Showing posts with label Apps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apps. Show all posts

18/01/2018

Wavebox - All in one hub for Gmail, Outlook, Slack and more

Hey guys, ever wanted to use multiple cloud services at one place without going through login process and multiple browser windows every time? Well, there is an interesting software to handle this with ease and beautiful user interface. Wavebox is capable of handling multiple cloud services, email services, social media services, websites in one single hub.
Wavebox on Ubuntu 17.10.1
Wavebox brings all your virtual world together under one roof. Once you set up Wavebox with all your virtual accounts, all it remains is to access them with one click. Wavebox can aid you greatly in work, as you can access your services with fewer clicks instead of opening multiple apps or browser windows. Moreover, it consumes very less ram compared to multiple browser windows. Wavebox is also a secured platform to access your services. Every web app used on Wavebox is in sandbox mode. Wavebox use scoped OAuth2 to link accounts for maximum security.

Wavebox offers extensions like Boomerang, Gmelius, Dropbox, Grammarly, Mixmax, Clearbit, Todoist and it will increase in future. Wavebox also has an amazing feature, it can sleep apps. Once you put an app in sleep mode, it will stop using processing power, but you can still receive notifications of that service as it stays logged-in.
Wavebox on Ubuntu 17.10.1
It is very easy to set up Wavebox. All you have to do is choose your desired service and log in, it will be saved as a web app within Wavebox. You don't need to login repeatedly to access that particular service. You can set various accent colors and folder options for multiple services. You can even add custom websites and web apps to Wavebox.

Wavebox is free to use but you can get some extra features in pro version. Wavebox is available in MacOS, Windows, and Linux. To download Wavebox go to official website.

13/01/2018

Friendly app on iOS : Get connected without worrying about phone space

Hi, fellow iPhone users, you have a great device right there in your hand but sometimes it lacks space to do certain things. While it is not a problem on newer devices but people still using iPhone 5 - 6S have this issue. You want to stay connected to social media but some apps like Facebook, Messenger, Twitter, Instagram takes too much space due to their huge app size and the cache they produce. Well, how about all these 4 services in one app with negligible app size and much more added features? You heard it right!!
 Friendly helps you to stay connected with all these social websites and its app size is just about 35 MB. Still not getting excited?? Well then, let's see below some of the more features it offers.

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Friendly lets you use multiple accounts in one single app. More on it you can switch between them very easily. You can use 5 different Facebook accounts (if you have that much). You can have different color accent for multiple accounts.
Friendly on iOS 11.2.2
In Friendly, you get more features like,
  • Night mode to ease your eyes in dark.
  • Ad blocker which removes useless suggestions and annoying ads.
  • Passcode lock, you can set up a various passcode for multiple accounts.
  • Order your Facebook feed by most recent.
  • Download photos and videos directly to your device.
Well, we have few reasons to try out Friendly. So give it a go and see the change it brings. While free version offers many features, pro version enables ad blocker. We will be back with more stuff for iOS. So stay tuned and have fun with your device.

01/07/2017

Feedly : A great way to keep updated

Hi friends, there are times when you just need to keep updated with your favorite website or blog. Even though you can access them through web browser, but sometimes it's too lazy to do that. In that case there is a very nice app for Android and iOS named Feedly. Basically Feedly is like a RSS feed service for many websites and blogs.

Feedly provides many features like creating collections of your fees, sharing them with friends, sharing between teams and projects, etc. In Feedly you can search for specific website or you can just browse different topics, this app will give you lots of results related to topic. You can simply follow authors and websites you like. There are many topics and many categories you can search in this app.
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Feedly also gives option to login using different social media or with your email. By creating account you can sync your collections on various devices and make it available anywhere you want.
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Design of this app is very elegant and it provides cards like feed view. you just have to swipe to see next feed or next page. It also shows all the images but at the same time it maintains it's minimal design.

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Feedly Also have an web client so you can simply use it on your pc too. Web client is also beautifully designed and minimal.
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In short, with Feedly you can stay updated with latest posts from your favorite blogs or websites. You can simply use it for getting news updates, learning new recipe everyday, learn to make different cocktails or just follow your favorite person over internet. Possibilities are vast and its free for you to try out with an optional pro version which has extra features.

To download Feedly - Play Store
Or Official Website

29/06/2017

Weather Underground : Weather updates and much more

Hi guys, ever thought about getting detailed information of weather, health risks or even get a webcam view of the place you are going to travel to? Well, there is an app for android who can easily do it all for you. Weather Underground is not only givers you current weather updates of places, but also gives much detailed information of that place.

  • As any other weather app, this app also works on GPS or custom locations manually added by user. It gives all the basic information like current temperature, Maximum and minimum temperature, humidity, wind speed, etc.

