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Geeky Gadgets
12 hours ago
- Business
- Geeky Gadgets
15 Essential Android Apps for June 2025
Are you searching for the most practical and innovative Android apps of June 2025? This carefully curated list showcases 15 standout apps that excel in functionality, customization, and convenience. From enhancing social media experiences to using AI-powered tools, these apps cater to a wide array of needs, including productivity, accessibility, and unique utilities. Explore this detailed video from HowToMen to discover the best apps to elevate your Android experience this month. Watch this video on YouTube. Social Media Enhancements Social media platforms continue to evolve, and these apps provide fresh and engaging ways to interact with your favorite networks while staying informed: Pico: A modified version of X (formerly Twitter) that removes ads, unlocks hidden developer tools, and offers extensive customization options. This app is perfect for users seeking a distraction-free and highly personalized social media experience. A modified version of X (formerly Twitter) that removes ads, unlocks hidden developer tools, and offers extensive customization options. This app is perfect for users seeking a distraction-free and highly personalized social media experience. V: A news app designed with a TikTok-style interface, delivering trending stories in short, credible summaries. It's ideal for staying updated quickly and accurately while on the go. AI Integration Artificial intelligence continues to redefine mobile experiences, and these apps demonstrate its potential to simplify and enhance daily tasks: Switch AI: Seamlessly manage multiple AI assistants, such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grock, within a single app. This tool is essential for users who rely on AI for diverse tasks, from creative projects to technical problem-solving. Seamlessly manage multiple AI assistants, such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grock, within a single app. This tool is essential for users who rely on AI for diverse tasks, from creative projects to technical problem-solving. Nota: An AI-powered app for meeting transcription and note-taking. It provides real-time translation and actionable insights, making it an indispensable tool for professionals who need to stay organized and efficient. News and Widgets Stay informed and enhance your home screen with these innovative apps that combine functionality with aesthetic appeal: Your News: A customizable news aggregator that includes a home screen widget for instant updates. Tailor your feed to focus on the topics and stories that matter most to you. A customizable news aggregator that includes a home screen widget for instant updates. Tailor your feed to focus on the topics and stories that matter most to you. M3 Expressive Widgets: Inspired by Android 16's Material 3 design, these widgets offer extensive customization options, allowing you to create a visually appealing and functional home screen. Productivity Tools Boost your efficiency and streamline your workflow with these productivity-focused apps designed to make everyday tasks easier: Pop-Up Widget: Create interactive widget shortcuts to declutter your home screen while maintaining quick access to essential tools. This app is perfect for users who value organization and convenience. Create interactive widget shortcuts to declutter your home screen while maintaining quick access to essential tools. This app is perfect for users who value organization and convenience. Any Command: Control your computer remotely from your smartphone. Features include file transfers, screen sharing, and more, making it a versatile tool for remote work and multitasking. Control your computer remotely from your smartphone. Features include file transfers, screen sharing, and more, making it a versatile tool for remote work and multitasking. Tidy Panel: Organize your notification panel by hiding persistent notifications, creating a cleaner and more distraction-free interface. This app is ideal for users who want to focus on what matters most. Habit Tracking and Organization Achieve your goals and stay organized with these practical apps that simplify habit tracking and bridge the gap between analog and digital tools: A Digital: A simple, open source habit tracker with no ads or upsells. It's perfect for users who value privacy and straightforward functionality while working toward personal goals. A simple, open source habit tracker with no ads or upsells. It's perfect for users who value privacy and straightforward functionality while working toward personal goals. Paper Tag: Link physical notes to digital content using scannable codes. This app is an excellent solution for users who want to integrate traditional note-taking with modern organization methods. Utility and Accessibility Simplify everyday tasks and enhance accessibility with these unique utilities designed to cater to diverse user needs: Senior Launcher: A simplified launcher featuring large icons and an intuitive interface. This app is ideal for seniors or as a secondary device launcher for users who prefer a straightforward layout. A simplified launcher featuring large icons and an intuitive interface. This app is ideal for seniors or as a secondary device launcher for users who prefer a straightforward layout. APK Extractor: Extract APK files from installed apps for easy sharing or sideloading. This tool is a must-have for developers and tech enthusiasts who frequently work with app files. Extract APK files from installed apps for easy sharing or sideloading. This tool is a must-have for developers and tech enthusiasts who frequently work with app files. Radius Locker: Automatically locks your phone when a paired Bluetooth device goes out of range, adding an extra layer of security. This app is perfect for users who prioritize privacy and device safety. Unique and Niche Apps For those seeking specialized functionalities or unique experiences, these apps offer something different: Motion Ease Tune: Plays a scientifically-backed tone to alleviate motion sickness. This app is a practical solution for frequent travelers or anyone prone to motion discomfort. Plays a scientifically-backed tone to alleviate motion sickness. This app is a practical solution for frequent travelers or anyone prone to motion discomfort. Classy Pod: Revives the iconic iPod Classic interface as a fully functional music player for Android. It blends nostalgia with modern convenience, making it a must-try for music enthusiasts. Here are more guides from our previous articles and guides related to Best Android Apps 2025 that you may find helpful. Source & Image Credit: HowToMen Filed Under: Android News, Mobile Phone News, Top News Latest Geeky Gadgets Deals Disclosure: Some of our articles include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, Geeky Gadgets may earn an affiliate commission. Learn about our Disclosure Policy.
