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10 Apps That Will Make 2014 A Little Easier

10 Apps That Will Make 2014 A Little Easier

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If you regularly encounter a situation that is the bane of your existence, there’s probably an app for that and you just didn’t know it. These 10 life-hacking apps will make you love 2014 just a little more than previous years.

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broadwayworld.com

 

Sign Easy

Everything in your day is running swiftly until somebody sends you something to sign and email back. That means stopping everything, printing the document, signing it, placing it in the scanner, uploading it into an email and sending it back. Finally with Sign Easy, you can sign a document right on your smartphone or tablet with your finger.

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news.cnet.com

 

Waze

You’ve scheduled your entire day so that you can beat the normal traffic, but what happens when something abnormal happens like an accident or the president visits town? Your precious planning goes down the drain. Waze collects user-submitted information and delivers real-time information on traffic, accidents and other things that could be jamming the roads. When you come to a dead stop on the freeway, Waze can tell you why.

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imore.com

 

Rise Alarm Clock

The first alarm clock you won’t totally hate, Rise Alarm Clock is a highly intuitive app. It lets you program playlists to go to sleep and wake up to, so you can doze off or get dressed to the mood of music you like. It has sympathetic features like a setting that lets you simply shake the phone to turn the alarm off, and it has features to whip you into shape like the WalkUp! which requires you to walk a few steps to turn off the alarm.

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mint.com

Grocery IQ

You do your best to choose the best deals in the grocery store, stick to off-label brands and only buy the essentials, but you’re left to the mercy of the cashier to know how much it will all cost you, and by then you don’t want to slow down the line by plucking out the items that put you over budget. Grocery IQ calculates your total before you get to checkout. The app also has a regularly updated coupon base for stores in your area, and you can print or simply email yourself the deals you want.

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stayingclosetohome.com

RedLaser

Rather than driving around town comparing prices, or even calling stores and being put on hold while a sales associate checks the price tag, just walk up to the item you want, scan the barcode, and RedLaser will immediately show you nearby competitors selling the same item, and at what cost. It even pulls online retailers, and will show you the nutritional information on food!

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youtube.com

Swift Bill

It’s always a little uncomfortable to hover over the dinner bill with your friends, tallying up those impossible figures of $12.97 and $24.73, then considering the tax and the tip, to figure out who owes what. Swift Bill will itemize each item on your bill and figure out exactly what each person owes. It even lets you email the other diners a copy of the itemized bill.

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crunchbase.com

Evernote

If you haven’t discovered Evernote yet, it’s time. Thousands of users have already taken advantage of the numerous features on this app that let you keep all your ideas organized. Evernote lets you record voice memos, create to-do lists and save it all in an easily searchable database. The best part is Evernote is on a cloud system, so you can sync up your data with all your devices.

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custserv.gbwatch.com

Fast Customer

Big executives have secretaries to wait on hold for them. You can have Fast Customer. This app might eliminate one of the most infuriating experiences from your life: listening to that awful hold music! The app will wait on hold for you with over 2,000 companies and call you when a real live customer service rep finally gets on the phone. Fast Customer also has a feature that allows you to text a company’s name, and Fast Customer will contact them and have a customer service rep call you.

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takesontech.com

Keeper

Forgetting a password can derail your entire day. If you forget your security question, or the password to the backup email account you email yourself the forgotten password to, suddenly you’re on hold with customer service for a half hour to reset everything. Keeper stores all your login information for all your accounts in one place. It syncs up all your devices, and will auto-fill login information for all your accounts so you don’t have to remember a thing. And it’s safe, backed by military-grade encryption.

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cultofmac.com

 

UpTo

You could check your Facebook events, your gmail calendar and your Outlook calendar before accepting a drink invite, or you could just sync all of your calendars to UpTo. UpTo will even keep track of game calendars for sports teams you follow, or concert calendars for bands you like.