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Tech Mantra

Pinnit

Normally, we receive several notifications in a day on our phones. Many of them vanish at predetermined intervals. And we may miss some important notifications sometimes.

Pinnit solves this problem. You can Pin any Notification that is important to you and it remains in the Notification List until you Unpin it! This way, you will never lose a notification again.

You can create your own Notifications to remind you of certain tasks, schedule them, and set recurring reminders for yourself

Within the app, you can search and track all your notifications — sort and filter them and also jump to a future date — where you may have set a Notification Reminder.

It’s a very simple app that helps you manage your Notifications easily. There is a 14-day trial, after which you may have to pay a nominal amount of subscription.

Android: https://bit.ly/4dUwEw3

NotiNotes

This is another simple note-taking app that sits in your quick settings and notification panel.  You can quickly add, view, and edit your notes and show them as notifications. All you need to do is add the tile in your quick settings panel and you’re ready to note!

The beauty of this app is its simplicity and easy access anywhere on your phone. Just swipe down tap on NotiNotes and save your note as a Notification.

Android: https://bit.ly/3NwCf0M

Dismail – Temporary Emails

DisMail is your go-to app for creating temporary email addresses with speed, security, and convenience. Whether you need a disposable email address for online registrations, to avoid spam, or to keep your personal inbox free of clutter, DisMail offers an array of features designed to make your online experience safer and more efficient.

You can easily generate a temporary email address with just a few taps. This helps you to stay safe without revealing your personal email. You can quickly Copy and Paste your temporary email address with ease, for fast and convenient use across websites and apps.

Once your email id is created, you can receive emails in your temporary inbox and manage them efficiently – read, reply, or delete emails directly within the app. Dismail works across platforms on any website or app that insists on asking you for your email address – it is compatible with most browsers and mobile devices.

Experience the ultimate solution for creating temporary email addresses with DisMail. Whether you need a disposable email for one-time use or ongoing protection against spam, DisMail is the reliable and convenient app you can trust. Download DisMail today and take control of your online privacy and email management!

Android: https://bit.ly/3UeWOlU

Sortd.

Sortd is a Chrome extension that transforms Gmail into an all-in-one workspace to manage sales, service, and delivery with astounding efficiency. With Sortd. You can effortlessly manage your emails, customers, tasks, and team workflow, without ever leaving your inbox. You will never miss an email again.

You can turn your sales inquiries, orders, and customer service requests into simple workflows that are visible to the entire team. It helps you to boost team productivity and deliver on time, every time.

Setting up may need some help and understanding of how the workflow works, but once you have set it up, the flow is seamless and super-efficient.

So, if you are working in teams and need everyone on the same page, Sortd. is the tool for you!

https://www.sortd.com/

Interesting Productivity Tools at the Workplace and For Personal Well-Being

Reading Mode in Google Chrome

Many websites, especially news and general interest websites, which are free, carry a large number of advertisements to help pay for the content. It becomes irritating to wade through the ads to read the main content.

Google Chrome has now introduced — Reading Mode — to take care of this. So now, whenever you are on a website with many ads and you wish to focus on the text content of the website, just enable Reading Mode and you can read the content as plain text.

Reading Mode can be enabled in two ways: on a page with lots of text, just right-click on any text area and you will find an option in the list saying, “Open in Reading Mode”. Alternatively, on the top right hamburger menu, you can click on “More Tools” and then click on “Reading Mode”. Under both options, a panel will pop up on the right, with plain text.

You may resize the panel, change the text to your preferred font, change the font size, and change the background color scheme to your liking. You can also choose the line spacing and letter spacing for easy reading comfort. And, if you want to browse through multiple pages on the same site, you even have an option to pin the Reading Mode, so that it stays throughout your stay on that site.

This is free and available on all the latest updated versions of Chrome.

Try it, you will really enjoy reading stuff online for hours!

LocalSend: FOSS Airdrop

We all have multiple devices at home / office and very often, we need cross-platform compatibility for transferring files between devices. The files could be audio, video, text or images.

LocalSend resolves this problem very smoothly. Just install it on multiple devices on the same wi-fi network and enable send / receive. The app is very simple to use. It connects in peer-to-peer mode and does not need any external server.

You can easily transfer files from Windows Computer to Linux Computer to Mac to iPhone to Android and to Android TV too! You can enable / disable encryption. If encryption is disabled, the speed increases dramatically. And there is no limit to the file size.

A very simple tool that is open-source and crossplatform and totally free to use — no ads, no tracking no hidden charges!

Try it, you may not need anything else for local file
transfer!

https://localsend.org/

Tooly – Tiny Tools Collection

Tooly is a very useful app that contains a lot of tools for students, teachers, developers, or office staff. It offers text tools, calculation tools, color tools, image tools, and other offline tools to make your work easier and safer.

Text Tools provide stylish fonts and multiple styles to change and enhance your text. Image tools can help you change the structure of your image. You can easily resize images, crop them, touch them up, and edit them. Calculation Tools have algebra, geometry, area, perimeter, or shape-related information in 3D or 2D shapes. Unit Converter contains various conversions for length, weight, area, temperature, etc. Programming tools enable you to create an organized page for your
codes.

You can access all kinds of tools quickly using the search bar inside the app.

Tooly is a nifty app that puts together multiple tools in one place in an easy-to-use app.

Android: https://bit.ly/4f2lCq2

AI Calorie Counter — Lose It!

AI Calorie Counter is your ultimate diet tracker and weight loss companion, powered by ChatGPT. It’s not just a calorie counter, it’s a comprehensive food tracker designed to help you lose it, achieve a calorie deficit, and maintain a healthy diet.

You can easily track your daily calorie intake – just tell the app what you have eaten, and it will calculate the calories for you. You can even take a pic of your meal and it should be able to recognize the food items for you!

Chat casually with your AI assistant for dietary advice – you can just ask it to recommend a dinner idea based on the lunch you have taken and you will get instant suggestions!

Once you have logged your meals, you can receive a detailed analysis of the components and the calories consumed. Set the target weight to be achieved and it will guide you on your progress day by day.

An interesting daily AI-assisted Calorie Counter which not only records your progress but also reminds you to log your meals so that you do not miss out on anything you take in!

