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Pocket Casts – Podcast Player

Pocket Casts

Pocket Casts is one of the better Podcast Players out on the Android Play Store. It provides next-level listening, search and discovery tools. It has powerful playback functions, with an automatic playback queue from your favourite songs. If you sign-in, you can have the Up-Next queue synced across your devices.

You can even trim the silence between episodes and vary the speed of your listening. A Volume Boost function can increase the volume of voices and decrease the background noise. It offers controls on Android Wear so that you do not have to reach out to your phone for skipping episodes or volume control. A sleep timer allows you to pause the episode while you rest. And, you can cast your podcast to your TV with a Chromecast to enjoy a seamless viewing experience.

A great podcast player, worth trying out

Android: https://bit.ly/2E9JDii     iOS : https://apple.co/2CH4zwI

GoFullPage – Full Page Screen Capture

GoFullPage

This is a Chrome Extension which helps you capture a screenshot of your current web-page in its entirety. Quite often, it is a pain to capture the full screen of a webpage when it is several screens long. This simple extension solves the problem elegantly.

The simplest way to take a full page screenshot of your current browser window is to click on the extension icon (or press Alt+Shift+P), watch the extension capture each part of the page, and be transported to a new tab of your screenshot where you can download it as an image or PDF or even just drag it to your desktop. There are no bloat, no ads, no unnecessary permissions, just a simple way to turn a full web page into an image!

The advanced screen capture technology handles complex pages—including inner scrollable elements as well as embedded iframes—unlike any other extension.

So, go ahead and install this extension – improve your efficiency!

Remove.bg

Many a times we take photos of friends and family, and so much unwantedRemove.bg background creeps in, especially in public places. This website just removes the background, easily and efficiently.

Just head to the website remove.bg and upload your pic. The site will convert it and give you a transparent background immediately, which you can download and keep it for further use. It also has an option to add other, pre-defined backgrounds and splendid effects, which may enhance your image.

Whether you’re cutting out selfies, product photos or portrait shots, remove.bg handles challenging edges (such as the notorious hair) and other tricky conditions exceptionally well. If you wish to convert multiple photos, you could run the conversion in batch mode and each pic takes just seconds to convert!

The paid version has more options and hi-res images also, but for most of our day to day use, the free version should suffice.

So, go ahead, remove that unwanted background now – it’s extremely simple!

Speech Timer

Speech Timer

If you are a regular speaker and have difficulty in timing your speeches, this is the right app for you. It sports a color-coded countdown timer, which shows you how much time you have left to complete your speech.

There are several buttons for configuring standard predefined time settings for the green, yellow and red progress signals. You may touch a time setting display to adjust the time setting for a custom time value at any time before starting a speech.

Hitting “Start” will time the speech and progress through white, green, yellow and red progress signals, with an optional disqualification signal. Hitting “Stop” will stop the timer and display the speech time.

The first letter of the color is also displayed for color blind users. Sound and vibrate preferences are provided for blind speakers. A preference to control display of time during speech to better conform to Toastmaster International ™ practices. Two custom time buttons may be configured in preferences.

A very nifty tool for those who routinely overstep their defined time-limits!

Android: https://bit.ly/3jVHkje       iOS: https://apple.co/3jQyLWO  (Similar)

Zoom for Gmail

Zoom for Gmail

This is a Gmail extension which helps you hop-in to Zoom meetings very easily. Once installed, whenever you are reading or responding to a mail, you can click on the Zoom Camera Icon on the top bar. A window will pop-up with options to Start or Schedule a meeting instantly. The person with whom you are corresponding, will immediately be sent an invite with all the relevant information and the meeting will be added to your own Zoom meeting schedule.

The add-on also lets you view all meetings that you have scheduled, in the side panel. And, if you are using the Gmail mobile app on Android or iOS, the add-on will appear at the bottom of the screen and you can access all the functions of the add-on right from your phone.

A must have extension for all those who use Zoom frequently!

Miro

Miro

Miro is a very elegant tool for using digital whiteboards, even if you have never tried such an app before. You can use it on a desktop, a tablet or on your phone. Touchscreens give you the best experience while using Miro.

The main app has a variety of templates such as Kanban boards, flowcharts, mindmaps, etc. It is a great tool to use with teams to brainstorm online.

Collaboration is a key element of Miro. You and team members can chat and messages, add comments, leave sticky notes, and create a centralized note for meeting elements. You can also link and embed in other team apps like Slack. The premium version also includes video chat, voting, and screen sharing.

You may use Miro for Meetings & Workshops, Ideation and Brainstorming, Research & Design, Strategy & Planning and Mapping and Diagramming. Besides, it is multi-platform and works seamlessly for Windows, iOS, Android and macOS. With over 7 million users, it is a product you can use with trust and confidence – you may signup for free and then upgrade anytime, based on your needs.

https://miro.com/

Applock

Applock is a simple lock which you can set for each of your apps. Many times, it so happens that you  hand over your phone to a friend or family member and he /she starts exploring your phone. Applock allows you to set a lock for each of your apps and allows that app to launch only when the requisite fingerprint or password is supplied. So you can lock your Facebook or Whatsapp or Gallery with Applock and each of these apps can now be launched only with a common password.

If you have enabled fingerprint recognition on your phone, your fingerprint can be used as your password to launch an app. In addition to perfect lock, AppLock can also catch intruders by taking a picture and even hide the fact that lock the app with fake error window!You can set a different password for each locked app and even lock the whole phone using lock screen of AppLock instead of lock screen of system. There is a provision to show a fake error message on the app which has been locked, so that the intruder is confused.

A very useful app for those who are sensitive to their privacy!

Android: http://bit.ly/2tNU2Ld

Tellows

Tellows is a Caller ID and Call Blocker for Android. In addition to its caller ID and blocking features, you can also make use of reverse phone number search, caller rating, personal blocklist and much more!

With Tellows, you can identify unknown callers immediately (Live Caller ID) in real-time as the phone rings, the tellows app shows you information about the caller. This includes the tellows score as well as caller name and location. The tellows score is an average community rating for the phone number on a scale of 1-9, with 9 indicating a very dangerous caller. You can use the reverse phone number lookup feature to find information shared by the Tellows community about thousands of callers.

Free users can manually block numbers using the local scorelist feature. Premium users have access to the community blocklist and can therefore benefit from automatic call blocking. Plus, the call blocking feature even works offline!

Android: http://bit.ly/2R9vIeD

www.Calculator.net

This site is created by a group of IT professionals who are enthusiastic in creating fast, comprehensive, convenient and free calculators. Currently, they have over 200 calculators. Their goal is to make it a one-stop go-to site for people who want to make quick calculations. All the calculators are completely free – no registration required.

The calculators are grouped into 4 sections: financial, fitness & health, math, and others. The calculations are based on well-known formulas or equations from textbooks, such as the mortgage calculator, BMI calculator, etc. Calculators such as the love calculator that are solely meant for amusement are based on internal formulas. Most of the calculators are universal – however, some, like the Income Tax Calculator, are for the United States only.

Overall, a great place to find and use a Calculator of your choice!

Microsoft Math Solver

Microsoft Math solver provides help with a variety of problems including arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, statistics, and other topics using an advanced AI powered math solver. Simply write a math problem on screen or use the camera to snap a math problem photo. Microsoft Math instantly recognizes the problem and helps you to solve it with step-by-step explanation, interactive graphs, similar problems from the web and online video lectures. And, you can quickly look up related math concepts.
Get help with your homework problems and gain confidence in mastering the techniques with Microsoft Math. It is absolutely FREE!
Android: http://bit.ly/2tL7fV3