10 Free Android Apps to Boost Your Productivity

If you value efficiency and effectiveness, then your Android device should be your best friend. These tech toys are capable of handling all kinds of work and personal tasks, from email and schedules to file management and to-do lists. And all the tools you need are conveniently located right in the Android Market. With so many choices, however, things can get a little complicated.

Here are ten highly rated, absolutely free Android apps that will help you work smarter, get more accomplished, save time and stay organized.

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1. Dropbox

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Downloads: 50,000-250,000
Rating: 4 stars

Dropbox is great because it’s not just a mobile app; it allows you to manage files in fully synced folders from desktop and mobile devices. Dropbox’s Android application allows users to access a Dropbox — and any kind of content it contains, including music and movies — from anywhere. Users can also upload files, such as images and links, to their Dropbox account. This video will give you an idea of how it works:

User comments:
“So helpful!”
“This worked perfectly for me.”
“A solid start for a free app.”

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2. CamCard Lite

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Downloads: 10,000-50,000
Rating: 4 stars

This simple application allows you to snap pictures of business cards and automatically import that information to your virtual Rolodex. CamCard Pro is also available as a paid app for $9.99; both versions of the app support multiple languages – from English to traditional Chinese.

User comments:
“High accuracy, impressive!”
“Did a fair job of getting info off the card.”

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3. GDocs

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Downloads: 50,000-250,000
Rating: 4 stars

GDocs is a text editing application that allows you to access, view, edit and sync documents stored in a Google Docs account. It also lets users create, send, import and export documents.

User comments:
“I like being able to make notes and edit documents and sync them back to my Google account.”
“Basic text works fine.”
“Pretty useful.”

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4. Springpad

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Downloads: 5,000-10,000
Rating: 3.5 stars

Springpad is brand-new to the Android Market, but has been getting rave reviews from users on other devices. Like Evernote, this app allows you to save items in a virtual notebook. But it doesn’t just save these items; it also pulls in data from other sites and helps you take action on your lists, not just remember them.

User comments:
“Superb interface.”
“Online sync is nice.”
“Great app, saves notes online and locally, so there’s no wait to view.”

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5. SlideScreen

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Downloads: 50,000-250,000
Rating: 4 stars

If you struggle with information overload, here’s an app that might help you. SlideScreen turns your Android device’s home screen into a display of your information with a meaningful hierarchy to distinguish signal from noise. The app shows a summary of data from text messages, phone calls, GMail, your calendar, Google Reader, stock market data, Twitter and Facebook. A pro version is available for $6.99.

User comments:
“Keeps getting better! Google Voice would be awesome.”
“Made for simple people with good taste in phones.”
“Nice concept and good looks.”

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6. Remember The Milk

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Downloads: 50,000-250,000
Rating: 4.5 stars

This app represents mobile task-management at it finest. Users can add and check off tasks on the go, organize upcoming tasks, get alerted when they are near a task location and sync their mobile actions with a web interface. It’s available with a $25 yearly subscription to the RTM web interface.

User comments:
“It helps me stay on track with what I need to do, and the email service is great.”
“Great, simple UI.”
“Very fast and intuitive.”

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7. Astrid Task/To-Do List

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Downloads: >250,000
Rating: 4.5 stars

Astrid is more than just a to-do list; its friendly reminders will help you stay focused and productive. It’s location-aware and can sync with Remember the Milk. Best of all, it’s open-source and built specifically with Google technologies in mind.

User comments:
“Really convenient, I absolutely love it!”
“Astrid keeps me out of trouble and on time.”

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8. Evernote

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Downloads: >250,000
Rating: 4 stars

Half notebook app, half reminder app, Evernote lets you save your ideas, inspirations and favorite things to the cloud for future access. It’s basically a virtual substitute for a good memory. You can record text, images or audio.

User comments:
“Ideal for taking snapshots of documents.”
“Almost perfect, just needs offline support.”

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9. Voice Recorder

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Downloads: >250,000
Rating: 4 stars

Here’s a simple, useful application for taking notes on the go, capturing ideas, remembering songs or recording interviews. The audio recordings are timed, and files are sent as attachments to your Gmail account. You can search for recordings by title or date, and you can set your recordings as ringtones.

User comments:
“Words like a charm.”
“Good sound quality.”
“Helpful for class instead of taking notes.”

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10. Jorte

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Downloads: 50,000-250,000
Rating: 4.5 stars

Jorte is a personal organizer app that was designed to be both attractive and practical. It’s a scheduler and to-do application that syncs with Google Calendar.

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60+ Awesome Android Apps

Android users rejoice! With an ever-growing number of devices, a wide array of mobile carriers, and more free apps than you can shake a USB cable at, Google’s mobile OS has shaped up to be quite the versatile contender.

If you’re looking to scoop up some of the best apps the Android Market has to offer, you’ve come to the right place. This comprehensive list is your one-stop shop for reviews and recommendations — perfect for kicking back on a nice long weekend with a data card’s worth of new mobile goodies.

We’ve got music, sports, news, and some digital toys that are just plain cool. Check them out, and if we’ve missed anything, be sure to serve up your own suggestions in the comments.