Android: https://bit.ly/3S5gEit

iOS: https://apple.co/4f3RvP6 (Similar)

In This Issue, We Look At Some Interesting AI Driven Tools For Productivity At The Workplace

Summarize.tech

We often come across lengthy YouTube videos which may be useful but time consuming. We just want to know the summary of the content without having to go through the entire video.

Summarize.tech is a very useful tool to get a text summary of the entire video within seconds. Just head to summarize.tech, paste the YouTube or Video link in the space provided and within seconds, you will get a simple text summary of the entire video in a single paragraph. If you wish to see an elaborate summary of a lengthy video, you may scroll down and see the detailed summary broken up over the entire timeline.

It even works on Hindi and Hinglish Videos!

The free version of summarize.tech has daily limits of just a few videos a day. The premium version has no daily limits, and you can summarize up to 200 videos a month.

A very valuable tool if you are short on time and want the summary instantly!

https://www.summarize.tech/

 

Xume : Health Food Scanner App

Groceries now have ratings!

We all want to eat healthy, but do not know how to analyse the food products which we buy. It is almost impossible to sort through and decode all the perplexing and contradictory health claims and counterclaims mentioned on the labels.

Xume’s food scanner takes the con out of consumption by giving personalised health scores. No more demystifying food ingredient lists, decoding nutrition information or getting fooled by product claims.

All you have to do is to scan the barcode on the label of the food item you have and it will give you detailed information about its ingredients and nutritional information, along with a rating — whether it is healthy enough to consume. If it is rated as unhealthy, it will also suggest healthier alternatives. And, if there are any concerns in some ingredients, it will highlight those too! An important tab shows you how processed the food item is, along with a Taste Meter to tell you how tasty it is.

While at a supermarket or shopping online, you can scan the packaging before you actually decide to buy any food item.

The first few scans are free and to continue using it, you may have to subscribe for a paid version.

If you are serious about your health and the foods you eat, this is the app for you!

Android: https://bit.ly/4aT52pk

iOS: https://apple.co/3x5k11F

 

Cool the Globe

Are you serious about caring for the planet? Want to know what is your carbon footprint? Want to do something about it yourself?

Cool the Globe is the app for you. Just enter details of your daily travel, your appliances, the materials you use (including plastics), forest / tree plantations, etc., and it will immediately let you know your carbon footprint. It will also indicate choices which you have in your daily travel / consumption / food, etc. to help you improve your carbon footprint.

The app will instantly calculate your GHG wastage / savings which you can save on a daily basis. You can then share your scores on Social Media with family and friends and help create a movement for reducing emissions and cooling the earth!

Be the change – join this citizen-led movement for climate action!

Very cool, huh?

https://www.cooltheglobe.org/

Android : https://bit.ly/3Xb5Q63

iOS : https://apple.co/4c3iUOM

Ghostwrite

Are you tired of writing emails? Do you spend substantial time composing long emails? Stop wasting your valuable time and use AI to automate your email writing.

Install the Ghostwrite extension for Chrome or Outlook and start writing emails with just a few prompts. Ghostwrite is an AI tool that writes your emails using ChatGPT and other AI technologies. Your writing process will be automated so that you can spend more time on things that matter.

Once you install the extension, whenever you compose a new email, Ghostwrite will prompt ask you to tell it what the email is about. If it is a reply to an existing email, it will understand the context by reading it. You then need to give a few words on telling it about the content of the email you want to write. It will further prompt you to decide what Style you want to write in, what is the Tone (professional / casual), what is the Length of the email and what is the Language of the response. Then just click on Write and your email is composed automatically, magically.

The first 100 emails every month are free and if you are a heavy email composer, you may have to pay a nominal monthly fee beyond that.

https://www.ghostwrite.rip/

In This Issue, We Look At Some More Apps / Utilities Which Are Useful For Day To Day Use.

Battarang Notifier

If you have a tablet or secondary phone lying around, and you’d like to get an alert before its battery dies completely rather than finding it out at an inconvenient time; or, if you are in charge of charging your kids’ or parents’ devices; And, if you are on the computer most of the time, and like to know the battery and charging status of your phone’s battery, this is the app for you.

This is a simple app which notifies you on your battery status at your pre-defined settings. If you want to be notified when your battery drops to 15 per cent you can get a popup on your browser regarding the same. Also, it’s generally better not to charge the device fully every time, since it can decrease the potential lifespan of the battery. So you may like to set a notification when your battery charge reaches 85 per cent.

There is no clutter –— Battarang uses a single notification per device. Also, it uses almost no resources because it remains idle until the specified conditions are met.

Just install the app, go to their website, scan the QR code and link your phone with your browser and you are set!

Android : https://bit.ly/3TWwSf9

 

Syncthing

These days, we all have multiple devices — maybe a phone and a tab, a phone and a computer or even multiple phones. It is always a struggle to keep the devices in sync, especially with regard to certain important files and folders which are necessary.

Syncthing is a very simple synchronization tool to synchronise files and folders between multiple devices. Just install Syncthing on multiple devices and then follow the instructions to connect and sync the devices and select the folders or files to be Synced. From that moment onwards, whenever there are changes in that folder or file, they will be automatically synced.

It is totally private, since there is no upload / download to or from any external server and syncing is done in peer to peer mode. Besides, each device is identified by a strong cryptographic certificate — hence there is no leakage of data. And, all communication is secured, ensuring there is no eavesdropping during transfer.

The beauty of this is that you may sync files and folders across devices and platforms such as Windows, Linux, Android, macOS, BSD and more.

So, go for it, and get your devices synced fast and secure!

https://syncthing.net/

 

Image Compressor Lite

Many a times, we have large photos which are difficult to send online owing to their large size. Image Compressor Lite will be your helpful companion at such times!
This app allows you to easily compress and resize images on your device. You can compress images to a particular size, or to a particular ratio (say 50 per cent) making it easy to reduce the file size without sacrificing quality. It allows you to change the resolution of the image with a slider, to make it smaller. The app also includes batch compression, allowing you to compress multiple images at once.
Whether you are looking to save space on your device or making your images easy and fast to send, Image Compressor Lite has you covered!

Android : https://bit.ly/3TYkwDx

 

one sec | screen time + focus

This is one app that can save you many many hours daily! It forces you to take a deep breath whenever you open distracting apps and gain back control over your time.

It’s as simple as it is effective: You will reduce your social media usage just by becoming aware of it. one sec is the focus app that tackles the problem of unconscious social media use at its root. It is designed to change your habits on a long-term basis.

one sec works so great because it is fully automated — and forces you to reflect on your actions — before they happen!

