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Lyft is adding Venmo as a payment option
Splitting the cost of your rides is about to get a little easier.
The Apple TV app is coming to PS4 and PS5
The Apple TV app is reaching consoles, starting with the PS4 and PS5, while the PS5 remote will have service shortcuts.
Apple pulls TV Remote app now that it's built into iOS
Apple has removed TV Remote from the App Store now that users have had the control built into iOS for a while.
Portrait Light effects in Google Photos come to older Pixel phones
Google Photos' Portrait Light effects are now rolling out to older Pixel phones, not just the 5 and 4a 5G.
Adobe's Fresco painting app is now available on iPhone
Last year, Adobe debuted Fresco: a powerful drawing and painting app that brought the realistic feel of watercolor, oils and more to the iPad and Surface devices. As is typically the case at its annual MAX event with Creative Cloud apps, Adobe is showing off a host of new features that are coming to Fresco. First, the company is adding font support through Adobe Fonts.
Adobe Illustrator arrives on the iPad
Almost a year after it was announced, Adobe Illustrator for iPad is ready to go to work.
Windows apps will get improved web views thanks to Chromium support
The WebView2 technology for Win32 C/C++ applications is now generally available for developers, Microsoft has announced in a blog post. As Thurrott notes, WebView2 is built on the Chromium version of Microsoft Edge unlike its predecessor, which was based on the company’s defunct proprietary browser engine. Microsoft first announced that it’s releasing WebView2 as part of Project Reunion at Build 2020 back in May when it made its preview version available.
TikTok is back in Pakistan following ban due to 'unlawful content'
Pakistan has lifted its ban on TikTok, but only so long as the social video app moderates content in line with local norms.
Can Evernote make a comeback?
Evernote used to be the king of note-taking apps. “As a company, we had invented the personal productivity category,” Ian Small, CEO of Evernote told Engadget. It partnered with Moleskine to produce paper notebooks which, through a combination of stickers and scanning, could be easily tagged and ported into Evernote.
Google Assistant's driving mode for Android is nearly ready, one year later
Android phones are finally getting their Google Assistant driving mode, over a year later than planned.
Discord adds stickers to liven up chats
Discord has added sticker packs to spice up chats, although you'll need to pay for at least some of them.
Snapchat will let creators make LiDAR lenses for iPhone 12 Pro
The latest version of Lens Studio could help them forge more immersive AR effects.
Facebook Messenger gets a new logo and a fresh design
The redesigned app has more chat themes and custom reactions.
Twitch Studio adds chat overlay and countdown timer tools
It'll be easier for people to stream console games too.
Chinese app offers a peek over the Great Firewall, with big catches
A new Tuber app lets Chinese users partly bypass the Great Firewall, but you'll still have to deal with censorship and privacy violations.
Even Peloton is cracking down on QAnon
Peloton has banned QAnon hashtags for allegedly promoting hate in its fitness community.
Google wants you to visit long-lasting AR experiences
Google's new tools make long-lasting, shared AR a real possibility on Android and iOS.
Pakistan bans TikTok over 'immoral and indecent' content
Following a recent ban in India, TikTok has been blocked in Pakistan as well. In a press release issued today, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) cited “complaints from different segments of the society” and “the nature of the content being consistently posted on TIkTok.”
Google Assistant finally works with some third-party apps
Before today, if you ask Siri or the Google Assistant to “check the news on Twitter,” you’ll either be shown the @CHEK_News account on the Twitter website or articles about the social network on Apple News. For Android users, voice commands are about to get a lot smarter. Google just announced that the Assistant will be able to search and control your third-party apps when you ask it to.
Adobe brings more AI-powered tools to Photoshop and Premiere Elements 2021
A new Guided Edit will help you create perfect landscape images.

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