Technology
16 things to help battle your social distancing boredom, all on sale
Whether you’re working from home and need some retail therapy to unwind or you’re simply looking for something to do, we’ve got you covered. These top-selling deals are massively discounted — up to 98% off — for no good reason other than to make your social distancing life a little better.
From app subscriptions to online courses to smartphone accessories, there’s something for every type of pandemic personality that’ll surely appease your boredom.
Apps
MosaLingua Language Learning Fluency Bundle: Lifetime Subscription
This personalized learning tool adjusts to your skill level and schedule to help you efficiently learn words and phrases in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, and/or Portuguese. MosaLingua has put years of cognitive science research into their methods – space repetition, metacognition, and the Pareto principle – to help you grasp a new language in a way that works for you. You can start learning for just $77 (98% off) and have access for life.
iMazing iOS Device Manager: Universal License for Mac and PC
Basically the Swiss Army Knife of iPhone, iPad, and iPod management, iMazing iOS Device Manager is like a virtual usher that escorts your data seamlessly between all of your devices. You can drag and drop photos, files, videos, and documents back and forth between your phone, computer, and tablet in minutes by simply connecting it. Get a universal license for Mac and PC for just $14.99, which is 83% off retail value.
Fitterclub Personal Training: 5-Year Membership
Want to focus on your health and fitness while quarantined? Fitterclub has a program for you. This personal training five-year membership is basically like bringing the gym into your home, with access to over one million tailored exercise and nutrition plans. Just fill out the questionnaire and answer honestly and it’ll give you curated videos and plans focused on helping you improve your lifestyle, like a personal trainer in your home. A five-year membership is usually $600, but you can sign up for just $29.
Polar Cloud Backup: Lifetime Subscription (5TB)
Even more intuitive and user-friendly than Dropbox, Polar Cloud Backup is a cloud service that delivers seamless file transfer, storage, and management. You can sort, locate, and preview files with a single click, all while protecting them with 256-bit AES encryption. Even better, you can get 5TB of storage (more than you’ll ever need, probably) for life for just $79.99 (usually $990).
Relax Melodies Meditation App: Lifetime Subscription
Getting a good night’s rest is essential to staying healthy, which should definitely be your priority right now. This sleep and relaxation app, recommended by doctors and neuropsychologists, can help you out. It combines soothing sounds, bedtime stories, breathing techniques, body-mind exercises, and more to help you fall asleep and stay asleep, combating issues like insomnia, tinnitus, anxiety, and everyday stress. Regularly $250, a lifetime subscription is on sale for $79.99.
Mashvisor: Lifetime Subscription
Interested in real estate investing? Let the Mashvisor site lead your journey. It turns the three months of research on rental properties into about 15 minutes of easy analysis. Just type in your city of interest and you’ll immediately get an overview of investment opportunities in the area, complete with key calculations like Airbnb occupancy rates, average cash on cash return, median home price, average rental income, and the optimal strategy suggested. And you can lock down a lifetime subscription for just $29.99 (regularly $1,499).
Ivacy VPN: Lifetime Subscription
Winner of the 2019 BestVPN.com Fastest VPN Award, Ivacy offers protection on up to five devices at once by connecting to over 1,000 servers in over 100 locations. It also shuts down hackers with powerful 256-bit encryption, lets you unblock content that’s usually geo-restricted, engage in P2P file-sharing in total anonymity, and even stream bufferless HD video on all your favorite services. Plus, it’s just $29.99 for a lifetime plan – 97% off its regular cost.
12min Micro Book Library: Lifetime Premium Subscription
This app condenses the most noteworthy nonfiction books into 12-minute summaries (hence the name, 12min), allowing you to pick up new information and accelerate your learning. With 30 new titles released each month on essential subjects like productivity, finance, leadership, and more, and no need for internet access to use the app, there are no more excuses for you to be bored in quarantine. You can sign up for a lifetime premium subscription for just $34.99 – 89% off its usual cost.
Online learning bundles
The Ultimate Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Bundle
This five-course package provides nearly 100 hours of training on Six Sigma White, Yellow, and Green belts, Lean certification, and 25 Lean tools, all of which can help you become an effective manager. As one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., GoLeanSixSigma.com’s training helps you pave the way to delighting customers, building better teams, minimizing costs, and maximizing profits. Worth well over $2K, you can enroll in this training bundle for just under $80.
QuantInsti®: Quantitative Trading for Beginners Bundle
Want to learn how to navigate the ups and downs of the stock market during these crazy times? This bundle will show you how to implement a powerful technique called algorithmic trading so you can do so. You’ll begin with the basics and move your way up to tools and languages like Python, Machine Learning, Forex, IBridgePy, and Quant. After just seven courses, you’ll have built a foundation in quantitative and algorithmic trading and be ready to break into the fintech world. Sign up for just $29.99 to get started (typically $508).
The Complete 2020 CompTIA Certification Training Bundle
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is the world’s leading tech association and getting their stamp of approval means a lot in the IT industry. Get the skills you need to rise in the ranks of IT, and even earn yourself a certification while quarantined, with the help of this training bundle. Usually, it costs over three grand, but you can sign up for just $69 and save a fortune.
The 2020 Complete Digital Marketing for Beginners Bundle
Whether you want to launch a business or take it to new heights, this 100-hour training guide is your ticket forward. You’ll learn all the tools a digital marketer in 2020 needs to know with the help of 14 courses focused on everything from social media and content creation to SEO and email marketing. Get the 2020 Complete Digital Marketing Super Bundle on sale for just $44.99 – a whopping 98% off the $2,789 value.
The Premium A to Z Microsoft Excel Bundle Ft. Alan Jarvis & Chris Dutton
Excel is far more complex than just a simple spreadsheet software, and this training can help you get to the bottom of it all through 10 courses and over 700 lessons. You’ll work your way through the basics and eventually end up diving into more advanced formulas and functions like Pivot Tables, Power Query, data visualization, and even automation. It’s specially designed for beginners and taught by Alan Jarvis and Chris Dutton, who really know their stuff. Plus, it’s on sale for just $39.99 – over 90% off its original value.
The 2020 Ultimate MBA in 1 Bundle Ft. Award Winning Business School Professor
Led by Columbia MBA graduate and business executive Chris Haroun, this Ultimate MBA in 1-course bundle gives you a well-rounded business education without stepping foot in a classroom. Through over 600 lessons and 49 hours of content, you’ll tackle everything from building financial models and raising money to navigating corporate networking and launching your own company. The best part? It’s only $24.99 to enroll (regularly $847).
Cool gadgets
Culture Audio V1 Noise-Cancellation Bluetooth Headphones Black
With 98% active noise-cancellation, up to 35 hours of battery life, an ambient mode to amplify outside sound, and truly “smart” technology that auto-pauses your tunes when they’re removed or set down, these Bluetooth headphones from Culture Audio definitely rival big-named brands like Beats and Bose. They usually cost $200, but you can get them on sale for just $49.99.
VILTA-M Pro 3-Axis Handheld Smartphone Stabilizer Gimbal
Record Instagram and YouTube-worthy footage with this smartphone-stabilizing gimbal. It’s made for creative, adventurous production and features an accompanying app that can take your footage to new heights. It lets you focus, zoom, snap, record time-lapses and panoramas, and more with ease. Plus, there are tilt, roll, and 360-degree pan motion capabilities for more cinematic shots. Typically $149, you can grab the Vilta-M on sale for just $119.
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