This is the #1 app to break free from Social Media distractions in the long term!

Try it out today and change your engagement time with your phone!

Android : https://bit.ly/3TXmMed

Interesting Apps

All In One Calculator

This is a free, complete and easy-to-use multi-calculator and converter. Designed with simplicity in mind, it helps you solve everyday problems. From simple or complex calculations, to unit and currency conversions, percentages, proportions, areas, volumes, etc… it does it all. And it does it well!

It encompasses over 75 free calculators and unit converters packed in with a simple or scientific calculator. It is the only calculator you will ever need going forward from now on, on your device.

You may use it for simple or complex calculations and convert units or currencies in the same app. A scientific calculator is included along with editable input and cursor. You can see the calculation history at a glance. Algebra, Geometry, Unit Converters, Currency Converters, Loan and EMI calculators, Health Calculators, Age and Date / Time, Mileage, Ohm’s Law and much more are all included.

It is really an ‘All In One Calculator’ to take care of all your calculating needs. Try it out for free before you decide to buy it!

Charge Meter

This is a very simple app which allows you to identify the efficiency of the charging process on your phone. You can use it to identify the best charger and cable for your phone, check how fast your device is charging with different apps and know how long it takes to charge your phone and when it’s finished. With this app, you can measure the real capacity of your battery along with its temperature.

The premium version gives alerts on when to charge and when to turn off the charging and allows you picture-in-picture mode, home screen widgets and eliminates ads.
If you care for your battery health, Charge Meter is for you!

Tooly: Tiny Tools Collection

Tooly is a very useful app that contains a lot of beneficial features. Whether you are a student, teacher, developer or work in the office, Tooly is the most useful tool app for you. It offers text tools, calculation tools, colors tools , images and other offline tools to make your work easier and simpler.

Tooly consists of six sections, each one of them includes several tools as below :

Text tools: Provides you with a huge number of tools that help you with your texts. You can use stylish fonts to convert your text into a cool text with various types of styles. Additionally, there are multiple other tools including a variety kinds of tools that can change and enhance your text.

Image tools: Contains some helpful tools that can change the structure of your image’s structure. If you want to crop or resize your images or create a rounded photo, these are the tools for you.

Calculation tools: This section has a number of tools organised into five sections. You can use the algebra section to solve simple and complex mathematical calculations. You can use the geometry section to find any area, perimeter, or other shape-related information in 3D bodies or 2D shapes.

Unit converter: This section contains various units of measure, weight, temperature, etc.

Programming tools: This section enables you to create an organised page for your codes using development tools to be used by programmers for brief codes.

Colors tools: This tool provides you with several options to select and replicate colours.

Tooly gathers all these tiny tools you need in one place. A very helpful app for all your basic needs.

Wasavi: Auto Message Scheduler

 

This is a message scheduler which helps you schedule messages for WhatsApp, Viber, Signal and Facebook Messenger. You can automatically send messages with images, connect your chats to your Google Sheets or Cloud, Monitor Chat Groups for topics or follow specific friends, turn messages into tasks, notes and reminders all from your favourite Social Messenger App.

You can also auto-reply messages (including location-based auto-replies), auto-save messages as tasks or notes, schedule messages, follow chats for keywords, topics, links, emails, etc. or even send your WhatsApp messages to Google Sheets! You can even create broadcast lists for your clients.

A very useful scheduling App for daily use.

Interesting Apps

lashDim

Many Android users have marvelled at the ability to control the intensity of the flashlight in iPhones. Your wait is now over! FlashDim does just that.

Once installed, it allows you to adjust the intensity of your flash. This comes in useful when you are using it as a flashlight. The app provides three flash intensity levels: minimum, half and maximum.

It also has an SOS mode, where the flashlight blinks repeatedly at regular intervals, for as long as you wish. You may adjust the frequency of the beats per minute or even adjust the interval time from 50 to 10,000 ms.

A neat little feature is that you can adjust the blips to mimic Morse Code. So you can send messages from a distance to someone in the dark, and he will be able to decipher the same — provided he knows Morse Code.

A very handy tool for day-to-day use.

Android: https://bit.ly/3FTfDDZ

AfterShip

AfterShip is a package tracker which is pretty simple. It allows you to track packages for over 700 carriers worldwide. Just enter your tracking number and sit back and relax!

AfterShip will track your package in real-time. You can check your shipment location on a Map, and get notified of the progress automatically no checking frequently on an app / website for the status of your documents / parcels. Once your package is out for delivery or delivered, it will notify you about that too.

The app is smart. When you enter the tracking number, it will automatically detect the carrier — how cool is that! If, for some reason, it cannot do so, it will give you a few options to choose from, and most likely, the carrier will be one of them! You just have to tap to accept the carrier.

If you link your Gmail account with the app, it can even pick up the tracking number from your Gmail. If you copy a tracking number from your WhatsApp account or any other app on your phone, it will automatically tell you when it detects it in your clipboard and remind you to enter it in the app, for easy access and tracking.

So, if you send / receive many parcels / documents, this is a very easy way to track them. And even if the frequency is less, it is so easy and convenient. Try it out today!

Android: https://bit.ly/3QyY5Su

iOS: https://apple.co/49LojtR

Otter: Transcribe Voice Notes

Otter is a pioneer in transcribing voice to text. Whether you are in a lecture, seminar or classroom, just activate the app, and it will transcribe speech to text on your screen in real-time, so that you can focus on the discussion at hand.

You can even OtterPilot your meetings with AI. Get a meeting assistant that records audio, writes notes, automatically captures slides and generates summaries.

All notes are searchable. The app is currently available only in English. You can collaborate, share and highlight your notes. You can also ask questions for topics covered, and it will point to the exact sections where it has been discussed.

Speech recognition systems are never perfect, but this one is as close to being perfect as it could be.

Android: https://bit.ly/47vZv6U

iOS: https://apple.co/3SxE0OZ

Lensa

Lensa is a different type of photo editor – it combines photo editing with AI art. It is most suitable for retouching portrait selfies. Forget about conventional filters and photo editing tools. The app has many photo editing filters and techniques for pictures to get you a sweet selfie, remove any blurred background or do other necessary editing. With its simple editing features and camera editor effects, you can make every photo perfect.