  • Weather Underground Also provide forecast on daily or hourly basis. So get the idea of how the weather will be before going to that place. Forecast is also detailed and gives best possible results.
  •  Weather Underground tells you timings of sunrise and sunset. It will show you exactly how much time left for Sunset. And not only about sun, but also it shows details about moon. It tells you when next full moon is or when next new moon is.
  •  This app gives you detailed information about rain in that particular area. It tells about humidity, dew point, visibility, etc.
  •  Not only about Weather, but also it gives information about health factors. Weather Underground tells about air quality of particular area, UV index and any chances of catching flu in that particular area.
  •  Weather Underground Also provides detailed information about wind speed, Hurricane or cyclone information. If you don't believe what this app tells, then it also gives webcam view of current weather conditions in particular area. This app also gives you links to check out the news, scientific discussions about particular area.


Weather Underground is one of the most versatile app for weather updates made for android. While manually setting up locations it also gives option to connect with nearest weather station for more detailed and accurate information about weather.

To download Weather Undergroud just hit Play Store.
Or just visit wunderground.com/

01/05/2017

Discord - voice and text chat for gamers

Hi guys, it is been a long pause on our website due to our exams and stuff but we are now back with more interesting stuff for you guys. Today we are going to meet Discord. If you are into online gaming and MOBA type games then you must have used or heard about Discord. It is one of the most versatile app out there for voice and text based chat. There are other apps like Skype or Teamspeak but Discord is unique in it's own way. Let's get to know more about this app.
  • Cross-platform - One of the most important thing about discord is that this app is cross-platform. You can use it in Windows, Linux, Mac, iPhone, Android and even a web version if you dont like to download and install the app. In Linux we used it on Ubuntu and Arch without any problems.
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  • Stable - This app is seriously stable. It is even more stable then OS sometimes (LOL). It worked smoothly on mobile, on both Ubuntu and Arch. We also used it on windows and it didn't disappoint us there too. Discord consumes very low amount of ram and CPU usage.
  • Features - Discord probably have more features compared to skype or teamspeak. Most of all it is completely free of cost. It gives IP & DDoS protection. It also gives browser support, mobile support, in-game overlay, multiple channels, bots for customization and entertainment, friend lists, direct messaging, low latency, etc. 
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  • Connectivity, fun & bots - Once you get used to discord and made friend over it, you will start to enjoy it even more. There are lots of customizations to channels, one can make separate channels for different games or can merge them all at one place and categorize them. Another fun part of discord is the bots. There are lots of different bots for discord. They can simply manage and moderate your channels, play music while you are having a voice chat or not, can play various games, can predict future (no, but yes :P ) and do many more stuff. bots work same across all the platform and same commands can be used to manipulate them. You can simply have a concert in discord with hundreds of people listening to it. 
So give this app a try, we are damn sure this won't disappoint you at all. For downloads and more information just head over to http://discord.gg
 

21/03/2017

[Quick Tip] How to reduce brightness during night time in android

HI guys, many times we want to use our phone in night time and it is just too bright for our eyes. Most of phones supports brightness reduction up to certain level but it is still high for our eyes. There is a solution for this problem, you can simply reduce brightness even below phone's minimum range. To do this you will need an app called Screen Filter. To use Screen Filter app you need to have a rooted phone with Xposed installed in it, otherwise it won't work.
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Once you downloaded and installed Screen Filter app from Xposed, activate it within Xposed and reboot your phone. After this you are ready to use screen filter app. This app has some basic settings to adjust from. Even though it looks so simple but it makes huge difference. Adjust your settings according to your taste. It also features a color filter to reduce blue light during night time. Once you are done setting up brightness level and color filter just tap on ON/OFF button to start it.
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 It also features a notification panel bar for you to quickly access it without going to app every time. As you can see in below screenshots, the difference between phone's default brightness and screen filter.

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Screen Filter helps to reduce the strain on eyes during night time. So whenever you need your phone in night, you can be assured that your eyes are not that much strained. So guys, try out this app as it is helpful to us. We will be back with more quick tips and other stuffs. Stay tuned and have fun.

18/03/2017

[Quick Tips] IFTTT : An interesting way to Manage multiple things at once

Hello fellas, ever thought of changing both Facebook and Twitter display pictures simultaneously. Or thought about automatically link your blog post to your Facebook account. Or automatically tweet about your Instagram pics whenever you upload one on Instagram. If you did thought about all these then we have an great app to make your life easier. IFTTT is an android / iOS app and web service which connects your social accounts and do wonders. It works on the philosophy "If you do this then you can do that".
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 IFTTT simply connects multiple service and link their activities together. For example, on local level you can set timer to silent your phone at night and vice-versa in day time. Or you can tell IFTTT to turn of your wifi when you leave home, again vice-versa. On social level you can update your Twitter display picture as you change it in Facebook. You can backup your SMS automatically on your email address as soon as they arrive. There are simply endless possibilities in IFTTT. You can make various combo of different services and save hassel and time of  updating various services individually.
In IFTTT you can fine many prebuilt combos made by community, as well as you can make your own combo. IFTTT supports a huge load of services on local and virtual level. You can simply get notified about whether or rain every morning, or automatically can silent your phone as you enter workplace. It is almost everything you need in one single package.
So guys, try out this cool app and manage your daily things in less time. You can get this app on play store and apple app store as well as, you can access web service too.

30/12/2016

How to get detailed information of running processes in Windows?

