Power in your hands: Power Toggles

It was not until a week ago that I realized the amazing benefit of Power Toggles when helping a new Android user install the app.

I find that being an enthusiast for Android means that to non-techie people, I am a guru.  For years, my colleagues at work would call me a tech-wizard or tech-guru.  They all seemed to be grateful to have a friend that understood these newfangled contraptions.  Today I looked a bit more deeply into the App and found some really cool features.

Firstly, Power Toggles is completely free and ad-free, these features alone make it awesome. But it's primary function allows the user to enable and disable just about any "toggle-able" option in the settings menu without having to visit the settings menu.  The feature I use the most on Power Toggles is my camera flash as a flashlight.  It's right there on the desktop, no need for starting a separate app.  Other features that I use regularly include the toggle for Bluetooth, 4G, Screen no-sleep, and brightness settings.

Check out Power Toggles on Google Play

Instant Weather

   As it affects us all, the first topic most often discussed is the weather.  I recall, as a child, my mother hijacking the television from us (her children) around 6pm nightly to check the local weather report.  We lived in Bakersfield, the results were rarely news-worthy; it would likely be either cold and dreary or blisteringly hot, depending on what half of the year was current.

   Ah, but now the weather is instantaneous.  I can get all the information that a meteorologist would have been able to present in a 5-minute expose, in the palm of my hand.  Better yet I can get up-to-the minute temperature, humidity, wind-speed, barometric pressure, radar, and satellite imagery for nearly any location in the world. While I relax in San Jose where (as shown in the image above) it is cool and cloudy, I can view the heat wave roasting my friend Ray in Texas.  No more is the weather a topic fallback topic for simple chit-chat.

   For more information on the app in the image check out WeatherBug