Want to study from an international university without spending a single rupee?
What if we told you that there are services available that let you study from top universities for free or provide you with 1000 of GB storage space for your photos — all for free! Don’t believe us? Five such offerings you may not have heard about.
International University Courses from Home - EdX (www.edx.org) Want to study from an international university without spending a single Rupee? Head to EdX — they offer courses from MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Boston and various other universities across the globe. Just sign-up for a free account and you can browse the list of courses available from a variety of subjects. Not all courses are available for free so you will have to spend some time browsing through the topics you are interested in. We found a number of courses on cloud, digital marketing, 3D modeling, and video gaming that were available for free. Note that completing a course does not entitle you to a certificate or degree – you will need to pay a fee if you want to get a certificate.
Speed Up, Customise Your Phone With These Simple Hacks
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Smartphones are complex devices and they continue to evolve with new features like AI and neural engine processors.
This also means that there could be a number of handy tricks in your device that you might not be aware of.
Smartphones are complex devices and they continue to evolve with new features like AI and neural engine processors.
This also means that there could be a number of handy tricks in your device that y..
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For Android phones with Android 7.0 and above, there is hidden settings menu that gives you nuanced control over notifications. To enable this, pull down the notification bar, tap and hold the gear icon on the top right for a few seconds.
When you let go, you will see a message on the bottom saying ‘System UI tuner has been enabled’. Head to settings and scroll to find System UI tuner. Tap on Other > Power notification controls and enable it. Now for each app, you can set different levels of notification alerts instead of just the standard on/off.
For Android phones with Android 7.0 and above, there is hidden settings menu that gives you nuanced control over notifications. To enable this, pull down the notification bar, tap and hold the gear i..
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If you like to go to sleep while listening to music, this feature is a Godsend. The trouble with this is that once you go to sleep, audio continues to play in the background which eats up battery life.
For iPhone users, a simple way out is to use the timer function. Open the Clock app and go to the timer section. Now set the timer to 45 or 60 minutes as per your preference. Tap the box below the time that reads ‘When Timer Ends’ — scroll down to the bottom and select the Stop Playing option. Now, when the timer ends, music playback will automatically stop on your iPhone.
If you like to go to sleep while listening to music, this feature is a Godsend. The trouble with this is that once you go to sleep, audio continues to play in the background which eats up battery lif..
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Both iOS and Android let you select a custom ringtone for a contact. However, iOS users also get the option to set a customized vibration alert for each contact. To access this, open the contact card in your phone book and tap on edit. Tap on Ringtone and in the next menu tap on vibration — you will see a list of preset vibration styles to choose from. If you want to create your own alert, scroll down and you will see the option to ‘Create New Vibration’ to make your own custom vibration pattern.
Both iOS and Android let you select a custom ringtone for a contact. However, iOS users also get the option to set a customized vibration alert for each contact. To access this, open the contact card..
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A lot of game developers are moving to the freemium model for their apps. This means that while you don’t pay for the game upfront, small or full screen ads will pop up every few minutes.
The frequency of ads tends to increase the more your play. A simple way to get rid of the ads is to switch off your data and WiFi when you want to enjoy the game.
Typically, ads are delivered over the Internet and if you switch off 3G/4G and WiFi, you can play uninterrupted. This won’t work if the app/game has the ads pre-loaded.
A lot of game developers are moving to the freemium model for their apps. This means that while you don’t pay for the game upfront, small or full screen ads will pop up every few minutes.
The freque..
A Terabyte of Free Online Photo Storage - Flickr (www.flickr.com) Photos are amongst the top stored items on cloud storage. Considering the increasing resolution on DSLRs and smartphones, file sizes are getting larger, consuming more and more storage. Almost every cloud storage service comes with a limited space for free — http://Mega.nz is one of the more generous ones that gives you 50GB for free. This is where Flickr stands out. This website dedicated to photography offers you a huge 1TB of free storage with each account. You can store your photos as private and share them only with people of your choice. Flickr also has an active community where photographers share their work — it’s great if you’re looking for inspiration.
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A Free Photoshop-Rivaling Image Editor - GIMP (www.gimp.org) Adobe’s Photoshop is top of mind for most when it comes for photo editing. However, acquiring a license to use Photoshop will set you back by `636 per month under their Creative Cloud plan. If you want something which offers similar features and that too for free, check out GIMP. GIMP is a free cross-platform image editor which comes with support for all major file formats (psd, tiff, pcx etc.). You can customize its interface, there is support for layers and channels-based image editing, support for pressure-based tablets, MIDI controllers, plus you can download over 100 different plug-ins to enhance its functionality.
