Though most of us use PC/Laptop, several are unaware of the applications available in the internet that would be very helpful to manage, work, and ease the everyday activities. Not just Google Play Store & App Store contains plenty of apps, but your Windows Store too. Here are some 10 applications/software that might be useful for everyone.
LibreOffice Writer
Those Windows users who couldn’t afford for Microsoft Word, LibreOffice Writer would be a better option as it’s a replica of the same, with more or less similar features.
LibreOffice Writer is the free and open-source word processor and desktop publishing component of the LibreOffice software package and is a fork of OpenOffice.org Writer. Writer is a word processor similar to Microsoft Word and Corel’s WordPerfect with many similar features, and file format compatibility.[5][6]
LibreOffice Writer is released under the Mozilla Public License v2.0.[4]
As with the entire LibreOffice suite, Writer can be used across a variety of platforms, including Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.
Click here to head onto LibreOffice Writer’s downloading site!
Grabbing the world news in just few thumbnails, in a matter of minute, Flipboard renders to be productive & updated to the happenings of the world.
Flipboard is a news aggregator and social network aggregation company based in California, first released in July 2010. It aggregates content from social media, news feeds, photo sharing sites and other websites, presents it in magazine format, and allows users to ‘flip’ through the articles, images and videos being shared. Accessible both as applications and browser, Flipboard is a good one for news seekers.
Search for ‘Flipboard’ in Windows Store to access it or tap here.
TreeSize
If you have a limited storage capacity in your lap/PC, managing the disk space would be challenge to you, unless your lap/PC has TreeSize, a disk space analyzer and manager, written by JAM software. TreeSize has native 32 and 64-bit support for all windows versions and client/server versions currently supported by Microsoft.
The common functionality of all editions is to determine and to display drive/folder sizes, and to create reports such as tables and charts, thereby enabling users to search specifically for large, old or obsolete files.
Get TreeSize here for free!
VLC
One of those applications that should be in a PC/laptop is the popular VLC media player. VLC is a free and open-source, portable, cross-platform media player software and streaming media server developed by the VideoLAN project.
Apart from just watching videos, VLC is an all-in-one software, when it comes to playing videos.
VLC is here!
PowerDirector Essential – Video Editing
The world of free video editing software is hugely variable. While there are some truly excellent options that combine ease of use with great results, there are also dozens of lower quality products around with limited features or strangely designed interfaces.
A pared-back version of PowerDirector, it offers a generous portion of the features you’ll find in the full software, with a few exceptions.
PowerDirector Once the 30-day trial expires, you’ll be prompted to either upgrade to one of the premium options (a one-off lifetime license, or a rolling subscription) or proceed with the limited free version.
Download it here, if you wish!
Dropbox Cloud Storage
Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by the American company Dropbox, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, US that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software. Dropbox was founded in 2007 by MIT students Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi as a startup company, with initial funding from seed accelerator Y Combinator.
Running out of storage? Dropbox will have you covered.
Spotify
The bestowed healing stuff for humans is none other than music. And, Spotify is all the music you’ll ever need, irrespective of languages and country. For an uninterrupted network connection, Spotify would be a quick and better option to feed your ears.
Malware Bytes
Malwarebytes is an anti-malware software for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Chrome OS, Android, and iOS that finds and removes malware.
Tap here to download Malwarebytes.
Social Media Apps
Frequently checking on your WhatsApp / any other social media, every time while you were working / doing stuffs on your laptop/PC is vexing. Also, why to go for a third-party browser when you could install the social media apps, directly to your system?
Download the Social Media Apps here!
GIMP – Alternative to Photoshop
GIMP is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image manipulation and image editing, free-form drawing, transcoding between different image file formats, and more specialized tasks. GIMP is released under GPL-3.0-or-later license and is available for Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows.
GIMP is an alternative tool to Adobe Photoshop, which is widely used by several photography lovers and editors.
Download GIMP here.