Google Maps is one of the most popular mobile apps on the planet. Millions upon millions of people around the world rely on the app to help them discover new places, and of course to guide them to those new places. As a result, each new Google Maps update released by Google instantly impacts millions of people — mostly for the better, but sometimes Google’s changes in Maps cause more aggravation than they’re worth.

On Wednesday evening, Google released new updates for its Google Maps apps on Android and on the iPhone. And thankfully, this is a case where all of the updates bring nifty new features and there are no big design changes that might cause people headaches.

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Yesterday’s list of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free was one of the best lists we’ve published in a while, and a few of them are still free downloads if you hurry up and follow this link. Today, we’re picking up right where we left off with nine terrific iOS apps that normally all come at a price, but each and every one is free right now for a limited time.

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No, perfect stranger sitting next to me on a plane, I don’t want you to talk to me about the reason you’re actually taking this particular flight, your car troubles, or anything else for that matter. I just want to sleep from takeoff to landing. That’s not because I’m anti-social, afraid of flying or anything like that, but because I’m really tired. For me, the most annoying airplane passenger is thus “Chatty Cathy,” which is what Expedia called chatty travelers in a recent airplane etiquette study.

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When Apple first announced the iPhone 6 in late 2014, some smartphone enthusiasts scoffed at the fact that Apple still “only” included 1GB of RAM in the handset. Of course, subsequent performance tests reaffirmed the fact that specs on paper never tell the whole story, and the iPhone 6 absolutely slaughtered quad-core rivals with 2GB and 3GB of RAM in several key performance tests.

Despite the fact that Apple’s iPhones are already class leaders when it comes to performance, a new report on Thursday suggests that Apple is preparing to make a huge change that will potentially have a dramatic impact on the performance of this year’s iPhone 6s.

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This year’s Academy Awards nominations just got announced and as predicted, the big winners were The Grand Budapest Hotel and Birdman, which both led the way with nine Oscar nods. We’ve posted a list of the biggest award categories below but be sure to check out The Academy Awards’ official page to get the full list.

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HTC’s 2014 flagship phone, the HTC One M8, was the most beautiful smartphone that debuted last year. Of course, it also featured terrific performance and a gorgeous display to match its fantastic design. In 2015, the world is waiting to see what HTC comes up with once again, and this year it looks like the company’s flagship HTC One M9 will be accompanied by a larger phablet model as HTC looks to continue its rebound.

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Unless you’re an executive at Comcast or Time Warner Cable, there’s probably a good reason for you to oppose the two companies’ merger. Whether you’ve dealt with either company’s miserable customer service, been slapped with unexplained fee hikes, or just are sick of seeing the home broadband market dominated by a tiny number of players who have set up their own regional monopolies… these are all solid reasons to oppose Comcast and TWC’s proposed union.

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Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone maker that has seen tremendous success selling affordable Android handsets in China and other markets, and whose various products have more than once heavily borrowed design inspirations from competing Apple products, is now out with a couple of new affordable phablets meant to take on the iPhone 6 Plus.

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Google on Wednesday unveiled more details about its modular smartphone plans at the Project Ara Developers Conference, announcing the first such handset that interested fans are going to be able to buy. Set to debut in Puerto Rico later this year, where Google will conduct its first market test, the first Project Ara phone will not be the high-end Android handset you may have been fantasizing about. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing, considering that Project Ara is a modular smartphone, which you should be able to turn into a flagship-like handset in no time, assuming certain modules will become immediately available for purchase.

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iOS users in Europe have recently been given a special iTunes refund feature that lets them easily get their money back for any type of digital content purchased from Apple’s stores as long as the claim is made within 14 days after purchase.

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