Author: Henry R. Lares

Henry Lares is still early into his career as tech reporter but has already had his work published in many major publications including Tech Crunch and the Huffington Post.  In regards to academics, Henry earned an engineering degree from Apex Technical School. Henry has a passion for emerging technology and covers upcoming products and breakthroughs in science and tech.

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Best 5 Apps that Will Help to Improve Your Learning

Introduction

According to research, the greatest challenges that students have to overcome in order to succeed in their academic endeavors are represented in an inability to organize time, procrastination, and ineffective note-taking. Learning is a complex process, it includes multiple aspects of our psycho-somatic activity, including visualization, information processing, filtering, memorizing, and while the lectures all the same for all of us, it’s not possible to expect that everyone has the same learning abilities. Therefore, we have decided to introduce five apps that will allow you to jump any obstacle that gets on your way to knowledge.

Coursera

Think of this app as if it were a digital classroom, with more than a thousand different courses you can take. The spectrum of disciplines you can enjoy in spreads to anything from music to literature, mathematics, chemistry, astronomy, sociology, and a series of other pools of knowledge, just waiting for you to soak in the wisdom. What’s important to understand is that Coursera uses gamification, which is an app design technique that allows the user a more relaxed learning environment. As you enjoy a quiz-like experience, your brain is processing information.

Kindle

Amazon’s digital bookstore allows you to find all sorts of useful information, that you can use in order to accomplish your educational tasks. There are volumes of various tutorials, textbooks, and textual content that can mean the world of difference when you need essay help in the middle of the night and there’s no open library in sight.

Unlike books, Kindle sacrifices pixels instead of trees; therefore, it’s also an environmentally friendly solution for research material on many topics. All you have to do is create your account, buy a book that you require and download it on your device.

Duolingo

Learning a foreign language is more than just your academic requirement, it also puts a useful skill in your developing skillset that you can use to make a living one day. However, languages are closely related to our hearing, vocal abilities, and linguistic heritage, as some nations speak languages that provide the native speaker to adopt foreign words easier and pronounce words better.

Duolingo is an app that provides you with numerous courses with scaling levels of difficulty, design in such a way that makes the learning experience seamless. According to a study performed back in 2012, spending 34 hours learning with Duolingo equals a semester in school.

Photomath

Math is all about practice; you take an equation, solve it, then change the variables and solve it again. This sounds simple, but to many of us, the math simply makes less sense than it does to other people. Photomath is an app that utilizes your camera to capture the handwritten of a printed math assignment and solve it for you. However, the key is that you get a step by step procedure, explaining how the app reached the final result. It’s a great way to understand how and why you go through certain steps when solving an equation.

Timetable

According to research, the inability to stay focused and poor time management skills are the main reason why students miss out on delivering their work before the deadline, forget their appointments, or miss classes. Nevertheless, Google has equipped us with a useful free app that we can download for free and use for the same “price”. This small but powerful piece of software allows you to enter your obligations, create learning and class schedule, memorize important dates, and the app will sync the information with all your devices connected to the Google account you use. The app will also silent your ringtone during classes, and send notifications to remind you of deadlines, homework, and other commitments you inserted over time.

Conclusion

The technology is already present in classrooms all across the globe, and in all other aspects of our lives. There is no need to run away from software that can make our lives easier and help us learn more, faster, and better. We hope these apps will become a valuable asset in your intellectual development and help you achieve great things one day. Who knows, perhaps a lesson with Duolingo helps you find the love of your life in some exotic country.

Author bio:

Emma Rundle is a highly experienced and talented freelance content writer. Her writing mostly includes such stories that help students with their scholar activities, learning issues, and technological advancements in the field of education. Emma’s work reflects her own vision of the world, and she tries to deliver a clear picture of that vision to her vast audience.

Information source:

http://static.duolingo.com/s3/DuolingoReport_Final.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamification

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How to Jailbreak your iPhone or iPad on iOS​ using Chimera

Chimera 1.0.5 update has been released by The Electra Team with the goal to repair a Mail send glitch and Camera bug for A12 devices.