You can perfect the complexion, make eyes impeccable, adjust the background and even use auto-adjust if you don’t have time to do each of these individually.

You can capture memorable moments and do the necessary photography editing to freeze each moment in time. You don’t need a lab or dark room because within seconds, your peachy selfie is ready. Most of the time, the AI effects are beautiful, though not every picture is perfect.

And now, they have introduced Magic Avatars 2.0, a phenomenal update that empowers you to express yourself in ways you have never imagined. With an entirely new quality level and tens of unique styles, Magic Avatars 2.0 takes the app to new heights. You must try it now!

Android: https://bit.ly/40yqVa2

iOS: https://apple.co/47wMt9t

Interesting Websites and Apps

In this issue, we cover a variety of websites and apps which help us improve our online presence and personality.

16Personalities

This is an interesting website which helps you discover yourself. The makers believe that there are primarily 16 Personalities and help you discover what type of personality you have.

The online test consists of a set of questions divided into five major sections — Introverted / Intuitive / Feeling / Judging and Turbulent. Once you take the test and answer all questions honestly, a detailed report is generated about your personality. Apart from helping you understand yourself, you may like to explore traits which you would like to improve upon and take the test again after a few months. Although I believe it is impossible to change yourself fully, it is worth trying.

The only thing to remember is that you have to be fully honest in answering all questions. Some may take a while and some may be intuitive. Of course, it is completely free to try, with advanced options which require a subscription. The advanced options help you cultivate deep self-improvement, advance your career, improve relationships and go beyond your personality type.

Try it — it’s worth knowing who you are!

https://www.16personalities.com/

Humata AI

This is ChatGPT for all your files. Just upload any text file and ask questions on the same. All your answers will be available in a jiffy! You can learn 100X faster, analyse legal documents, understand technical papers and create reports. In short, ask questions and get answers about any file, instantly!

Humata is an Avestan word that means “good thought”. And good thoughts are what emanate from this simple website. It is very simple to use and quite easy to access.
The free version allows you to upload up to 60 pages and ask 100 questions, with a 100MB file size limit. Paid plans give you progressively more pages, capacity and questions.

Try out the free version for a few days, and if you feel happy and needy for more, subscribe to the appropriate plans!

https://www.humata.ai/

BIS Care App

The Bureau of Indian Standards has come out with an app to check the authenticity of various products by helping you verify the license details marked on the product.

You can check the authenticity of a product with the mark by using “Verify License Details”, check the authenticity of Hallmarked Jewellery with an HUID number by using “Verify HUID” or even check the authenticity of electronic products with R-Number by using “Verify R-Number under CRS”.

You can also use the app to register complaints regarding the quality of the Product or the misuse of BIS standard marks by using the “Complaints” option. The app allows you to get locations of BIS labs and offices and helps you access products under compulsory certification of BIS and products under simplified procedure of licensing.

The app is absolutely free, is available on Android and iOS and is a must for lay users and professionals alike.

https://www.bis.gov.in/bis-apps/

ScamAdviser

ScamAdviser is a simple website that helps you identify scam sites. Is this site or online store a scam or safe? Are the reviews real or fake? That is the question ScamAdviser tries to answer for 2.5 million visitors every month. ScamAdviser uses an algorithm to determine if the website is legit with real reviews or a phishing website selling fake products. Their goal is to help consumers make the right choices online.

If you are visiting an unknown website and are not sure whether you can share your personal details or your credit card information online, just add the name of that doubtful website on to ScamAdviser.com and get a quick report on whether it is safe to buy from that website or not. It is a generic analysis of the website and various reports on that website and will also give you a rating on how safe they judge it to be.

Besides, they have various reports on online shopping scams, phishing and identity thefts, investment scams and much more. They scan thousands of sites daily and report on the top scams of the week, scam trends and scam alerts.

If you need to report a website as a scam, feel free to report it to ScamAdviser, and they will take care of the rest.

The site is completely free and a valuable addition to ensure your day-to-day cyber safety. Try it out today!

https://www.scamadviser.com/

How to Spot and Avoid Fake News

These days, there is a plethora of News and Information bombarding us from all sides – be it Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TV Channels, News Websites, Newspapers or even Radio! Very often we come to know after a few days / months that an earlier report was false. Sometimes, we may not even come to know of this, until it is too late. Hence, an average layperson is perplexed over what is true and what is not. In this brief writeup, we will try and understand how to spot and avoid Fake News.

TYPES OF FAKE NEWS

Fake News can be of three types:

a)    An honest mistake – where the propagator genuinely believes something to be true and announces it or forwards it without verifying. This can be rectified easily by a simple, sincere apology

b)    Pranks – in this case, the propagator deliberately states something he knows to be false, just for the fun of it, to create mischief. He may even propagate it anonymously, since he knows the repercussions, but the purpose is solely to play a prank

c)    Fake News – this is an intentional propagation of something, knowing it to be false, with the intention to cause benefit or hurt – religious, political or commercial. Of late, the number of cases in this category has been steadily rising.

SO HOW DO WE SPOT AND COMBAT FAKE NEWS?

  • Apply Common Sense: There were several fake photos and videos circulating during the recent Biparjoy Cyclone news. Some even showed massive destruction even before the Cyclone had reached the land! Simple application of mind would be sufficient to call out such fakes!
  • Avoid Confirmation Bias – Not everything about someone who you admire, has to be true. So, when you read something about someone whom you adore, you automatically tend to believe it. Try and avoid the confirmation bias at all times.
  • Look for evidence / source – Always look for links to credible news portals or information websites. Never forward or like stuff if no evidence is provided by the sender. We often find Whatsapp forwards which mention “Forwarded as Received” This is a very strong indicator that the news is unverified and most likely to be false. So, when you get such a message, always ask the sender to quote a reliable source for the same – if a reliable, independently verifiable source cannot be identified, you can most certainly disbelieve the news item. In such cases, please do not forward it further and stop propagation of such false items.

Further, if the author is a known rabble rouser or propagator of fake news in the past, be wary to believe the same person, even if his name is quoted as authentic.

