Step O Meter

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Walking is one of the easiest ways to fit some low-impact activity into your day but we all need a little extra nudge to take those extra steps. That’s where the Smart Step-O-Meter app comes in. As well as counting your steps like a pedometer, it can tell you how far you’ve walked and how many calories you’ve burned. Need some extra motivation? The app lets you set daily targets and you can even pick from one of three week-long plans which give you daily step targets to aim for.

 

To download Sugar Smart please click here Apple

To listen to Marcus Bronzy chatting about Sugar Smart please click here!

Food Smart

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Without realising it we’re all eating too much sugar, saturated fat and salt.

That’s why the brand new Be Food Smart app is here to help you and your family make healthier food and drink choices.

Simply scan the barcode of your food and drink to find out what’s inside.

You’ll also get loads of simple hints and tips to help you make healthier choices, plus food detective activities for the kids and fun mini-mission ideas for the whole family.

 

To download Food Smart please click here Apple / Android

To listen to Marcus Bronzy chatting about Food Smart please click here!

SetApp

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SetApp allows Mac users easy access to stellar apps, so they can focus on doing the job, not looking for the tools.

We’re over a hundred geeks who made popular apps like CleanMyMac and Gemini, and Setapp is our boldest project so far. The idea behind it is simple: here at MacPaw we love Mac, because it’s elegant, sleek, and swift, so we set out to create an app store experience that’s all of these things.
All for $9.99 – hundreds of Apps worth a whole lot more for just a subscription fee of $9.99!
Find out more here!
To listen to the guys chatting about this please click here!

Snapseed

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Snapseed is a complete and professional photo editor developed by Google.

== KEY FEATURES==

• 26 tools and filters, including: Healing, Brush, Structure, HDR, Perspective (see list below)

• Opens JPG and DNG files

• Use the stack to re-adjust edits later

• Selective filter brush

• All styles can be tweaked with fine, precise control

== TOOLS AND FILTERS ==

• RAW Develop – open and tweak RAW DNG files; save non-destructively or export as JPG (8 controls)

• Tune image – adjust exposure and colour automatically or manually with fine, precise control (7 controls)

• Details – magically brings out surface structures in images

• Crop – crop to standard sizes or freely (8 aspect ratios)

• Rotate – rotate by 90° or straighten a skewed horizon

• Perspective – fix skewed lines and perfect the geometry of horizons or buildings

• White Balance – adjust the colours so that the image looks more natural

• Brush – selectively retouch exposure, saturation, brightness or warmth

• Selective – the renowned Control Point technology: position up to 8 points on the image and assign enhancements, the algorithm magically does the rest

• Healing – remove the uninvited neighbour from a group picture

• Vignette – add a soft darkness around the corners like a beautiful, wide-aperture would do

• Text – add both stylised or plain text (38 predefined styles)

• Curves – have precise control over the brightness levels in your photos (30 predefined styles)

…..and much more!

 

To download Snapseed please click here! Apple / Android

To listen to the guys chatting about Snapseed please click here! We also spoke about it on EP267 which you can listen to here!

Doodle Schedule Maker

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Use Doodle to find the best time for any event. Suggest a number of times and invite participants to select their preferences. It’s free and a breeze to set up — people don’t even need the app or an account to participate!

Doodle is ideal for planning your next party with friends, outdoor adventures, a business meeting, reunions, BBQs, book clubs, play dates, rehearsals, you name it.

Stop the email ping-pong or WhatsApp waterfalls and experience the power of social scheduling for free. It’s so simple to use, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it.

WHY USE DOODLE

• SAVE TIME: Instead of writing numerous messages you just set up one poll. Easy.

• FREE: There are no subscription fees to use Doodle and no payment is required.

• IT’S WHERE YOU ARE: Doodle works right in iMessage — stay right in the conversation when you’re planning something.

• USE EVERYWHERE: Invite using WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, iMessage, e-mail, SMS … Your invitees can even participate without the App on our easy-to-use mobile and desktop websites.

• EVENT CHATS: Need to clarify details? Have a chat, right then and there and discuss upcoming events with invitees.

