Tech Team’s Top Ten for Summer
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Summer is here, and the Tech Team has some free, popular apps to help you make the most of those hot summer days! Whether that includes vacations to faraway places, or just lounging by the pool at home, these apps will help you have fun, learn something new and capture some memories.
Entertainment
JustWatch
JustWatch is the easiest way to browse through your favorite movies or tv shows to see if they are available for streaming at any of your favorite providers or in the cinema. Check the legal offers available for movies or TV shows, either you want to watch them streaming online or at the cinema. We list all offers for 37 streaming providers and we cover most cinemas in the US with all their movie times. Easily find where to stream movies and TV shows online amongst 37 legal providers in the United States, including Netflix, Hulu, HBO Go and Amazon Prime Video. Check out all the new movies in cinemas, as well as the upcoming ones. Select your movie time in a cinema near you and book your movie ticket in one click on Fandango. Worried about what your kids can watch online? We added age ratings (G, PG, PG-13, R and NC-17) to help you select the best and most suitable movies and TV shows for your children.
Libby
Meet Libby. Did you know your local library has thousands of ebooks and audiobooks? You can borrow them, instantly, for free, using just the device in your hand. It takes just a few taps to find and borrow a book. Libby has a ground-breaking built-in ebook reader, and a beautiful audiobook player. If you prefer, you can send books to your Kindle for reading. Happy reading!
Shazam
Shazam is one of the world’s most popular apps, used by hundreds of millions of people each month to instantly identify music that’s playing and see what others are discovering. All for free! Identify music instantly and share in the thrill of music discovery with the artists you love. See what top artists like Drake, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Ed Sheeran, DJ Khaled and others are Shazaming.
Photos
PhotoScan
Don’t just take a picture of a picture. Create enhanced digital scans, with automatic edge detection, perspective correction, and smart rotation. hotoScan stitches multiple images together to remove glare and improve the quality of your scans. Get the free Google Photos app to keep your scans safe, searchable, and organized – even by the people and things in them. Plus, bring your scans to life with movies, filters, and advanced editing controls.
PS Express
This streamlined image-editing toolkit puts Adobe Photoshop’s legendary power in anyone’s hands. From instant fix-ups to fine-tuned adjustments, everything you need is here and easy to use - plus lots of fun filters and frames. Tap into your creativity on the go with Photoshop Express–the fast and easy photo editor–used by millions of creative individuals. Edit pictures like the pros with this easy-to-use digital studio full of photo editing features on your mobile device. Photoshop Express delivers a full spectrum of free photo effects and editing features at your fingertips. Personalize your experiences with borders and text, enhance color and imagery, create picture collages, make quick fixes and enhance your share-worthy moments.
Snapseed
Snapseed is a complete and professional photo editor by Google. Snapseed lets you achieve all the features and quality editing you would find and expect in a professional picture editing software. But, without the extra complexities, you might find in such professional apps. Thus, being that perfect easy photo editing app to come out with professional photos and pictures.
Travel
FlightView
Flight tracking app from the leaders in real-time flight information. Track upcoming and in-air flights, and receive status alerts via push notification. Check gate assignments, delays and cancellations and use the attractive flight map to see a flight's progress. Forward your itinerary confirmation emails and Flightview will automatically load them into your Trips. See your Trips across mobile devices and at www.Flightview.com. View a North American airport delay map with radar weather overlay. Wherever life takes you, count on Flightview to help you travel smarter!
Mango Languages
Download the Mango app to learn a new language on the go with hands-free features and offline accessibility. Prepare for business trips, family vacations, or study abroad with practical, conversation-based language lessons. In their comprehensive course units, you’ll learn vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and culture simultaneously through interactive words and phrases, plus cultural insights. Free with your library card!
PackPoint
PackPoint is an intelligent packing app and packing list builder for serious travelers. PackPoint will tell you what you need to pack based on length of travel, weather at your destination, and any activities planned during your trip. Punch in the city you're traveling to, the departure date, and the number of nights you'll be staying there. PackPoint will build a packing list for you that takes into account: Business or Leisure travel, Activities you plan on doing, What you need for an international trip, Warm weather clothes, Cold weather clothes, and an umbrella if the forecast calls for rain.
TripIt
Wherever you book your travel, forward your plans to TripIt and they will instantly be added to a master itinerary. TripIt will even keep you updated on traffic and the length of security lines at the airport. Unlike other travel apps, TripIt can organize it no matter where you book. As soon as you book a flight, hotel, car or other reservation, simply forward it to [email protected] and we’ll instantly add it to your master itinerary. No more frantically searching through your inbox for important details like when your flight gets in, or your confirmation number. Get to them instantly in TripIt, even when you’re offline. With Siri shortcuts for iOS 12, you can even access those details hands-free! Plus, we make it easy to sync travel plans to your calendar, or share them with anyone you choose.
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