June 2015

I like to learn new languages and whenever a new application or service is released, I'm excited to give it a try to find out how useful it is.

Lingvist promises to teach you French or English in only 200 hours using nothing but the apps the service provides for Android and iOS. According to the makers, 200 hours should be sufficient to reach B2 level proficiency in the language which should be enough to "understand texts, have casual conversations and watch movies".

If you are running low on space on your Android device and take lots of photos or videos on it, and use the Google Photos application, you may use it to free up space on the device without affecting the availability of photos thanks to the applications backup option.

The Motorola G that I bought a couple of years ago has only 8 Gigabyte of storage which is not a lot if you put a couple of larger audiobooks and music albums on the device. If you add apps, photos and videos to the mix, you end up with storage that is filled to the brim more often than not.

Windows 7 and 8.1 users who have started their system today may have noticed a new update notification in the operating system's system tray area that allows them to reserve an upgrade to Microsoft's upcoming operating system Windows 10.