​​🔐 The 5 Best Free VPNs for Android

Are you looking for a free VPN service for Android? Here are the best virtual private networks for users with devices running Android.

✔️ ProtonVPN is a Swiss VPN service that’s relatively new. They offer a free version alongside their usual subscription-based model.
✔️ Hide.me VPN. With a free account, you get 10GB of free data per month.
✔️ Opera VPN. It doesn’t have its own app, but it's a feature that’s embedded inside the Opera web browser. Opera VPN is a 100 percent free VPN and doesn’t have a paid version.
✔️ Windscribe VPN. With a free account, you get 10GB of free encrypted web surfing a month.
✔️ Speedify. You get 2GB of free data that renews every month with a free account.

#security #android

🎶 Moonbeam

Moonbeam is the easiest way to discover your next favorite podcast. It curates special moments from each podcast and helps you quickly listen to decide if you want to check out the full episode.

Simply swipe through your personalized, ad-free feed of curated "moments" to discover great new shows and ideas. The more you use Moonbeam, the better it will be at making perfect recommendations for you.

You can also use Moonbeam as your favorite podcast player with your current shows, not just for discovery of new shows.

Are you a podcast host? Claim your show on moonbeam.fm, create your own clips, and control the content that appears in the app.

#app #android

📂 Material Files

Material Files is an open source Material Design file manager.

Key Features:

✅ Open source: Lightweight, clean and secure.
✅ Material Design: Follows Material Design guidelines, with attention into details.
✅ Breadcrumbs: Navigate in the filesystem with ease.
✅ Root support: View and manage files with root access.
✅ Archive support: View, extract and create common compressed files.
✅ NAS support: View and manage files on FTP, SFTP and SMB servers.
✅ Themes: Customizable UI colors, plus night mode with optional true black.
✅ Linux-aware: Knows symbolic links, file permissions and SELinux context.
✅ Robust: Uses Linux system calls under the hood, not yet another ls parser.
✅ Well-implemented: Built upon the right things, including Java NIO2 File API and LiveData.

#app #android

📚 How to quickly and efficiently voice any text

If you need to read a lot of text but your eyes are already tired or there is not enough time, we have a solution.
Speechify can dictate it at the speed you need. So you can perceive information 2-3 times faster and, for example, learn a paragraph from a textbook in a short time.

How to use it:

1. Download the extension for the Google Chrome browser. There are also apps on the iPhone and Android.
2. Register, select the text language and voice. More than 50 languages are supported.
3. If necessary, adjust the reading speed and adjust the player.
4. There is integration with iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox and others. And you can also scan the physical pages of a book using a smartphone camera and voice a fragment in one click.

You can try it for free, and then they offer to buy a subscription. Use it!

#addon #lifehack #chrome #android #ios #books

🎧 Auxio: a simple, rational music player for android

Auxio is a local music player with a fast, reliable UI/UX without the many useless features present in other music players. Built off of Exoplayer, Auxio has a much better listening experience compared to other apps that use the native MediaPlayer API. In short, It plays music.

Key Features:

✔️ExoPlayer based playback;
✔️Snappy UI derived from the latest Material Design guidelines;
✔️Opinionated UX that prioritizes ease of use over edge cases;
✔️Customizable behavior;
✔️Advanced media indexer that prioritizes correct metadata;
✔️SD Card-aware folder management;
✔️Reliable playback state persistence;
✔️Full ReplayGain support (On MP3, MP4, FLAC, OGG, and OPUS);
✔️External equalizer support (ex. Wavelet);
✔️Embedded covers support;
✔️Search Functionality;
✔️Headset autoplay;
✔️Stylish widgets that automatically adapt to their size;
✔️Completely private and offline.

#app #android #music

📚 Booksonic - Audiobook Streamer

Booksonic is a platform for accessing and streaming the audiobooks you own wherever you are. Perfect for those boring bus rides!

Some notable features are:

✅ Supports multiple servers;
✅ Offline support;
✅ Variable playback speed;
✅ Sleep timer with shake to reset functionality;
✅ Support for almost all audio formats;
✅ Book descriptions, either you add your own to the server or the app will look it up online;
✅ Chromecast and DLNA.

The app contains a demo server that gives you access to old classics but if you set up you own server you can stream all of your books as well.

