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Adobe Scan: Scan documents to create PDFs for Android

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Adobe Scan is a free to use Android application to scan documents and create PDFs Image Source: Google Play Store Click here!! to download this App from Google Play Store. Highlights: This App is developed by Adobe - also known for their other products including Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop Express for Android to name a few. Here is a list of other Android Apps from Adobe: Click Here!! This App is filled with features to scan all the things one might need and store them in PDF format. One can scan documents, photos, business cards, news paper articles and much more. This App has a built-in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) module that scans each document and recognizes the text in it. The User Interface is clean and easy to use.         ...

iBlue - Blue light filter for Android

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iBlue blue light filter is a  free to use application to filter blue-light from phones Image Source: Screenshot (Google Play Store) Highlights: This is an easy to use and user friendly app for Android. You can download this app here ! This app is very small in size and does not require any special permissions. The UI looks as shown in below image. Image source: Screenshots from my phone There are multiple blue light filter colors and options to automatically schedule to turn On and Off the filter. There are options for setting the brightness and filter intensity levels. You can also set the On and Off time to automatically filter blue screens. You can switch between different filters and choose the one which suits best by...

Google Word Coach

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Google Word Coach is an interactive and fun way to learn new words in English language This new game can be used to improve our English language vocabulary in a fun way. It was launched in the month of February 2018 in non-English speaking countries. You can find/open Google Word Coach by finding it in the Google translate tab or searching it on Google or trying to find synonyms for some words or by asking ' Hey Google!! ', ' open word coach' . There are two versions of the game:          1. Where the questions are asked vocally and you have to answer vocally.          2. Where the questions appear on the screen with multiple options and you have to click on the                          correct one. For the 1st vers...

ProtonVPN for Android

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ProtonVPN is a  free to use  VPN application for Android ProtonVPN is created by the same people who created the ProtonMail : World's largest encrypted mail service. The connections are secured with strong encryption algorithms like AES and RSA. The ultimate feature is there is no data limit , which means you can connect with the VPN service all day long. You can download the app from Google Play Store:  Click Here!! Image Source: Google Play Store You have to create an account by providing your email address if you are using the app for the first time.  The free version of this app provides 3 servers each in 3 different countries: USA, Netherlands and Japan. The servers have enough load capacity to browse with high data transfer rates throughout the da...

Lens Cap for Android - Block Camera

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Lens Cap is a free-to-use application for Android phones and tablets Image Source: Screenshot (Google Play Store) It can be used to block access to camera for all the applications on your phone. This application can be downloaded for free from Google Play Store. The app provides an easy to use interface and is user friendly. The code for the application is made open source by the developer and is available on GitHub: Click here !! How to use Lens Cap? Download and install the App by clicking on the link here . The UI looks like the image attached below. Image source: Screenshot from my phone Click on 'Setup Device Adminis...

Portable Power Supply for Raspberry Pi 3

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What you have? Ans: Raspberry Pi 3 model B What you want? Ans: Find a way to power the Raspberry Pi 3 model B via the micro USB port and use it in projects which require remote sensor data access or a Pi powered wireless toy car. Then you are in the right place. There are not a lot of resources explaining the use of Power Banks with Pi so I created this blog post. Initiation I was searching for a portable power supply for one of my projects with Pi that can run for hours and still have an option to charge itself at the same time; after a lot of research I found one. It is the Mi Power Bank 2i with 10000 mAh capacity. Image source: mi.com I have attached the links for products used at the bottom of this page. The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B requires  upto 2.5A of current at 5V during peak times   and  500 to 1000 mAh of current at 5V during normal usage . ...