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Google launches Health Connect in beta with support from Peloton, Oura, and MyFitnessPal

November 14, 2022
Google announced Health Connect in May at I/O 2022, and recent months have seen more apps support it. Health Connect is officially launching in beta today with several big partners. Since I/O, the Health Connect app has been on the Play Store under “early access.” It’s now switching to “beta” status with Google highlighting several key partners: Fitbit, Flo, Lifesum, Samsung Health…
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Report: Apple currently doesn’t plan to ‘significantly’ increase number of ads on iPhone

November 14, 2022
In a new report on Apple’s ad business, The Information cites an insider source regarding Apple’s ambitions for advertising. They are cited as saying that Apple is not seeking to add significantly more ads on the iPhone, and is satisfied with the current revenue growth. This conflicts slightly with recent reports from Bloomberg that suggest Apple is targeting to 3x revenue from its ad…
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Canon EOS R6 Mark II Initial Review

November 14, 2022
Sigma has announced the 18–50mm F2.8 DC DN lens for Fujifilm X-mount camera systems. This lens is effectively identical to Sigma’s existing 18–50mm F2.8 DC DN lenses for Sony E-mount and L-mount camera systems. Sigma’s lens, which offers a roughly 27–75mm…
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Google Play Store tests advertising apps in search over history

November 14, 2022
Advertising in app stores is the norm, but Google is now testing surfacing apps directly in Play Store search. At the moment, tapping the search bar brings up the keyboard and shows your four most recent queries. On one device today (running version 33.0.17-21 of the Play Store), clicking the field shows three apps that I’ve never searched for or interacted with. They are all games, complete…
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These iOS 16 apps offer support for the new Lock Screen widgets

November 13, 2022
As we’ve covered extensively, one of the leading features of iOS 16 is the ability to customize your iPhone’s Lock Screen for the first time. There are new wallpapers, font choices, colors, and filters that you can apply. The biggest change, however, is that iOS 16…
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Slopes iOS app gains Garmin auto-imports as winter sports season nears

November 13, 2022
Apple Design Award-winning ski and snowboard tracking app Slopes has received another handy update ahead of winter arriving in the Northern Hemisphere. Now Garmin users can set up auto-imports and even bring in past ski/riding data from the last five years. Along with iOS 16.1 launching at the end of October, Slopes debuted support for Live Activities. Now the app is back with another release to…
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