Organise Your Life! Six Apps That Break Free From The Clutter
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Enjoy freedom from the desk-bound work, financial worries, household chores, follow-up tasks and more with these six applications.
Enjoy freedom from the desk-bound work, financial worries, household chores, follow-up tasks and more with these six applications.
Hootsuite
The app is designed to help cut down the time you spend on social media by managing all your accounts in one place. It supports Facebook, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, WordPress and YouTube. You can auto-schedule posts, create short links, upload images, video and more to your posts. The free version, however, puts a limit to the number of social media profiles you can access.
Available on Android, iOS
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Hootsuite
The app is designed to help cut down the time you spend on social media by managing all your accounts in one place. It supports Facebook, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, WordPress a..
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Pocket
You come across a lot of text and audiovisual content during a workday, which you may want to get back to later. Pocket lets you save articles, images or videos from your web browser or apps so you can access them at your own convenience even without an internet connection. Pocket works with more than 1,500 apps.
Available on Android, iOS
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Pocket
You come across a lot of text and audiovisual content during a workday, which you may want to get back to later. Pocket lets you save articles, images or videos from your web browser or apps ..
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IFTTT
From Amazon Alexa, to Google Assistant to setting up your home thermostat and sending a text message, this app controls everything around you. Once authenticated, it accesses your Facebook, Google, Twitter, Instagram, email, SMS, Dropbox, and smart home devices. IFTTT can also pull data from weather apps, stock tickers, and a range of other services.
Available on Android, iOS
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IFTTT
From Amazon Alexa, to Google Assistant to setting up your home thermostat and sending a text message, this app controls everything around you. Once authenticated, it accesses your Facebook, Go..
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Microsoft Office Mobile
The Microsoft Office companion for a smartphone is cloudconnected, thus allowing remote access to work documents. Word, Excel and PowerPoint are optimised for the small screen. So, if you have an Office 365 subscription, you don't have to be bound to your workstation.
Available on iOS, Android
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Microsoft Office Mobile
The Microsoft Office companion for a smartphone is cloudconnected, thus allowing remote access to work documents. Word, Excel and PowerPoint are optimised for the small scree..
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mTrakr
Here's a money management app you can trust your hard earned money with. It lets you securely manage your cash, credit cards, bank accounts and even sends bill reminders. It analyses your SMS, detects bills and payment information and gives you an analysis automatically.
Available on Android
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mTrakr
Here's a money management app you can trust your hard earned money with. It lets you securely manage your cash, credit cards, bank accounts and even sends bill reminders. It analyses your SMS..
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Timesaverz
Getting household chores done will not be a cumbersome task with the Timesaverz app. This ondemand home service app will connect you with trained and verified service providers for home cleaning, pest control, appliance repair, electrician, house painting etc. Service is limited to Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Noida, New Delhi and Gurgaon.
Available on Android, iOS
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Timesaverz
Getting household chores done will not be a cumbersome task with the Timesaverz app. This ondemand home service app will connect you with trained and verified service providers for home c..
Tools to Boost Your Small Business - Zoho (www.zoho.com) There are various online tools required by a small business today. You need to have an office suite for documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Your employees need email, a social media manager and and invoice generator. Zoho is a service that gives you all of this and it’s free for up to 3 users – great for new companies. You get all the necessary web tools sorted neatly under various heads: Financial, HR, Sales & Marketing, Business, Email and Communication. You can even set up two factor authentication, allow only trusted IP addresses, create and manage groups for collaboration and control third party apps and plug-ins access to your Zoho account data.
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Professional High-Resolution Imagery for Free -Unsplash (https://unsplash.com) For those unaware, you cannot just use any image you find on the Internet for personal/commercial use. Images are subject to copyright and the original creator/owner of the image will likely take offence if you use his/her images without permission (especially for commercial purposes). You can buy images from stock image websites but those will set you back a pretty penny! Unsplash is a stock image website that offers high resolution images for free — whether personal or commercial. The photos are provided by generous photographers all over the world with an open license (you do have to sign-up for a free account on Unsplash to use them). At the time of writing, Unsplash has over 5,00,000 photos available for use.
