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4 ways to save time

Plugin TOSDR rates site Terms of Service as good or bad so that you never have to not read them again

Use the RedLaser app to scan product barcodes and find out if you can get a cheaper option elsewhere

Wikiwand is the Wikipedia app that makes getting info quick and pretty

Avoid unexpected crying jags with movie warning site Does the Dog Die?

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5 new ways for students to send you their assignments online

Create a webpage for students to submit their work directly to your computer using DBinbox

Wufoo lets you collect files by adding an upload field to a custom form

Invite people to submit their documents to your MediaFire account

Create a web link to your file by uploading to FileDropper

TinyUpload lets you publish your files to a personal URL

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4 new ways to send secure texts and big files

DBInbox makes a secure webpage where anyone can drop files directly into your Dropbox

Sharelock encrypts confidential data into a encrypted link that only the intended recipient can open

Treev is a search bar for your cloud accounts, send stuff from Box,Trello, Dropbox and Drive from one place

Bleep is a secure app that sends messages that self destruct once they're read.

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7 more sources of FREE public domain and commercial use images

IM Free features a curated collection of free images that you can use commercially

Pixabay offers copyright free images you can use anywhere without attribution

Created by graphic designers and photographers, rgbstock has over 100,000 free images

Download pictures from Free Photos Bank without logging in

Free Images has over 350,000 categorised stock photos

Public Domain Pictures is a repository of free images from amateur photographers

Register with Free Range Stock for high resolution stock photos

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6 browser extensions for people who spend a lot of time online

Jot puts your to-do-list in the browser and lets you take notes

UpTo for Google Calendar shows you a feed of upcoming events, music, TV, movies and more near you

Make the web simpler to use with Minimalist for Everything

Lazarus will autosave everything you type into online forms to save you from timeouts and network crashes

Keep you computer fast by using The Great Suspender to save CPU

Virtru lets you control who can see and share your email

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7 apps that will reduce the contents of your school bag

Quick Graph turns your smart device into a free graphics calculator

Turn your phone into a USB with USB Disk

inClass will keep your timetable, send you assignment reminders and help you take text, video, audio and photo notes

Memrise is an app that helps you memorise anything

Take notes, annotate and sketch ideas with Skitch

Explore, learn about and discover over 150 masterpieces with Musee du Louvre

Dictionary.com turns your smart device into a free dictionary and thesaurus

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6 wearable technologies you should definitely buy

The Jawbone wristband tracks your fitness, activity and sleep and syncs the stats to your smart device

Apple Watch brings your smart phone apps to your wrist for quick, easy updates, tracking and search

Withings Activite Pop is like a Swatch Watch with waterproof fitness tracking and a vibrating alarm

The Mini Jambox is a little speaker that connects to your smart device via Bluetooth for enormous sound

Live the Matrix with virtual reality headset Oculus Rift

Whistle goes on your pet. Use the app to track their location and daily activity

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6 ways to scan and store documents with your smart device

Scan the barcode of your purchase into Bawte to automatically store warranties, instructions, etc on your phone

Evernote Scannable automatically scans and corrects your documents and also converts business cards into contacts

Scan docs, bundle them together to share and even add digital signatures with InstaPDF

DocScan will scan for PDF, Print, Email and upload to cloud storage

Use Genius Scan to quickly scan docs with your phone and save as multi-page PDFs or JPEGs

The Google Drive app will scan and save documents and automatically make the text content searchable

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4 apps to prepare for the next festive season

The easiest way to organise a get together? Tag

SideChef gives you pro recipes via step-by-step videos and instructions 

After the feast, Carrot Hunger will track your daily kilojoule intake and insult you into working out

AirHelp tells you when you're entitled to compensation for delayed and missed flights

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4 apps that make you look smart

Use CheatSheet to know ALL the shortcuts on any computer

Charlie finds out everything you need to know about someone before you meet them and auto-sends you a summary

Qwote lets you highlight and redirect people to specific online content precisely

Word Lens uses the camera on your phone to translate any language

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7 social apps that could be the next snapchat

Timeline your photos and video into an album and share them with Tapsule

Yo is the simplest messenger app ever

Boop features self-destructing animated texts

Telegram lets you send any thing, any size, privately and for free

Add 30 second audio to your photos with SpeakingPhoto

Socialist makes detailed lists that can be individual or collaborative

And Crumbles is just funny

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9 fascinating podcasts for your drive home

Serial, everyone's talking about this one

Thrilling Adventure Hour is a podcast of live radio dramas, starring actors like Neil Patrick Harris 

Criminal is a series of short true crime stories told from unexpected perspectives

Explore the strange, unknown and occult with Here Be Monsters

This American Life chronicles riveting true stories about everyday people

For some laughs, How Did This Get Made hilariously critics terrible Hollywood movies

360Documentaries from Radio National brings you the best radio documentaries from around the world

For a mish mash of science, ideas and philosophy check out RadioLab

The Infinite Monkey Cage is from the BBC, its about science stuff and features Brian Cox

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3 sites to keep your personal details safe online

Have I Been Pwned? can tell you if your details have been hacked from an email or username

Just Delete Me is a directory of links to help you remove your account from any site

Persona scours your social profiles for anything you don't want your employer to see

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6 FUN apps for learning maths and science skills

Science 360 features the latest news and science videos from scientists, universities and institutes for teaching all ages

Sushi Monster is a game that strengthens you reasoning and mathematical strategies

Play Simple Physics and design complex structures from tree houses to Ferris Wheels

TinkerBox is a physics puzzle game that teaches basics physics concepts

Turn your phone into a free Graphics Calculator with Quick Graph

Video Science is a video collection of science demonstrations and experiments

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6 sources of rights free music to use in your videos

Free Music Archive offers free downloads of Creative Commons and public domain music

Musopen provides free recordings, sheet music and textbooks without copyright restrictions

ccMixter is a search engine for free liberally licensed music

Find over 100,000 public domain recordings and sheet music at the Petrucci Music Library

Use the Wikipedia Sound List to access all the free full recordings available on Wikimedia Commons

FreeSound lets you download and share Creative Commons licensed sounds

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4 apps that help you learn a new skill

Browse thousands of free lessons on Learnist and curate knowledge onto boards

Learn languages, history, science, trivia and stuff with Memrise

Giveit100 helps you practise something every day for 100 days

Duolingo makes your phone teach you a language for free

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4 ways to get the job

Creddle will auto-format your resume onto one slick page

Don't give them a resume, give them an infographic with Visualize.me

Sumry automatically designs and generates a beautiful scrolling cv in all formats

Make some dosh on the side by selling your expertise on Google Helpouts