Welcome Google Play, previously known as the Android app market, which challenges Apple in every right. This new Google powered app market is accessible to all users with an upgraded Android smartphone. The store has grown to house e-books, music, movies, and endless apps.
Of course, Google has managed to integrate their main services into the smartphone world as well. Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Chrome are a few apps that are popular to the Android community recently.
With the first quarter of 2013 nearly over, those healthy New Year resolutions that seemed so achievable in January may have fallen by the wayside as bad habits start to creep back into our routine. In order to help you get back on track with your goals, we have put together our top five health apps for you to download on your smart phone or tablet. Whatever your aspiration, there is sure to be one that suits you!
Whenever you buy a new device, whether it’s a tablet, laptop, smartphone, or something else, you end up spending several hours downloading and trying apps. There was a time when everyone used the same few programs with their computers or phones. But as with most of technology, overtime the market eventually becomes saturated.
There are thousands of programs and applications for your electronics and sometimes it can be difficult to know which ones are the best. So to help save you some time, take a look at this list of the 6 best applications/programs for new device owners.
Malware and Spyware are growing concerns for electronic owners. Most people keep extremely valuable information on their devices such as passwords, credit card numbers, and even their social security number. If that information was to fall in the wrong hands it would prove much more costly than simply purchasing protection.
No new laptop or electronic device should be without security. You should download Norton Anti-virus or another security application to protect your information as soon as you get a new device. You never know when someone might steal your device or try to hack it. Aside from protecting against malware or spyware, anti-virus security also keeps you safe on the Internet so you don’t get harmful bugs that make your computer run slower.
This nifty app lets you share documents from one computer to another on a secure cloud server. This is a great option for people that need to access files on multiple devices and want to do it without the cumbersome download times associated with email. It is perfect in a working environment because it allows you to quickly and easily share spreadsheets, documents, or other paperwork with everyone in the company.
Dropbox is also helpful to students because it enables them to store papers o the cloud server and then access them from any computer in the school. This makes it easy to quickly manipulate that homework assignment or print off that project before class.
Whether you are overly organized or incoherently amiss, Fantastical is here for you. Fantastical is a calendar application that can be downloaded to any of your electronic devices. Its interface allows you to type in “Dinner Thursday Night with Brittany” and the application will automatically insert it into Thursday’s events. If your device supports Dictation you can speak the details instead of typing.
It also allows you to instantly sync your schedule with several other devices, including Google Calendar and Outlook. This is a great time-saving feature. Plus, Fantastical is easy to use and it looks nice.
Another app you should download on your smartphone or tablet PC is Instagram. This app lets you take and store pictures on your device. It also works as a social network which allows you to upload your photos in a variety of different designs and publish it for all your friends to see.
This is one of the best photo applications available because of its ease and style. It is also one of the most versatile with its intricate connection to a social platform. If you want to find a program that will allow you to take, distort, and edit photos like a professional photographer, then this application is for you.
Most people use their laptop or device for professional use as well as personal. If you are looking for software that will improve your work efficiency and overall productivity, then I would suggest you get Evernote. Evernote allows you to do much more than just take notes. You can save, sync, and share files from your laptop to your smartphone to your tablet. It allows you to plan for trips, keep track of to-do-lists, and even save emails or tweets.
All productivity software is not created equal in the app store. You want something that is both versatile and easy to use. Evernote is exactly that! If you want to keep track of your ideas and stay organized then this is the perfect download.
If you like to listen to music but you don’t want to take the time to transfer all of your music over to your new device, you can setup radio stations through Pandora and stream the type of music you like. It is a very simple program that finds music based on a style that you select. If you chose a specific band, then it will only play songs from that band or from similar bands to that artist.
It is really easy to use and you are able to rate music up or down depending on your preference. Pandora has an evolving interface that keeps track of music you like and music you don’t like. This means that the more often you use Pandora and rate the music, the more tailored the experience will become. Pandora is not only a great program for entertainment purposes, it can also help you find new bands or songs that you have never heard before.
Purchasing a new laptop or gadget is a tough decision, but an even tougher decision is deciding what to put on that device. It’s smart to have a good blend of entertaining programs as well as productive applications. Depending on what you intend to use your device for will ultimately mold your decisions for what to download, but this list will give you a good premise to build off. Most of the programs listed are available on all electronic devices and should be strongly considered on your new device.
What other must-have apps do you think people need to download on their new electronic device? Leave a comment below.
Everyone loves a good game – whether it’s a simple game of tic-tac-toe to cure the boredom of a long train journey, or beating a family member at a game on your video game console.
Playing games against others, getting competitive and sharing the excitement of a game is a great form of social interaction, so it’s no wonder so many of us continue to buy, download and play games on a daily basis. After all, why play a game against yourself when there’s the possibility to gain gaming acclamation by beating someone else?
But, with hundreds of games being created and released everyday, how do you know which ones are good to play against others, and which ones aren’t?
Well, to help you, here’s my guide to the 3 best social games currently out there at the moment – so get downloading, playing and beating today!
We have all been there and felt the sinking feeling in our stomach when we realized we emptied the trash with a file we desperately needed.
Here are some simple steps to follow after you’ve mistakenly deleted data from your hard drive.
After you have realized you deleted files by mistake, you need to limit your activity on the hard drive. Even web browsing writes data to the drive, meaning you could be writing over the deleted files you want to get back. It goes without saying that downloading files is definitely a no no.
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Personal Capital for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.
The economy over the past few years has had many of us stressed out. It is a volatile time to manage your money as well as your investments, so it does help if there was a simple way of keeping an eye on what you have in cash/investment assets. With Personal Capital, you can keep track of your accounts and investments so you know what you have and where it is going.
The good news is that with mobile devices, you can easily track your finances with a single, and free, mobile app from Personal Capital.
Microsoft Outlook is an email client that stores entire Exchange Outlook mailbox data of a user on his/her local hard drive in a Personal Storage Table or PST file. Since the number of Outlook mailbox items increase with time, the size of Outlook PST file also increases. As we all know, large PST file is the root of various problems including deteriorating Outlook performance, PST corruption, and Outlook crash, thus it must be avoided.
Smartphone apps can offer more than brief periods of entertainment and helpful ways to find parking spots. They can also make you more productive. Check out these mobile apps to make you a more productive person in 2013.