89
MUSIC STREAMING
SERVICE
SPOTIFY
STARTS AT $9.99 PER MONTH EDITORS’ CHOICE
Spotify distinguishes itself from the crowded streaming
music pack via a set of fun, useful features. Not only
does the service feature a tremendous catalog of music,
podcasts, and recordings, but it’s also available on
pretty much anything that connects to the internet.
Besides listening to your favorite tracks, albums, and
playlists, you can create your own Artist Radio station or
use the excellent Group Session to listen along with
friends and family during these socially distanced times.
Spotify is an excellent service, so if you haven’t already
explored it, make a beeline for the app.
90
PRODUCTIVITY APP
CAVEDAY
STARTS AT $20.00 EDITORS’ CHOICE
Do you need a little motivation in your life—the kind that
encourages you to find a flow for your work and to keep
it up? If so, try Caveday, our favorite productivity service
of the year. Caveday brings together a community of
people who join a video call to create an environment
where they can focus deeply. Artists, creative writers,
Ph.D. students, and a variety of others work deeply and
get reminded at regular intervals to take breaks. It might
sound a little like feel-good woo-woo, but it’s a
surprisingly down-to-earth experience that can help you
accomplish your goals.
91
CLOUD STORAGE & SYNC
MICROSOFT ONEDRIVE
FREE EDITORS’ CHOICE
Microsoft’s online storage and syncing service does more
than you might expect. It not only stores and syncs files
you upload via browser or the OneDrive app, but it also
syncs Office documents from the desktop or web apps,
backs up PC settings, and displays photos with plenty of
info including maps showing the pictures’ locations. Its
Files On Demand feature saves local disk space, and the
Personal Vault encrypts your sensitive data. OneDrive
offers the best options for sharing files, including
password protection, read-only or editing privileges,
expiration times, and commenting. A OneDrive
subscription also gets you the full installable, peerless
Microsoft Office applications.
With Spotify,
you can create
your own Artist
Radio station or
use the
excellent Group
Session to listen
with friends.
