Which artists and albums were your favorites in previous years? Find out through Apple Music’s Replay feature.

In November 2019, Apple Music introduced a Replay feature which compiles your most listened to songs of the year into a playlist. If you’re a long-time Apple Music user, you can also gain access to your favorites from previous years.

For now, the only way to activate this feature is through the Apple Music web player. Here’s how to do this.

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What are Apple Music Replays?

The Apple Music Replay feature offers a breakdown of your favorite artists and how often you listen to them. It also includes a list of your top 10 favorite albums. Apple promises to update Replay every week and adjust the list based on your latest listening habits. As a bonus, you can tap ”Get your Replay Mix” to generate a playlist, which you …

It’s an update on last year’s Wireless Stand.

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Nomad has launched its newest wireless charger.
The Base Station Stand is an update on the Wireless Stand from last year.
It can charge your phone wirelessly in any orientation, as well as AirPods and AirPods Pro.

Nomad has just launched its latest charged, the Base Station Stand, which will charge your phone whilst stood up in any orientation.

According to Nomad:

Base Station Stand is an updated design on our hugely popular Wireless Stand from last year. The news iteration features two wireless coils to enable charging with your phone in any orientation as well as AirPods and AirPod Pro charging. It also features a USB-C power port, 18w wall adaptor with international plug options, a solid aluminum chassis, and a leather charging pad.

The 2 wireless coils provide 10W of power each and allow your phone to charge either horizontally or vertically. That means you can wireless charge your phone whilst docked…

That’s more than double TikTok, its closest competitor…

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31 million people downloaded the Disney+ app in Q4 2019.
Sensor Tower data described the launch success as ”unprecedented”.
That’s more than twice the number of downloads of the nearest competitor TikTok.

Sensor Tower data for Q4 of 2019 has revealed that an ”unprecedented” 31 million people downloaded the Disney+ app in the US during the quarter.

According to its report:

The biggest story of Q4 2019 was the launch of Disney+, which quickly became the top downloaded app in the U.S. It had more than 30 million U.S. downloads in the quarter.
The launch of Disney+ in mid-November was unprecedented in the U.S. Its 31 million
downloads in Q4 2019 was more than double the total for the next closest app, TikTok.

As you would expect, Disney+ was the most popular app in both the App Store and Google Play Store by a substantial margin. It ended YouTube’s four-quarter run as the No.1 app in the App…

As a performer or educator, the last thing you want is a series of microphone wires limiting your movement. Wireless headset microphones are designed to fit comfortably around your head while setting your hands free to perform other activities concurrently. Whether you need them for energetic or laid back presentations, here are the best wireless headset microphones to enchant your audience without entangling yourself.

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With a 300-foot operation range and superb sound performance, the Shure BLX14/P31 lets you enjoy wireless convenience while owning the stage. It has a PGA31 headset microphone, BLX4 wireless receiver, BLX1 bodypack transmitter, PS24 power supply, windscreen and clothing clip. The headset has a reliable signal and is easy to use.

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Samson K3 Wireless Headset Microphone

With an omnidirectional microphone capsule, the Samson K3 headset makes sure that your voice is captured and …

This fight isn’t over the ability to get into just a single criminal’s phone, but everybody’s phone. Yours and mine. And the ability for not just the FBI to get into it, but everybody. Foreign agencies and criminals.

Law enforcement agencies across the globe make requests for data from Apple and other tech companies all the time. So ”all the time”, there are processes in place to handle them. They are… routine.

But, every once in awhile, specific cases still show up in the papers. They’re the most sensational, horrible, heart-breaking, flag-waving cases, and the papers lap them up, few questions asked, and the people who then read the stories get all riled up.

Which is, I think, is the entire point of getting those stories into the papers to begin with.

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The biggest and most public fight over encryption in the U.S., so far, was the San Bernardino case.

This channel didn’t exist back then but I covered the story extensively online, including sitting in on innum…

That’s another 20% increase on current, record-highs…

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One analyst believes 5G ”complexity and hype” could propel Apple’s share price to $375 this year.
D.A. Davidson analyst Tom Forte thinks that AAPL could grow by another 20% this year.
He believes Apple can exploit 5G for growth in both Fall 2020 and 2021.

This article has been updated to include the further predictions of Wedbush analyst Dan Ives, who’s $400 share prediction is even more bullish than that of Tom Forte!

D.A. Davidson analyst Tom Forte believes that 5G could propel Apple’s share price to $375, in the most bullish stance on Apple’s stock to date.

As reported by Business Insider:

Apple has a new biggest bull on Wall Street after research firm D.A. Davidson boosted its price target to the highest among analysts.
The tech giant’s stock is poised to leap 20% over the next year to $375 per share, analyst Tom Forte said in a Monday note. Apple currently trades at roughly $313 per share…

Tired of getting those annoying Activity app notifications on your Apple Watch? Yes, you can turn them off.

Perhaps the No. 1 reason to purchase an Apple Watch is to track your fitness activities. Thanks to the built-in Activity app, you can keep track of various exercise routines throughout the week such as running, walking, even yoga. When you’re not exercising, the Activity app has also been designed to push out notifications to give you an extra push. These are easy to modify, as you can see below.

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How to change the Activity app notification settings

You can customize the notifications you get for your daily activities to fit your daily lifestyle. The settings are found in the Watch app on your iPhone. You have three choices that will determine the type and location of Activity app notifications on Apple Watch. These include: Allow Notifications, …

Convert, view and customize USDZ 3D objects on Mac!

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Apple has released its new Reality Converter app for macOS.
It will allow developers to convert, view and customize USDZ 3D objects on Mac.
USDZ files are used to help produce content for augmented reality.

Apple has released its new Reality Converter app for macOS on its developer website.

The release notes state:

The new Reality Converter app makes it easy to convert, view, and customize USDZ 3D objects on Mac. Simply drag-and-drop common 3D file formats, such as .obj, .gltf and .usd, to view the converted USDZ result, customize material properties with your own textures, and edit file metadata. You can even preview your USDZ object under a variety of lighting and environment conditions with built-in IBL options.

USDZ files are used in augmented reality to add computer-generated to content to real environments. With this new Reality Converter, developers will have more tools available to integrate…