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Weekly Roundup – March 17, 2018

All the iPhone and iPad news of the last seven days, plus a reminder of the other content we posted this week

News stories

Apple Families

Apple has released a new mini-site dedicated to all the ways iOS can help families make the most of their iPhones and iPad. Read more

iOS 11.3 public beta

Now anyone can get early access to upcoming features, including new Animoji and the long-promised battery health settings. Read more

New MacBooks

It looks as though Apple is planning a new “entry-level” range of MacBooks and iPads for 2018. Read more

 

How-tos

Auto-brightness

How to stop your display automatically dimming. Read more

Facebook data

There’s a way to find out exactly what information Facebook stores about you, and it’s pretty eye-opening. Read more

Wish list

The App Store wish list function was removed last year, but there are still two viable options to keep track of apps. Read more

Restarting tips

How to hard reset any frozen device. Read more

Apps

Circa

Sick of reading the news? This video-driven news app will let you watch it instead. Read more

Alto’s Odyssey

Ride through epic landscapes on your trusty sandboard in the sequel to Alto’s Adventure. Read more

Google Photos

Four key benefits of the main alternative to the default iOS Photos app. Read more

Florence

App-based storytelling at its very best in this interactive graphic novel from the designer of Monument Valley. Read more