A 100 plus apps on my android and a couple of them on my
laptop – either as standalone apps or browser extensions, I took a stock of my
apps sometime ago and was shocked to see so many apps!! A 100 plus on my
mobile, a dozen or so on my laptop, browser!!!
But how many of these apps do I actually use? If I do use
all the apps what do I use them for? Are they all useful apps? How many of them
are free apps and how many paid apps? Once I started thinking on these lines I
realized that there are a few apps which I have been using for a very long
time, without even realizing that they are not a standard part of my mobile or
the browser, for instance. These apps have become such an inseparable part of
the main device that I cannot imagine the device / browser without these apps.
Rapportive
Let me give you an example – Rapportive – which is a nifty
little plugin for Gmail, and, a wonderful one I must say. After installing this
plugin no one who sends me an email can escape by not providing any details. Just
with an email id, rapportive scans the web and shows me all the details I need
to know about the person – his/her Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Picasa, Windows
Live accounts are displayed on the right hand side of my mailbox!! Instead of
ads!!! Awesome!!! Any digital / social presence of the person sending an email
is pulled out and displayed right along with the mail.
If I want to connect to his LinkedIn account, I can do it
right from my Gmail inbox, just click on ‘connect’ and a box with the
invitation pops up, click on ‘send invitation’ and that’s it, how convenient, same
with Facebook. By clicking on Google+, Picasa and Windows Live you will be able
to view the person’s g+, Picasa or Windows Live profile respectively. Oh yes!! Not
to forget the last two buttons, Recent Mail – clicking on that takes you to
recent mail from that person (though Gmail has the convenience of threaded
conversation style email display) and ‘Compose’ button – self-explanatory I suppose.
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