Top 10 apps to save Christmas
Christmas can be one of the most stressful times of year –
what with all the gifts you need to buy, wrapping you need to do and food you
need to prepare. Give yourself a break and try out these handy apps to help
things run smoothy over the festive season.
Create and send your own handwritten greetings cards
straight from your iPad (or iPhone). Inkly lets you choose your card from
over 1,300 designs. You can then write your message on a piece of paper,
photograph it with your iPad camera, and transfer your handwriting (and
sketches if you so wish) inside your chosen card. Then pinch it, zoom it or
rotate it to suit.
A shopping price comparison app for Android that helps you
find the best bargains available online and on the high street. Users can
search for a product, filter by categories, and create lists of items to
monitor their prices. It also features a barcode scanner, which will instantly
display product information, reviews, and the best web price. Perfect for the
‘oh god, I haven’t finished my Christmas shopping’ phase of the month.
As the office Christmas party season kicks off, this app
takes the stress out of Secret Santa shopping. Simply select the gender of the
gift receiver, pick the type of gift – cheeky, fun or cute – and your budget.
Then spin the tombola to see the recommended gift. Users can then choose to
spin again for another option, or click to instantly buy the gift online.
Apple's festive app lets you download a surprise free gift
from Apple each day, such as a song, app, book or film. Each day’s gift will
only be available for 24 hours and is a surprise, so users will need to check
back every day between the 26 December – 6 January to make sure they don’t miss
out. Previous year’s gifts included music from One Direction, Lady Gaga and
Coldplay, TV shows from the BBC’s Sherlock, Top Gear and House, books from Lee
Child, Jo Nesbo and Ken Follett and apps from Snapseed, Electronic Arts and
Sega.
Christmas is the season of good will, and as the cold
weather kicks in, StreetLink provides a way for members of the public to inform
local authorities about rough sleepers in their area and help get them off the
streets. Over the last year there have been almost 11,000 alerts to local
services, and StreetLink has directly helped 4,000 rough sleepers in the first
year since its launch.
source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-app-reviews/10514336/Top-10-apps-to-save-Christmas.html
by Sophie Curtis
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