With all of the news focused on Google I/O 2016 today, Apple fans might be feeling a little left out. Don’t be jealous, iOS users, distract yourself instead by loading up on paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free. Today’s list includes some of the best freebies we’ve found all week, including a free in-app purchase for a great Reddit app, a cool app that lets you add filters to Live Photos, an app that lets you use your iPhone as a wireless number pad for your computer, and plenty more.

You’ll also find several remaining free downloads in yesterday’s post to help pass the time during I/O.

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There are plenty of worthwhile shows airing this summer, but Preacher is one you might want to keep an eye on. Based on the comics by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, Preacher follows a reformed criminal trying to get his life back on track by returning to his home town and taking over as preacher for his late father’s congregation.

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Gaming is not the future of virtual reality. Much as video games are currently a small segment of the broader computing industry, virtual reality and augmented reality will expand far beyond gaming down the road. But today, right here, right now, VR Grand Theft Auto is the reason virtual reality exists.

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Google I/O 2016 is the big event on the agenda today, but that doesn’t mean we’re taking a break from showing you the top bargains you’ll find among Amazon’s daily deals. Wednesday’s best includes 15 different deals on everything from Tumi luggage and an iPhone 6s Mophie Juice Pack for just $40 to an $18 microSDXC card, a $45 cable modem that will save you over $100 on your Internet bill each year, a brand new 2016 Samsung 4K TV for just $561, and plenty more.

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John Jameson might not have believed in miracles a year ago, but breakthroughs in modern science have made certain that he does now. The Tatum, Texas man had been blind for more than 40 years after an aggressive infection ended up taking his vision. Jameson would eventually come to terms with his disability and make the best of his situation, but he now has a new outlook on life — literally — after a revolutionary surgery involving a bionic eye implant restored his vision earlier this year.

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In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you probably heard that Sony Pictures Entertainment is releasing an all-female Ghostbusters sequel/reboot later this summer. You might have also heard that the internet hasn’t been reacting all that well to the news of the movie’s existence.

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The brand new HTC 10 is the most powerful phone in the world by a landslide. It’s not even close. And then you have Samsung’s Galaxy S7 edge, which is the most gorgeous phone ever, in addition to being fast and powerful. Oh how I wish I could ditch my iPhone 6s and switch to the S7 edge, but alas. If you purchase either of these two flagship Android phones, you can rest assured that you’ll posses one of the finest smartphones ever crafted. In fact, even when all is said and done in 2016, these could end up being the best Android phones of the year.

We know they’re both spectacular on paper, but which flagship Android is the fastest in real-world use?

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A split second mistake can end up costing you a small fortune if you slip and drop your iPhone and it’s not protected by a solid case. Just any case isn’t always going to cover you. Even the cases Apple sells in the Apple Store don’t really offer the kind of protection you need to be safe — and let’s not forget that Apple charges a ridiculous amount of money for its cases. Check this deal out instead: The Armorbox Dual Layer Hybrid Full-body Protective Case for Apple’s iPhone 6/6s is now just $11.99 on Amazon with free express shipping.

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It’s crazy to think how reliant we still are on printed documents in the digital age. Crazier still is the fact that people continue to spend a small fortune on printer ink. We recently told readers how to save 90% or even more when buying replacement ink cartridges for your printer, and we received a tremendous amount of positive feedback after running that article. But that strategy doesn’t address the second printer pain point that follows closely behind the cost of ink: The frequency with which people need to purchase ink refills.

Brother recently launched a series of “INKvestment” printers that pack longer-lasting ink cartridges, and now the company is pushing things a step further by adding two new affordable models that start at just $199.

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It took eons, but Nokia is finally making the Android phones we always hoped it would make. To get here, Nokia had to lose its grip on the mobile business, choose Windows Mobile as its only smartphone OS, and then sell its entire mobile division to Microsoft. But the American software giant was unable to make anything good come out of its Nokia Lumia and Windows Phone brands, turning the acquisition into a failure of epic proportions.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is selling its feature phone business to Foxconn. And Nokia is licensing its name, which it’s buying back from Microsoft, to a company that will work with the same Foxconn subsidiary to make feature phones, Android smartphones and Android tablets in the near future.

The point is, Nokia is finally making Android phones, even if it won’t actually build them

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