Google Trips gets an update to make planning a bit more easy

Google Trips finally has a big update that will make trip planning that much easier. A new button in the Reservations tab will let you add and edit things like notes, flights, hotel bookings, restaurants, and flight details. It’ll also automatically organize all your past and upcoming train and bus reservations in one place. For planning group trips, the app will now also let you share all your reservations to someone through a single, organized email or see the details through Trip if they have the app as well. Going up against the likes of TripIt, adding these features will make using Google Trips that much more enticing.

Source: TechCrunch

Spotify brings ‘Behind the Lyrics’ to Android

Spotify updates its Android app to bring a feature iOS users have had since over a year ago. Called “Behind the Lyrics,” this feature was introduced in collaboration with Genius, a former rap lyric site turned musical storyteller. The feature shows thing like what inspired them when they created the song and things like “lyrical excerpts, fun facts, and stories straight from the artists themselves.” If you want to see specific playlists that show these features, try Behind the Lyrics: Hip Hop and Today’s Top Hits.

Source: Droid Life

On its 2nd anniversary the Apple Watch continues to define its identity

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Today marks the Apple Watch 2nd birthday as it began shipping on April 24, 2015. Since then, Apple's newest product category since the iPad has evolved from an adjunct of the iPhone to a notable standalone fitness and health tracker as well as a key player not just in the smartwatch market but in the overall watch market.

Having used the Apple Watch and Apple Watch Series 2, there are key features that it delivers which few other wearables can offer. The ability to take and make calls when the iPhone is in your bag or pocket is convenient. Tracking fitness goals is also habit-forming and keeps active people on their toes. Being able to use Apple Pay without reaching for a phone is transformative, so it getting tickets and QR codes right out of your Watch. 

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Instagram now has 700 million users, with 100 million added since December

Facebook-owned photo sharing app Instagram now boasts 700 million active users, with 100 million coming on board since December. Instagram has added various new ways to share photos, boomerangs, videos as well as stories. 

Facebook bought Instagram for 1 Billion when it realized it could not compete with the popular photo sharing app. Since then, Instagram's evolved by emulating features found on other popular image sharing services, most notably Snap.

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