If you think of jailbreaking your iPhone device on iOS 12.0 – iOS 12.1.2 you can do it following the below steps. To jailbreak your device you will only need Chimera and a Windows PC.

This jailbreak operates with all A12 devices, which includes the iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and the most recent iPads.

Let’s begin!

Step #1 – Ensure to backup your iPhone/iPad on iCloud or iTunes before performing the jailbreak.

Step #​2 – Download the newest beta versions of Chimera jailbreak, also Cydia Impactor on your computer.

Step #​3 – Right click on the ‘Impactor’ zip and extract the archive

Step #​4 – Double click on ‘Impactor.exe’ from the extracted directory. Do not run as Administrator. If asked to validate, click on ‘Run’.

Step #​5 – Connect your iPhone/iPad to your computer with a USB. Ensure to click on ‘Trust’ if it appears on your device, and ‘Continue’ if asked by iTunes.

Drag and drop the Chimera IPA you earlier got into the Cydia Impactor application.

Step #​6 – A window will appear, asking you to enter your Apple ID and the password. This is only utilized to sign the IPA by allowing it to operate on your device

Step #​7 – Cydia Impactor will sign the IPA and automatically install the Chimera jailbreak app on your iPhone/iPad.

Step #​8 – Open the ‘Settings’ app from the ‘SpringBoard’ and click on ‘General’. Tap to launch ‘iPhone Storage’ from the ‘General’ menu.

If it exists, choose the iOS software update from the index and then click on ‘Delete Update’. When prompting, tap on the large ‘Delete Update’ button.

Step #​9 – Go back to the General menu by clicking on ‘General’ at the upper left side of the screen. Tap on ‘Device Management’ from the menu and then select your Apple ID.

Tap on the ‘Trust “youremail@address.com”‘ button and select ‘ Trust’ from the alert that shows up.

Step #​10 – Swipe up from the lower side of the screen or down from the upper right side to make ‘Control Center’ appear and enable ‘Airplane mode’

Step #​11 – Press on the ‘Power’ button (Power button and Volume up for the iPhone X) and move the slider to shut down your device. Wait a few seconds, then press the ‘Power’ button to restart your phone/iPad.

Step #​12 – Make sure the Airplane mode is enabled, then open the Chimera app on your ‘SpringBoard’.

Step #​13 – Click on the ‘Jailbreak’ option to start the jailbreak operation

Step #​14 – A notification will appear informing you that a reboot is necessary. Tap the ‘OK’ tab to reboot your iPhone/iPad

Step #​15 – Your device will reboot, and once the process is finished, launch the Chimera ap again and tap the ‘Jailbreak’ tab again

Step #​16 – Chimera will restart the SpringBoard, and Sileo will appear.

Please note that this is a semi-tethered jailbreak so it will require to open Chimera app and click on ‘Jailbreak’ every time you reboot your device. Also, if you don’t have a developer account on Chimera you will have to re-sideload the app continuously after seven days. And finally, you should know that Sileo utilizes Substitute and not Cydia Substrate.

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Best Alternatives to Inbox by Gmail Available to Download

Google has shut down its service Inbox by Gmail, only leaving Gmail. However, there are numerous available apps which are similar or not really, because the Inbox by Gmail was indeed an excellent service. But we put together a list of the best alternatives to the Google service, apps which have either better of fewer options than Inbox. Since it’s now out of the internet world, here are the best options you have:

Gmail

Gmail is an excellent email service which is pre-installed on the majority of Android devices. Because of numerous requests, Google has incorporated with every update the main features of the Inbox application to Gmail. Gmail automatically categorizes emails in different labels such as Primary, Updates, and Social, allows quick reply, has the option to add more than one email accounts, uses a Material Theme Design, also has so many other practical features.

Spark

The Spark Email App sorts emails into two categories, and the principal pinpoint of the app is its capacity to show only important notifications. Users can delete or achieve emails with one tap, allows quick replies, and it also allows users to schedule emails. The app also has a group of follow-up notifications for emails, supports multiple Gmail, Yahoo, and many more accounts.

