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App of the week: Get an alert on your phone every time your favourite TV show airs with Hooks

It’s so difficult to keep track of important things these days because of the enormous amount of information that is thrown at us all thanks to social media. However, the brighter side is that there is now a mobile application for almost everything. Hooks is just one of those apps that make life simpler by sending you an alert for a personalised list of things you like. Here’s everything you need to know about our app of the week, Hooks.

If you struggle to keep a track of your favourite TV shows, sports teams, movies, YouTube channels and other topics of interest, our app of the week Hooks is what you need.

Just download this app on your phone and create alerts according to your preferences. Remember to enable the push notifications for this app and it’ll send you a reminder every time there is an update on your preferred topics.

What’s more, it has a list of popular features for you to choose from to keep you abreast of things trending at the moment.

It also recommends topics for you to follow based on your choices and preferences. This app is available on both Android and iOS devices.

September 1, 2015
App of the week: 6 seconds

Get your hands on the latest live radio streaming music app 6 seconds. This app gives you an entirely new music experience by turning live radio channels from across the world into a personalised music jukebox. It buffers songs in just 6 seconds from radio channels all over the globe. Yes, you read that right, 6 seconds is all it takes to hop on to the next song with unlimited skips from a wide range of genre. Here’s everything you need to know about the app.

Get the 6 seconds app on your phone. Select your preferred genre of music from the list available by swiping down on the arrow like top 40, hip hop, jazz and swipe right to listen to the available songs in the selected category.You can also mark your personal favourite songs whenever they are playing by tapping on the yellow star.

Search for your preferred artist or song by swiping up and typing the name in the search menu that pops up. This easy to use interface is also ideal for when you are on the go as it has no other drop down lists and sub-lists of various features.

Our favourite part about the app? All the music is free and it requires no subscription. Moreover, there are no advertisements crowding the interface.

This app is available on both Android and iOS devices

May 21, 2015
App of the week: Dubsmash and rightly so!!

Dubsmash is a German video app that allows you to lip-sync to short audio clips including movies, songs, TV shows, quotes and much more. This app is the latest sensation amongst many celebs including our favourite man Ranveer Singh. Why do we love it? Because it makes simple conversations fun! Here’s how to use the app.

This app is available for free on both Android and iOS devices and comes with a very easy-to-use interface. Download it, search for your favourite tune or your favourite dialogue from a movie/TV show and just lip sync while you record a selfie video. Dubsmash also allows its users to upload their own dubs with the dubloader feature.

You can download the app for Android devices here

And for iOS devices here

May 5, 2015
Android trolls Apple yet again! This is how!

The arch-nemesis between Android and iPhone users can officially go down in history books now. This long lasting battle between ‘whose phone is better’ has no end. It’s a battle that’ll rage on for decades to come between the two parties as the world is now clearly divided into iOS and Android users. Some switch sides in the middle of the war, some stay loyal and fight till the end.

These Maggcom illustrations have perfectly nailed it while depicting the advantages of being an Andoid user. A few here are some very cool features and exactly what android users have to say to the iOS lovers. Take a look.

April 24, 2015
App of the Week: Access to public transport made easy with Ridlr

Public transport has now been made easier with the all new app Ridlr. This app lets you search for your nearest bus stops, metro stations, routes and timings by simply utilising the location services feature of your phone.

Turn on location from your phone settings and select your city. Now choose your preferred mode of conveyance (public transport) like a bus or the metro. Simply enter the details of your current location and your destination station and let Ridlr help you with a list of bus/metro timings and routes information. It will also suggest to you the fastest and most convenient way of getting to your destination, taking various factors such as diversions and roadblocks into account.

Ridlr also provides you with other necessary information about interchange stations including the list of stations falling on your route. You can also locate the nearby bus stops and metro stations from the app’s nearby stops feature and add commonly taken trips to your list of favourites.

Travel safe with all the information right in your palm. Download Ridlr HERE.