#app #android #books

Index Of Shared Lifehacks🔥 and Tips💯

1. 📺 How to find and download an excerpt from the movie
2. ❌ How to recover deleted files from hard disk
3. ✂️ How to remove unnecessary objects from a photo in 5 seconds without Photoshop
4. 🎤 How to find music similar to your favorite
5. 📷 How to check if Camera2 API is enabled at your phone
6. 📺 How to stop a video on the right frame in TikTok
7. 🎮 How to find out how long it will take to complete the game
8. ❌ How to stop automatic Windows updates
9. 🧾 How to make clear instructions from a computer screen in a minute
10. 🎧 How to cut a voice or minus from a track without complex programs
11. 🤔 How to create multiple WhatsApp accounts on the same device
12. 👉 How to delete the history of views and actions on YouTube
13. 🎞 How to reduce the volume of video without loss of quality
14. 👻 How to enable guest mode on Android
15. ❌How to remove pre-installed Windows 10 apps that spy on you
16. 🤷 How to create a beautiful fake chat in any social network and messenger
17. 🎬 How to get the whole history of your Instagram
18. 🔋 How to detect battery wear on Android
19. 📱 How not to be distracted by games and social networks on your smartphone during important work
20. 👻 How to make Chrome always run in incognito mode
21. 🤔 What to do if I forgot my Wi-Fi password
22. ⚡️How to Install Magisk on Android
23. 🔐 How to run a secret game on Android 10
24. 🎨 How to improve image quality of your photos
25. 🚀 How to create your own set of stickers in Telegram

​​📗 Calibre-Web

Calibre-Web is a web app providing a clean interface for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks using a valid Calibre database.

Key Features:

✔️Bootstrap 3 HTML5 interface;
✔️full graphical setup;
✔️User management with fine-grained per-user permissions;
✔️Admin interface;
✔️OPDS feed for eBook reader apps;
✔️Filter and search by titles, authors, tags, series, book format and language;
✔️Create a custom book collection (shelves);
✔️Support for editing eBook metadata and deleting eBooks from Calibre library;
✔️Support for downloading eBook metadata from various sources, sources can be extended via external plugins;
✔️Support for converting eBooks through Calibre binaries
Restrict eBook download to logged-in users;
✔️Support for public user registration;
✔️Send eBooks to E-Readers with the click of a button;
✔️Support for reading eBooks directly in the browser (.txt, .epub, .pdf, .cbr, .cbt, .cbz, .djvu);
✔️Upload new books in many formats, including audio formats (.mp3, .m4a, .m4b);
✔️Self-update capability;
✔️"Magic Link" login to make it easy to log on eReaders.

#app #books #windows #linux #mac

🛠 How to extend the service life of an SSD drive

The solid-state drive wears out over time, because the number of cycles of deleting and writing files is limited. But if you turn off the processes and OS services that are detrimental to the drive, it will last much longer. The SSD Fresh utility will help with this.

How to use it:

1. Download and install it on a PC.
2. Launch the program and register.
3. Click on the "Auto-optimization" button: OS parameters and unnecessary services are automatically optimized to increase the service life of the drive.
4. Also, do not forget to create a backup just in case to roll back the changes.
5. Also click on the "Live Analysis" to find the processes that are most demanding to the SSD disk in real time.

#lifehack #windows

​​🎬 ShareX

ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you to capture full screen or partial screenshots (which can be exported into various image formats), such as rectangle capture and window capture. It can also record animated GIF files and video using FFmpeg.

An included image editor lets users annotate captured screenshots, or modify it with borders, image effects, watermarks, etc. It's also possible to use the editor to draw on top of the windows or desktop before taking the screenshot.

After capture, a screenshot can be automatically exported as an image file, email attachment, exported to a printer, to the clipboard, or uploaded to a remote host such as many popular image hosting services or via FTP. If the image is uploaded to a remote host, the URL generated by it can be copied to the clipboard.
Dragging other file types into the program will upload them to a destination based on type, such as a text file being saved to Pastebin and a ZIP file saved to Dropbox.

There are a variety of desktop image capabilities including screen color picker and selector, checksum tool (hash check), on-screen ruler, image combiner, thumbnails for images and video, and many more.
The program also includes some basic automation. For example, taking a screenshot, adding a border and watermark, and then saving to a specific folder.

