September 20, 2022

Apps to improve your life

27 minutes

Guest: Adam Turner

There are more than 7 million apps for mobile devices, and around the world, people download around 250 million each day. In this episode, host Val Quinn is joined by Adam Turner, award-winning Australian technology journalist and long-time columnist for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald to talk about some of the apps that can help make your life more convenient, interesting, and, well, just plain better.

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Learn about apps in our free All about apps course: https://beconnected.esafety.gov.au/topic-library/essentials/all-about-apps

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See this link: https://360degree.agency/en/5-apps-indispensaveis-para-quem-mora-na-australia-4/

See this link: https://www.edigitalagency.com.au/app-marketing/most-popular-apps-australia/

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Adam Turner: https://www.adamturner.com.au

Adam Turner on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adam_turner

Listen to Adam Turner on his podcast, Vertical Hold: behind the tech news: https://verticalholdauaudio.libsyn.com

Adam and Val mentioned the following apps:

Built in apps:

Calendar

Reminders

Google Maps

Apple Maps

Apple Health

Google Fitness

Video apps:

FaceTime

Google Duo

News aggregators:

Google news

Apple news

Other apps:

Waze

Sleep Cycle

Smiling Mind

Gratitude Happiness Journal

ABC News

Netflix

YouTube

Rain Parrot

Flight Radar 24

The Gibson App

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