  • Beware of Websites with no physical contact details or the people or group behind them – When the source of the news is a website, please visit the About Us or Contact Page of the website. If you do not see a proper address (not just an email id) it is a red flag! Websites with no physical address and / or the names of people or organisation behind them, are most likely to be misleading and liable to be distrustful.
  • Google Baba to the Rescue – one easy way to fact-check a news item is to search for its title in Google. If it is true, you will find multiple stories around the same topic. If not, you may even find a story which mentions it to be false!
  • Google Reverse Image Search – if you find a horrifying or unbelievable image, just do a Reverse Image Search on Google – Go to Google.com and click on this icon.  It will allow you to copy paste an image and search for the image online. Just try it and you will be surprised at the results!
  • Fake News Debunker Extension – if you would like to frequently check news for its veracity, install the Fake News Debunker Extension in Chrome. Once installed, when you right click on any news item, it will confirm whether it is fake or not.
  • Poynter.org – and if you are concerned on the spread of Fake News, visit this website which offers a free course on identifying Fake News. The key points to consider are:
  • Is this important enough?
  • Is this fact-checkable?
  • Is this original?
  •  Is this reliable?

 

  • There are many sites which help you identify whether any news items are genuine or not. Some important of these are as under:
  • Altnews.in
  •  Boomlive.in
  • smhoaxslayer.com
  • https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/times-fact-check
  • https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof
  • https://fssai.gov.in/cms/myth-buster.php
  • Snopes.com
  • www.factcheck.org/
  • https://factly.in/
  • https://www.factchecker.in/

Most importantly

  • Question Everything
  • Ask the sender to provide evidence
  •  Do not forward if not credible
  • Educate Others – Schools, Colleges and Whatsapp Groups

DO NOT BECOME A FOOL / TOOL IN THE SPREADING OF FAKE NEWS!

Productivity Apps for Professionals

In this issue, we look at some productivity apps which can be useful in our day-to-day professional activities. So here goes…..

AIS FOR INCOME TAX

The Income Tax Department has launched a mobile app for taxpayers to view their individual Annual Information Statement (AIS). As you may be aware, the AIS presents to you the information on TDS/TCS, SFT, Payment of Taxes, Demand and Refund and other information. All this at the tip of your fingers.

The AIS has been available, for a while, from the normal Income Tax Website (incometax.gov.in) accessible after several clicks. The AIS app gets you all this information on your mobile, instantaneously. After you install the app, you need to verify your email and mobile no. (as per your profile registered with the Department) with OTP and you can set a 4 digit PIN. You can then track your taxes paid, refunds due, TDS, and more, on the app. All this information is available for your current Financial Year and also for the previous couple of years.

It is extremely simple to use and very fast for easy access to your information. Just use it once to see the power of the system – Download AIS Now.

Android: https://bit.ly/3TS0Lff

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PRINTFRIENDLY.COM

Many times we visit a webpage that we would like to print and preserve for future reference. When we try to print any webpage, you will notice that we get a lot of junk, advertisements, and distortions. To avoid getting a jumbled page in print, just head to printfriendly.com

Once you are on that website, you can just paste the URL of the webpage that you wish to print, and it will present a Print Preview for you. You can make some more edits / deletions to the webpage as per your requirements and then print. It is that simple.

If you are using Chrome, they also have a Chrome Extension, which does the same thing for the page you are on. This makes the whole process faster, better, and easier – there is no need to copy and paste.

The best part of this is that there is no registration, no login, and no storage of your web pages on their servers. There is a paid, pro version, but most of the stuff that you need is already there in the free version.

Go ahead, and make your web pages Print Friendly, with PrintFriendly.com


IRIS PERIDOT – GSTIN SEARCH

In all business transactions, you get an invoice from your supplier (or even restaurant) which includes its GST Identification No. (GSTIN). If you need to verify the accuracy of the GSTIN, whether supplier is genuinely a GST-registered enterprise, whether GST dues have been paid, and whether GST returns are filed up to date, use this Peridot app.

You can just point to the GSTIN on the invoice or on supplier’s name board (or even enter the GSTIN manually), and the app will give you all the details of the supplier – You not only get the taxpayer details but also other information such as the filing status of the returns and places of businesses registered with the GST system.

A snapshot view also highlights the eligibility of taxpayer to collect taxes and an option to report any non-compliance by taxpayer to the Government.

A very simple but effective app to ensure that you will get credit for your GST when you pay it.

Android: http://bit.ly/2WTIhg5
iOS: https://apple.co/2X3U8YI

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CALCULATOR.NET


This is a great website for calculators of all kinds – financial, health, fitness, math and others.

Financial Calculators are pretty exhaustive dealing with multiple aspects such as Mortgage Calculator, Loan Calculator, Auto Loan Calculator, Interest Calculator, Payment Calculator, Retirement Calculator, Amortization Calculator, Investment Calculator, Inflation Calculator, Finance Calculator, Compound Interest Calculator, Salary Calculator, etc.

Fitness & Health Calculators include BMI, Calorie, Body Fat and Ideal Weight Calculators. Other calculators include Age Calculator, Date Calculator, Time Calculator, Conversions and much more.

Overall an excellent website for all your life calculations!

Tech Mantra

Productivity in the Computer World is managing to do things fast, efficiently and accurately. Sometimes, it is just saving a few clicks, some other times it could mean opening up new possibilities and sometimes it is just a quick and amazing trick. Today, we run through a few Chrome Extensions which do exactly that. So here we go!

CHECKER PLUS FOR GOOGLE CALENDAR

If you use Gmail and Google Calendar, you would be doing a lot of tab-jumping from Gmail to Google Calendar, especially when you are responding to emails. Even otherwise, when you are online and doing some intensive work, jumping to your calendar from time to time can be quite a chore.The Chrome extension – Checker Plus for Google Calendar is a great tool to have the calendar at your fingertips. The extension sits neatly on your Chrome Extension panel and you can pop it up any time to get a quick view of your Calendar. It also lets you view upcoming events, get meeting notifications and reminders, and snooze events – all without opening the Google Calendar page. Convenience at the click of a button!

A very nifty tool to avoid multiple clicks on the Calendar Tab daily.

WHATSAPP (WA) WEB PLUS EXTENSION

We have all got used to using WhatsApp Web on our computers – it is such a breeze to handle! WhatsApp web plus extension for Chrome enhances the utility of WhatsApp Web dramatically.Once installed and running, the WA Web Plus Extension allows you to add more tools and options for WhatsApp Web for more privacy and enhanced reliability. It brings all the missing features of WhatsApp Web for personal and business use.

