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Set up custom email alerts on your iPhone

Sure, you can set your iPhone to chime when you get new mail. But if you get a lot of mail, like I do, it’s not very helpful. What you really want is a notification when you get important mail from important people. So that’s just what I created, using a few Gmail filters and an iPhone app called Boxcar.

If you get a lot of mail and use a mail service with server-side rules, such as Gmail, you can do it too. Let me show you how in this week’s Macworld video tip.

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iPhone Apps to Capture Panoramas of Breathtaking Churches

With smartphone cameras progressing in technology all the time, users are becoming increasingly able to capture beautiful shots of everything in their day-to-day lives, and for Christians it is no different. With the following smartphone apps, users can create expansive panoramas of breathtaking churches in order to share their experiences with friends and family.

360 Panorama costs $1.99 and lets users capture their surroundings in 360 degrees. To begin, the user simply taps a button and then pans the phone in any direction. The panorama stitches together in real time, and when it’s finished, the user should tap the button again. The finalized photo can be viewed either as a panorama, or the iPhone’s gyroscope can be used for a more immersive experience.

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