7 Mobile Apps to Help Improve Your Study

The smartphone era is here with us, and the education sector has quickly picked up. Today, you can use mobile technology to improve your study habits, grasp concepts easier and revise effectively for exams. You can download and use a host of mobile apps to study your coursework instead of using conventional tactics like textbook study, notes, and group discussions. Check out this comprehensive list of iOS and Android applications. 

 

Good Drive – Works Like a File Cabinet

You can use many apps to sync files to the cloud, and Google Drive tops the list. You can use it to store documents and files that you need to access remotely. As long as you can access the internet, you’ll find all the tools you need to study and organize your work – from slides to forms and sheets. The app is also ideal for collaboration, enabling two people to simultaneously work on the same porno project. 

 

Quizlet – For Creating Study Sets

 

The app is an online flashcard that allows you to create study sets. Thanks to its wealth of features like Gravity and Match, you can also use it to develop healthy study habits. If you are taking a course that requires memorization like language or history, Quizlet allows you to create a set of vital concepts, vocabulary, or dates. You can then use these sets to test your knowledge for five minutes every day. 

 

Evernote – A Note-Taking App

The application allows users to create digital notes for different subjects. It has a built-in search feature to help you browse your notes by keying in any phrase or word. You can also organize the notes based on their importance add images, links, or PDFs for additional information. The app also has a to-do list feature, saves files automatically, and allows notes sharing. 

 

Forest – For Focused Study Sessions

The technique behind this app is the Pomodoro Method, which is quite popular. It involves studying in sets, with each section containing 25 minutes of focused sessions with five-minute breaks. After one set, you get a break between 10 and 25 minutes. The technique is very effective and makes studying easier and faster. 

 

Duolingo – Learn a New Language

Duolingo is a fun application that you can use to master a new language. It has many great features that simplify learning, and all the courses are free. You’ll find lessons that furnish all areas of language such as reading, speaking, grammar, vocabulary, and listening. The app makes learning interesting by allowing users to track their progress. You can get daily prizes and achievements by reaching your study goals. 

 

Exam Countdown – An Effective Scheduler

If you usually get distracted when the exams are about to begin, this app might be the perfect solution for you. It helps keep track of assignments, quizzes, presentations, and exams. You can use the app to ensure you don’t miss important dates and help manage your work and routine. 

 

Coursera – 2,000+ Online Courses

The online learning platform offers a range of courses across different fields. It features over 2,000 courses that have been developed from a top university. You can browse through a collection of classes and specializations and choose the ones that interest you. The app allows downloads for offline study sessions. You’ll get a certificate at the end of the course. 

Would you like to manage your schoolwork more effectively and pass your exams? Traditional study methods may not work well anymore. Consider using this app for peak academic performance.

 

 

 

DLP (Data Loss Prevention) in the Cloud

Most organizations have moved their sensitive data to the cloud, but they lack policy controls for the cloud data. Research has shown that 21% of the documents uploaded to the cloud have sensitive data such as protected health information (PHI), personally identifiable information (PII), intellectual property or payment card data and this creates concerns in terms of cloud compliance. In the year 2014, breaches in cloud data rose.
Most organizations have made an investment in tools for data loss prevention so as to protect loss or theft of their on-promise information and adhere to data compliance laws. The problem is that most of these tools have been made to protect data contained in emails and file servers, meaning that they address issues to do with mobile security and cloud governance since the data will always be passed to unsanctioned cloud services which are regularly accessed by unsecured devices. It has been found each average organizations will upload 3.1GB of data each day, and it is expected that 1/3 of organization data will be in the cloud by 2016. You have to recognize that migration of unprotected data to the cloud is risky, thus, there is a need for any organization to extend data prevention policies to take care of the data in the cloud to protect against being exposed.
Whenever you are addressing DLP, consider the following requirements:
1. Know the activity-level usage in your apps, and then use DLP to identify the activities dealing with sensitive data, anomalies and non-compliant behavior.
2. The cloud DLP software to be used should know the context which surrounds all the activity whenever you are dealing with sensitive data.
3. Restrictions and controls should be formulated in the organization to ensure that sensitive data is used safely.
4. Cloud activities should be tracked at app, user and activity level for compliance and auditing purposes.
5. Sensitive content which is residing in the cloud or moving to the cloud apps has been encrypted.