• 8 Best Android Apps for Photo Editing
  If you’re looking to do a little more with your device’s built-in camera, zoom in on these handy photo editors.
• 8 Best Android Apps for Health and Fitness
  Whether you want to get in shape or stay that way, your trusty Android and these eight apps can help.
• 5 Amazing Android Apps for Baseball Fans
  ‘Tis the season — baseball season of course. Keep up on all the stats, scores, and insider info with these great apps. It’s like having Peter Gammons in your pocket, only way cooler.
• HOW TO: Turn Your Android Phone Into a Killer MP3 Player
  Just because you shun the “iMusic” lifestyle doesn’t mean you can’t keep an awesome tune library at your side. Check out these tips for transforming your Android phone into a music hub.
• 5 Free Android Apps for Web Developers
  Need to check some code or write a script on the go? Unchain yourself from the desktop with these handy and free developer apps.
• 6 Free Android Apps That Will Make You Drop Your iPhone
  Sure, the iPhone has thousands of great apps. But it doesn’t have these!
• 7 Mind-Blowing Free Android Apps
  Not all apps are about utility. Some are just plain awesome. Check out the ones in here.
• Twitter for Android: The Official/Unofficial App Smackdown
  Which is best? The developer offerings, or Twitter’s recent official release? This post puts ‘em to the test.
• Free Multiplayer Android Games [3 of the Best]
  As the mobile gaming market grows, so to does the potential for mobile multiplayer action. Check out these three interesting offerings.
• 3 News Apps for Android Compared
  While news reader apps abound, official mobile apps from established news organizations are still scarce. Here’s a look at some that are leading the way.

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Reviews: Android, Android Market, Facebook, Twitter, iPhone

Tags: android, Android apps, apps, droid, List, Lists, Mobile 2.0, Mobile Lists, nexus one

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Facebook Announces New Privacy Features

Following weeks of debate over Facebook and privacy, the company is announcing new features to address the criticism that has emerged since the launch of the Open Graph and Instant Personalization.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg — who penned an op-ed in The Washington Post on Sunday promising new privacy options — is doing the presenting at a live event at the company’s headquarters.

After opening his presentation with a brief history of how Facebook and its privacy features have evolved, Zuckerberg described a number of upcoming changes to the social network.

Facebook isn’t going to remove the dozens of privacy controls that let you customize settings for very specific elements of your profile. However, the company is rolling out:

• One simple control for changing content viewing permissions to friends-only, friends-of-friends, or everyone — it applies to everything you’ve published on Facebook in the past. This setting will also apply to everything you publish in the future.
• A simple way for determining how people can find you on Facebook, and what users that aren’t your friend can see.
• A simple way for turning off the Facebook Platform, specifically, being able to opt-out of Facebook’s new instant personalization features and providing third-party sites with information.
• A way to opt-out of sharing your friends list and the Pages that you like.

The theme here is clearly “simple” — an easier way to stop sharing information with people, websites and applications that you don’t want to have access. That said, it looks like instant personalization instant personalization will remain on by default.

The new privacy controls will go live in the next few weeks, and Facebook will be inserting a message on user homepages alerting them to the new options. Stay tuned to Mashable for more news and analysis on Facebook’s latest privacy moves.

See Also: How Facebook’s New Privacy Controls Work

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Reviews: Facebook, Mashable, Twitter

Tags: facebook, trending

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此外，你還可以透過ALZip來開啟超過40種以上的壓縮檔格式，非常方便。壓縮檔以 AES-256 加密，並集合防病毒軟體、自動化以及指令列功能，讓你操作上更有效率。這套軟體相當適合家庭或個人用戶使用。現在你可以在ALZip官方網站的活動頁面登錄Email地址，當正式版釋出後就能免費獲得序號。

ALZip功能概要

ALZip支援多種常見的壓縮格式，例如7Z、ACE、ARC、ARJ、ALZ、B64、BH、BIN、BZ2、CAB、EAR、ENC、GZ、HA、HQX、ICE、ISO、JAR、LCD、LHA、LHZ、MIM、PAK、RAR、TAR、TGZ、UUE、UU、WAR、XXE、Z、ZIP、ZOO、001等等。

• 新的壓縮格式EGG


• 支援Unicode


• 支援語言編碼


• 滑鼠右鍵快速壓縮檔案


• 功能表新增壓縮所有選擇的資料夾


• 使用管理員權限壓縮檔案


• 任務結束後，顯示壓縮或解壓縮結果


• LZMA壓縮演算法最佳化（EGG）


• 壓縮時優先使用LZMA（EGG）

優惠詳情

ALZip是一套能夠取代Windows內建壓縮、解壓縮功能的軟體，在階段ALZip慶祝他們釋出新的測試版（8.0 beta 1），所以提供免費的 ALZip 8 正式版序號，所以只需要上網登錄你的E-Mail信箱，就能夠在正式版軟體釋出後收到序號。

對了，ALZip 正式版價值 $29.95 USD，千萬別錯過了！

申請免費ALZip序號

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[免費] MyPaint 內建400種超炫筆刷的繪圖軟體

MyPaint是個開放原始碼、免費使用的繪圖軟體，前兩天在Ubuntu中第一次安裝使用MyPaint這繪圖軟體時就被他豐富而多樣的繪圖筆刷所吸引，沒想到原來這軟體在Windows系統中也有推出對應的版本，如果你對畫圖有興趣，除了那些很貴的、很專業很複雜的繪圖軟體之外，也可以試試看下面這個免費的、簡單一點的繪圖軟體。
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