Category: Productivity

LocalSend: FOSS Airdrop

We all have multiple devices at home / office and  very often, we need cross-platform compatibility for transferring files between devices. The files could be audio, video, text or images.

LocalSend resolves this problem very smoothly. Just install it on multiple devices on the same wi-fi network and enable send / receive. The app is very simple to use. It connects on peer to peer mode and does not need any external server.

You can easily transfer files from Windows Computer to Linux Computer to Mac to iPhone to Android to Android TV too! You can enable / disable encryption. If encryption is disabled, the speed increases dramatically. And there is no limit to the file size.

A very simple tool which is open-source and cross-platform and totally free to use – no ads, no tracking no hidden charges!

Try it – you may not need anything else for local file transfer.

https://localsend.org/

Reading Mode in Google Chrome

Many websites, especially news and general interest websites, which are free, carry a large number of advertisements to help pay for the content. It becomes irritating to wade through the ads to read the main content.

Google Chrome has now introduced – Reading Mode – to take care of this. So now, whenever you are on a website with many ads and you wish to focus on the text content of the website, just enable Reading Mode and you can read the content as plain text.

Reading Mode can be enabled in 2 ways – on a page with lots of text, just right click on any text area – you will find an option in the list saying – Open in Reading Mode. Alternatively, on the top right hamburger menu, you can click on More Tools and then on Reading Mode. Under both options a panel will pop up on the right, with plain text.

You may resize the panel, change the text to your preferred font, change the font size and change the background color scheme to your liking. You can also choose the line spacing and letter spacing for easy reading comfort. And, if you want to browse through multiple pages on the same site, you even have an option to pin the Reading Mode, so that it stays throughout your stay on that site.

This is free and available on all latest updated versions of Chrome.

Try it, you will really enjoy reading stuff online for hours!

Ghostwrite

Are you tired of writing emails? Do you spend substantial time composing long emails? Stop wasting your valuable time and use AI to automate your email writing.

Install the Ghostwrite extension for Chrome or Outlook and start writing emails with just a few prompts. Ghostwrite is an AI tool that writes your emails using ChatGPT and other AI technologies. Your writing process will be automated so that you can spend more time on things that matter.

Once you install the extension, whenever you compose a new email, Ghostwrite will prompt ask you to tell it what the email is about. If it is a reply to an existing email, it will understand the context by reading it. You then need to give a few words on telling it about the content of the email you want to write. It will further prompt you to decide what Style you want to write in, what is the Tone (Professional / Casual), what is the Length of the email and what is the Language of the response. Then just click on Write and your email is composed automatically, magically.

The first 100 emails every month are free and if you are a heavy email composer, you may have to pay a nominal monthly fee beyond that.

https://www.ghostwrite.rip/

Cool the Globe

Are you serious about caring for the Planet? Want to know what is your carbon footprint? Want to do something about it yourself?

Cool the Globe is the app for you. Just enter details of your daily travel, your appliances, the materials you use (including plastics), forest / tree plantations etc., and it will immediately let you know your carbon footprint. It will also indicate choices which you have in your daily travel / consumption / food, etc. to help you improve your carbon footprint.

The app will instantly calculate your GHG wastage / savings which you can save on a daily basis. You can then share your scores on Social Media with family and friends and help create a movement for reducing emissions and cooling the earth!

Be the change – join this citizen-led movement for climate action!

Very cool, huh?

https://www.cooltheglobe.org/

Android : https://bit.ly/3Xb5Q63               iOS : https://apple.co/4c3iUOM

Xume : Health Food Scanner App

Groceries now have ratings!

We all want to eat healthy, but do not know how to analyse the food products which we buy. It is almost impossible to sort through and decode all the perplexing and contradictory health claims and counterclaims mentioned on the labels.Xume’s  food scanner takes the con out of consumption by giving personalised health scores. No more demystifying food ingredient lists, decoding nutrition information or getting fooled by product claims.

