Barbara Krasnoff

Back in April, we offered directions on how to install and navigate Google’s beta version of its Nearby Share app, which lets you share files between your Android phone and your Windows PC. Well, it’s now out of beta, and so we’ve updated our how-to article on, well, how to use it.

The latest version of Apple’s mobile OS will include the Contact Poster, a feature that lets you assemble your own individual digital calling card that pops up when you call somebody on an iPhone. You can try it with the public beta, or when the final version ships — either way, it’s cool way to introduce yourself.

If you’re still using the social network once known as Twitter, you may feel a bit of nostalgia for the perky little bluebird that used to grace your screen. If you’d like to see it again, you can change your iPhone home screen icon to a bird, a bear — in fact, whatever you’d like. Here’s how.

We’ve been running a steadily growing list of alternatives for that formerly bird-associated social network, and now that TikTok has added a text-only option, it’s become part of our inventory of 15 social networks vying for your attention. If you’re wondering where to go next, these are some interesting choices.