Coronavirus: 15 free apps that will make work from home easier

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Coronavirus: 15 free apps that will make work from home easier
Gadgets Now Bureau | 24 Mar, 2020, 08:45AM IST

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Coronavirus: 15 free apps that will make work from home easier
With each passing day, work from home is a reality that people across the world have to accept. In India, several cities have been put in lockdown mode, which means offices and establishments are shut for the time being. In such circumstances, work can’t really take a back seat and here’s where technology comes in to play a critical role. There are various free apps that can make work from home easier. Here we list 15 such apps:
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Basecamp 3: On Android, iOS, Windows, Mac
Basecamp 3 has a message board, chat room, and a file organiser as well. The app has a free but limited version, which should suffice your basic work needs.

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Headspace: On Android, iOS
Work from home can get a bit stressful and here’s when Headspace, a meditation app comes in. This is a meditation on the go as one can have 2-3 minute mini-meditation sessions for a quick mental reset.

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Zoom: On Android, iOS, Windows (Free)
One of the most popular video conferencing app is Zoom and it allows screen sharing and cross-platform instant messaging. Free to download, you can invite up to 100 people in a video conference on this app.

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Join.me: On Android, iOS
A handy app to share content, do conference calls and you can even share your screen with colleagues


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Microsoft Teams: On iOS, Android, Windows
Quite a few organisations rely on Microsoft’s Teams app, which is is a one-stop collaboration shop to share documents, make calls among other things.

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G-Suite apps (Docs, Hangouts, Drive): On iOS, Android
For productivity, apps like Docs, Hangouts and Drive can make coordinating and sharing files quite easier.

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Hours: On Android, iOS
This app helps you keep track of time. One can simply use a timer to track how and where you’ve spent hours. This can be individually as well as for a team. Activate a simple timer to track where you spend your hours.

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Slack: On iOS, Android, Windows
Another popular collaboration app is Slack which can be used for messaging, sharing and editing documents, The app can be used across devices.

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Take a Break Please: On Android, Windows
As the name suggests, this app tells you to take a break. One can You can configure the time between breaks and the duration of the break.

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Trello: On Android, iOS, Microsoft
The app can help organise to-do lists and tasks, projects by using different boards. It's also ideal to share with various team members as well.

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Dropbox: On iOS, Android
A popular and common file sharing tool, which can come in handy when working from home.

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Harvest: On iOS, Android
This app comes in really handy to track time and log expenses. You can also manage invoices using this app. The app allows you to take images of receipts and keep a track of expenses. One can also monitor the time taken by colleagues on certain projects and stay up-to-date.

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Doodle: On iOS, Android
One can create polls, invite others to participate in them and get their feedback on any particular topic/project. It’s an ideal app to get quick feedback from colleagues.

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Tide: On Android, iOS
An app that will help you stay focused by playing white noises and other background music. You can set timers and even get your sleep analysis done with the app.

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Down Dog: On iOS, Android
Since heading out to the gym is out of the question these days, an app like Down Dog is quite handy. Down Dog is a yoga app with over 60,000 different configurations — in other words, you won’t do the same workout again and again.

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