#app #video #windows

✂️ How to carefully cut the background on the image

Do you need to remove the background on the photo and replace it with some other one? ClipDrop Remove Background is a service that carefully highlights even small and subtle details.

How to use it:

1. Visit the website and select the desired file to remove the background from.
2. After a couple of seconds, you will get the result. With the slider it can be compared with the original.
3. Click on the "Download" button to download the resulting image.

The service is free, and it can also remove the background from ultra-high resolution images up to 5000x5000.

#service

​​🗑️ How to delete duplicate files in Windows

Over time, files that you downloaded several times, identical photos and working documents accumulate on the disk. In order not to delete them manually, the free AllDup utility will automatically clean them.

How to use it:

1. Download and install the program from this page. Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 are supported.
2. Launch and select disks or folders for analysis. A powerful search engine will process gigabytes of your data in a few seconds and find unnecessary duplicates.
3. The found copies will appear in the list. They can be opened and examined, and the useless ones can be immediately deleted with one click.

#app #windows #lifehack

​​🔒 Portmaster

Portmaster is a free and open-source application firewall that does the heavy lifting for you. Restore privacy and take back control over all your computer's network activity.
With great defaults your privacy improves without any effort. And if you want to configure and control everything down to the last detail - Portmaster has you covered too.

Key Features:

✔️Monitor All Network Activity;
✔️Automatically Block Trackers & Malware;
✔️Secure Your DNS Requests by Default;
✔️Create Your Own Rules;
✔️Set Global & per‑App Settings.

#app #security #windows #linux

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𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 🚀
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💻 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 :- 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗪𝗲𝗯 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻, 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 📚🏅🎖

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𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗕𝘂𝗴 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆, 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀.

𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹, 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗨𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀, & 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀.

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🔬 How to search for answers in scientific papers in one click

If you need to reinforce your thoughts and point of view, it is useful to refer to scientific research. The new Consensus search engine searches for answers in scientific papers in a couple of seconds.

How to use it:

1. Visit the website and enter the research topic of interest in English into the search. For example, "are COVID-19 vaccines effective?"
2. AI searches for suitable studies from 200 million scientific papers and compiles search results. You will get clear descriptions of each theme on this topic and their main essence.

It's as easy as a Google search, but only by proven scientifically-based sources and immediately with answers without ads. It is suitable to confirm your thoughts with proven facts or to learn something new.

#service #useful

​​🙈 How to encrypt a file so that no one sees it

If you are afraid that when you send a file, it will be intercepted and the contents will be found out, just use the service Hat.sh.
It turns the contents of the document into a complex code that cannot be deciphered by an outsider. To see the real contents of the file, you will have to enter a password.

How to use the service:

1. Visit the website: http://hat.sh
2. Click "Browse Files" and select the encrypted file.
3. In the line below, enter a password or generate a random one.
4. Click "Encrypt" to encrypt, and then click "Encrypted file" to download.
5. Send the file to your friend. He has to go to the same site, download our file, enter the password that we came up with, and click on "Decrypt" to decrypt, and then download.

Ready!

#privacy #security

☀️ How to change the lighting on a photo in two clicks

If your picture is too dark or light, you can change the light source in the photo using AI. The magic AI Relight service from ClipDrop will help in this.

How To Do:

1. Visit the website and upload any photo.
2. The editor opens and two light sources appear that can be adjusted: change their location, size, color, radius and brightness.
3. To add another light source, click "+ New light".
4. You can also click on "Background" to change the background on the photo.

#service

​​​ 📱 How to transfer data from an Android smartphone to an iPhone

If you buy an iPhone, and before that you had an Android smartphone, then transferring data manually is very long and difficult. But there is a way to transfer everything in a few minutes: from contacts and messages to videos and apps.

How to do it:

1. Download the Move to iOS app on both smartphones.
2. Connect both devices to Wi-Fi and launch the applications.
3. When the "Find the code" appears on the screen of the Android smartphone, the code that you need to enter will appear on the iPhone.
4. Select the type of data you want to copy.
5. Click "Next" and wait for the end of the process.

The duration depends on the amount of data. Do not minimize applications, do not turn off Wi-Fi.

#app #lifehack #android #iphone #data