It's 2013 and I just realized how much conveniences I've been taking for granted from cloud-based services. With ever growing power of Internet, we no longer need to worry about forgetting to bring a USB stick drive or an external hard-drive anymore!
Long story short here are the list of apps that has been very useful to ease my life:
1. Google Chrome: Allows bookmarks, passwords, extensions, and tab synchronizations among different devices (PC, Mac, Linux, or even Android!)
2. Gmail: As an Android user, I found it to be very useful that the phone application is very well synced with the web-based interface. All the emails you send, starred, or labeled can be accessed easily from either web or phone interface.
3. Evernote: Note-taking application that works across platforms.
4. Dropbox: Share folders among computers, tablets, etc. It also creates snapshots for updates that are done to the files. One time Dropbox's backup saved me from losing my school programming work.
Dropbox for Android is also very as it allows automatic synchronization of the pictures you take from your phones. Never again scare to lose your pictures.
5. Google Calendar: Peeking at other's schedule, finding free timeslots for meeting among different people, inviting people to a meeting, or simply a reminder that has a pop-up/email notifications through web or Android device. What else can we ask? It's just getting better and better!
6. Google Drive/Microsoft Skydrive: Microsoft Word as a must for each of your computers? Nah! Why bother with hassles of having to carry USB stick around. Just edit, real-time collaborate, and backup your word docs and spreadsheet online! I recently starting to use Microsoft Skydrive because it mimics Microsoft Word even closer than Google Drive.
7. Google Voice: Ever needing to text someone/group of people, looking/adding/editing your phone contacts through computer, do an international calling for a cheap price, or even a local calling/texting for free? Better try voice.google.com
Life is just so much easier with all these services.
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