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Apple Arcade games for iPhone, Mac, Apple TV [New: Battleheart Legacy+]

Apple Arcade launched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly with over 200 games now in the library. Follow along with our guide on Apple Arcade games. New for 11/4: The award-winning RPG Battleheart Legacy+ is now on Apple Arcade. You can learn more about and download all the latest games by heading to the Arcade tab in the App Store, then swipe down to…
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PayPal and Venmo will soon support Tap to Pay on iPhone

PayPal has revealed in its latest earnings report (PDF) that merchant users in the US will be able to accept payments using their iPhones in the near future without the need for dongles and card readers. The payment solution will be integrating Apple’s Tay to Pay…
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Google Duo icon is gone for good on Android, web app gets Meet branding [U]

At the start of August, Google replaced the Duo logo with Meet’s four-colored icon only to bring it back due to user confusion. With the latest update to Google Meet, the Duo icon is once again gone on Android. Update 11/3: Version 177.0.482666072.duo.android_20221002.60_p1 of Google Meet is widely rolling out via the Play Store and removes the Google Duo icon. That said, you can search…
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Google Calendar removing ‘Goals’ from Android and iOS [U]

Back in April of 2016, Google updated Calendar for Android and iOS with a tool to help you find time for personal goals. Amid another upcoming removal, Google Calendar is planning to get rid of “Goals.” Update 11/3: Google Calendar has started removing “Goal” from…
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Google rolls out ‘My Ad Center’ to let people customize their advertising [U: Live]

At I/O 2022 in May, Google announced “My Ad Center” to let you control advertising by topic and brand. It’s now starting to roll out with a rather bold approach that might get people to interact with advertising more by letting them customize it directly. Once live in the coming weeks, My Ad Center will offer an app-like (think: topics and interests in Google News or Discover) level of…
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Here are the best Mastodon apps to download for Android

With many looking to Mastodon as a potential replacement for their favorite social networks, here are some of the best apps for Mastodon available to download on Android. In case you’re unfamiliar with Mastodon, it’s an open source social media platform that’s…
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Pixel 7 and 7 Pro using personalized speech recognition to improve Google Assistant

Google Assistant is using on-device “Personalized speech recognition” on the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro to get “better at recognizing your unique speaking style, words, and phrases.” This might include the names of people and places that are less common or more unique to you. Google’s Personalized speech recognition works by “saving and learning from your Assistant interactions, including…
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