Shortcut Maker

Shortcut

If you are a power Android user, this app will help you create a shortcut on your home screen for anything you want from your android – simply select the feature and click on CREATE to create a shortcut for the same. Just so simple!

You can use this app to create a shortcut to launch an app, launch multiple apps in a split-screen, open a folder on your phone directly, quickly change your system settings, open an often used website and much more.

After creating a shortcut, you can also preview it, rename it and add it as a favourite. The History feature allows you to see the history of all the shortcuts you have created.

The app is free to use and is very useful for heavy users of Android

Android : https://bit.ly/3t9NNej

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Bridgefy – Offline messaging

In these days of uncertain net connectivity (you never know when the Government will clamp down!) this app is a welcome addition to communicate with friends and family. This app allows you to communicate with others (who have the same app installed) even when there is no internet connection. It communicates via Bluetooth (both your Bluetooth should on) upto a distance of 100 metres.it is ideal for music festivals, sports stadiums, rural communities, natural disasters, travelling abroad, and much more.
You can use Bridgefy as one to one communication directly, if you are within 100 metres of each other. If not, you could still communicate, if there are other Bridgefy users in between. In such cases a mesh mode is automatically created and the message can move through the intermediate users to reach the final recipient. The intemediate users cannot read the message but are used as part of the mesh for communication.
In case of natural calamities, you can also use the broadcast mode – i.e. send the message to all within the range at the same time, even if they are not in your contacts list.
It is always wise to be prepared – what do you think?
Android: http://bit.ly/2MoyrQ0     iOS : https://apple.co/2MnJR6H

Layout from Instagram: Collage

This is a simple app which allows you to stitch upto 9 images together and load them onto Instagram. Instagram allows you to add only one image at a time. However, sometimes you may wish to combine multiple similar selfies or landscape shots to fit into one collage pic. This app lets you do just that.

It also helps you tweak many parameters for each photo, including the size, border width or zoom. You are the editor, so feel free to experiment and get creative – tell a story, show off an outfit, or just splice, dice and change the look of your regular photos to convey a mood or theme.

The app also has three handy buttons at the bottom to replace an image, mirror it or flip it upside down. The final product can be quite neat and impressive. It can be further enhanced by using Instagram’s native filters.

Android : http://bit.ly/2L5glDI    iOS: https://apple.co/2L5ljAl

BeautyPlus

This is a wonderful app to beautify your photos. There is a comprehensive list of features as well as an easy-to-use interface. There are several retouching options, a tone slider, make up tool and also a hair dyer. The selfie edits are so subtle no one will ever suspect you’ve used an app, allowing you to show off your natural beauty without harsh filters.

You can manually edit your skin colour, brighten eyes and create that perfect smile. There is an auto-editor also, which does stuff for you automatically, which you can preview before saving it. The professional photo editing feature can create blur, resize and trim, apply filters (from romantic to dramatic) and professional control to stretch, slim and rotate your pics.

And, if your life is not all about selfies, you have the same professional options for landscapes and portraits which you can share instantly on your favourite social media apps. Stickers, fx brushes and AR filters add that extra charm to this extremely versatile app.

Android : http://bit.ly/2RXuCTv     iOS : https://apple.co/2RYCeoG

Smartoffice

Smartoffice lets you view and edit Microsoft Office files and also PDFs on the go. It is an intuitive, easy-to-use document editing app with a sleek design inspired by the familiar UI of a desktop Office document. Users can view, edit, create, present and share MS Office documents directly on or from their mobile devices. Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF are all supported. Besides, you could print wirelessly, directly from the App to a host of printers which are WiFi enabled.

Documents can be saved in original file formats or quickly converted to PDFs. All editing and formatting functions are supported. Support is also available even for password protected documents. Full Cloud Synchronization is available and you can open and save documents to the cloud with effortless ease with Box, Dropbox and Google Drive. 

A must-have tool in your suite of apps for your productivity on the go.

