Cost: Free but requires a subscription
Fastcase for the iPhone/iPad is a free legal research application, putting the American law library in the palm of your hand. Fastcase contains cases and statutes from all 50 states and from the federal government. You can search by citation, keyword (in Boolean or natural language), or browse statute collections.

Cost: Free
A Smarter You in 15 Minutes: Learn more, do more, be more - and still spend less time reading. We read 1,000 books a year for you and distill their key insights into powerful, actionable, 15-minute marvels. Blinkist is the quickest way to an even brighter you.

Cost: $3.99
Never get caught in the rain without an umbrella again with this handy app.

Cost: Free
Dropbox is the place for your photos, docs, videos, and other files. Files you keep in Dropbox are safely backed up and you can get to them from all your devices. It’s easy to send large files to anyone, even if they don’t have a Dropbox account

Cost: Free
The Kindle App now has audio so you can read or listen to an eBook. Handy app for those attorneys who commute.

Cost: Free. Nuzzel is the super-easy way to see news from your friends. Discover the top news stories shared by your friends on Facebook and Twitter, without being overwhelmed or missing anything. Replace your newspaper, RSS reader, Flipboard, newsreader or newsfeed. Let your friends guide you to news from news sources all the world, including CNN, Fox, Yahoo, ABC, CBS, NBC, Buzzfeed, NY Times, ESPN and more.

Cost: Free
Podcast player app. Download a eduational podcast and listen on your phone or iPad. This player can do several things. You can organize your podcasts with this app, or even speed up the pauses between words so the podcast takes up less of your busy schedule.

Cost: Free
Scan the bar code and compare prices for the best deals this holiday season. This app is a barcode scanner, shopping assistant & QR code reader

Cost: Free
No workout equipment & just minutes a day
* Fun achievements and rewards to keep you motivated
* Based on the 7-minute workout featured in NY Times Magazine

Cost: $0.99. Once only available on Android, SWYPE is now available for iOS. Here are the product features. • Incredibly intuitive language models that accurately predict what you type or Swype.• Five beautiful themes - FREE on iPhone. Two beautiful themes - FREE on iPad • Quickly enter symbols, punctuation and capital letters with Swype gestures • Swype learns how you type. You can tell it to add or remove words from your personal dictionary • You can Swype on your iPad as well as your iPhone. Available in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. More languages coming soon.

Cost: $3.99
This app is great for hiking, boating, hunting, golf, outdoor sports, sightseeing, navigation, and finding your way around. Theodolite is used extensively by surveyors, geologists, architects, engineers, competitive sportsmen, first responders, military personnel, and search and rescue workers around the world.

Cost: Free. If you are a bit of a document or history geek and you want to view history document by document in this collection by the National Archives, then check out this app.

Cost: Free
ZotPad is an iPad/iPhone client for Zotero reference management software. The purpose of ZotPad is to allow accessing Zotero libraries from mobile devices. The software provides read and write access to Zotero files stored on the Zotero server, WebDAV server, or Dropbox and supports adding notes and tags to your items.

Cost: Free
Description: Zoom, a 2014 Gartner Cool Vendor, unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings and group messaging into one easy-to-use application. Start or join a 25-person meeting with crystal-clear, face-to-face conversation, high quality screen sharing, and instant messaging – anytime, anywhere, on your iPhone or iPad.

Cost:
Free
WhatsApp Messenger is a FREE messaging app available for iPhone and other smartphones. WhatsApp uses your phone's Internet connection (4G/3G/2G/EDGE or Wi-Fi, as available) to let you message and call friends and family. Switch from SMS to WhatsApp to send and receive messages, calls, photos, videos, and Voice Messages.
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