In a tech-savvy world full of a million phone apps and growing, there are many different and unique apps that people have found to “change” their lives. In this series, we will be focusing on the favorite apps of both the students and faculty at North Penn and how these apps have changed their lives. Personally, as a three year iPhone holder, I have found the two apps below helpful and fun.

Dropbox

With the age of the iPhone, cell phones have become the dominate way that we take pictures and videos. Unfortunately, we often find ourselves with the warning of “cannot take photo – full storage” and begin to worry that we will miss capturing a significant event.  The app, Dropbox, fixes this problem. This free app was recommended to me by a friend to whom I constantly complained to about the lack of available storage on my phone. Dropbox works by creating an account where you can save and store your photos. Using this app can save up to 5GB of photos (a lot of photos) to a separate database. The storage required to save your 1,000 photos to this app is a lot less than having those 1,000 pictures in your photo album.  Plus, you can not only access your photos through the apps but also through your computer. Additionally, not only can you save photos and videos onto Dropbox, but you can also save other files such as Word documents and PFDs to clear up even more space.

This app is a great addition to anyone’s arsenal of apps for its practicability and capability to save storage on your phone.

Geocaching

With spring upon us and the snowing finally melting away many of us are yearning to be outside. If you’re looking for free fun this spring and summer, then I would highly recommend getting into geocaching.

Geocaching is a scavenger hunt using GPS enabled devices, such as your phone.  Geocachers navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location. To start geocaching you need to download the free app that will help you find these treasures all over the world. After downloading the app and creating an account, the app will track your location and pinpoint the nearest caches for you to find. The number of hidden caches will surprise you with several hidden right here at the high school.  Once you find a cache, you can open it up and sign the log book and see who else has found the cache. Often there are trinkets inside that other people have left.  The rules usually are if you take something from the cache, you are supposed to leave something of equal or greater value.

If you are interested in learning more about this great activity, check out their website here.