The entire world has come to a standstill due to CoVid-19, but that shouldn’t mean we have to feel trapped within our own homes! While we are all under lockdown and cannot go outdoors, take a look at the top 5 apps that we can use to make the most out of this quarantine.
- Calm
Is the lockdown period making you feel anxious? Do you often picture yourself in adverse situations that would arise as a result of this global pandemic? Have you been having trouble sleeping? Are you finding it difficult to relax?
If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, please know that you are not the only one experiencing these emotions. All of us across the globe are sailing in uncharted waters, and it is natural to feel helpless at such times.
If you are on the lookout for apps that will help you relax and unwind, Calm would be just the right choice for you.
Having made it to the best apps list that was released by Apple in the year 2017, this app tailor makes its suggestions for you based on your preferences. The three broad sections that this app is categorized into are
- Mindfulness Music
- Mental Fitness
- Sleep Stories
With visually soothing imagery, breathing exercises, a lulling music library, paid access to 100+ guided meditations, Calm stays true to its name and provides more than what is expected. It functions in the background and lets you seamlessly work across other apps.
- Zoom Cloud Meetings
With work-from-home becoming the new normal for organizations of all kinds, Zoom zoomed in and rose to the occasion. Zoom is a web-based video conferencing app that facilitates meetings and webinars. Its product offering is spread across the following four domains:
- Meetings & Chat
- Rooms & Workspaces
- Video Webinars
- App marketplace
Zoom is the alter ego of well-known app Skype and, by default, allows up to 100 users to participate in a video meeting. Users can also share their screen with other participants during a session, both on their desktops and mobile phones.
Furthermore, Zoom also assists in various other activities like scheduling and generating leads through its app marketplace.
Despite making news for the wrong reasons like data theft and invasion of privacy, users across the globe find this app highly convenient to support the remote working lifestyle.
- Inshorts
Want to stay in the know but don’t want the news to overwhelm you? Inshorts come to your rescue! This news app brings to you the latest news in two languages – English and Hindi. Inshorts functions with the USP of encapsulating a news article in a 60-word short brief.
However, should you wish to read the entire article, you can do so by tapping on the news brief.
Users can choose the various news segments that they want to see on their newsfeed. This ranges from business and politics to technology and what’s trending.
One exciting feature of this app is that users can express their opinion over these shorts by opting to take a poll. Another impressive feature that is especially relevant during the COVID-19 times is the feature called ‘Relevance color.’
This feature lets you decide how appropriate specific news shorts are for you, based on your preferences. The color code for the same is as follows:
- Red – No stories of that topic will be shown
- Yellow – Only major stories of that topic will be shown
- Green – All accounts of that topic will be shown
This way, you can channelize the issues that you wish to be informed about.
Irrespective of whether your employment status was affected because of COVID-19 or not, you’ve to get on the LinkedIn platform and start networking today. Like Tim Sanders said, “Your network is your net worth.” LinkedIn allows you to build your network and establish yourself as professional care.
This app cuts through the various hierarchies and comes with the communication access to founders, mentors, peers, and prospective clients across the globe. Besides being closely watched by recruiters on this platform, you are also being gauged by your competition.
Besides, what has become common practice in recent days is to upskill oneself through the LinkedIn Learning community. With certificate courses across various domains, this platform brings the classroom experience to your living room! Industry experts are also taking to the LinkedIn platform to educate their connections through webinars and other forms of interactions.
With the entire world eyeing you, LinkedIn is the most excellent platform to build your presence as a brand or as an individual. So what are you waiting for? Start networking and get the world to notice you!
- 21 Days Challenge
The 21st century has witnessed the rise and fall of various social media challenges, including the highly sensational Ice Bucket Challenge, the Mannequin Challenge, and the recent 10 Year challenge, to name a few.
The 21 Days Challenge is not yet another challenge that you have to take up on social media. It is a thoughtfully developed app that is based on the idea that it takes 21 days to form a habit. While this 21-day theory isn’t backed by science, it has been a common belief that is shared by many. This lockdown period seems like a good time to teach a few positive habits.
The 21 Days Challenge app lets you pick what practices you wish to instill in yourself. It includes, but is not limited to, habits like self-care, gratitude, productivity, no junk food, and social media detox.
Similar to scratching across a lottery ticket, users have to scratch across a card displayed on the screen to find out their daily tasks. Additional features include the gratitude tab, where other users of the app talk about what they are grateful for. After all, we are all in this together!
