Attention fellow Shiftizens, the new year is speedily creeping up on us. Don’t you think it’s time you looked into to do list apps to help you plan for 2019? One of the most exhausting factors of a new year is getting all your plans in order. However, what if we told you that these …
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Remember when Google discontinued Gchat and everyone freaked out? It turns out that Google Hangouts is actually awesome. With Hangouts in Shift, you can do everything you could do in Gchat and more! It’s been a long time since the switch happened, but you still hear rumblings about it. Although these days, those rumblings are …
So, there’s this pretty cool thing that happens after every 12 months where a new year comes about (HINT: it starts the day after December 31). To us, this time of transition from old to new is nothing short of exciting! Why? Well, because what also happens in the weeks leading up to the new …
You’ve been asleep for the entirety of 2018 if you haven’t heard of Airtable. That’s not a bad thing – now you get to learn for the first time. We’re actually kinda jealous. If you’re one of the people who hasn’t heard of it before, Airtable is a powerhouse of an app. Combining the best …
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WordPress is more than just any old platform to host your blog. It’s the most prevalent content managing system in the world. And you really ought to check out these plugins… WordPress has come a long way since its beginnings as an alternative to Blogspot. These days, WordPress powers a massive 32% of websites. In …
A LinkedIn background image says a thousand words. But how do you change it so it can? As much as some spots out there would have you believe, having a personalized LinkedIn profile will make you stand out more. Especially on a site as loaded with talent as LinkedIn, that’s something you need. When a …
Eight years ago, WhatsApp became the great bridge between iPhone users and Android users. It was a way to message your friends in different countries regardless of the operating system of their devices. As a result, it was easily adopted and is now the most popular messaging app with over 1.5 billion users. WhatsApp is the …
Anyone remember saving negative films to reprint the desired photos later on? The resounding silence says probably not. The way we create and store images have drastically changed within the last couple decades. Especially for digital images, cloud storage has been the way forward for a few years now. Off the long list of cloud storage …
Is it just us, or does it sometimes feel like there are too many scheduling apps for our own good? That’s what we thought until Calendly rolled around, at least. Scheduling a meeting is hard, let’s face it. Especially these days when your team members can be spread out across the globe, sometimes dozens of …
We all know Slack is an incredible asset for a team, but did you know about these built-in Slack commands that make it even better? Slack might be the only platform out there that’s as easy to master as you’d expect it to be. The only real task is getting the whole team on board …
Feeling a little unproductive around the holidays? Try some of these email management tools to boost your productivity! Next year is going to see a huge rise in email usage. People are tired of not feeling connected to their audiences and tired of sending their email straight to junk. Email management tools are gonna be …
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Can anybody remember what we did before emojis? Emojis are now so popular, they even have their own language. It’s called Emojish and almost all of us who use the internet, regardless of age, are fluent. Duolingo what now? Emoji facts 36% of millennials say they can communicate thoughts better with emojis and gifs than …
Being confined to just one account is a little too Steam-y for us here at Shift. That’s why we’ve made sure that it’s possible to use multiple Discord accounts at once. Switching Discord accounts by logging out and logging back in can be a big waste of time. Maybe you use a personal Discord account …
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Aahhh, 2019…finally. For many businesses, this will be the year of real-deal productivity and priority. The start of this new season of business growth will have everything to do with equipping our workplaces and teams with the best tools and technologies for getting (and keeping) the ball rolling. For many brands, this translates to making some …
Remote work is the way of the future. As a remote worker myself, I may be a bit biased. Still, objectively, the world seems to be moving in that direction – at the very least, flexible and distributed working arrangements seem to be more and more common. For instance, telecommuting among the non-self-employed population has …
Survey Monkey is the bomb. It has been for more than fifteen years. But what about when a team plan is too expensive to consider? Hello, multiple accounts. There are a ton of reasons as to why it outranks its competitors in the online survey industry. Besides basically inventing online surveys as we know it, …
Whether you’re already a productivity—or just learning the tricks of the trade— pro, there’s something so satisfying about navigating between accounts, zooming in and out, switching views, and all the rest, all the while keeping your hands on the keyboard. To make things really easy, we created a quick easy-to-access guide for all the Shift …
We’re hitting the ground running this new year with 120 new apps and updates, now available in Shift! Health, fitness, career, financial— whatever your 2019 goals are, we’re here for you. Track your fitness progress with Lose It!, MyFitnessPal, and MyFoodDiary plan your next adventure with Kayak, Airbnb, all from your workstation. Instead of listing …
Did you know that you can customize just about everything with Slack? Slash commands included… Slack is great for a lot of things: bots, private channels, custom emojis. Heck, with the help of Shift, you can also be logged into two workspaces at once. Slack slash commands are shortcuts so that you can do everything …
GIFs are an interesting part of our how we’ve come to express ourselves. Equally captivating and relatable, GIFs—which is short for Graphics Interchange Format—make our conversations far more entertaining than basic text. The reason for this has everything to do with the way GIFs can more closely convey our feelings, ideas, humor, situations, etc. What’s …
Saving time and brainpower is incredibly easy when you’ve got Google Drive on your desktop. Google Drive might be the best invention since sliced bread, but do you know what’s even better? Having Google Drive in the palm of your hand. Downloading Google Drive to your desktop can be the difference between annoyance and productivity. …
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Remember a world before Grammarly? If you can, maybe it’s time to use it. Grammarly is a lifesaver when it comes to writing copy. It can be the difference between a run-on sentence and your next bestselling novel. Neither of which should be compromised in the trust that a word processor will pick up on …
Updated: September 14, 2020 Today there are dozens of cloud storage options out there—so how can you tell which one is right for you? It’s a critical decision since you’re trusting a service with keeping your most important documents safe and secure. And, having a cloud storage app for your business is an essential component …
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For four years, Google’s Inbox app has single-handedly changed the way we look at email. Now, their mission is to make Gmail just as amazing – if not better. With Shift, you can seamlessly transfer from Inbox for Gmail to Gmail in seconds! Inbox was an innovative and ingenious service. Created as an alternative to …
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Productivity apps are some of the most powerful tools modern companies have. Used well, apps can streamline a company’s workflow and speed up the pace of business. There is the temptation to add more and more apps until every step in a process has been automated, and you hardly need human intervention at all. The …
What better way to fight off the dangers of data-breaching technology than technology, itself? Gmail Confidential Mode is here, and it’s about to rock our worlds. Messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram have offered encrypted messages from the get-go. Isn’t it about time that our email providers got onboard? Data protection is nothing to …
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Slack is at the top of the charts when it comes to workspaces; remote and physical. But did you also know how helpful it can be in boosting your creativity? One of the best sentences anyone can hope to hear when they start a new job these days is, “here’s the URL for our Slack …
Ah, meetings. We all love an effective meeting. But, why is it that most meetings these days feel more like a waste of time? Whether you dread or look forward to meetings, there’s no doubting that they are a massive part of having a job. It doesn’t matter if you work remotely or in an …
It might be time for us to say goodbye to Google Inbox, but that doesn’t mean we need to say goodbye to its features. To say that Google succeeded in reinventing the way we looked at email would be an understatement. In 2004, the company gave us Gmail; an email service that was different from …
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Why swipe right when you can right-click? Okay, so there’s no swiping in Gmail unless you’re using your phone or tablet, but I bet you didn’t know there was right-click either. Surprise, the folks at Google just unveiled Gmail’s right-click menu update and it’s about to blow your mind. Or, at the very least, we’re about …
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