The Guardian
3 days ago
- General
- The Guardian
Working from home? It's so much nicer if you're a man
I'm wary of gendered generalisations. They rightly raise hackles: we are unique, not defined by gender, not all men! But I was struck by one I read from Ella Risbridger in her review of Jessica Stanley's recent novel, Consider Yourself Kissed. Exploring one of its themes, Risbridger wrote: 'I have long noticed that in a house with one spare room and a heterosexual couple who both work from home, the spare room is where he works – with a door that shuts and perhaps even a designated desk – and she works somewhere else. (Always for good reasons, but always.)' This stopped me in my tracks. Not because it's my experience: my husband and I are lucky enough to have an office each, and mine is bigger and objectively nicer. I get the garden view; he has the ballet of Openreach and Amazon vans. (See – not all men.) It's not Stanley's experience either: she uses the spare bedroom; her husband has half the living room, she told the Cut's Book Gossip newsletter. Rather, I was struck because having just read the Australian writer Helen Garner's recently published diaries, How to End a Story, this is exactly the irreconcilable, constantly rehashed point of contention between her and her ex-husband, anonymised in the diaries as 'V'. V, also a writer, insists not only on appropriating the available room in their shared apartment for his office, but on Garner leaving while he works, her presence incompatible with his sacred need for silent isolation. Garner describes the quotidian pain of this situation (she wants to potter, play music, cook, see friends; her creativity is fuelled by these ordinary kinds of life), and the growing realisation of what it said about their relationship with shocking, powerful eloquence. V is aware of, but apparently unmoved by, her distress. They argue about it regularly. Garner's experience was so egregious as to be eye-poppingly enraging, but this happens more often in quieter, easier-to-overlook ways. I read and enjoyed Consider Yourself Kissed too – it's a romance, but it also subtly builds a picture of the insidious sidelining of women's work as expressed through domestic space. Set between 2013 and 2023, it's particularly good on how this was amplified by Covid: the heroine's political journalist husband sees his career go stratospheric and their spare room 'somehow' becomes his study. He's a nice man; he loves her; it just … happens. This rang true because it is: it did just happen. Structural pay equalities meant men – habitually the higher earners – staked the more obvious primary claim on working space in locked-down homes. Research shows women experienced more non-work interruptions, compounded when they didn't have a 'dedicated unshared workspace' – their emotional wellbeing suffered, but so did their professional lives. 'My husband locks the room from the inside when he needs to concentrate,' a participant in an Indian study on pandemic working habits reported. 'I don't have that liberty. I have no room of my own.' In 1929, Virginia Woolf wrote A Room of One's Own as a riposte to the physical and economic exclusion of women from intellectual and professional spaces. In 2025, they can't bar us from libraries, but intimate domestic spaces have proved stubbornly intractable. Back when men had inviolable studies and smoking rooms, there was an assumption that the domestic sphere was feminine, so they 'needed' to escape the noise and mess of childrearing and homemaking. Now we're ostensibly all in it together, doing conference calls in our slippers, but there are still more man caves than women's. Because Risbridger is right: the recently released UK 2024 Skills and Employment survey found 60% of men had a dedicated room for work at home and only 40% of women. We still can't manage to meet Woolf's prescription. There are not-all-men exceptions and happy endings. Garner escaped, thank God, eventually; and, without spoilers, Stanley's heroine reclaims some space. But in real life, generally, women's work is still given less and worse space, while the gender pay gap narrows agonisingly slowly. The two are surely related. When do we get that room of our own? Emma Beddington is a Guardian columnist
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
International Seaways and V. Partner to Launch Female Cadet Program
