14 Free Apps That Will Make You Incredibly Productive

14 Free Apps That Will Make You Incredibly ProductiveDoug Aamoth, writing for FastCompany, has done the hard work of sorting through the dozens of apps that promise to make your life easier to uncover the ones that actually canmake your life easier Heres our roundup of the top 14 apps to have at your fingertips to maximize productivity and minimize chaos googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.display(div-gpt-ad-1467144145037-0) ) Emails and CommunicationsBoomerangThis easy-to-integrate app is essentially a snooze button for your email. You can dismiss an email from your inbox and set a time for it to return later, write a draft response at 1 am and schedule it to send right as you walk into the office, or set reminders to reply at a more reasonable hour. The free version gives you 10 email interactions a month.Burnerand MailDropThis one is so neatit generates disposable phone numbers (or email accounts) that you can use whenever you need to make a number publicly available (without leaving your own precious digits visible for mass consumption. MailDrop is a no-frills temporary email address that disappears after 24 inactive hours its great for Craigslist or promotional blasts.CordChances are if you have the Apple iOS, youve accidentally mashed that little microphone button and sent an audio snippet from the inside of your pocket. Cord helps you do that on purpose and with a groupyou can send 12-second voice messages back and forth with ease.Group MeCreate and disband on-the-go private chat rooms when you need to chat with a group of people at once (and then make them stop flooding your text inbox with emoji conversations).VoxerThis converts your phone into a walkie-talkie without the strenuous button pushing or limited 30-foot radius for maintaining a connection. You can also leave voice messages in case they miss your rendezvous.Scheduling and MeetingsMeekanThis group scheduling app identifies available meeting times with just a list of participant emails, a ccommodates multiple time zones, and coordinates with existing calendars.PreziMany of my students used Prezi instead of Powerpoint this summerit made me feel old. Retain your youth and relevancy by learning how to use this cloud-based presentation tool It lets you stream to remote attendees and post public presentations.ToolsCCleanerFor six months I had a defunct wireless client pop up whenever I booted up my Mac asking permission to run itself I couldnt seem to figure out where to uninstall it CCleaner to the rescue It will speed up your computer by deleting the flotsam and jetsam left behind in upgrades, file transfers, and browsing.segeltuchschuhI am a sucker for an easily customizable form app. From invoices to other frequently used workplace templates, Canvas lets you make and share them easily.PostfityIf your business or your personal brand relies heavily on social media (which it should), an app like Postfity may help you manage the myriad channels of posts and content you wa nt to space out evenly. It has a scheduling tool and a linking functionality so you can share the same thing everywhere, or diversify your media presence.(PSA dont have Twitter and Instagram post verbatim to your Facebook. Schedule slightly different content for each feed. Your family, friends, and colleagues will appreciate it).OnavoMaybe youre constantly going back and forth with how much data you think youll use versus how much you actually use. Onavo can help It will not only help track usage, but will also compress files accordingly to save your data mileage for the cat gifs that really count.SyncSpaceWho doesnt love a virtual whiteboard? It never gets old It has everything but the marker fumes, lets you and your team collaborate on a shared visual document, then emails the changes around later.BreatherImagine AirBnb and ZipCar had a baby that let you hold meetings in it. Breather identifies available workspaces around cities like New York, San Francisco, Boston, Montreal, and Ottowa your phone will unlock your insta-office for a half hour at a time so you can meet with clients, charge your phone, or just put your feet up before dashing off to the next appointment.BRB scheduling a Breather to present my latest Prezieverybody check their Voxer messages

MassMutual Now Offers This Competitive Benefit Provided By Only 3% of Employees

MassMutual Now Offers This Competitive Benefit Provided By Only 3% of Employees Starting January 1st, employees at MassMutual will benefit from a host of new benefits, including increased paid parental and caregiver lead and holistic fertility benefits.However, one planned benefit really stands out. MassMutual will give transgender employees reimbursements for cosmetic surgery, joining only three percent of employers in providing the most holistic benefits package for transgender individuals.Recent research from the However, only three percent cover cosmetic surgery procedures that affirm gender, such as facial feminization or an Adams apple reduction.MassMutual elected to evolve their benefits program after speaking directly with their employees. They have completely revamped their caregiver and bereavement leave policies to allow employees to support their loved ones however they define them. MassMutual will now offer up to two weeks of paid leave for employees to care for a loved one, with no requirement that the person in their care is an immediate or extended family member. Their bereavement policy follows suit. Employees will be given up to 15 paid days off to grieve the loss of a loved one, with no requirements of who that person is.MassMutual has also increased their paid maternity leave to 18 weeks, expanded their family planning and fertility benefits, and instituted care for those with cancer and behavioral health problems.