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Google’s Datally Helps You Save Mobile Data

Google has released a new app designed to keep your other apps in check. It’s for Android, naturally, is called Datally, and is all about helping you save your mobile data. Even if you never run out of mobile data, Datally can help you learn more about the way apps consume data. Almost everything you… read more »

Google Maps Now Helps You Find Points of Interest

Google Maps is getting a new look, but this makeover delivers more than just visual gloss. The new-look Google Maps adds color-coding for different points of interest, and customizes the information on offer depending on where you’re travelling, and how you’re travelling there. The amount of information available in Google Maps is astonishing. You can… read more »

Google Maps Now Helps You Find a Parking Space

Google Maps is introducing new tools to help you park your car. As anyone who lives in, or commutes into, a city, knows, parking can be a stressful endeavor. And if you’re driving into somewhere you’re not familiar with, you may not even be aware how difficult it is to find a parking space. Google… read more »

Facebook Helps Make Messenger Chats More Fun

You can already do so much with Facebook Messenger. Which is why more than 1 billion people have the app installed on their phones. And now, thanks to a new update, Messenger has some new tricks up its sleeve. All of which will be especially interesting to those who do video chats. Messenger is insanely… read more »

Cortana Now Helps You Save Money When Shopping Online

Cortana, Microsoft’s digital personal assistant, can now help you save money when you’re shopping online. That is if you’ve installed the Windows 10 Creators Update, are using Microsoft Edge to browse the web, and are in the U.S. But what’s a few caveats between friends? Most of us shop online these days. And we all… read more »

Duolingo Now Helps You Learn Japanese

Duolingo has been helping people learn languages since 2011, mostly for free, with a premium offering called Duolingo Plus for the most devoted multi-linguists. However, Duolingo doesn’t offer courses in every language, much to the frustration of budding polyglots everywhere. According to Duolingo, Japanese has been the most requested language to date. Unfortunately, Japanese is… read more »

Google Home Now Helps You Cook 5 Million Recipes

If you own a Google Home smart speaker you now have easy access to more than 5 million recipes. Yes, the days of getting flour all over your favorite cookbook or smearing your smartphone with egg white are over. Be warned though; Google Home won’t turn you into Gordon Ramsay. If you haven’t yet jumped… read more »

Yelp Now Helps You Find Gender Neutral Bathrooms

Yelp is adding a new attribute to business listings. This means that, alongside the ability to see whether a business accepts credit cards, serves alcohol, and is accessible to wheelchairs, users will now be able to see whether a business offers gender-neutral bathrooms. Thanks to this additional information, Yelp users will, at a glance, be… read more »

Giphy Helps You Learn Sign Language Using GIFs

Giphy has added 2,000 GIFs designed to help you learn American Sign Language. These GIFs, which contain one word or phrase apiece, have been clipped from Sign With Robert. It turns out that GIFs are a surprisingly effective way of learning sign language, so there’s now no excuse not to try. As most people are… read more »

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