April 22, 2015
App of the week: Fashionfreax

If you’re looking for an outfit inspiration for that perfect weekend look, download ‘Fashionfreax’ on your smartphones. Click, upload and share your outfits with the world or just keep scrolling through different outfits and get inspired! Take a look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqQEYT0FRIU

With its easy to use interface (something very similar to Instagram), the app enables you to upload and share your outfits with different users. You can also follow your favourite fashion bloggers around the world through FashionFreax to get your daily dose of inspiration!

Android users download the app here.

Apple users download the app here.

April 14, 2015
App (update) of the week: ‘FrndiNeed’

An app that brings friends together in real time (be it for fun or in emergency situations) just got better! If you are looking for promotional offers and value deals at the best cafes, salons and spas near you, you cannot miss out on this week’s star app (update) ‘FrndiNeed’. The new update, ‘Discover’ helps you locate the closest cafes, salons and spas, offering the most incredible deals. Here is everything you need to know to be in the know!

The multi-purpose app that intends to make everyday travel smoother, safer and economical for its users just got better with the new update called ‘Discover’. With its easy-to-use interface, the app identifies your current location and intimates you about the best deals at cafes, salons and spas in your vicinity.

Select the service you want, click on its icon and voila! You have access to all possible deals and discounts around. Spend less and enjoy more with FrndiNeed!

To know more about ‘FrndiNeed’ click here

April 7, 2015
App of the week – 4 Minute Workout: Beach Bikini Body

Getting in shape just got easier with this all-new fitness app. Get the 4 Minute Workout: Beach Bikini Body on your iOS devices and start getting into shape for the summer! Tone those muscles or shed a few pounds to get that perfectly-sculpted and very, very enviable bikini body.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4DzuC8zUKo

This app offers a collection of videos that act as your personal trainer, making the road to a fitter you way easier. Each video shows you how to perform different workouts for maximum results in very short spans of time.

You can also get personalised instructions and detailed muscle movements to ensure you do each exercise the right way. Choose from 13 Tabata interval training exercises by tapping the listing column and add these to your routine.

The app also offers a free calendar and a weight tracker for your workout log. You can also set a workout reminder to make sure you don’t miss a day of your full body workout. Follow this routine and after two weeks, and see the difference for yourself!

Can’t wait? Download this app HERE for your iOS devices.

March 31, 2015
App of the week: ‘Limbo’

Get your hands on Game Reactor’s digital game of the year ‘Limbo’ and be ready to get hooked. A black and white 2D puzzle-platform adventure game, ‘Limbo’ is about a young boy travelling through an eerie and treacherous world in an attempt to discover the fate of his lost sister. The game emblazons an atmosphere of spookiness and horror and is known to give its players sleepless nights. One attempt at finding your way out of the dense forests and you’ll never be able to let the game be. Limbo has been designed with original minimalistic graphics and special sound effects that complement the nail-bitingly exciting levels and make for a very absorbing game-play. Here is everything you need to know about this game.

‘Limbo’ is a black and white 2D puzzle game about the adventures of a young boy looking for his lost sister. Guide the boy through dark locations full of many traps and deadly hazards; climb onto short ledges or up and down ladders and ropes, push and pull objects and find a safe place for the hero.

The players have to help the boy run through ghost towns, jump over obstacles, cross rivers in boats, and avoid monsters, saving him from traps in order to eventually find his sister. Not only is this game available for download on Android and iOS devices, but you can enjoy playing this game on your PlayStations and Xbox consoles.

March 18, 2015
App of the week: Spending tracker

Keeping a track of your expenditure just got easier with the ‘Spending tracker’ app that allows smartphone users to keep a check on their monthly income and expenses.

With its simple and easy-to-use interface, ‘Spending tracker’ enables its users to calculate an estimate of their monthly expense from their current as well as carry-over salary for each month.

Displaying various options, the end user can calculate their expected expenses under various available categories or by simply adding their own categories. The app also offers different modes for those who want to calculate their weekly as well as yearly expenses.

Available for download on Android as well as iOS platforms, ‘Spending tracker’ also gives out a graphical representation to its users depicting their expenses versus income on tilting the phone into landscape mode.

