Temu, Minecraft, Max Among Most Popular iPhone And iPad Apps Of 2023

Temu, Minecraft, Max Among Most Popular iPhone And iPad Apps Of 2023 Along with Spotify Wrapped and other year-end lists, another annual December tradition has been Apple’s announcement of the year’s most popular iOS and iPadOS apps and games. For 2023, the company has compiled year-end charts that are localized for 35 different countries and regions in several different categories, in addition to its App Store Editorial team naming its 2023 App Store Award winners....

August 4, 2025 · 4 min · 814 words · Lauren Costa

The Bowers & Wilkins Pi8 are an audiophiles dream earbuds

I’ve been quite outspoken before about the build and audio quality you can expect fromBowers & Wilkins. The English audio company has been producing high quality speakers since 1966, later entering the headphone market in 2010 with theP5s. Since then, Bowers & Wilkins has released a number of over-ear and in-ear headphones, with the latest being the Pi8 noise-cancelling in-ear wireless earbuds. As a self-ascribed audiophile, I was thrilled to test out the Pi8 and see what Bowers & Wilkins have brought to the table since thePi7 in 2020....

August 4, 2025 · 5 min · 1020 words · Jacob Perry

The Conjuring 3 Has Patrick Wilson Feeling Fantastic: It's a Different Beast

The Conjuring 3is coming our way next year and Patrick Wilson has opened up a bit about the experience. Wilson has played paranormal investigator Ed Warren in the universe alongside Vera Farmiga, who plays his wife and partner Lorraine Warren. The key difference with this one is that horror master James Wan, who helmed the first two main entries in the series, isn’t directing this time around. But as Wilson tells it, things went fantastic all the same, even if it’s different....

August 4, 2025 · 3 min · 551 words · Linda Mills

The Last of Us: 6 Actors Almost Cast in the HBO Adaptation

Zombies are a consistent horror element in pop culture and the entertainment business. From big blockbuster thrillers to TV shows and video games, zombies are a monster that has had us fearing the undead for generations. Sincethe genre of zombie filmsis common, filmmakers and show developers are constantly looking for new and improved ways to make this subject feel like new. One of the newest and most successful additions to this universe is HBO’s TV adaptation of the popular video game seriesThe Last of Us....

August 4, 2025 · 4 min · 756 words · Kristin Elliott

The upcoming Typewise keyboard for iPhone promises to reduce typos by over 80%

What if someone made a keyboard app with a focus on reducing those annoying typos? Enter Typewise, an upcoming software keyboard for iPhone that uses 70 percent larger, honeycomb-shaped keys to reduce typos by as much as eighty percent or more. You canread more about this in their Medium post, includingresults from a large-scale scientific study. Created by co-founders David Eberle and Janis Berneket, this promising app aims to make it easy for customers to type without any hassle and frustration, and with some interesting under-the-hood optimizations going on....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 343 words · Zachary Reed

These Are The Only Yamaha Motorcycles Featured In James Bond Films

These Are The Only Yamaha Motorcycles Featured In James Bond Films Anyone who’s ever watched a James Bond movie can tell you that the famed super spy has, historically, held a deep appreciation for a fine automobile. In fact, 007’s affinity for supremely stylish vehicles — such asthe fan-favorite Aston-Martin DB5— has led to some of the more memorable chase scenes in not just the Bond franchise, but the history of movies....

August 4, 2025 · 4 min · 793 words · Steven Mcdaniel

Valkyria Chronicles 4: Village Skirmish Guide (Beta Bonus Mission)

Valkyria Chronicles 4 is a tactical role-playing game both developed and published by Sega. It will be available for all platforms on September 25th. Valkyria Chronicles 4 occurs during the same span as the originalValkyria Chronicles,however the story follows a new group of characters. Valkyria Chronicles 4 utilizes the BLiTZ Battle System or Battle of Live Tactical Zones which is an fusion of RPG and real-time third person shooter. Create your own squad comprising of Lancers, Grenadier, Shocktrooper, Scouts, and more while having their bonds strengthen as missions go on....

August 4, 2025 · 3 min · 633 words · Joshua Cline

Wear OS 4 vs watchOS 10: Which smartwatch software fits your wrist best?

A decade after the introduction of the modern wearable with the one-two punch of thePebble smartwatch,Samsung’s Galaxy Gear, and not long after, theApple Watch, wrist-based operating systems are mature. Regardless of what you’re looking for, tech companies have settled around a few core ideas for what a screen you wear on your wrist should do. And as it stands, two operating systems reign supreme: Wear OS for Android devices, and watchOS for iOS devices....

August 4, 2025 · 9 min · 1722 words · Kathleen Garrison

West of Dead Goes Open Beta One Last Time on Steam

Being dead should be easy. Life is filled with endless problems, chaos and disorder reign, the pendulum swings between moments of happiness and despair, and then finally along comes death and it’s time to rest. Except no, that would just be too incredibly easy. Purgatory, Wyoming is the gateway between the world of the living and the unknown destination of the dead, and what should be a brief stop between two opposing states has now become clogged up, with no passage through....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 405 words · Stephanie Coffey

What Can You Do With 'Tokens' On Snapchat?

What Can You Do With ‘Tokens’ On Snapchat? Gone are the days when the most exciting thing you could do on Snapchat was send a timed photo to your best buddies only for it never to be seen again. Over the years, we’ve seen the addition of unique features like the Snap Map where you can see all your active friends around the globe in real-time, or the short-lived mini-games you could play to kill time....

August 4, 2025 · 3 min · 554 words · Jason Anderson

What to do at all Exploration Points in Tower of Fantasy

After you have unveiled the map of Astra, the starting location in Tower of Fantasy, you will quickly see that there are tons of little white diamonds on the map. These are called Exploration Points, but when you get to them, there is nothing to interact with most of the time. So, here’s what you do at all these Exploration Points inTower of Fantasy. Tower of Fantasy Exploration Point guide Exploration Points in each area will differ, so when you get to Banges, Navia, Crown, and Warren, what you do at these locations will change....

August 4, 2025 · 4 min · 756 words · Robert Mccarthy

Where to Find Storybook Vale in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Quick Links The Storybook Vale inDisney Dreamlight Valleyseems like a delightful land to explore after buying the DLC. Unfortunately, you need to complete some prerequisites to unlock the new area. How to Unlock the Storybook Vale The Storybook Vale is not free content, you first need to purchase the Storybook Vale DLC from Steam, the PlayStation Store, Nintendo eShop, etc, to gain access to this new land. You’ll also need to complete several quests in the storyline before you can gain access to the Storybook Vale....

August 4, 2025 · 3 min · 507 words · Marissa Henry

World of Warcraft 20th Anniversary Event: How to Get the Coldflame Tempest Mount

Quick Links World of Warcraft’s20th anniversary event has no shortage of new rewards to earn. While most of the rewards requiresome type of in-game currency- Bronze Celebration Tokens or Time-Warped Badges - there is a brand-new mount to collect that requires neither of those things. The Coldflame Tempest, a blue phoenix mount, is rewarded upon completion of a limited-time meta achievement,A Cool Twenty Years. World of Warcraft: All Expansions, Ranked World of Warcraft is celebrating twenty years....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 228 words · Stephanie Doyle