It seems there’s always a new crop of apps for smartphones and tablets available. Many apps can make your life easier or give you access to tools that empower you to do more with your mobile device(s). This table, presented at a Johnson County Community College Retirees Association TechTalk session, explores over a dozen apps and websites that are either new additions or old reliable standbys. The session covered one or more apps related to travel, fitness, preserving documents, saving on prescription drugs and over the counter drugs, recreation, and more.

1. TechTalk: Exploringa New Crop of Apps -Thursday, March30, 2017
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App Operating
System
Description Notes Cost
Google Photosi
Desktop,
iOS,
Android
Backs up photos and videos, can share them
anywhere, fast search feature, can organize and
label automatically.
iPhone 7 is 12 MP (back facing camera)
and 7MP (FaceTime or front camera).
http://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/9755
94
Unlimited free high
quality, ii
Original quality
counts toward your free
15GB Google Drive,
Gmail and Google Photos
space.iii
Photo investigator iOSiv
Can view all available metadata: time, location,
camera, etc. Remove or edit GPS, caption, and
timestamp (requires in-app purchase) Open the
location (if available) in Waze, Apple, or Google
Maps.v
To understand why you may want to
remove metadata see information on
doxing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D
oxing vi
Free, but to edit
metadata, upgrade costs
$2.99
Google Translate Web, iOS,
Android
Speak or type in one language to translate to over
100 languages. Can also translate text on images.
https://translate.google.com Free
Google Trips Web, iOS,
Android
A travel planner with maps, reservations, local
attractions and food and drink options, all in one
place. Google Trips compiles your reservations (will
pull information from Gmail), saved places (from
Google Maps and Google Search) and activities
you’ve starred within the app (Things to do, Food
and Drink).
Can download information on many
cities for viewing off-line. In Settings
you can view only future trips or past
trips also.
Free
Kindle Desktop,
iOS,
Android
Buy and read books online. Also read documents
that you’ve sent to your Kindle.vii
If you start running out of space on your
Kindle or on a device with the Kindle
app, simply remove already read books
(one at a time). Just press and hold the
book icon until a menu appears and
select Remove from Device.
Free
Kindle Store iOS,
Android
Direct access on your mobile device to Amazon
Kindle store
Free
CamScanner iOS,
Android,
Win Phone
shootsan image andthensavesit as a PDF or
JPEG image
www.camscanner.com No need to buy
space if you email your scans to other
storage (Gmail, Dropbox).
Free for up to 200MB
space. 10 GB space
$4.99/month or $49.99/yr.
Goodreads Web, iOS,
Android
See book reviews, books suggested by other
readers their bookshelves, reviews, and ratings. You
can post your own reviews and catalog what you
have read, are currently reading, and plan to read in
the future.
www.goodreads.com Free
Quora Web, iOS,
Android
A question-and-answer website where questions are
created, answered, edited and organized by its
community of users. App available from App Store
and Google Play.
www.quora.com Free

2. FlyDelta iOS,
Android
Book flights, check-in, manage Skymiles, check
flight status, view, change, upgrade seats, get alerts
(delays, anticipated arrival), use as boarding pass,
track bags and more
Also has a website at www.delta.com Free
American iOS,
Android
Book flights, check-in, manage reward miles, check
flight status, view, change, upgrade seats, get alerts
(delays, anticipated arrival), use as boarding pass,
track bags and more
Also has a website at www.aa.com Free
HotelTonight Web, iOS,
Android
Find discounted hotel accommodations up to seven
days in advance throughout the Americas, Europe
and Australia
www.hoteltonight.com Free
GoodRx Web, iOS,
Android
Locatesthe leastexpensive place tobuy
prescriptionorover-the-counterdrugsusingyour
currentlocation.Generatescouponsas needed
(toprint of showon yourmobile device).
www.goodrx.com
May help, even if you have insurance.
Free
Fitbit Web, iOS,
Android
Tracks and recordsyour dailysteps,calories
burned,distance covered;enableschallenges
betweenyouandyourFitbitfriends
www.fitbit.com Free, but works with a
Fitbit device.
AMC Web, iOS,
Android
See what’splayingatthe AMC Theaters,buyyour
ticketsandin manycases,reserve yourseatsand
snacks.
www.amctheatres.com Free, but you still need to
buy your movie tickets
and snacks!.
Goo.gl Web An online tool that will shorten any website address. Website address is http://goo.gl Free
i See http://www.stuff.tv/features/how-master-google-photos
ii High quality - Unlimited free storage. Recommended for phones or point-and-shootcameras that are16 megapixels (MP) or less.Good for typical printingand sharing.
Saves high-quality photos and videos whilereducing size.
Original quality - Limited free storage: Uses storagein your Google Account, regardless of photo or video size. Recommended if you take photos with a DSLR camera and
want to maintain the exact original quality.Recommended for printinglargebanners or to store original files.Stores your photos and videos exactly as you captured them.
iii Current pricingathttps://www.google.com/drive/pricing/: 100 GB $1.99 per month or $19.99 a year, 1 TB $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year, 10 TB $99.99 a month.
iv There are many Android metadata erasers.Three that seem to be highly rated includeExitEraser and PhotoStamper Free (both from the Google Play Store) and EZ Unexif
(free from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cakecodes.ezunexif.free).
v Note that these websites remove EXIF or metadata automatically fromphotos: Facebook (although they might be keeping the data before discardingit,probably for
advertisingpurposes),Twitter, and Imgur. Websites that don't remove metadata includeFlickr,SmugMug (with the exception of display copies,for which only location is
removed), Dropbox, Google+ and Picassa.
vi Doxingis an Internet-based practice of researching and broadcasting private or identifiable information (especially personally identifiable information) about an
individual or organization.
vii Open Kindleapp or KindleReader and look under Settings for the Send-To-Kindle Email Address. Can also befound by logginginto Amazon.com and selecting Accounts &
Lists > Manage Your Content and Devices > Settings, and then scroll down to Send-To-Kindle Email Address. Each of your mobile devices (Kindle,iPad,iPhone, Tablet) with
the Kindleapp installed has a differentemail address to which you can send files (typically PDF) which can then be read on that device. You can export a PDF out of most
apps likeMicrosoftOfficeor Pages.