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In the News blog post for July 18, 2025:
https://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2025/07/in-the-news787.html

00:00 Emoji Excitement 🥳
18:45 Rare Earth Investment
23:58 Wrist Flick Mastery
27:54 Watching Your Health Predictions
34:20 Map Tracking
37:24 Incredible iPad Tips
42:48 CarPlay Ultra Ultra Review
46:21 Lingering in the Chambers of the Sea
50:45 In the Show! Severed Emmys
54:48 Don’t Delete Garrett!
55:11 Brett’s Siri Tip: Using Siri to Specify a Music Playing App
58:45 Jeff’s Siri Tip: Ask Siri to Choose Music to Fit your Mood or Activity

World Emoji Day! 🥳
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Emojipedia
https://emojipedia.org/

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Michael Teo Van Runkle | Ars Technica: Everything we learned from a week with Apple CarPlay Ultra

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Brett’s Siri Tip: Using Siri to Specify a Music Playing App
https://www.idownloadblog.com/2021/06/21/how-to-set-a-preferred-music-app-on-iphone-using-siri/

Jeff’s Siri Tip: Ask Siri to choose music to fit your mood or activity
https://support.apple.com/en-us/105053 

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