Apple Music introduces Top 25 song playlists for over 100 cities

As Apple began rolling out iOS 14.5, the company is also releasing a new set of Apple Music playlists. These show the top 25 songs in over 100 cities around the world. This new collection is accessible through the Browse section in the Apple Music app on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Non-Apple Music subscribers can browse the playlists through the Apple Music site on the web.

According to Apple, the playlists are updated daily with tracks that are "making the waves" in cities worldwide. Apple might add more cities in time. We've seen Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Calgary on the list, which iMore has listed here.

Tech gifts even Mom would love

It’s been a challenging year (plus) for all of us and celebrations big or small are even more appreciated. Birthdays, graduations, heck even getting your first covid vaccine is a reason to share a little joy. Mother’s Day is coming up so here are a few ideas from this tech lovin’ momma that may come in handy for the mom in your life! 

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The City of Calgary and Waze partner for Cities Data Program

The City of Calgary has just announced a two-way, data-sharing partnership with Waze for publicly available traffic information. Waze's Cities Data program aims to create "greater efficiency, deeper insights, and safer roads."

Calgary's Traffic Management Centre (TMC) can use tools like Waze to improve traffic flow and let citizens know about traffic impacts, road closures, and construction quickly.

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Apple releases slew of software updates

One week after its reveal of new iPad Pros, Apple TVs, and all-new iMacs with the M1 processor, Apple has started rolling out software updates to all its major devices. The most relevant is of course iOS 14.5 for the iPhone with various security features as well as the ability to unlock the iPhone with an Apple Watch (because Face ID is useless with masks on), and a more diverse choice of Siri voices.

New Emoji are also available in time for spring, including various types of couple emoji and a wider range of skin tones. Apple Maps gets more interactive with the ability to report an incident a la Waze. AirTag support is also an important update which allows some devices to work with Apple's new Find My devices.  iPad OS, Watch OS, TV OS, and Mac OS all received significant updates available now.