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As of the year 2021, the two major players in the mobile apps space are:



                             Google Play Store: For Android devices





                             Apple’s App Store: For iPads and iPhones



              Some Common Mobile Apps
              Let us now learn about some common mobile apps.


                        Phone: This app is used to make calls. And most importantly, it is used to store the contact
                        details.

                        Message: This app is used for sending and receiving SMS. It also stores draft, sent and received
                        messages.

                        Email: An email app is used to send and receive email messages by configuring an email account
                        (Gmail, Outlook, etc.). It works similar to the web-based email account.

                        Calendar: This app is used to display Calendar in different views such as Yearly and Monthly. It is
                        also used to schedule reminders, appointments, etc.

                        Clock: It is used to display time in digital and analog format. It is also used to set an alarm, timer
                        and stopwatch.

                        Photos: This app helps to view images and videos and is also used to arrange photos in the form
                        of an album.

                        Maps: This app is used for navigational purposes. It is enabled by GPS (Global Positioning System)
                        technology.

                        Web  Browser:  This app is used to search the web to get desired information through the
                        internet.

                        Music: It is used to play and listen to music and songs.



                        Camera: It is used to capture and store photos and videos on the phone.



                INTERNET AND ITS APPLICATION
              The ‘Internet’ is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol
              Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of
              private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by
              a broad array of networking technologies. The ‘Internet’ carries a vast range of information resources and
              services, such as the interlinked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure
              to support electronic mail.



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