When you are on WhatsApp Web, just click on the WA Web Plus Extension and you will find a host of options – you can blur recent messages, blur contact names and photos, play audio messages without intimating the sender, disable read receipts, hide online status and much more. You can even password protect the app so that no one can access your WhatsApp web. Many other options for customisation like pin unread messages to top, highlight online contacts, etc. are available for easy access.

Most of the options are free while some are available for a small subscription fee.

A very useful tool for hardcore, daily users of WhatsApp Web!

AMAZON PRICE TRACKER – KEEPA AND BUYHATKE

If you are a regular shopper on Amazon, it may be a good idea to track price changes for any product you desire. Just install this extension on your Chrome browser and whenever you visit Amazon, select a product and scroll down a bit, you will be able to see the price history of that product. It also indicates price drops for lightning deals and for prime members. This will help you identify the lowest price of a product, when it occurred and if you are able to see the trend, you may even be able to grab it at the lowest price!If you shop on amazon.com, there are many more options available – you may visit their website www.keepa.com to see the variety of ways in which you can track products and their prices.

And, if you shop regularly on Flipkart, Myntra and other shopping sites, you may like to look at Buyhatke – Price tracker & Price history. This extension works similarly and is very useful for price tracking and price history.

Go ahead, save some money and buy wisely!

I DON’T CARE ABOUT COOKIES

Whenever we visit a new website, owing to increasing privacy concerns, the website asks us whether we would like to allow cookies. Some websites do not even take ‘No’ for an answer – they insist that you allow cookies, before they allow you to enter. This repeated questioning can get irritating. Most of the time, we allow cookies and move forward.I don’t care about Cookies is an extension which allows you to skip this question for all sites. Just install this extension and it will accept cookies on all websites that you visit. No more clicking Allow Cookies again and again on all the websites you visit!

Save time and make your web surfing super smooth!

Interesting Websites And Apps

In this issue, we examine a few old tools and a few modern websites which help us improve our performance at the workplace. Enjoy!

PDF24 TOOLS

PDF is now a very common file format in use across the world, especially when you have to share files over multiple platforms. So many elegant tools exist to help you manage PDF files, some of which are paid and some are free. PDF24 makes PDF Tools as simple and as fast as possible. All tools can be used intuitively, which makes them save time and money. And, honestly, there is hardly anything in the PDF arena that you cannot do with PDF24.

You can create, edit, annotate, split and merge PDF files. You can add or remove pages to PDF, sort pages, run Optical Character Recognition (OCR) add watermarks and much more.

You can choose to work online (all file transfers to and fro are encrypted and fully safe) or you can decide to download the app onto your computer and run it offline — the files never leave your computer. You can use PDF24 on Windows, Mac, Linux and even a smartphone.

The best part is that PDF24 is free. There are no limits on file size or the number of files you wish to work on.

So go ahead and select the tool of your choice, and enjoy using PDFs the way you really wanted to!

https://tools.pdf24.org/

JITTER.VIDEO

If you work with videos and / or animations, this is THE tool for you — Jitter.video. Their motto is just to make Motion Design simple. Jitter enables creators and teams to easily design stunning animated content and interfaces, so that they can focus on their content and not on the animation process. You can animate your content in seconds — get started easily, iterate fast and produce better content. All this with full creative controls to customise anything, as you wish. You can even collaborate with your team to explore your ideas together and get your work approved faster. And, all this, from the comfort of your browser.

Of course, you don’t ever have to start from scratch — you have thousands of ready templates to start with, giving you full control with animation presets. And once you are done, you can export 4K video, GIF and Lottie — giving a professional touch to your creations.

You can explore Jitter for free, and if you like it, subscribe to the service for a nominal monthly price.

https://jitter.video/

GOOGLE BARD

Google Bard is Google’s answer to Microsoft’s ChatGPT and is available at https://bard.google.com/. Just go to this website and ask anything you want. The difference between Bard and ChatGPT is that Bard has current access to the internet unlike ChatGPT which is relatively dated. So, if you ask Bard which is the best Hybrid Car in India today — you will get the current information, whereas ChatGPT will be dated up to September 2021 in most cases.

Besides, if you ask Bard to recommend, for example, the best Chinese restaurants nearby, Google Bard will excel with relevant and current recommendations.

Also, most of the text editing and transformation features are all available at Google Bard for free.

Try it out, and enjoy the benefits of AI for free!

https://bard.google.com/

TOME.APP

This is one of the cutting-edge modern AI apps. It can help with quick and easy transformation of the work you’ve already done. Paste in a document, and see it gain depth and clarity. Tome automatically builds a narrative from your text and generates matching images to illuminate your point. You can generate an image, create a write-up or even create a presentation by giving a few cues. If you have a structured document and want to generate a presentation from that document, Tome can help you do just that.

Designing is a breeze in Tome. You can create smart themes and responsive layouts that just work! You can draw viewers in and encourage participation by embedding interactive product mocks, 3D prototypes, data, web pages, and more. And, of course, the result is meant to be viewed on any screen — large or mobile, without any adjustments from your side.

Try it for free today, and discover the marvels of AI presentations.

https://tome.app

Few More Apps for Improved Productivity and Efficiency

TASKADE
Taskade is where remote teams get work done. Organize tasks, write product specs, automate repetitive workflows, and video chat with your team, all in one unified workspace. Create a project to capture your ideas, team goals, and weekly tasks. To collaborate with your team, simply share your project, or invite team members into a workspace.

The free version of Taskade includes all the essential features unlocked for individuals and teams. You have the option to upgrade, which includes advanced features, unlimited file uploads, and more.

You can use Taskade for weekly agendas, team meetings, project outlines, product roadmaps, and much more. Their templates gallery will help you try out over 300 free templates.

Taskade is available on Web, iOS, Android, Chrome, Firefox, Linux, Windows, and Mac.

Try it out today – it is the ultimate to-do list app

https://www.taskade.com/


REMOTE MOUSE
Remote Mouse helps you turn your mobile phone or tablet into a set of wireless mouse, keyboard and trackpad.

Connection is achieved in three simple steps. Download the Remote Mouse App for your iPhone, iPad or Android phone. Then install the application  for your desktop on your Mac, Windows or Linux Computer. Lastly, connect your mobile device and computer to the same WiFi Network and you are good to go! Remote Mouse can also be used without a WiFi connection on Bluetooth.

Once connected, you may use your mobile phone or tablet as a trackpad, simulating all the functions which are available for any tracking device. With smarter multi-touch gestures, all you need is to click and slide.

