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Cozi is a simple family organizer – there’s nothing stationary about your life, so why depend on a family calendar that hangs on a fridge or wall? Cozi turns all your devices into ultimate family organizers with a shared calendar, shopping lists, to do lists and more, which everyone can access on the go.

The Family Calendar is an easy to use color-coded calendar, where you can view an individual’s schedule or the whole family at once. You can set reminders so no one misses an important event

Many a times, during emergencies, our mind stops working. Despite the fact that we have a First Aid book at home and many tips are available online, when an emergency occurs, our mind just goes blank.

This is where First Aid comes to the rescue. This simple app puts expert advice for everyday emergencies in your hand. With videos, interactive quizzes and simple step-by-step advice it’s never been easier to know first aid.

You can use either the American Red Cross version or the British Red Cross version. Both are ad-free and spam-free.

Whether it is severe weather or hurricanes, earthquakes and tornadoes, or a bout of asthma, fits or just a fall, this app helps you prepare for emergencies and act, in case you are in the midst of one.

Go ahead, download it and keep it handy on your phone – you never know when you will need it !

If you have clients, friends and family abroad, and you need to talk to them often, Ringo is a cheap and efficient solution.

Ringo lets you make low cost international calls without using the Internet (WiFi or 3G). You can call any mobile or landline phone number anywhere in the world. Now talk to your heart’s content without worrying about phone bills or internet connectivity.

I have tried it, and it works wonderfully well. Calls to the US are as low as Rs. 1.06 per minute and the call quality is very clear. Invite your friends and earn credits for each of your friends who tries it out – that is so inviting !

Just download the app, install it and place a call to those in your directory or just dial a new number. The system will call you back and connect you to the called number. No fancy stuff – just dial, get a call back and talk !

Try it today, the first call is free and you do not have to give your credit card either for the free call !

Skyscanner is an app that compares millions of flights across hundreds of airlines- putting the world’s top travel deals at your fingertips. It is quick and easy to find cheap flights with Skyscanner.

If you are using multiple cloud drives like Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc., ODrive is a service which consolidates them for you – all in one place !

ODrive lets you connect to almost all the popular cloud services as well as Facebook and Instagram. It just creates a folder on your hard disk, which in turn has a folder for each of your different connected services. So instead of going to multiple folders, you have one omnibus folder on top which holds everything.

It has many features, including Sync and Selective Sync. You can decide what to sync and what not to sync. Selective Sync lets you save plenty of storage space, letting you choose only those files which you want on your hard disk offline.

Go ahead, enjoy the benefits of syncing your Cloud onto your desktop into a single folder effortlessly !

We are bombarded with News all the time – Radio, TV, Newspapers, Magazines. And to digest and assimilate all the stories is quite a brainful !

NewsInShorts is a mobile app which gives you India Centric News, in short. It is a unique app which condenses each news item in just 60 words. If you like to read more, you have a link where you can read the full story, but if you would like to get the gist and move on to the next story, you just Swipe upwards, and off you go !

In these days of shrinking attention spans, long commutes plus the need to know all, NewsInShorts is a welcome refresher, in short ! Download it today and enjoy the good news !!

Meditate, Sleep and Relax, with this wonderful app. This app will help you relax for 2 minutes to 30 minutes, depending on the time available. With a little bit of practice, this neat app will help you relax anywhere, anytime.

It has 7 guided meditation sessions for whenever you need a break from your day. Follow the instructions and just relax. You will be surprised at the spurt of energy when you get back to work. While the free version helps you to relax, the Pro version further helps with Anxiety release, Compassion and Confidence.

The more you practice Calm, the better you get at it, it is just like exercise for the mind !

Go to http://www.calm.com and you can have the same soothing experience on your computer. You can even look for the app there and download it directly for your Android or iPhone.

So, if you need some calm in your life, get Calm into your life.

So how do you quantify yourself ? With the help of your smartphone. Now we can use technology to understand and quantify ourselves by using Instant – Quantified Self. This smart app on your phone helps you to track your athletic activity, travel time, phone usage, app usage and fitness activity.

It also allows you to set limits on your phone interaction for self-discipline. You will be shocked to realize how much time in a day you spend looking at the black rectangle in your hand, and on which apps !


Instant also integrates with Google Fit, Google’s health-tracking platform for developers and pulls in data from various connected fitness-tracking apps. In addition, the app presents the data in a number of charts and graphs, so you can make better sense of your time and, perhaps, how it’s being wasted.
Happy navel gazing and be prepared for surprises !

This is one of the dumbest apps you could have, but probably the most useful for being found !

This app is so painfully simple that you will wonder why no one thought of it before – when you launch the app, you select a color and then, the screen flashes that color over and over again.

Planning where to meet your friends is easy, but how do you quickly find them if you’re meeting them in a bar, a movie theater or any other large, crowded location? Or maybe on the road at night. Just launch LookFor and flash it over your head. Waiting at the airport to receive some friends ? Flash LookFor and your friends will spot you in the sea of faces instantly.

LookFor is available for iPhones and Android handsets. Amazingly simple, dumb and useful – just look for LookFor !