WAYS TO KEEP YOURSELF ENGAGED DURING LOCKDOWN
Technology has helped us elevate our standard of living,
redefining the very meaning of staying connected and almost everything else.
But now, the world has come to an abrupt halt and the need to connect whilst in
social distancing and the need for tech to help us has never been this high. So
here are 10 tech based innovations that can keep you engaged during these
isolated days.
1. Houseparty.
2. Kindle.
3. Zoom.
4. Netflix.
5. Google Stadia.
6. LinkedIn.
7. Audible.
8. Nike training club.
9. Practo.
10. Coursera.
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HOUSEPARTY
Houseparty is the perfect app for the
ambiverts who prefer to stay put all day in the comfort of their beds but also
don’t want to miss out on what their friends are up-to. As the makers of the
app would like to call it “A face-to-face social network“ it truly enables you
to connect with your best buds through its video-call streaming surface and
also keeps your squad engaged with the numerous games available to play.
Pre quarantine, the app was predominantly
used by kids who were a part of the fortnite cult, but times like these have
brought up a new purpose for the app and it would hope to thrive and compete
with other social media platforms.
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KINDLE
No I do agree that an e-book would never
give the experience of reading and running through the pages of an actual book
but delivery services have paused and the need to keep yourself engaged has
grown exponentially. Kindle offers you over a million books to buy and read and
it sure is something the bookworms would find solace at.
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ZOOM
Zoom is a remote conferencing service which
allows multiple users to join in a video call by creating a conference room.
With colleges, schools and offices shut, zoom allows learning and working to
progress for now from your homes and is rapidly spreading among the college
community where lectures are now being held in zoom conference rooms.
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NETFLIX
You would probably be joking if you told me
you didn’t know what Netflix is. Allow me to explain it to the minority who
really are unaware of what it is. Netflix is an online streaming services which
is a host for an ocean of your favorite tv shows and other different movies as
well. It is the future of television. When it started nearly 20
years ago, Netflix was a subscription-based DVD service that would mail DVDs
straight to your home. It still provides that service too but now it likes to
represent itself as the giant of streaming service. Netflix now offers
up a wide range of content across every genre you can imagine. From full
seasons of today’s hottest TV shows to classic movies, Netflix
has more entertainment than you could ever possibly watch.
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GOOGLE STADIA
Now Google Stadia is not available in every
country and its more of an upcoming tech; the future of gaming. Google Stadia
lets you play modern games on just about any screen you own, with Google's
servers handling all the processing power and beaming them to you via the
cloud. There are no downloads or installations to worry about; if your device
can run a Google Chrome browser, it can handle Google Stadia (just not with 4K,
HDR, or 5.1 Surround Sound). Google Stadia supports play on your TV (using a
Chromecast Ultra), desktop computer, laptop, tablet, and smartphones - though
for now only on the Pixel phones. It sure is the next big thing in the gaming
industry.
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LINKEDIN
Linkedin is a social platform for business
professionals and office workers to keep themselves connected with the business
side of the world. LinkedIn also puts a professional spin on ideas you know from
facebook (i.e) your profile, becomes your resume, complete with education, work
experience, projects, skills, accomplishments and referrals from your
colleagues. Now in these times, LinkedIn is offering free courses to enhance
and build your skills while under social distancing so that this break helps
you upgrade yourself.
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AUDIBLE
Audible is the perfect app for people who want
to read but do not want to put the time and effort into it. Audible is an
audio-book app that reads the book for the user with all fancy features such as
reading speed, sleep reading, bookmarking, multi-tasking by allowing the app to
run in the background and so on. Its free for Amazon prime users and they have
opened their services for free this COVID-19 period so that people can jump
into the trend of listening to audiobooks.
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NIKE TRAINING CLUB
The gym freaks sure are having a hard time
maintaining fitness levels now and this app is the best solution for them to
burn their calories from home. This app keeps you fit and helps you reach your
desired level of fitness by offering you workout videos from well trained
professionals. The app can throw you and endless supply of training videos with
or without any equipment and sure does help you to sweat the carbs out of your
system from home.
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PRACTO
Healthcare has become the need of the hour
but hospitals have been flooding in with COVID-19 patients and people are asked
to fight out minor health issues at home. Practo offers the best solution for
patients from home by linking them up with doctors for all needs from
psychologist to pediatricians. Practo acts as a social network that
is used by the doctors to share updates with patients who are following them.
Patients can also order medicine through Practo, with is another booming need
of the hour.
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COURSERA
Coursera is an online learning platform
offering a variety of free courses (MOOC) and certified degrees from
universities and institutes across the globe. Every course on coursera is
thought by a well trained, certified trainer and the courses hold a value in
their own. Coursera will make its content free to universities in response to
the coronavirus pandemic. Any university worldwide is eligible
Universities can sign up through an online
portal and will have free access through July 31, 2020. Students who enroll in
individual classes before July 31 will have access to that content through
September of this year and this is an amazing opportunity for students to learn
from home.
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