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A new free tool called Minded is helping people reclaim hours lost to mindless social media scrolling. The app works on Android and Chrome to gently redirect your attention when you're wasting time online.
A simple word game app created by Ok Go's guitarist got over a million downloads in 2013, then disappeared. Now it's back, thanks to two fans who met through the game and got married.
A federal judge just ruled that Google must make third-party app stores much easier to discover on Android devices. The decision means more competition and more choices for millions of smartphone users.
When a beloved TV tracking app announced its shutdown, over 25,000 fans petitioned to save it. Now the original founder is building a new home for the passionate community he created.
The popular Merlin bird identification app is linking its real-time birdsong data with the world's largest citizen science biodiversity database, turning millions of casual birdwatchers into conservation allies. Almost 2 million people in the UK alone used the free app in May to identify birds by sound.
The beloved six-second video app Vine is making a comeback as Divine, and it's bringing back creativity-first content with a twist: absolutely no AI-generated videos allowed. With original funding from Jack Dorsey and a mission to put creators back in control, this reboot feels like a breath of fresh air.
After 15 months of development, Flipboard just launched Surf, a new app that brings back the joy of internet discovery by weaving together social media, blogs, podcasts, and videos into custom feeds you actually want to read. It's proof that the web can still feel wonderful.