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PaperVideo – Digital Classroom

PaperVideo is an ed tech start-up with an audacious goal: the creation and delivery of quality education resources that allow every student in India to gain instant access to excellent teachers and the best curriculum.

Digital Books, Homework, Full length practice tests and Video explanations, all go towards enhancing the learning experience. A Personal Scheduler helps you to be on top of the course and organize your entire program with to-do lists and calendar functionality.

The courses covered are:

  • Grade 8th to Grade 12th(CBSE)
    ● Grade 8th to Grade 10th (ICSE)
    ● Grade 8th to Grade 12th (Maharashtra and other State Boards)

    The sophisticated virtual classroom streams passionate, qualified teachers into your home and empowers students to accomplish their goals by providing an outstanding curriculum and the highest-quality instructors in the industry.

www.papervideo.com

Android : http://bit.ly/35VSNrY

Draw.io

Draw.io (https://www.draw.io/) is an online charting tool. You can make all kinds of tables / charts / graphs / flowcharts / venn diagrams, etc. for business, engineering, software, networks and more. It lets you create any number of professional images, giving you full control over them. You can save your images as jpg, pdf or png. It also allows you to save your work on your desktop, or a cloud storage service of your choice i.e. google drive, one drive, dropbox, etc. You have the option to download the desktop app with the same functionality and create enchanting looking diagrams and use them in your documents and presentations.

Best of all, the service is entirely free. You have the option to contribute though, in various ways, and if you like the service, I think you should!

Nord VPN

Browsing the net from your phone has its own share of risks. Prying eyes, stealing bots, and what not. A VPN (Virtual Private Network) shields you from the perils of such predators. NordVPN app lets you enjoy secure and private internet access in just a single tap – on your smartphone, tablet, or your Android TV.

This app keeps your online activity private from ISPs, advertisers, and other snoopers. It also secures your internet traffic with military-grade encryption so that no one can get their hands on your online data. When you browse the net, it also changes your IP address so that you appear to be browsing from a different location. With servers in 60 countries – you could be browsing from any country without anyone knowing. And, if you hop on to any WiFi network, you can rest assured that your sensitive data is safe – the CyberSec feature protects you from malware, spyware and other malicious content. And all this, without compromising a bit on speed!

Be fast and secure with NordVPN, a small price to pay for safety!

Android: http://bit.ly/2nnTVmT          iOS: https://apple.co/2oTBMh4

National Consumer Helpline (NCH)

This Mobile App is an alternate way to register consumer related grievances on the portal https://consumerhelpline.gov.in. The website was launched by the Department of Consumer Affairs to create awareness, advise and redress consumer grievances and act as a central registry for lodging consumer grievances. As per the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, consumers can approach Consumer Fora at the District, State and National level for dispute resolution. Though all efforts will be made to address grievances made on the portal, if the grievance is not redressed to the full satisfaction, a consumer has choice to approach the appropriate Consumer Fora.

An aggrieved consumer can register grievance by either calling the toll free number 1800-11-4000 or 14404 to talk to an agent to register or register online on the portal or through the Mobile App in which case the consumer gets an userid and password to lodge a grievance.

The app also has consumer awareness material, addresses of various Consumer Fora and other related useful sites.

Android: http://bit.ly/31PlCUs

Speed Camera Radar

The need for speed is exhilarating. However, we also need to adhere to traffic rules and discipline. But sometimes, when you are in an unknown locality and do not know the speed limits and may miss the signs, this is an invaluable tool to know your limits and also where the Speed Cameras are located.

Using this app, you can detect hazards such as Mobile ambush, traffic collision, road repairing, dangerous crossing, etc. etc. The first time you install the app, you will need to download the data for your country. You may also select from a variety of voice samples on what type of voice you would like to hear. Once you are set, just fire the app while you are driving and you will be alerted to multiple hazards on the road.

An invaluable tool while driving.

Android: http://bit.ly/2O1qMIC           iOS: https://apple.co/2XCTRxi

Rainbow

These days, with all the issues being raised on privacy with apps which are widely used (like WhatsApp), it may be worth looking at apps which are not so popular, but perform the same functions. Since such apps are not so widely used, they may not be a target for poachers. Rainbow is one such app.

It is a collaboration tool where you can chat, share files and use messaging for business and personal purposes. You can also instantly make audio or video calls and share your screen with just one click. In short, you lead your business with enterprise-grade control.

Besides, you don’t even have to share / disclose your telephone number to make calls.

It may be of great use in certain countries which ban WhatsApp calls!

An interesting alternative to WhatsApp – worth trying.

Android : http://bit.ly/2O27geY            iOS: https://apple.co/2rTYMOn

Passwords.google.com

This Google password manager helps you see, change, or remove passwords you saved in your Google Account. You can have Chrome remember your passwords for different sites. To use your passwords on different devices, turn sync on in Chrome, and when it asks you whether you wish to save your password securely, it allows you to do so.

Over a period of time after saving your password on many sites, you may like to review your passwords – how many are common, how many are weak and how many are already compromised. This gives a fair amount of overview of all your passwords on the net.

Of course, the recommendation for the compromised passwords is to immediately update them to something different and difficult. Common passwords need to be changed so that each site uses a unique password and the weak passwords need to be updated to something more difficult.

A quick glance will keep you abreast of the security level of your passwords and let you change them, if needed, just in time!

EverydayHealth.com

This is an interesting website for everyday health. As the name suggests, it presents medical knowledge in an easily accessible form and provides you advise which can be implemented in day to day life. There are free newsletters, symptom checkers and also drug finders. The calorie counter, meal planner and recipes sections help you plan your eating habits appropriate to your body type and region.

Fitness, sleep, skin and many other daily concerns are well covered. Resources for both physical and mental health, duly vetted by doctors, updated with the latest research findings, is available for free. Common ailments like flu, headache, asthma, arthritis, cholesterol, heart health, etc. are professionally covered.

A very valuable resource for those looking forward to a healthy and happy mind and body.

We Flip – A Digital Wellbeing Experiment

We Flip is a part of the Digital Wellbeing Experiments with a goal to improving your online and offline lives.

We have all faced the issue of lack of attention by members of a group, who invariably keep looking at their phones, while the fun is on. This app, can put some discipline into the group activity.

All the members of the group install the app, and flip a switch at the beginning of the group activity – it could be a party, a dinner, a picnic. The app then tracks who used their phone first and allows you to see how you did!  Maybe you could be innovative and get that person (who used the phone first) to pay for the dinner!

It’s a simple app which allows you to focus on the activity at hand and thus helps you achieve digital wellbeing effectively.

Android: http://bit.ly/344b5Wt

Photos with phones

In today’s times, more cameras are sold on phones than standalone. And we all use them so casually, without bothering to optimize their performance. So, if you want to improve upon your photos, just head to https://photoswithphones.com

This simple website was established to eradicate the stigma attached to handheld photography. Most high-end phones come with multiple cameras and a plethora of settings which can enhance your photographs to professional levels. Many of us do not even know the options and settings that exist, and how to use them.

You have articles like Phone Camera Basics, Phone camera tricks, Travel photography, Food photography and many more. The articles are grouped in 3 heads – Guides, Gear and Social Media Hacks.

Enjoy and enhance your photos, now that you have the secrets of professional photography in your arsenal!