5 APPSTHAT WILL

MAKEYOUR LIFE

EASIER

So the magical moment happens, you pick up a brand new Android smartphone, and you’re ready for your life to be changed. Instead of shooting stars and rainbows, you just have a device filled with nothing but bloatware

and no idea how to make it work for you. Let’s shed a little light on some FREE apps that may just help that “ah ha” moment happen. You’re welcome, world.

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ACALENDAR

Most of us try syncing all of our calendars, which becomes an overwhelming task. With aCalendar, you can put all events, birthdays, and reminders in one place, and it also syncs with your emails and pictures. Since you gotta be you, it also gives you the freedom to change the view (whether it be by day, week or month).

I’m telling ya - I normally hate calendar apps (I feel like they are a digital nagging mom that reminds you how little free time you have), but not this one. I can see a picture of my dog when I have to take him to the vet and an icon of a big pink cake for my mom’s birthday. And yeah, I referenced my mom’s birthday; after all I did just complain about moms nagging. This app can pretty much do whatever you would want a calendar app to do and, better yet, it’s simple to use.

ACALENDAR

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ASANA

ASANA

Asana helps take the stress away when managing teams. The cool thing about this app is that you can have all your team members join, and Asana centralizes all tasks and conversations so you can focus on knocking your projects out of the park.

You have a great idea for the website update? Add it! Want to know what’s happening with the new marketing campaign? Read the conversations! There’s no need to send 200 emails a day or to have a three week long email thread. Take the stress out of teamwork and get Asana.

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SENDABLE

SENDABLELet’s be honest - changing a file to a different type is a pain in the YOU KNOW WHAT, and most of the time you aren’t sure how to do it. Maybe you have a document that you NEED in a presentation, but you have no way to scan it because you’re not at home/school/the office. Have no fear, Sendable is here! The app lets you snap a picture of anything and save or send it as a pdf. The picture becomes a clear pdf and legit looks like it was scanned.

Ah, technology, I love you. Sendable goes a step further and walks you through quickly emailing your new automatically converted from a jpg to a pdf file to anyone, making it simple to share documents through email, Google Drive, DropBox and more. It’s all about taking tasks that normally take too much time and cutting it down so you’re not wasting time or failing to deliver just because you’re not “in the office” like some lame person.

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GOOGLE KEEP

GOOGLE KEEP

If you are anything like me, then you probably love post-it notes… or at least the idea of them. Little colored squares that keep all your zany ideas separate while still in one place. Google Keep is like the digital version of traditional post-its. The best part? You can use the voice feature to transcribe notes, memos, or reminders. Think of all the time you can save by not having to type out each word – it’s a multi-tasker’s dream!

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OUT OF MILK

OUT OF MILK

Out of Milk is a great app for those who can never remember what to buy at the grocery store. I’m sure it happens in every family, someone uses up the last of the milk (or in my boss’s case, the last of the almond milk) and never puts it on the list. Then some poor soul gets excited to have cereal for breakfast only to find no milk left, and they’re forced to use either water or orange juice. The horror! In all honesty, it can be hard to keep a list going let alone remember to bring it to the store with you. Out of Milk is a great place to keep track of what you need and what sales you can take advantage of that week. Just one less thing to have to worry about.

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At this point, I hope you have all pulled out your phones and started downloading each of these apps. Seriously though, there are so many apps that can make life much easier and give you more time to do fun things – like

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