• AND MUCH MORE: Calendar integration to easily detect conflicts, push notifications for all important updates, easy sign up and more!

 

(Information Credit: iTunes)

Download Doodle Schedule Maker here Apple / Android

To listen to the guys chatting about this please click here!

Rust Bucket

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Rust Bucket is a turn based dungeon crawler that is built with mobile in mind. Swipe to take a step, swipe into enemies to attack. It’s as simple as that, but don’t be fooled into thinking this is a casual game!

• Navigate using simple swipe to move controls.
• Game play is fast and death is never far away so it’s perfect
for your daily commute.
• Puzzle your way past deadly traps or use them to catch enemies.
• Many monster types, each with their own distinctive rules to overcome.
• Make your way through the levels to become a fully qualified looter
• Explore an endless dungeon, with more to discover the deeper you go.
• Become a master of strategic combat and reach the top scoring dungeon rooms.
• Compete against your friends high scores on Game Centre

(Information Credit: iTunes Store)

To listen to the guys chatting about Rust Bucket please click here!

To download Rust Bucket please click here Apple / Android

If That Then This

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Description

Applets bring your favorite services together to create new experiences.

Over 360 apps work with IFTTT including Twitter, Google Drive, Weather, Instagram, Email, and devices like Amazon Alexa, Nest, Philips Hue, and your iPhone.

Turn on Applets with a simple switch:

• Control everything around you with your voice and Amazon Alexa
• Stay informed about what’s happening from publications like The New York Times and ESPN
• Receive a notification with the forecast each morning
• Message roommates when you’re near the local grocery
• Stay safe with automated and intelligent home security alerts
• Streamline your social media
• Save all your mobile screenshots in a specific album
• Back up important files, photos, and contacts to cloud-storage solutions, such as Dropbox or Google Drive
• Set your home thermostat to an optimal temperature when you arrive home
• Post all your Instagrams as Twitter photos or Pinterest pins
• Trigger events based on your current location
• And thousands of other use cases!

New services are added every week. Some popular ones include:

Spotify, YouTube, Google Calendar, Tumblr, Medium, Pocket, Square, Ebay, Giphy, Automatic, LIFX, Fitbit, Withings, littleBits, OnHub by Google, Evernote, Reddit, Digg, Skype, Slack, LINE, MailChimp, Salesforce, Todoist, and hundreds more.

Browse our curated collections to find Applets for:

• The home, office, and car
• Your iPhone and iPad
• Exploring outer space
• Improving how you use social media

Do more with the services you love. Discover the power of Applets at ifttt.com/discover

To listen to the guys chatting about this please click here!

To download “If That Then This” click here Apple / Android

Hotline Dating

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There’s a new dating app that not only focuses on calling somebody, it is mandatory before any other communication with a potential match is allowed !

It’s called Hotline and it requires you to have a 5minute call with somebody using the in-app VOIP service. It can be quite scary if you’re shy, but the idea of this is, is to find out if the person you’re chatting with is a real person for one and, if they are as interesting as their profile says that they are!

Also included on the app is videos on your profile and you’re limited to three matches at a time. Hotline has spoken to Mashable and said that this is a conscious move to avoid users treating the people they match with as commodities.

Unfortunately the service is limited to New York (although you can download the app in the UK) and only available on iOS. It’s $9 a month and if it is a success they plan on expanding.

To download Hotline Dating please click here!

To listen to the guys chatting about this please click here!

Uber Hire!

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Uber is launching UberHire in a handful of Indian cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai and Pune. What is the UberHire? Well it’s a service that lets you rent a car including a driver for a day!

Users of Uber in India can access the service by swiping across to UberHire and selecting the first part of their trip. Mashable are reporting that the minimum fare is $10 for 2hours and 30km worth of travel. From then on it’s a flat fee for every minute and kilometer afterwards, with a limit of 12hours.

To listen to the guys chatting about this please click here!
To download Uber please click here Apple / Android
123 Friday Logo

123 Friday protects your data like no one else can

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Ever wondered how we manage to take so many pictures of the How To Kill an Hour team when they get up to their hijinks? Sleepless at night pondering where Marcus keeps all his selfies when he’s not too busy getting gains at the gym? Read more