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Apps worth downloading first on a new iPad
Marta KowalczykA setup guide that starts with the screen and stylus, then picks apps that actually use them.
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Mail, notes, calendar, design and office software assessed on whether new AI features help.
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Apple Mail and Notes: Which AI features actually ship, and what they cost
Brandi ReedMost of Apple's AI in Mail and Notes is already on your device. The catch is hardware, not a subscription.
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What Granola's meeting notes actually cost, and where your audio goes
Brandi ReedThe AI notetaker just hit a $1.5 billion valuation. Here's what the free, Business, and Enterprise tiers include, and what its privacy policy says happens to your recordings.
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AI baked into browsers: Edge Copilot, Chrome's assistants, and what to enable
Brandi ReedThe browser became an AI surface — summaries, page Q&A, tab help, agentic browsing — and the settings that matter concern what the assistant reads and when it acts.
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Raycast as an AI launcher: the Mac power tool, documented
Brandi ReedA keyboard-first launcher with AI built in — chat, presets, and commands a hotkey away — Raycast's documented appeal is speed and extensibility, and its fine print is about what a launcher with AI can see.
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Copilot in Word and Excel: what Microsoft documents it does — and doesn't
Brandi ReedDrafting, rewriting, summarizing, and formula help inside the Office apps you already use — with commercial-terms privacy and a review obligation that the feature's convenience makes easy to forget.