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6 apps and websites to help your wedding planning

Let us help you get ready to say ‘I do!’

Published

August 23, 2018

Koy Mapolon

They say that your wedding day is the most important day of your life. It’s also probably one of the most expensive and stressful days ever. Luckily, technology has made it so much easier to plan such a momentous event. We’ve gathered some of these resources to help with your wedding planning.

For your all-around planning — Wedding Planner by The Knot

The Knot’s wedding planner app pretty much covers everything you need to plan your wedding. You can look for inspiration, create your budget and checklists, and even find vendors right from your phone or tablet. It’s literally your digital wedding planner, or at the very least, your wedding assistant.

For amazing wedding invites and thank you cards — Minted

Whether you need a website, save the date, invitation, or thank you cards for your wedding, or perhaps the program, place cards, menus for the reception, this website can connect you to many different independent artists that can get it done. You can have samples sent to you, and you can coordinate with your artist as much as you need to get the perfect designs.

For vendors you might need in your area — Carats & Cake

This site lets you look through different weddings and see which vendors were there. If you like any of the vendors you see, you can get their info from their profile. This website works through recommendations of real couples, and even if you don’t find someone you want to hire, you at least get to look at beautiful photos that can serve as inspiration as well.

For your registry and wedding gifts — Wedding Wire Registry (formerly Newly Wish) and Tendr

The Wedding Wire Registry consolidates all your registries from different retailers. You can create your retail registries and import them into your page, which you may then customize to match your wedding theme. This makes your wedding gift list more organized and easy to monitor, which is good for both you and your guests.

If you prefer to get your gifts in cash instead, Tendr is a really elegant and easy way to go. You can create a page for your occasion, and your friends and family can send you their gifts through that, alongside a beautifully designed digital card. Something that makes this even better is that you can donate a percentage of your gifts to a charity of your choosing.

For when you need help accomplishing different tasks — TaskRabbit

If you find yourself lacking hands when it comes to the wedding itself (perhaps last minute), you can use TaskRabbit to get the help you need. From decorations to emergency purchases, and even overall assistance, this app could help you get things done and get one less thing off your plate!There you have it: six resources that cover most aspects of wedding planning. Whether you’re already engaged and planning your wedding (a huge CONGRATS to you!) or just love looking at wedding-related things for your future special day, we hope this was able to help you find something useful.

Related Topics:Carats & Cake Minted specials TaskRabbit Tendr The Knot Wedding Wedding Wire Registry

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Apple Creator Studio: Creative apps bundled into single subscription

All the tools you need, one payment

Published

January 14, 2026

GadgetMatch

Apple has officially streamlined its popular creative apps into one single subscription suite with the introduction of Apple Creator Studio.

The collection includes some of the most useful apps for today’s creators: Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage.

New AI features and premium content in Keynote, Pages, and Numbers also make the Apple Creator Studio an exciting subscription suite. Freeform will eventually be added to the lineup.

The groundbreaking collection is designed to put studio-grade power into the hands of everyone. It builds on the essential role Apple devices play in the lives of millions of creators worldwide.

The apps included cover video editing, music making, creative imaging, and visual productivity to give modern creators the features and capabilities they need.

Final Cut Pro introduces exceptional new video editing tools and intelligent features for Mac and iPad.

For the first time, Pixelmator Pro is also coming to iPad with a uniquely crafted experience optimized for touch and Apple Pencil.

Logic Pro, meanwhile, for Mac and iPad introduces more intelligent features like Synth Player and Chord ID.

Apple Creator Studio will be available on the App Store beginning January 29. In the Philippines, the rates are PhP 399 a month or PhP 3,990 annually.

There is also a free one-month trial which includes access to:

Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro on Mac and iPad
Motion, Compressor, and MainStage on Mac
Intelligent features and premium content for Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and later Freeform for iPhone, iPad, and Mac

College students and educators can subscribe for a discounted price of PhP 149 per month or PhP 1,490 per year.

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Apple gives up on making AI, inks a deal with Gemini to power Siri

Gemini gets another feather in its cap.

Published

January 14, 2026

Luigi Leonardo

In the not-too-long-ago past, the biggest names of the tech industry competed to build their own AI software. Now, though some brands are still on the hunt, it’s easier to name certain software that have more successfully drowned users in a flood of AI-powered features. Today, Google gets another win by adding Apple’s Siri to its Gemini cap.

In the past, Apple peddled Apple Intelligence, an upcoming AI-powered system to compete against the giants of the industry. However, much like other features from other brands, Apple Intelligence came out half baked with features still lacking months after the initial launch.

Now, Apple has signed a deal with Google to use Gemini for a revamped Siri. The former plans to launch a new version of Siri later this year. Because of the deal, the voice assistant will start using Gemini as a foundation for its own services. Currently, Samsung’s Galaxy AI already uses Gemini.

Formerly a battleground between so many competing brands, it’s now looking like a battle between two major companies: Google and OpenAI. Google now has a huge grip, though. Both Samsung and Apple are no slouches when it comes to owning market share in the world’s smartphones.

Now, as consumers, Apple’s deal probably doesn’t mean much besides the continued influx of features that add little to no value to a smartphone.

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Microsoft continues to shove Copilot where it’s not wanted

This time, it’s reportedly coming to File Explorer.

Published

January 14, 2026

Luigi Leonardo

If you look at a modern keyboard, you’ll find that the Copilot button is the cleanest one on the entire panel because no one ever willingly presses it. And yet, Microsoft still believes in the feature’s value. To show their odd commitment, the company is reportedly adding Copilot to File Explorer.

According to @phantomofearth from X (via Windows Central), a new Windows 11 preview build will add a button beside File Explorer’s navigation menu. Currently, the button is invisible and doesn’t do anything. However, the report says that the feature is tied to something called “Chat with Copilot.” It’s becoming clear that the system aims to add the AI software right inside the file organization app.

Besides revealing the potential addition of the egregious feature inside File Explorer, @phantomofearth also added mock-ups of a desktop with Copilot right on the taskbar, hinting at a potential nightmare of the feature lording itself over where it’s not wanted.

Thankfully, the preview build doesn’t always represent a final version of the system. There’s still a chance that Microsoft will not add the AI to the File Explorer.

As of late, Microsoft has received a lot of flak for persistently pushing Copilot onto users, regardless of how they feel about the feature. The company is also facing criticisms in the background for being a major proponent of AI data centers in the United States, which, in turn, have caused the prices of tech to skyrocket this year.