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  • Insight Timer

    Insight Timer is a meditation and mindfulness app that aims to help individuals sleep better, manage their anxiety, and achieve calm. When the user initially opens the app, they are asked a series of questions, including what they want to get out of their experience with the app. They are then asked to what degree they would like to receive information of a spiritual, scientific, or secular nature. These options can be turned on and off to encourage or avoid certain content within the app. 

  • Shonen Jump

    Shonen Jump is an app that allows the user to access and read manga comic books using their mobile devices and online. The user creates a Shonen Jump account and is then able to browse through lists of available manga that have been translated into English. 

    When the user selects a manga series that they want to try, they click on it and can read the free chapters or pay for a subscription to unlock the whole series. For parents, Shonen Jump has created a rating system for each manga based on what age levels each series is appropriate for. If the user wants to check a series out later, they can click on the heart icon to add it to their Favorites list. Manga can also be downloaded to read at a later date. 

  • iHeartRadio

    iHeartRadio allows users to listen to broadcast radio through an internet connection and is available on a wide variety of mobile and home entertainment devices. The app allows users to tune in to an enormous selection of broadcasts ranging from local music, news, and sports talk, to international events. Additional features include the ability of users to create custom stations based on music artists and songs, browse photographs and videos of artists, and save favorite stations for later listening. Users may also use the app’s recommendation system to search out music for nearly any situation.

  • Flipboard

    Flipboard is a social media aggregation app that pulls newsworthy stories from a variety of social media sites, blogs, and news outlets, combining them into a personalized, magazine-style display. Users can organize their home screen to feature categories they are interested in, and can even connect Flipboard with social media accounts like Facebook and Twitter to receive stories that get retweeted or shared. After entering a few search parameters, users simply flip through a collection of articles until they find one that piques their interest. 

  • Snapchat

    Snapchat allows users to take and send photos, videos, and messages (called “snaps”) to friends and family members. Users can add filters, text, or handwriting to images and videos they take before sending them off to their favorite Snapchat friends. Snaps sent are available for an amount of time allotted by the user, up to ten seconds, and once that time is up, the message disappears permanently. Users can tell when someone has viewed or taken a screenshot of one of their snaps, as well as receive messages from other Snapchat friends.