Whether you are watching videos in bed or making a self-running presentation, Remote Mouse allows you to control your computer freely from anywhere, any time. If you enjoy voice typing, you may also dictate using your smartphone and it will use the iOS or Android’s speech recognition engine to deliver accurate results.

Some features are free and many others are available in the paid version. You have a 7-day trial with all the features of the paid version and you may keep it if you are satisfied.

https://www.remotemouse.net/


DUPLICATES CLEANER FOR WINDOWS
Over a period of time, we tend to accumulate a lot of duplicate files on our computers. Such duplicates not only hog our disk space but also reduce the speed of our access to our hard drive.

Duplicates Cleaner does just what it says. It scans our hard disk and identifies all the duplicate files in a single folder or in multiple folders. You can then choose to quarantine the duplicates or just send them to the recycle bin directly. It is that simple!

To install the Duplicates Cleaner, just go to the Microsoft Store and search for application. There are many out there, so look for the one with the icon displayed. Click on Get and it will be downloaded and installed on your system. Be sure to run through the settings to optimize your cleaning the way you want it, and you are good to go!

There is a free version and a paid version for advanced features. But for most of the time, the free version has worked for me, so no need to go for the paid version.

Clean up and get lighter today!

PORTABLE APPS

Your computer, without the computer

We use many apps on our computer, which we are familiar with, on a day to day basis. When travelling or when we do not have access to our own computer, it becomes inconvenient to use another app on someone else’s machine. For example, if we are accustomed to using Google Chrome as our browser and we do not have access to the same elsewhere, it could be disconcerting and painful to use another browser. That is where Portable Apps come in.
The PortableApps.com Platform™ is a full-featured portable software system that ties all your portable apps together and lets you build your own custom portable app suite for use in your synced cloud folder, on your local PC, or on a portable USB drive. And it is kept separate from your local apps. The PortableApps.com Platform is 100 per cent free. Free to use. Free to share. And fully open source.

What it does is that it creates an entire suite of commonly used apps, in compressed form which you can save to your pen-drive, USB drive or on the cloud. Whenever you need to use these apps, you may use them directly off the USB drive or the Cloud without having the need to instal them on the local machine.

https://portableapps.com/

Dictation Software

Are you tired of typing? Want to improve your speed? So, how about being a lot lazier than you are?

Dictation.io is your first stop. Use the magic of speech recognition to write emails and documents in Google Chrome and almost anywhere else on the computer. Dictation.io accurately transcribes your speech into text in real-time. You can add paragraphs, punctuation marks and even insert smileys using voice commands.

Just head to https://dictation.io/ and click on Launch Dictation. On the next screen, click on Start, allow the use of your microphone and start dictating! So simple. No login, no sharing your email id, no passwords – nothing. Just start dictating.

Once you have finished your document, you can copy and paste it into any software of your choice – Word, Gmail, WhatsApp, just anything. You can even download and save the file you created in plain text (.txt). If you wish to Tweet your text, the site offers a direct link to Twitter, and you may Tweet it directly on your Twitter account. And if you want to print or email it through Outlook, there is a provision to now print the dictated matter or email it from Outlook.

All the standard formatting options like Bold, Italics, underline, alignments, etc., are available as menu items and voice commands. The site guides you to a set of commands that can be used for inserting new paragraphs, selecting and copying text or deleting it, a host of smileys and special characters, punctuation marks and quotes and brackets.

The site further allows you to dictate in various languages besides English. These include Indian languages like Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Kannada and many more! So you could type messages in your local language by just dictating the matter and then sending it on any digital media of your choice.

If you are a Gmail fan and wish to use Dictation.io mainly in Gmail, installing the Dictation for Gmail Chrome extension in your Chrome Browser may be helpful. Once done, whenever you go into Compose mode in your Gmail, you will see a tiny microphone on the bottom left of your panel (just next to the Send button). Click on the microphone and start dictating your mails in Gmail directly. Again, you can dictate in multiple languages, and the system will diligently type out the message in
the language of your choice! Punctuations, formatting and a host of other options are all available by voice commands.

If you use Google Docs regularly, you are in for some good news! Once you are creating or editing a document, head to Tools – Voice Typing (or use the Ctrl+Shift+S shortcut), and you will be able to start dictating the document in a language of your choice. It cannot get simpler than that.

And, of course, if you are used to using good old Microsoft Word on the Home Tab, select  Dictate and wait for a red dot to appear on the icon. Once it appears, you can start talking, and whatever you say will appear as text in your Word document. Punctuation marks and a host of other additions are also built-in. Select  Dictate again to stop dictating.

And these days, we are all used to inefficient typing on our phones. We can bid goodbye to those slow error-prone keystrokes if we install Google Keyboard (GBoard) or Microsoft Swiftkey as the primary keyboard on our phone. Once done, there is an option to dictate directly on your mobile phone. The dictation will allow you to insert any text in any application on your phone – no more speed and accuracy issues from now on!

There is no need to have a training session if you speak slowly and clearly for the system to understand what you are saying. It may take a few attempts to get the system to understand your rhythm and pronunciation. Once done, it works like a breeze.

A word of caution for all dictation softwares. The accuracy level could be between 90-95% in the majority of the cases. So, you may have to reread the matter at least once and correct the typos (especially for proper nouns, etc.). But once you get the hang of it, you will save hours and hours of time typing.

HAPPY DICTATING!

SOME INTERESTING CHROME EXTENSIONS

In this article, we discuss a few extensions that can help us do our job and excel in other
areas of life, made especially for the Google Chrome web browser.

Chrome has been one of the most popular browsers for a while and the major reason for its popularity is its ability to accept extensions. Extensions are small programs which add to the versatility of the browser and Chrome is one of the browsers which embraces extensions with open arms since the last several years.

Adding an extension in Chrome is super easy. Just head to https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions. In the search box, search for the extension name. Once you land on the extension home page, you will see the title and a brief description of what the extension does. You will also find an option to add it to Chrome. Just click on the Install button and it will get added to Chrome instantly. Once installed, most extensions line up on the top right of your browser. Some others behave slightly differently, and you may have to make a small effort to find and get used to them. But once you get used to it, you will save loads of time and improve your productivity many times over.