Microsoft Outlook

The app comes with features such as snooze emails, swipe to delete, sorts emails, automatically annihilates the spam emails, and has a navigation bar on the bottom. Outlook offers extra security and has a search bar where you can search for particular threads.

Newton

Newton is a paid app and supports more than 10 hosting servers (Gmail, Outlook, etc.). The app comes with remarkable features, for example, Read Receipts which lets you know if the receiver has read your email, has a well-designed inbox UI, supports other apps such as Todoist, Evernote, and many others. Newton also allows you to snooze the email so they can appear later in a notification, and has the capacity to schedule emails. The email service costs $50 per year.​

Edison Mail

Edison Mail comes with a built-in assistant, offers quick search results, allows you to easily unsubscribe, block read receipts, undo sent emails, and more amazing features. The app also allows smart notifications (which can, for example, notify you of your flight boarding gate), and much more than this. You can utilize TouchID or FaceID to secure conversations and can design customized swipe gestures.

Type App Mail

The Type App Mail comes with support for all the main email services providers, has a more simple inbox, shows notifications, can wireless print, also comes with support for Wear OS, its own incorporated dark mode. The app includes Material Design UI as well.

This is our list of best alternatives to Inbox by Gmail – check them out and pick your favorite.

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Samsung Galaxy S11 Might Come As A Full-Screen Smartphone

What about a full-screen phone?

For those of you who are waiting for a full-screen phone, this may happen faster than you think, as Samsung worked his way towards this goal.

The news comes from South Korea, as media sources reported that Samsung is developing what they proclaim to be a “perfect full screen “.  As cited by MyDrivers, the front camera would be masked into the screen, remaining hidden until taking a photo. This is not the first time that a feature is part of the display, as this was the case for the GalaxyS10’s fingerprint sensor.

This is not the first attempt, made by Samsung, regarding a full-screen smartphone. They tried this before with the Galaxy S10 lineup of devices, which housed the front-facing camera in almost indistinguishable holes placed on the device’s screen.

Of course, there are other companies trying to get an advantage in the smartphones market. One of them, called OnePlus 7 Pro, will offer the customers a pop-up font-camera to maintain the full-screen appearance. This represents a different strategy from Samsung, as they have been able to avoid characteristics that would compromise the full-screen design.

Sources from inside the company stated that the camera’s lenses will be inside the screen. With the purpose of creating the first full-screen smartphone, Samsung will have to use all the experience gained from the process of integrating the fingerprint sensor into the screen of Galaxy S10.

Despite the announcement, Samsung is taking the time with this technology. Best case scenario, this feature will be available with the next Galaxy S11. It may suffer a delay if the company doesn’t get the expected outcome.

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NODIS Kicks Off “Challenge Program” for Social Network Influencers

The popularity of social networks such as Facebook and Instagram have helped millions of people become “online models” with Kim Kardashian being the perfect example of that. Agencies and brands from all over the world are paying online models in order to post pictures of their products which in return helps the brand get a better online presence and attract more customers. This is where the new gamified platform for online marketing and influencers called NODIS comes in and makes this even easier.

Introducing: The NODIS Platform

NODIS is a new platform that plans to make it easier for social network influencers to get deals with agencies and brands. Not just that, but NODIS is also rewarding active members with NODIS tokens which can only be purchased by GAS tokens from the NEO blockchain. The NOIDS tokens are great because they can be redeemed in exchange for vouchers of products or services.

The NODIS Challenge

Since the folks who are in charge of NODIS are focusing on social network, then it should come as no surprise that NODIS has started a new Challenge Program. This program asks participants to take selfies of themselves in front of a local store for example and then post them on social networks. Participants will then receive votes and reviews and the ones who come out on top will be rewarded with more NODIS tokens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmRxm3m0WVA

Limited Supply

There is a limited supply of NODIS tokens. The total number is 100 million tokens and 20 million of them will be available for purchase in the first sale which is going to kick off in June. In addition, NODIS investors can purchase only 20% of the total number of tokens because the rest of them are reserved to supply the users and other members of the NODIS platform.

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