Android: http://bit.ly/2IxZEgm      iOS: https://apple.co/2IyZFkd

SKIT

If you are a stickler for privacy or just curious enough to know which of your apps does what, Skit is for you. Once having installed Skit, you can view the insides of each app which you have installed.

Skit allows you to view, at a glance, detailed information about any app – when it was installed, when it was last updated, what permissions it uses and what activities it performs, even behind the scenes. It also gives you full control over all your apps – eg. you can easily extract .APK file from any app and send it to your friends in any way you like. You can also remove any user application without any problems.

The premium version gives you even more features such as themes customization for eye safety, detailed statistics for all applications and deletion and extraction of multiple user applications.

So, if you do not wish your game apps to access your camera, and they are doing it surreptitiously, use Skit to find it out!

Android: http://bit.ly/2EnFT9U          iOS: NA

IRIS Peridot – GSTIN Search

In all business transactions, you get an invoice from your supplier (or even restaurant) which includes his GST Identification No. If you need to verify the accuracy of the no., whether he is genuinely a GST registered enterprise, whether he has paid his GST dues and whether he has filed his GST returns upto date, use this Peridot app.

You can just point to the GST no. on the invoice or on his name board (or even enter the GST Id manually), and the app will give you all the details of the seller – You not only get the taxpayer details but also other information such as the filing status of the returns and places of businesses as registered with GST system. 

A snapshot view also highlights the eligibility of tax-payer to collect taxes and an option to report any non-compliance by tax-payer to the Govt. 

A very simple but effective app to ensure that you will get credit for your GST when you pay  it.

Android: http://bit.ly/2WTIhg5   iOS: https://apple.co/2X3U8YI

Google Lens

Google Lens relies on your smartphone’s camera to “see” what’s around you and give you contextual information for the same. Using the camera on your handset, Google Lens can scan a product, animal, text, clothes or something else in your environment. If you scan a visiting card, it will even allow you to add the contact directly into your phone directory. If you scan text in a language you don’t understand, Lens will translate it for you.  If you scan a book cover, Google Lens will identify the title and give you reviews sourced from the web. Google Lens is equally adept at pulling up information about music albums, movies and video games just by spotting their covers.

Visiting a new place? Just point it to the architecture and it will tell you more about the building. Browse through a museum and keep pointing Google Lens to a variety of artefacts and get to know more about them. Identify plants and animals, and even items on the menu! And if you see an outfit that catches your eye or a chair that’s perfect for your living room –  find similar clothes, furniture, and home decor—without having to describe what you’re looking for in a search box.

Explore what is around you in an entirely new way. Uniquely putting Google’s Artificial Intelligence technology to work, right in your own hands.

Android: http://bit.ly/2EivFaU       iOS: Use the Google App from the App store

Google Earth

From the makers of Google Maps, Google Earth helps you explore the whole world from above with satellite imagery and 3D terrain of the entire globe and 3D buildings in hundreds of cities around the world.

Zoom to your house or anywhere else then dive in for a 360° perspective with Street View. Set off on a unique adventure by rolling the dice and hopping between random locations. The Air Flight feature, lets you fly over any location on earth. And you can see the world from a new point of view with Voyager, a collection of guided tours from BBC Earth, NASA, National Geographic, and more.

A true 3D experience with 360° views – a real treat!

Android: http://bit.ly/2IGOdEU     iOS: https://apple.co/2IGullf

Passport Photo Maker (Creator)

This simple app allows you to create multiple passport size photos in a jiffy. No using any high-end software, no adjusting / sizing – just select a photo or just click one, and convert it to multiple passport size photos on any size of paper.

Download and fire the app on your phone. Then follow these simple steps:

1. Select your photo from gallery or take photo from your camera.
2. Look straight – keep your face straight towards camera.
3. Apply filters to your picture and set the paper size as per your requirements.
4. Finally print the sheet or download to mobile.

Once downloaded, you may share it with any local publishing bureau, or print directly on a wi-fi enabled printer on photo-paper

Android: http://bit.ly/2P5gINJ