<div><strong>For Clearer Photos</strong></div><div>Photo editing apps are a dime a dozen, but Perfectly Clear auto corrects your photos in a mere moment. It's on both iOS and Android for Rs 190 and also on the Amazon app store, for those who have the Fire or for those who have Blackberrys with access to the Amazon store.</div><div><img width="100" vspace="6" hspace="6" height="100" align="right" src="/image/image_gallery?uuid=4e780c01-6a53-466f-b7c1-e25d6bb699de&groupId=219112&t=1420550227145" alt="" /><br />Perfectly Clear can start in camera mode, or pick up photos from the gallery. In a flash it enhances the image, making it look surprisingly better. This isn't an app for effects — you'll have to use the ones on your device or use another app for that. And while many effect apps let you adjust properties of the photo, it's time consuming. Perfectly Clear is a quick fix, a somewhat more interesting one than the enhancement feature you may find on your device. There is additional tinkering to exposure, dark and light, tint etc.</div><div><strong><br />Microsoft Word For Ipad</strong><br /><img width="100" vspace="6" hspace="6" height="100" align="right" src="/image/image_gallery?uuid=ade49aea-4819-4a45-aad1-27aa6767c83a&groupId=219112&t=1420550268264" alt="" />Iphone and ipad users can finally get a functioning set of Microsoft Office applications free from the App Store. If you’re not a business user you no longer need an Office 360 account to create and save documents, not just view them, as before. You’ll need to get Word, Excel and PowerPoint separately. Those who were on the fence about buying an iPad because they weren’t sure if one could use Office on it may now find the decision easier. </div><div><br />The Office apps are not as jam packed with features as the computer versions but they’re definitely usable. Until now, there were many other apps you could use, but this is the real thing and can even save your files to Dropbox. Happily for consumers, Microsoft has figured out it could lose the grip on users for office applications unless it gives a little. Apps for Android are coming soon making all tablets more productive.<br /><br /><strong>Catch Some</strong><strong> Zzzz</strong><br />Better sleep, from the Runtastic people, is an app that helps you track your sleep and correct a few poor sleep habits — provided you want to work towards that. Download on iOS or Android free (Rs 100 to unlock all features) and place it next to your pillow, where it proceeds to calibrate, figuring out the flat and <img width="100" vspace="6" hspace="6" height="100" align="right" src="/image/image_gallery?uuid=71217512-7a7b-431e-a9cc-500c3e00b55c&groupId=219112&t=1420550382508" alt="" />still feel of the bed to differentiate it from movement. Then, you see if you want to sleep the recommended amount or otherwise, touch a few buttons to log whether you ate late, worked out, drank caffeine, etc, and press the start button to sleep. If you move too much the app will decide you’re not sleeping too well and based on the pattern, give you a report the next morning. It’s up to you to change around whatever needs changing, of course. You have stats to work with — now improve that sleep to improve your day.</div><div> </div><div>(This story was published in BW | Businessworld Issue Dated 26-01-2015)</div>
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Mala Bhargava has been writing on technology well before the advent of internet in Indians and before CDs made their way into computers. Mala writes on technology, social media, startups and fitness. A trained psychologist, she claims that her understanding of psychology helps her understand the human side of technology.
