21 Dec Christmas tech: Some useful Apps for the festive season.
When technology presents us with great options for surviving the festive holidays, what better choice do we have than to embrace it. These apps have been designed to help us better organize the holidays, keep a healthy life as well as find some time to relax from the many celebrations.
- Headspace – http://www.headspace.com/
This app comes with free sleep sounds, bedtime exercises and a library.
Headspace is aimed at helping you to meditate and live mindfully. Taking some time out after the many days of celebrations could be useful.
There’s a 10-day introductory course that is free of charge, and after that you have to buy a subscription.
- Fiit – http://www.fiit.tv/
The Fiit app offers a workout program that covers cardio, strength training, yoga and Pilates, with classes from beginners to advanced fitness levels. Subscription includes access to live classes, where you can join in at a certain time and pitch yourself against other participants in a live leaderboard. What better way blow the cobwebs away after the Christmas period?
- Readily – http://www.readly.com/
For the lovers of books, Readily could be the most amazing thing to happen this holidays. Image a library of magazines at your fingertips. The app brings together digital versions of popular magazines such as Hello, Time Magazine, Newsweek and others, combining general interest titles and hobby magazines under a single subscription.
- Do – https://www.any.do/
If you’re struggling with getting things organized, not these holidays. Any.Do can help with quite a number of things. Lists of things you need to get done around the home. Lists of things you plan to do with your life. Lists of things you need or don’t need any longer.
Any.Do will allow you to easily create a list of things that you need to accomplish throughout your day and give you timely reminders. You can also add your calendar into the app to keep everything in one place, and share tasks with friends or family.
We hope you find one that works well for you these holidays and beyond.