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Indie App Spotlight: ‘Headlines’ offers a news reading experience that isn’t tiring

9to5mac.com

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact.

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A month with Fitbit's new AI-driven health coach and how the reimagined app for 2026 is inching closer to becoming my go-to fitness app

www.androidcentral.com

Here's my experience after testing Fitbit's redesigned app and AI-powered health coach for a month.

After protests, Tamil Nadu government relaxes norms for app-based GPS verification of crop damage

www.thehindu.com

The relaxation is expected to speed up damage estimation and compensation processing in Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Mayiladuthurai, and Nagapattinam districts, where thousands of hectares remain affected by prolonged submergence

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The 9 best dating apps for men who are tired of being alone

mashable.com

Which dating apps for men actually work? We reviewed the top options for every type of guy, including Tinder, Hinge, and EliteSingles.

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You Can Now Mimic Apple CarPlay In Any Vehicle With This Free App

www.bgr.com

Apple CarPlay makes syncing your iPhone to a car a breeze, but if your vehicle lacks the feature, this free app can mimic its features in any modern vehicle.

Bug: Pixel Launcher device search replaced by Google app [U]

9to5google.com

A curious bug today sees Google app device search replace the modern Pixel Launcher experience.

The apps everyone complained about in 2025

www.howtogeek.com

The relentless march of enshittification shows no sign of letting up.

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Nektony launches FireWally - a free firewall app powered by Apple Intelligence

www.prweb.com

Nektony has launched FireWally, a free and user-friendly firewall for macOS that gives users full control over their Mac's online activity, with real-time monitoring, app insights powered by Apple Intelligence, and one-click blocking of…

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WhatsApp is logging out native app users — and forcing them onto a slower, resource-heavy web wrapper, sparking outrage

www.windowscentral.com

WhatsApp is pushing Windows users toward a new wrapped web app that uses significantly more RAM, raising concerns about performance on lower-end PCs.

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Food delivery app accused of secretly manipulating prices

www.thestreet.com

Over the past couple of years, food and grocery delivery services from Uber Eats and DoorDash to Amazon Fresh and GrubHub have exploded in popularity. The pandemic played a big role in growth. In 2019, just 67 million Americans bought…

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From Markets to Mobile Apps: NITDA Takes Digital Literacy to the Streets

techeconomy.ng

On a bustling morning in Kano, as traders called out prices and shoppers navigated narrow market paths, something different was unfolding. Amid the everyday rhythm of commerce, banners were raised, conversations sparked, and smartphones…

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Google just made uninstalling system app updates more complicated

www.androidcentral.com

The change forces people to take extra steps to roll back updates that were once easy to remove.

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Scan signatures, receipts, and memories instantly with this app — now $28 for life

mashable.com

Scan anywhere, anytime with this lifetime subscription to the iScanner App for just $27.99 (reg. $199.90) with code FLASH, now through Jan. 11.

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Hugely popular Microsoft app downloaded 50million times is closing down in DAYS as users slam ‘horrible move’

www.the-sun.com

ONE of Microsoft's best-rated apps is shutting down in a matter of days affecting millions of users worldwide. The app has been downloaded more than 50million times on Android alone - and it's highly rated on iPhone too. Microsoft Lens is…

I thought I'd struck lucky on a dating app but invited a monster into my life

www.bbc.co.uk

Katie Yates wants to warn women to be wary of strangers posing as "nice guys" on dating apps.

Gemini app now delivers an improved Google Maps response

www.phonearena.com

With AI chatbots making great digital assistants, Gemini shows an improved response from Google Maps.

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NYSC adds AI, App development to revamped skill acquisition programme

punchng.com

The NYSC is overhauling its skill acquisition programme, adding AI and app development to combat youth unemployment and empower corps members in Nigeria.

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Google makes it more inconvenient for Android users to uninstall certain apps

www.phonearena.com

Android users now have to deal with a convoluted way to uninstall updates from system apps.

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Say hello to Google’s ‘Disco’, an AI tool that makes web apps from browser tabs

mashable.com

Say hello to Google’s ‘Disco’, an AI tool that makes web apps from browser tabs.