Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Three Apps to Help You Get Organized

Subject: Three Apps to Help You get Organized

Image result for Google photosOrganizing Photos with Google Photos
You know all those photos you have taking up room on your phone. Do you really need to hang on to the picture of the dog in his Halloween costume from last year? I know he looks super cute but you don’t need to carry it around with you. Download Google Photo it has unlimited storage as long as your choose “high quality” instead of “high definition”. It allows you to organize your photos in a bunch of different ways, it can also create videos from your pictures called “stories” and its “assistant” can create stylized versions of your photos. Since it is Google you can access your photos on virtually any device.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-photos-store-search/id962194608?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.photos&hl=en

Image result for EvernoteOrganizing Your Thoughts with Evernote
Do you have documents that you start typing on your work computer, but you would like to keep working on using your tablet, phone, or personal laptop? Evernote is a great multiplatform app / website that will allow you to type a document, add pictures or sound, doodle or draw diagrams, and so much more. It is available online and as an app on pretty much every device. It also has companion apps and web browser plugins to help you add additional functionality.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote&hl=en


Image result for google drive logoOrganizing Your Files with Google Drive
Do you work on files with a group of people? Would you like to share a form or file with others but don’t want them to edit or copy it? Would you like a way to easily store e-mail attachments? You can do all of this and much more with Google Drive which is available online and as an app on almost every device. Users can create permissions on files allowing everything from view only to full access. Collaborative files and folders will show you version control which means when others made changes and what those changes were. Google has integrated Google Drive with Gmail and other products so you can easily attach, access, share between apps / programs almost seamlessly.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-drive-free-online-storage/id507874739?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs&hl=en