 

A number of tools for preventing data loss in the cloud have been developed. With NetScope Active Cloud, sensitive data for an organization can be protected from breaches and leaks. The tool provides advanced mechanisms for data loss prevention such as custom regular expressions, over 3000 data identifiers, support for over 500 file types, double-byte characters for international support, proximity analysis, exact match and fingerprinting. Once the tool detects some sensitive data, it use context for narrowing the content down, increasing the accuracy of detection and in reducing false positives.
Skyhigh is another DLP tool, and it extends the ability of an organization to protect against loss of data to the data stored in the cloud. With Skyhigh, DLP policies are enforced in a real-time manner, and we are provided with the capability to carry out an on-demand scan for the data which has been stored in the cloud so as to know whether we have some data outside the cloud policy. When configuring the DLP policies, you can choose a number of policy actions such as quarantine, alert, tombstone, or maybe choose to block the sensitive data from being uploaded to the cloud service. With Skyhigh, you are free to leverage the policies which you have created in other DLP solutions such as the EMC, Symantec, Websense and Intel McAfee using a closed loop remediation.
Symantec is also another tool which provides mechanism for data loss prevention in the cloud. It has partnered with Box, which is an online tool for file sharing and this improves the functionality of the tool. The tool is also expected to extend the data loss prevention of sensitive data which has been stored on mobile devices.

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User Interface

Almost real time database environment.  When viewing records, a simple click of the mouse will refresh the database showing the most current records for all computers on the network.  Allowing you to “virtually” walk around from computer to computer seeing how they are being used.

User friendly graphical interface that even beginners can master.

Easy point and click reporting video porno.

White Box Basics

Over a dozen items of information are recorded including user, application, keystrokes, date, start time, end time, elapsed time, active time, inactive time, copy/cut/paste contents, application title, application location, and more.

All information is either encrypted, password protected or both.

Records all application use, and the keystrokes typed.

Almost every feature of Black Box can be turned on, or off, giving you the ability to determine exactly how the computer is monitored.

Block certain activity from being recorded!  Don’t want to monitor specific programs, or monitor activity during certain times of the day?  No problem!
Uses the latest in software technology to provide the fastest, most reliable software available.

Easy visual confirmation that White Box is running.  You can display one of two program icons in the systray, both serving different functions.  However, they both tell you that White Box is running on the computer – without requiring you to actually sit down at the computer and type in the program access hot keys.

White Box is specifically designed for use on heavily used computers / networks.

No recurring monthly fee’s for use.  You pay a one time fee.

Powerful Reporting

All information is saved into a fully searchable database.  Searches can be made by user, application, date, time, keystrokes, window title or any combinations of these.

Chart reports can be instantly created to reflect exactly how the computer is being used.  Either bar or pie charts can be created.

Database records and charts can be printed.  Charts can be printed in color or black and white!
The quick report window gives you the option of printing individual records of computer usage.  No need to print 1000 records, when you only need a couple!

Database records can be exported to HTML documents, allowing users to browse records from your company’s intranet, or over the Internet.

Computer usage productivity can be determined by a a few clicks of the mouse.  Easily determine if the computer is primarily being used for Internet access, work activity, or playin games!

Stealth Technology

White Box runs completely invisible.  When in Stealth Mode it will not show in the taskbar, task manager, or alt + tab window.

There is no unneeded background processing.  White Box only processes information while the computer is being used.  If the computer is sitting idle, so will White Box.  No mysterious hourglass mouse pointers will appear, or hard drive activity will happen – White Box never gives away the fact that something is running in the background.

White Box creates random length, random character titles.  Sniffing software won’t be able to search out White Box based on it’s name, to shut it down.

Restrict access to the folder where White Box is located.  When a user tries to do something in the White Box folder, White Box will automatically close the Explorer window.

Restrict access to the computer registry.  When users try to browse through the registry using regedit, Black Box will automatically close the regedit window.

White Box won’t record any activity that happens within White Box.

Networking

Computer activity can be saved to a database across almost any network setup.

UNC or mapped drives can be used.

White Box can save to a password protected share.

Hidden shares can also be saved too, in fact we recommend it!

If the remote database becomes unavailable, White Box will automatically default to another database.

White Box automatically logs in to the remote computer, completely hidden in the background.  No password dialog windows will open.  If the remote computer is unavailable, White Box will automatically switch to another database.

Security

Access to White Box is password protected.

Access to the White Box database is password protected.

You determine the program access hot keys.  If you don’t want to use the default program access hot keys you can change them to any of a couple hundred possibilities.

If you plan to inform computer users of potential monitoring, White Box gives you the option of creating a custom warning screen.  Access cannot be gained into White Box from this warning screen.

White Box runs virtually undetectable in the background.  Making it virtually impossible to detect and close.

Plus Alert

The Alert add-on gives you the ability to monitor for specific activity.  Based on either words or specific programs.  Records that trigger the Alert add-on will be saved to a separate section of the database that only contains Alert activity.  Giving you instant access to questionable activity, without having to comb through all computer records.

Almost instant emails!  White Box plus Alert will email you when questionable activity takes place if you select this option.  This is great for addressing issues as they arise, instead of days or weeks later!