GETTING BY SCHOOL S


ummer’s over and so is the fun! However, going back to school doesn’t have to mean too much drudgery if you have


the right apps on your phone, tablet or computer. This list of hand-picked apps, compiled by Opera Software, maker of the world’s most popular mobile browser, will help set you up for school without breaking the bank.


“We see productivity apps are really popular with students,” says Phillip Gronvold, a product manager who works on the Opera Mini mobile browser used by more than 160 million people worldwide. “Your phone is not just for gaming anymore. This top-10 app list is bound to help anyone who needs some digital help to lighten their course load.”


1. Evernote Going to school or college means taking lots of notes -- but they’re useless unless you can organize them to use later. Evernote can become your note manager; it’s a great note-taking app that can be used across your computer, mobile device and tablets.


Evernote syncs notes across all devices so if you take notes on your phone, it will automatically be available on your computer and tablet as long as you have an internet connection. With Evernote, you can take any kind of notes – whether it’s jotting down what the instructor is saying, recording audio or just clicking pictures of the whiteboard. The free version can take you a long way, and it’s available on almost all platforms.


2. Dropbox School can be daunting with so many homework files, presentations and videos to manage and share. Dropbox can come to the rescue as a great file-storing and synchronization


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>>Top 10 apps to overcome back-to-school blues


tool. Dropbox (free up to 2GB) gives you access to your files no matter what computer or device you have. It is compatible with PCs, Macs, Linux, Android, iOS and BlackBerry, to name the most popular ones.


You also get a web account with file access in case you are using a computer that doesn’t have Dropbox installed. The best part about Dropbox is that it is tightly integrated into the computer or phone operating system, making operation almost seamless.


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