Screen shots of the Red Cross 1st Aid App and the Pocket app
Columbia, SC (WLTX) - Tomorrow is the official first day of summer, and all this week News 19 has travel in mind with our App of The Day.
The first one is a must have for everyone, single, married, families, or empty-nesters.
The new First Aid App from the American Red Cross. It's available for for free on Android and iPhone devices, and will give you instant access to info on the most common first aid emergencies.
Everything from treating a sun burn, to taking care of a cut, the step by step instructions and videos built in will answer all of your questions about first aid.
The Red Cross First Aid App includes safety tips for everything, and also has 9-1-1 calling built in, so once you follow the steps you can call first responders.
The second app today is called Pocket - it's a download now - read later app that was voted the iTunes app of the day.
Say you're headed off on vacation and you'll be totally unplugged from the internet.
With the Pocket app you can download books, emails, other news reading apps like flip board, and even full websites and videos; they all save right inside the app.
It works on iPhones/iPads, Android phones, and even on the Kindle Fire tablet. The pocket app is also integrated into nearly 300 other apps you might already have, so when you're browsing around inside those, you can mark items to go into your pocket for reading later.