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With iOS 10, Apple introduced several significant improvements to its Maps app. In addition to finally opening it up to third party developers including Uber and OpenTable, they added a feature that helps you keep track of where you parked your car.

Apple's personal assistant, while it started out a bit clunky, has evolved with every new iOS version and become a truly useful feature. The addition of 'Hey Siri' in iOS 9 allowed users to access it hands-free, making it even more handy. It has become popular enough that Apple added it to the latest macOS version, Sierra. This incarnation of Siri, however, does not have the 'Hey Siri' feature; you either have to click on the icon or use a keyboard shortcut to invoke her. There is, however, a legitimate workaround via macOS' dictation feature. Here's how to set it up:

The recent Chrome for iOS update (version 54.0.2840.66), in addition to normal bug fixes and stability improvements, contains a hidden game. It is an endless runner type game in which you are a dinosaur running through a desert, jumping over cactuses and low-flying pterodactyls. If you are looking for a mindless time-wasting activity on your iPhone or iPad, here's how to access it:

Anybody who has started a video recording with their iPhone or iPad and promptly decided to switch from portrait orientation to landscape (or vice-versa), has found upon replay that the orientation didn't change, resulting in the majority of the video being sideways. Even though everything looks fine during the recording process, it doesn't translate to the finished product - an issue that Apple perhaps will address at some point.

The popular social media app that lets users upload 6 second video snippets will be discontinued in the near future. After acquiring Vine in 2012 for a rumored $30 million, Twitter announced on Thursday that it will be shutting the app down. There are likely numerous reasons for Vine's demise, including increased competition, Twitter's focus on Periscope, and the app's lack of profitability. Whatever the case, there are a lot of hilarious Vines out there that could potentially disappear forever.