20 ABSOLUTE ESSENTIALSGoogleApple, Android, WindowsPrice: FreeForget using a web-browser to get Google: just a single tap of the app’s icon takes you straight there. And you can search without having to type by asking Google questions via your device’s microphone. The app provides onscreen answers and even talks back with the latest information.Google MapsApple, AndroidPrice: FreeMost Android users will have Google Maps pre-installed on their devices, but it’s a must for iPhone and iPad users, too. Apple’s maps aren’t quite the disaster they were, but they’re still not a patch on Google and they don’t have Google’s voice-activated search.BBC WeatherApple, Android, Kindle FirePrice: FreeOne of the best-designed and easiest-to-use weather apps around. It automatically locates you and gives hour-by-hour local weather for the rest of the day and night, plus less detailed forecasts for a week ahead. Enter locations around the world for news of what’s happening elsewhere, too.National Rail EnquiriesApple, Android, Kindle Fire Price: FreeThis official Network Rail app provides times and status (delays, cancellations etc) of upcoming departures from every UK station. You can also plan rail journeys. Windows users should try the ‘Rail Planner’ app (£3.99).SkypeApple, Android, Kindle Fire, WindowsPrice: FreeDownload Skype, set up a user name and with just a click of your mouse you can video-call any other Skype user, anywhere in the world free, via the internet. It’s a revolution in face-to-face communications. For a small fee, you can also call landlines and mobiles.Daily Mail OnlineApple, Android, Kindle Fire Price: FreeWe don’t like to boast too much, but Mail Online is the world’s most visited English language newspaper website. Now you can access its unique blend of up-to-the-minute news, celebrity gossip, Femail features, award-winning sport and a 24-hour rolling picture feed in an app named among the best of the year by the Google Play Store.Daily Mail PlusiPad, Android tablets, Kindle FirePrice: FreeDesigned specifically for tablets, Daily Mail Plus is the new way to enjoy the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. Every day’s edition is reproduced in full, including Weekend, You and Event magazines, with added picture and video content not available in print editions. A free 30-day trial is then followed by a £9.99 monthly subscription.FacebookApple, Android, Kindle Fire, WindowsPrice: FreeOne in six of the world’s population uses Facebook, so this is as essential as social media gets. The Facebook app keeps you up to date with friends’ posts via a News Feed, notifies you of new friend requests, comments and ‘likes’, and allows you to post status updates and photos via easy-to-use buttons.TwitterApple, Android, Kindle Fire, WindowsPrice: FreeTwitter’s instant, abbreviated format, with its 140-character limit is perfect for mobile devices. The app lets you post tweets and photos and send personal messages as well as tracking all your favourite tweeters.InstagramApple, Android, WindowsPrice: FreeInstagram uses your phone’s camera to take square photos, styled using any one of 20 filters that give different effects from lurid colour, through faded Seventies tones to pure black-and white. Then post the results online to be seen by 150 million Instagram users around the world.YouTubeApple, Android, Kindle Fire, WindowsPrice: FreeYouTube has been pre-installed on some devices, but if it isn’t on your screen, it should be. The app gives you access to all the countless videos on YouTube, so as long as you have internet access, you’ll always be entertained. And you can upload your own videos, too.TuneIn RadioApple, Android, Kindle Fire, WindowsPrice: FreeTuneIn radio turns your device into a radio that can pick up any station, anywhere on the planet. Just use the search facility to get access to your local radio from a distant beach. Or hear music, news, chat and sports from around the world. Also listen to archived shows.SpotifyApple, Android, Kindle Fire, WindowsPrice: FreeSpotify puts more than 20 million pieces of music at your fingertips. Listen for free to whole albums, create your own playlists, or just dip into Spotify’s pre-chosen selections. The free version plays adverts between tracks, but for £9.99 a month the Premium service is advert-free and you can listen offline, too.eBayApple, Android, Kindle Fire, WindowsPrice: FreeAnyone who has ever bid for anything on eBay knows how vital it is to be in on the action in the final moments before the auction closes. Having the eBay app on your phone or tablet means you need never miss out.Sky GoApple, AndroidPrice: Free or £15 to £40 per monthA must for Sky TV viewers, this app lets you watch the channels you see at home on your phone or tablet. An extra £2.50 a month (£5 after 12 months) buys Sky Go Extra which lets you download material to watch offline. If you’ve not signed up to Sky there are Sky Go packages from £15 to £40 per month.WhatsAppApple, Android, WindowsPrice: FreeWhatsApp is essentially a text-only version of Skype, using the internet to send text messages free. Once you sign up, WhatsApp searches your address book for friends who also use it and you can connect with them for instant messaging at the click of a button.1PasswordPrice: FreeProblem: you can’t remember all your online user names and passwords. Solution: 1Password. It creates an online ‘vault’ where you can store password and account details. It even generates new passwords and holds them for you. All you need to remember is one password to open the vault. 1Password takes care of the rest.DropboxApple, Android  Price: FreeDropbox is not the most glamorous app, but it’s incredibly useful. Just save a file into Dropbox from your computer, then access it on all your mobile devices — perfect for working on the move, or taking notes to a lecture or meeting. It also saves your photos for syncing to other devices.KindleApple, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows Price: FreeIf you prefer e-books to paper, then Amazon’s Kindle store is the place to buy and download them. And now you don’t need a Kindle Fire to do that because virtually all tablets can get the Kindle app and you can have new books within seconds of placing your order.Around MeApple, Android, Kindle, WindowsPrice: FreeAround Me finds your location then shows you where to find anything from a coffee shop or a cash machine, to a hotel or a hospital, and how to get there. Perfect for when you’re in an unfamiliar place and do not want to depend on(dailymail.co.uk)Bakudaily.Az