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Intro\nRandy talks about 4 interesting and useful apps and websites.\n\nRandom Tech that I Find Useful\n\t\u2022 Socratic by Google.\n\t\t\u25cb It's a learning app geared toward high school and university students, aiming to help them understand school work.\n\t\t\t\xa7 Students can:\n\t\t\t"use their voice or cameras to ask for help on anything they're confused about, and Socratic finds the best online resources that are available"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tFrom \n\t\t\u25cb Uses AI from Google - It's available in these app stores:\n\t\t\t\xa7 Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.socratic&hl=en_US\n\t\t\t\xa7 App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/socratic-by-google/id1014164514\n\t\u2022 Mathway - Math Problem Solver can do: Basic math, Algebra, Trig, Calc, Statistics, even Chemistry and Graphing.\n\t\t\u25cb If you'd like this to help your kids with math, you probably can, but I'd bet they're already heard of it. Being that it's hard to cheat at math, this would be a great learning tool!\n\t\t\t\xa7 It has a computer-accessible website, which is great being that it seems everything is limited to a mobile app nowadays. The mobile app has the ability to let you snap a photo of the math problem and it figures it out! I tried it on some simple algebra (I have extra-sloppy handwriting) and it still solved it. That's AI, baby!\n\t\t\u25cb Mathway is available in these app stores:\n\t\t\t\xa7 Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bagatrix.mathway.android&hl=en\n\t\t\t\xa7 App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mathway/id467329677\n\t\u2022 PDFescape.com - https://www.pdfescape.com/windows/\n\t\t\u25cb This is a Very-basic PDF editor that allows you to Annotate, Fill-out forms, password protect PDFS and re-save them to your computer. The PDF Editing functionality is limited compared to the Adobe editor, because Adobe is the de-facto PDF king.\n\t\t\t\n\t\u2022 Microsoft Edge Brower (The New One)\n\t\t\u25cb Can run on Windows 7, 7, macOS, iOS, Android - and soon Linux!\n\t\t\t\xa7 I've been using it for a few months and it's Amazing! For over 10 years, I was stuck on Google Chrome. I felt like I could never get away from it. This is the first time in 10 years, I've switched and stuck with it! It's like being successful on a diet, away from Google.\n\t\t\t\t\u25a1 Microsoft makes it hard to hold on to the idea that you can't get away from Chrome extensions, because Edge can run those extensions! It can sync your bookmarks, passwords and more to any free Microsoft account if you wish to do so.\n\t\t\t\t\u25a1 It's up-front about privacy options\n\t\t\t\xa7 It could be a research BEAST because of the powerful "Collections" feature.\n\t\t\t\t\u25a1 You can add websites to collections and add custom notes to each site that you add.\nFrom there, you can then send your collection to the online version of Word, Excel, or even open all of the collection links as individual browser tabs. If you move the collection to Word or Excel, you can further edit the contents of the collection. This might be a great way for someone to outlook a research paper.\nApps that don't earn my interest:\n\u2022 Apps that, in general, have a "SIGN-IN" screen before you're able to use the app.\n\t\u25cb How do you know that I care to sign up with my info before even trying out your app. BuhBye.\n\t\t\u25cb For the most part, the apps I've listed above don't make you create annoying accounts. Well, at least Mathway doesn\u2019t before you get to use it. The Socratic by Google app just asks you to sign in with your Google account (which most people seem to already have), so it's not too annoying.\n\n\n\nI'd like to thank you for putting time aside to listen to the podcast.\n\nFollow our Podcast\n\u25cf If you're a new listener to the Manly Hanley Podcast, we would love to hear from you. Visit our website and leave a comment. While you\u2019re there, be sure to subscribe to the newsletter!\n\u25cf Follow Randrums on twitter\n\u25cf Like the Manley Hanley Podcast Facebook page.