When using default task manager, one can do pretty much all the things needed. But there are times when you just want to know some more about a process or need some more details that default task manager can't provide. To solve this problem or to give this extra advantage, there is an application named process manager. One can get various information of the system and processes using this tool.

From where should download this application?
You can search this application on any search engine or you can simply go to this website and download it for free.

What can I do with this application?
Well, you can do everything that default task manager do plus there is a bonus of more information. By using this application, you can see the list of current running processes. You can decide which to keep and which to kill. Moreover, you can see detailed information of what DLL a process using or which particular handles are opened by a process. There are two panes, upper pane show list of processes running while lower pane shows DLL or handles used by that particular process. In a simple way if you want to pinpoint a particular DLL and which process is using that DLL, you can do it with this application. Good thing about this application is that there is an option to replace it with default task manager, so you can always open it using default ctrl+alt+del combo.
process explorer in windows 8.1

29/12/2016

How to install Synapse launcher in Manjaro Linux?

If you are using unity or gnome desktop environment then you already know bash feature, which gives quick assess to lots of things. But on other desktop environments, this function is somewhat missing. To fill this gap we can use a good looking launcher named Synapse. It is not only good looking but also lightweight. It works similar to bash in unity. It is available for Debian-based distro such as Ubuntu, but it is also available for Arch based distro too.
How to use and install Synapse in Manjaro Linux which is based on Arch?
The easiest way to install Synapse in Manjaro is by using octopi. Simply launch octopi and search for Synapse in the search box. You will get a result, right click and select install and let the process complete. There are optional plugins for Synapse too, it will prompt during installation. Voila, you have Synapse in your Manjaro system.
octopi in Manjaro Linux 16.10.3

18/11/2016

Asana - A cool way to manage your team

You are working on a project with a great team but you simply don't know who is doing what due to lack of communication!! This can happen but there are quite a lot websites and apps to solve this problem and keep track of everyone's work. From such apps, Asana is one of our favourite.

So why use Asana? Well, it is availble on PC as well as phones. This gives advantage to PC users. Asana is slick and manages all our project data in cloud so there's no fear of loosing your data. Asana is simplified and easy to use.

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10/10/2016

Facebook Launched new Events app for iOS

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With the growing competition in the market with several social media apps coming up with new and amazing features, Facebook doesn't want to be left behind in this race of bringing and providing better apps and features. So, here Facebook comes with an app named Events providing the features that the well known feature events on Facebook already avails. But in more handy, customizable, faster way.

Events feature on Facebook, is no secret or new thing to any daily or even a normal user of Facebook. Events is a Facebook feature that lets you create, respond,manage/organize events with public or private with your friends on Facebook.
Facebook Events App

09/07/2016

Facebook starts testing end-to-end encryption in Messenger

Finally! Facebook started testing end-to-end encryption on their messenger messaging app.As most of the other messaging apps were already rolling out this feature,now Facebook messenger won't be back in this list.Facebook is calling it Secret Conversation,which will be one-to-one conversation.Yes,you get it right,it won't be available for all contacts by default,instead you can start secret conversation with the contacts you want to.

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 Though,it's quite better and useful as many users would like their conversation(s),accessible from different devices when they switch among PCs,Mobile phones or tablets.On Addition to end-to-end encryption,there's one more feature providing extra security layer i.e. you can set a timer for messages you sent,So that messages will be visible till set time.Currently,Video and GIF files are unsupported,additional to that making payments through messenger is also not added for now.You can see in the screen shot below,How a secret conversation works(If it's not visible clearly,please click on the image to full-view the image)
Facebook Messenger End-to-end Encryption
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For now,Facebook is rolling Messenger with Secret Conversation for limited users to test this feature,they will be releasing it widely for other users later on this summer.
Though,If you have used Telegram messaging app then you might have already used similar features like one-to-one secret chat and self-destruct timer for messages.Let's see how Facebook Messenger will differentiate itself from other messaging apps by adding interesting things.We're also waiting to test these features,if you are lucky then you may get the chance to test it :)

05/07/2016

Dopamine 1.0 released- A beautiful music player for Windows PC

If you are music lover and you have huge load of music on your PC then here is Dopamine, a cool looking and awesome music player for Windows.After many improvements since last 2 years,finally Dopamine 1.0 is here avaialble to download.It supports various formats of audios like wav,mp3,ogg vorbis,flac,wma and m4a/aac.
We used this amazing and beautiful music player for a while and here are our few impressions and a quick review of Dopamine 1.0 .

  •  After downloading the player and installing it, this is the welcome screen to greet you. Its looking beautiful from the very begining.
Dopamine music player for windows

04/07/2016

Official Steam app avaialble for Windows 10 Mobile

Well there's a good news for Windows 10 mobile users that official Steam app has arrived in Windows Store. Official Steam Windows 10 Mobile app can be now installed on Windows 10 Mobile devices.
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This official Steam app provides authentication, trade, and community features to secure and enhance your Steam experience. Using this app you can ensure the security of your account with Steam Guard multifactor authentication, Send and confirm trades with friends, Sell your in-game items in the Steam Community Market straight from your Inventory, Browse the Steam storefront and keep up with the latest games, promotions, and sales, Remotely download and install your games straight to your PC at home.

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