Daria Kozlova, First Vice Rector
Shazam - this is a music recognition app; when I’m in a car or in a restaurant and I hear a song I like, I instantly “shazam” it and download it later. It’s especially cool because I travel a lot and often hear great music in a taxi somewhere.
(Google Play/App Store)
Ski Tracks - is a ski and snowboarding tracking app, which I always use when skiing - it measures your altitude, speed, and tracks your runs. It’s great fun!
(Google Play/App Store)
Peter Sloot, Professor of Computational Science, University of Amsterdam, member of ITMO International Council
ScienceDaily - a science news app that provides me with a daily dose of scientific inspiration.
(Google Play)
9Gag - my go-to for a smile.
(Google Play/App Store)
Night Sky - a personal planetarium that identifies star constellations and satellites.
(App Store)
Weather - as a real Dutch guy, of course, I'll ask it what weather it is even when I’m standing outside in the rain.
Alexander Vinogradov, Director of the Biochemistry Cluster and Associate Professor and Chief Research Associate of the Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology
Calendars - makes it easy to plan a schedule with reminders
Vivino Wine Scanner – this wine ranking app prevents you from spending a fortune on bad wines.
(Google Play/App Store)
Uber and Booking - lets you plan trips hassle-free and with discounts.
(Uber: Google Play/App Store) (Booking: Google Play/App Store)
Alexey Bobtsov, Director of School of Computer Technologies and Control
Yandex.Taxi – this Russian taxi app is particularly useful after a long meeting or on a rainy day, but I’m thinking about switching to Uber.
(Google Play/App Store)
Waygo – a Chinese, Japanese and Korean translator that recognizes characters and doesn’t require an Internet connection, so you can use it on a menu or in a store abroad.
(Google Play/App Store)
Navigators - Yandex.Navigator for traveling in Russia and Maps.me for traveling abroad. Maps.me is great when you’re traveling because it doesn’t require an internet connection.
(Yandex.Navigator: Google Play/App Store) (Maps.Me: Google Play/App Store)
Calculator – I use it even though I’m pretty good at math.
Mail.ru – this Russian email app is very client-oriented and doesn’t send notifications at night.
(Google Play/App Store)
Robot Vacuum Cleaner – it has its own app so I can turn it on remotely and always come back to a clean house.
CPS Link – an app that uses sensors for home diagnostics, such as energy, temperature, etc. – it’s a real-life example of what we do from the standpoint of science.
(Google Play/App Store)
Ekaterina Skorb, Biochemistry professor
TED - video library of TED talks; selective about their speakers, TED always delivers inspiration and new ideas.
(Google Play/App Store)
YouTube - Channels by iBiology, Nobel Prize winners, even specific professors.
(Google Play/App Store)
Science and Nature magazine apps - real science in real time.
(Science: Google Play/App Store) (Nature: App Store)
Our Picks
Telegram - a Russian messenger app, which makes it easy to keep track of what’s happening in St. Petersburg and the world as many news channels and various entities have a Telegram channel. Lights went out? Fireworks going on? Telegram knows what’s up. Highly secure, to boot.
(Google Play/App Store)
WhatsApp Messenger - along with Telegram, this app is what helps us communicate in the office or out of the office, any time of day. Any project, any subdivision of the office has its own whatsapp group, and while we are drowning in groups we love that we can chat about everything with everyone at the click of a button.
(Google Play/App Store)
Trello - this work management app keeps us organized with all our Russian and English articles; everyone on the team knows who is working on what at any given time!
(Google Play/App Store)
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