NEW YORK, May 16, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--International Seaways (NYSE: INSW), one of the world's largest tanker companies, and V., the global ship manager and marine services provider, have today announced the launch of a newly designed female cadet program. Together with INSW, V. is implementing various strategic initiatives to create a more female friendly working environment onboard, which include access to gender specific facilities, workwear, safety equipment, and health and wellness programs. This intake of female cadets will join two dedicated and adapted training ships in September and will be supported throughout their first rotation by female senior officers from the INSW fleet. These initiatives, along with an onboard culture training program, will be used to establish best practices for a safer and more inclusive environment at sea to benefit all seafarers. Today, women make up less than 2% of the global seafaring workforce while the industry faces a growing skills shortage. This joint project aims to increase the visibility and attractiveness of maritime careers for women and allow both companies to tap into underutilized talent pools and build a more diverse and sustainable workforce. Lois Zabrocky, CEO, INSW, said: "Female seafarers represent a wealth of untapped talent for the maritime industry. We're thrilled to be working with V. on this collaborative initiative to build a more inclusive and positive workplace." "On this occasion of International Day for Women in Maritime 2025, we call for all hands on deck in championing a safe and supportive workplace for everyone. We recognize that when people have equal opportunities to thrive in their roles, the entire industry benefits and grows." René Kofod-Olsen, CEO, added: "This program is not only a natural extension of our long-standing partnership with INSW, but it's also a must-win battle for the entire industry. Enhancing diversity on all fronts is a commercial and strategic advantage. It ensures we have the best talent in our teams and are able to deliver on our promise of operational excellence at sea." ABOUT INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC. International Seaways, Inc. (NYSE: INSW) is one of the largest tanker companies worldwide providing energy transportation services for crude oil and petroleum products in International Flag markets. International Seaways owns and operates a fleet of 84 vessels, including 11 VLCCs, 13 Suezmaxes, five Aframaxes/LR2s, 14 LR1s (including six newbuildings), and 41 MR tankers. International Seaways has an experienced team committed to the very best operating practices and the highest levels of customer service and operational efficiency. International Seaways is headquartered in New York City, NY. Additional information is available at ABOUT V. With over 40 years of experience in shipping, V. is the leading, trusted, global provider of mission critical services to the maritime industry. V. serves approximately 3,500 vessels from pedigree shipowners and managers alike, with safety and compliance at the heart of V.'s operating model. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services, including technical ship management, crew management, crew welfare services (e.g. catering, travel, and digital wallets & payment cards), leveraged procurement, technical services, specialist insurance broking, and modern shipping-specific digital solutions. Forward-Looking Statements This release contains forward-looking statements. In addition, the Company may make or approve certain statements in future filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), in press releases, or in oral or written presentations by representatives of the Company. All statements other than statements of historical facts should be considered forward-looking statements. These matters or statements may relate to plans to issue dividends, the Company's prospects, including statements regarding vessel acquisitions and disposals, expected synergies, trends in the tanker markets, and possibilities of strategic alliances and investments. Forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current plans, estimates and projections, and are subject to change based on a number of factors. Investors should carefully consider the risk factors outlined in more detail in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2024 for the Company, the Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2025, and in similar sections of other filings made by the Company with the SEC from time to time. The Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements and written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or its representatives after the date of this release are qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this paragraph and in other reports previously or hereafter filed by the Company with the SEC. View source version on Contacts Investor Relations & Media: Tom Trovato, International Seaways, Inc.(212) 578-1602ttrovato@
