Trying to stop biting your nails? Want to make time to meditate each day? Need to catch up on your reading? Whatever it may be, the start of a new year is a great time to start working on building healthy habits and/or breaking bad ones. Doing this on your own can be pretty tricky, but with the help of these apps, you can put yourself in the best position possible to stick with your goals throughout the entire year. Grow Our first pick, Grow, is a simple and beautiful app that you'll want to use each day. Adding a habit takes just a few seconds, and after you do that, you can add as many other ones as you'd like. You can set start and end dates for your goals, certain times during the day you want to complete them, and as you keep going, you'll see a tree gradually grow with each day that you successfully meet it. Grow doesn't have quite as many features compared to some of the other apps on this list, but if you just want something that's easy and enjoyable to use, this is one of our … [Read more...] about Best Android apps for building better habits in 2019
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Action Launcher 3 gets its December update, changes include unread count badges
As most of you know by now, Action Launcher 3 is what I use on all of my devices. I love the feature set and developer Chris Lacy puts a lot of effort and dedication into the app. He is also pretty responsive to user feedback. The December update for the launcher is live, bringing a number of changes. Here's the changelog: • NEW: Unread badge support ('Alpha'): currently displays the number of unread SMS messages, missed calls, unread Gmail/Inbox messages and upcoming calendar appointments. As many of you will notice, Lacy has added unread count badges for the supported apps on your homescreen. This is a long-requested feature by AL3 users, so it is great to see it added. Keep in mind that it is in the alpha stage and only supports a handful of apps (Gmail, Phone, SMS, and Calendar) due to limitations in Android itself. Scrollable docks are now available, too. Personally, I have never had the need for these features, but lot of other people do. Also of note is that … [Read more...] about Action Launcher 3 gets its December update, changes include unread count badges
iPhone quick tip: Quickly find apps that want your attention
Folders are a great way or organize apps in iOS, but using them comes with a downside. And that downside is that it can be hard to know which app or apps is trying to attract your attention using a badge Must read: iOS 12.1: Tips and tricks to help you get the most from your iPhone or iPad If you're an iOS user you know the situation well. An app wants you attention and in addition to regurgitating a notification it also embellishes the app's icon with a badge. But what if the icon is inside a folder? Now, unless it's on the front screen, you're going to have to scroll about to find the app that needs your attention. Well, that is, unless you use this trick. The trick is a simple one. Just use the 3D Touch feature to Force Touch the folder (that is, press down on it hard) until a pop-up menu appears. And this popup will show you which apps need your attention and give you a shortcut to them. I'm finding this to be a real timesaver, and I'm actually making more use of folders now … [Read more...] about iPhone quick tip: Quickly find apps that want your attention
A new app called ‘Vote With Me’ lets you see the voting record and political party of every contact in your phone
source Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images A new app wants to help get out the word to vote in the upcoming midterm elections – but there’s one feature that could feel a little invasive. The app, called Vote With Me, provides helpful information about the elections taking place in your district, lets you know whether a race is tight, and shows you how to prepare for Election Day. But the app also pulls your voter registration and voting record, and that same information from anyone in your phone’s contacts, allowing you to see which political party your friends are registered with. The point of this, Vote With Me says, is so that you can reach out to friends who are registered in states and districts with important races and encourage them to vote. The app isn’t doing anything nefarious – all that information is public record, and all Vote With Me is doing is linking that information to the names you gave it access to. The app says it … [Read more...] about A new app called ‘Vote With Me’ lets you see the voting record and political party of every contact in your phone
[Update: APK Download] First look at WhatsApp Business: Android app, landline number registration, and multiple accounts options
Update 1: 2017/10/06 7:50am PDT APKMirror now has the app file available to download, but you won't be able to use it unless you sign up as a tester first. Article Contents1 Managing Personal and Business accounts2 Android app2.1 Your business profile2.2 Away Messages3 From the customer's side Although we've been hearing about WhatsApp Business forever, the service was officially announced one month ago and if you paid close attention to the FAQ page, you would have seen a survey where you could sign up to test WhatsApp Business. I totally missed that, but reader Hüseyin Filiz applied and thanks to him, we have our first look at WhatsApp Business. The service is still in testing, so WhatsApp is asking for feedback from early testers regarding account setup, data migration from their existing WhatsApp app, automatic responses, and analytics. Managing Personal and Business accounts The app will be a standalone listing on the Play Store so it will make things easier for … [Read more...] about [Update: APK Download] First look at WhatsApp Business: Android app, landline number registration, and multiple accounts options