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Note - This post is also available on Medium .  Digital privacy is important. Keeping data private should be our number one priority. Not every online service can offer privacy and security. I've compiled some of the services I use for keeping my data private and secure. For secure notepad - Standard Notes . Encryption masks the data in such a way that only intended users can access it. Standard Notes is more like Microsoft Notepad but with strong encryption algorithm in place. It is plain and simple. The only catch is, you can't reset your password once it is lost. For secure communication - Signal and WhatsApp . All our communications should be private and secure. Signal is number one choice when it comes to security and privacy. Both Signal and WhatsApp use end-to-end encryption to encrypt messages and calls. WhatsApp uses Signal protocol for encrypting messages and calls. For secure email - ProtonMail . ProtonMail is one of the most encrypted and secure email service

Nineteen Eighty-Four is one of the popular books till date. Written by George Orwell, famous British author of the mid 20th century, the book is about a dystopian world where the society is governed by a totalitarian regime where the citizens are under constant surveillance 24/7. The book's story centers around how these citizens need to manage their lives with these mass surveillance in place with no privacy and freedom. The citizens are even constantly reminded by posters all around the town saying ' big brother is watching you '.  Sounds bizarre, right?  This concept was soon adapted into one popular show... Well, the character of big brother influenced the creation of a television franchise called Big Brother in the Netherlands by John de Mol Jr in the year 1999 . He created the show where,  There are contestants who compete with each other and nominate other contestants on a weekly basis for elimination. The nominated list of contestants are then voted by the general

Life can be tough. We feel out of control. Science suggests meditation can help us get a sense of control.  Meditation is a series of inhales and exhales. To feel calm instantly, we need to take some time off and breathe.  There is an app just for that. This app has no ads, no in-app purchases, just a simple interface for focussed breathing .  Install the app from here . 

Learning about how economies function is sometimes difficult. But knowing what is happening to our country's economy will tell you a lot of things. It requires so much time and effort to find resources to know the financial and economics news .  Indian economy is getting hard to predict as a lot of things are happening under the hood. But, if you're interested to learn what factors are causing the boom and bust in India economy there is a website called Finception , which explains the current happenings about Indian economy and they also cover stock market news which is fun to read sometimes (nerd alert!).  They also have created another website called Finshots , which deals with financial news of India and the articles only take 3 mins to read. There is also an Android app for the same.  If you don't want to miss out any updates, you can subscribe to their newsletters .  They have written some good articles on Medium too.  If you are worried about their credibility, kno

If you're a person like me who likes to track shows and movies you've watched, TV Time will be a great app for you.  In TV Time you can add watched shows up to the individual episodes. Then the app will automatically organizes them in categories like finished shows, up-to-date shows, still watching shows. You can even add shows and movies to your watch later list.  This app is like social media for show and movie buffs. You can follow your friends and discover what they are up to.  After watching an episode, you can rate that episode , pick your favorite character from that episode, pick a mood and if available, answer a poll created by fans like you. After every episode, there are number of comments, memes related to that episode.  Another best feature of this app is that it gives statistics based on your watching activity . You will get a pie chart to view which genre you watch the most. You can see the number of episodes you have watched till date and number of movies w

We can attend two Zoom meetings on one device using a simple process. Note - You cannot enable audio and video for both meetings simultaneously, you have to enable audio and video for only one meeting at a time.  You need Zoom Windows Client and Zoom Web Version for this process. Install Zoom Windows Client from here .  Access Zoom Web from here .  Process Open Zoom Client as usual and join the meeting. Open web browser and go to Zoom Web .  Enter meeting ID or insert link provided in the URL bar.  Click on  "cancel"  and click "launch meeting" .  Click on  "cancel" again and click "join from your browser".  Enter your details and join the meeting.  You can use audio and video too but you have to permit them in your browser.  That's it, now you can join two meetings on one device with this simple process. Have a nice day 🙂.

Do you know you can control volume for different apps on Windows 10? It will be helpful if you're multitasking. There is a pretty straightforward way to do that.  Go to bottom-right corner on the desktop.  Right click on the speaker icon.  Click on " Open Volume Mixer ".  Now you can control the volume of different apps. You can even mute/unmute to focus on one task efficiently 😉.