In this issue, we will explore a few Chrome Extensions which are extremely useful to boost our productivity in our day-to-day operations

INSERTING TABLES IN GMAIL


 
I am sure we have all faced difficulties in inserting Tables in Gmail. So clumsy and unpredictable! Here is an extension which allows you to insert Tables seamlessly into Gmail. It is an extension called (you guessed it right) Gmail Tables by CloudHQ.

Installation of the extension is a breeze – just search Google for Gmail Tables Chrome Extension, and install it. Once installed, it will sit as a small tiny icon next to your send button in your Compose Window. Click on it and a menu to create a Table will pop up, allowing you to create tables of all sizes, create headers, padding and much more.

Apart from the ability to create tables, the extension also allows you to add Buttons which can direct the recipient to links of your choice – maybe your website. This is really cool and can be used in a variety of business and personal mails.

So go ahead and create Tables in Gmail – have fun!

EMI CALCULATOR

This EMI calculator by Abhishek Kumar will be loved by all and sundry in the financial sector. If you need to calculate EMI often, you can install this extension in your Chrome Browser.

Installation of the extension is simple, as usual – just search Google for EMI Calculator Chrome Extension, and install it. Once installed, it will sit as an extension on your top toolbar to the right, along with your other extensions.

Now, whenever you need to do an EMI Calculation, just click on it and it will popup the options and instantly give you a report on the Equated Monthly Instalment, the total principal amount and interest amount to be paid and the bifurcation for the same.

A very useful tool for those who wish to calculate EMI over and over!

GRAMMARLY


 

This is a free Chrome Extension. It is a marvellous tool which makes a huge difference to the quality of your communication.

Whatever you type in Gmail or on Messenger or in Google Doc, or social media, on Chrome, Grammarly will automatically check your grammar, point out mistakes and offer suggestions for the correct grammatical syntax. You may accept what is suggested or just ignore it and move ahead. It will even suggest reframing of sentences based on the context and what you wish to convey. Grammarly is totally AI-based.

From grammar and spelling to style and tone, Grammarly helps you eliminate errors and find the perfect words to express yourself.

Recommended for anyone and everyone regardless of where they work or what they do!

STRETCHCLOCK
 

This simple extension reminds you to stretch from time to time. The timer runs in your browser and is configurable. When the countdown timer reaches zero, StretchClock shows easy no-sweat exercises that you can do at your desk in business attire. It includes some easy Office Yoga poses as well.

You can change the settings to match your work style. Easy to pause when you don’t need it and easy to unpause so that the pain doesn’t come back. You can browse through the different exercises during your break and use the ones you need.

It’s a professional break reminder for desk warriors. Take a break and follow the simple no-sweat exercises to avoid pain and stay fit.

The easy way to feel better and be more productive!

TOUCAN
 


 

Toucan is a free Chrome Extension that helps you learn a language without even trying. Once you install the extension, choose the language that you wish to learn – current options are Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian. You also choose the topics that you are interested in.

After that, just browse the web normally. When you point to any word on your webpage, it will show you the translation in the language of your choice. This will help you learn as you browse. You will pick up the vocabulary faster when you see it in context. There are even quizzes and games which help you sharpen your language skills as you move along. You can measure your daily progress and earn achievements that measure your skill level on the go.

Learn efficiently and productively – just install for free and start learning a new language in seconds!

https://jointoucan.com/

FOCUS IS THE KEY

In this issue, we cover some interesting websites/apps that improve our focus on the task at hand and improve our productivity.

FREEDOM

 

Social media, shopping, videos, games…these apps and websites are scientifically engineered to keep you hooked and coming back. The cost to your productivity, ability to focus and general well-being can be staggering. Freedom gives you control.

Freedom is an app and website blocker for Windows, Android, iOS, Mac and Chrome, used by over 2 million people to reclaim focus and productivity. Install Freedom on all your devices, and it will automatically sync your preferences across devices. There is also a Chrome Extension that helps in blanking all your distractions!

You can use Freedom so you can get your work done. Just block what you want, when you want, and be more productive. With Freedom active, you can sit down to work entirely in control of your distractions.

You can start sessions on the fly or schedule your Freedom time in advance. You can plan out sessions that recur daily or weekly.

Freedom users report gaining an average of 2.5 hours of productive time each day. No wonder Freedom is used by people at the world’s best companies and universities.

With Freedom, you can make time for productivity and things that matter most to you. Try it out for free for the first seven sessions before you decide to take the plunge!

Website: https://freedom.to/

POMODORO
In today’s day and age, multi-tasking is a way of life. You will look up and even reply to emails when you are on the phone, answer Whatsapp messages while writing an email or respond to office staff while you are on a Zoom call. If you avoid all these distractive interruptions, you can get more done in less time, with improved focus and better productivity.

The Pomodoro technique comes to our rescue in such cases. The Pomodoro technique is a popular productivity system developed in the late 1980s by Francesco Cirillo. The Pomodoro kitchen timer is a simple timer that rings after 25 minutes. Cirillo used this timer while working to improve his focus and break up his work into manageable blocks of time. The idea is to work with concentration in 25 minutes bites of time and take a 5-minute break. The 5-minute break can be used to stretch out, respond to distractions or just close your eyes and breathe deeply!

If you wish to use the Pomodoro technique online, visit https://pomofocus.io/ and click on Start. You may set tasks for 25 minutes each and set your breaks – short or long. Watch your daily report and log of activities to evaluate the effectiveness of the process.

Many apps allow you to use the Pomodoro technique. One of the popular ones is Pomodoro Timer (https://bit.ly/3JLeH3J) for Android. You define your tasks – make a task list, define a block of time when you will eliminate all distractions, start the timer and work for 25-minute chunks of time. You may repeat this work/break cycle as often as you wish. You can go for daily goal-setting and make each day more productive.

If you want to use the technique on iOS, this website https://zapier.com/blog/best-pomodoro-apps/ gives you a list of the five best Pomodoro timer apps for Apple users. The approach and technique for using are similar, with some interesting add-ons thrown in. I enjoy using the Pomodoro Technique. Sometimes, you may find it challenging to use as instructed. The 25 minutes time length could be disruptive. But even if you don’t stick precisely to the Pomodoro Technique’s time blocks, the underlying principles are really powerful – and the same timer apps can generally accommodate longer (or shorter) work blocks. You may work on it at your convenience and arrive at the optimum blocks that may prove comfortable and effective.

I wish you happy concentrating!