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Google Google's Search App Is Getting a Big Update Google wants its mobile app to be more than just a vehicle for retrieving answers to questions. That's why the company says it will update the feed section of its main search app with new features designed to make finding information easier and faster

Video Games You Can Download the Nintendo Switch Online App Now You can't do much with it yet, but the Nintendo Switch Online app just popped up on the Apple App Store and Google Play. Its arrival now is as expected, in near tandem with Splatoon 2

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