Apps to improve your life

Be Connected podcast

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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  • 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

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