All you have to do is to scan the bar-code on the label of the food item you have and it will give you detailed information about its ingredients and nutritional information, along with a rating – whether it is healthy enough to consume. If it is rated as unhealthy, it will also suggest healthier alternatives. And, if there are any concerns in some ingredients, it will highlight those too! An important tab shows you how processed the food item is, along with a Taste Meter to tell you how tasty it is.

While at a supermarket or shopping online, you can scan the packaging before you actually decide to buy any food item.

The first few scans are free and to continue using it, you may have to subscribe for a paid version.

If you are serious about your health and the foods you eat, this is the app for you!

Android :  https://bit.ly/4aT52pk    iOS : https://apple.co/3x5k11F

Summarize.tech

We often come across lengthy YouTube videos which may be useful but time consuming. We just want to know the summary of the content without having to go through the entire video.

Summarize.tech is a very useful tool to get a text summary of the entire video within seconds. Just head to summarize.tech, paste the YouTube or Video link in the space provided and within seconds, you will get a simple text summary of the entire video in a single paragraph. If you wish to see an elaborate summary of a lengthy video, you may scroll down and see the detailed summary broken up over the entire timeline.

It even works on Hindi and Hinglish Videos!

The free version of summarize.tech has daily limits of just a few videos a day. The premium version has no daily limits, and you can summarize up to 200 videos a month.

A very valuable tool if you are short of time and want the summary instantly!

https://www.summarize.tech/

Snapedit – AI photo editor

SnapEdit is a one of the best photo editing apps using AI with a mission to make your editing easy, smooth and fun.

Transform your photos like never before with SnapEdit, which is designed to effortlessly remove unwanted objects with one-click, enhance image quality (adjusting brightness, contrast, saturation levels and more), and create stunning visual masterpieces. You can remove background easily and isolate the main subject with incredible precision.

Once you are done with the edits, you can share the hi-res pics directly on Social Media platforms to dazzle your friends and followers with your stunning imagery.

Download SnapEdit now and unlock a world of possibilities for your photos!

Android : https://bit.ly/3wkPaOr

Atlas Obscura Travel Guide

Find your adventurous spirit, get off the beaten path and discover unique places to experience near and far, all contributed by Atlas Obscura’s global community of explorers. Google maps mostly displays popular places on the map. Atlas Obscura gets you off the beaten path and discover unique places to experience near and far, all contributed by a global community of explorers.

You can find not only the unique places nearby but also get the backstories which make the place unique. You can also create custom lists to organize your itinerary or bucket list. Explore Atlas Obscura by whatever fascinates you – history, architecture, art, natural wonders and get lost in the never-ending collection of off-the-beaten path places.

A must have, interesting Travel App you need while travelling to new places, across the world!

Android : https://bit.ly/4dHd7Ar

Beeper

Join the best Chat App – a single app to chat on WhatsApp, SMS / RCS, Messenger and 10 other networks. You can see all your chats in just one inbox. And, you can find the chats you are looking for with multi-network search which makes it a breeze!

Beeper does store copies of your messages on its servers, so that when you migrate to a new phone or laptop, it can restore your chats in an instant. Your conversations are, however, safe on Beeper since they are end-to-end encrypted and can be unlocked only through your recovery code.

Beeper is a unique all-in-one messaging app to keep you connected and organized without cluttering up your home screen with a bunch of different apps.

Android :  https://bit.ly/3y2e4CK

Pixel Search

Pixel Search is an all inclusive Search Tool for your Android device. With this tool, you can search through your phone’s contacts, files, shortcuts, apps and even get web search suggestions. All of this is included in just one place which makes it super convenient to handle.

e.g. if you search for “Instagram” you will get multiple results, including a link to the App, login options, Instagram web, Instagram download, etc. If you search for a place, it will automatically point to maps and locate the place.

The App searches in Settings also – you can look for Notifications or Display Settings and it will take you right there!

Pixel Search is free and does not have any ads at all.

An extremely simple and useful app to quickly search through your phone or search online through Google too!

Android : https://bit.ly/3UFVcT7