a native Apple Music application, developers have been using the MusicKit API to create new experiences for those who subscribe to Apple’s streaming service. If you’re an Apple Music subscriber and want to find out how to better enjoy your music…
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Google Photos generating straightforward ‘Year in Review’ story, 2020 photo book

Earlier this month, Google announced that the carousel at the top of Photos would add more memories and designs. Google Photos is now using that to serve your Year in Review and generate a 2020 photo book. Once available, “Year in Review” will appear first in the Memories carousel on Android and iOS, with the web excluded. Instead of the usual look back at this day/week in previous years or…
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Pandemic sees record App Store spend; iOS more than twice Android revenue

2020 saw a record App Store spend as coronavirus lockdowns saw people forced to seek more at-home entertainment, according to analytics data. With less time spent with family, and fewer entertainment options outside the home, more time has been spent using apps. The holidays alone have seen consumers so far spend an estimated $407M on iOS and Android apps, some 34% up on the same period in 2019…
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Google Search testing new ‘Short videos’ Search carousel

A few months ago, we saw Google begin surfacing “Short Videos” in a Discover panel but it now looks as though this test has been expanded to Search. Previously, this panel within Google Discover would showcase or highlight content from sites such as Instagram and…
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Android Smart Selection feature now lets you convert to other units

For those not aware of the power of the Android Smart Selection feature, it contextually offers you neat options such as directly calling a selected telephone number and now the ability to convert to various units. Having been around since 2017, the feature has evolved here and there as an extension of the standard text selection panel that pops up when you highlight certain text. It’s a…
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