Download this app for Apple devices here

and for Android devices here

March 12, 2015
App of the week: FlashChat

You can now chat freely with anyone on the same Wi-Fi network by downloading FlashChat on your smatrphones. This app allows you to chat using a username of your choice anonymously with people connected through the same Wi-Fi network within a radius of one kilometer. What’s more, this messages sent through this app disappear after some time so you don’t have to bother cleaning up your conversations. Take a look at how this app works

FlashChat allows you to chat with your classmates, co-workers, family or anyone who is connected through the same Wi-Fi within a radius of one kilometre. The messages are instant and you do not have to add people through friend requests.

You can chat in groups or send messages privately with people sharing the same Wi-Fi network. The unique feature of this app is that your messages will disappear, even from the server, a short time after you leave the Wi-Fi network so you don’t have to worry about deleting your personal conversations.

This app is available on both android and iOS devices.

Download this app for Apple devices here

And for Android devices here

February 24, 2015
App of the week: Crossy Road

Get your hands on the most addictive game doing the rounds right now, Crossy Road. Released only two months ago, it has already been anointed as one of the most unputdownable by gaming junkies. With an adorable chicken as the mascot, swiping safely across roads full of moving traffic, rivers with floating logs and crocodiles was never so much fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRrTGhccsTI

If you thought the ever-famous game of 2013 ‘Flappy Bird’ was addictive, try ‘Crossy Road’. It has been compared time and again to the classic 80’s arcade game ‘Frogger’, only more exciting and challenging.

Inspired by the joke ‘Why did the chicken cross the road?’ Crossy Road requires you to be extremely agile and alert and you can’t linger anywhere for too long. But what seals the deal is the social component. You’re basically competing against your Game Center leaderboard friends in terms of distance covered.

Enabling its players to choose from a wide array of characters including Bunnies, Cats, Monsters, Unicorns and many more, the game unfolds different levels as you play along collecting coins.

The game is available for download on Apple and Android platforms.

February 10, 2015
App of the week: Glympse

Waiting for your friends at a restaurant? Send them a ‘Glympse’ to let them know that you’ve reached or just request a ‘Glympse’ from somebody who is always running late! ‘Glympse’ makes life easy by letting its users share their location in real time with the people they trust. It also lets you create groups with friends and family to make planning your get-togethers easy. Here’s everything you need to know about this app.

Download ‘Glympse’ on your smartphone and allow it to access your location. Click on ‘Send Glympse’ to let your friends and family know where you are. Unlike other location-sharing apps, ‘Glympse’ lets your friends track your location for a chosen period of time starting from a second to four hours. So say you’re picking up a friend from a bus station and she sends you a ‘Glympse’, you can track where the bus is and pick her up just when she is about to get off.

The best feature of this app is that you can share your location by means of other social media apps like Twitter, Facebook, Whatsapp and more. So the recipient of the ‘Glympse’ doesn’t necessarily need the same app on his or her phone to track where you are. It also lets you know if your friends viewed your ‘Glympse’ or when they are tracking you.

You can download this app through the following links;

Google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glympse.android.glympse&hl=en

Apple app store: https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/glympse-share-gps-location/id330316698?mt=8

Windows phones: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-in/store/app/glympse/ec418e52-b788-e011-986b-78e7d1fa76f8

February 3, 2015
All you need to know about the new Snapchat 9.0.1

Here’s what all you can do with the new Snapchat 9.0.1. Discover the magic of the new features while you Snap along with you friends. Watch to find out!

January 28, 2015
App of the week: Dumb Ways To Die 2

Our favourite dumb characters are back! And this time they here to keep you glued to your phones like never before! If you’ve missed out on the first installment of the most interesting game of 2013, here’s a chance for you to download Dumb Ways To Die 2! Take a look at what makes this game awesome.

If you’ve missed out on the first installment of Dumb Ways to Die, here’s a chance for you to download the sequel of the smartphone game based on the viral Australian train safety program.

Putting the player on a mission to save little creatures from killing themselves whilst testing the player’s speed and timing strategy, this sequel to ‘Dumb ways to die’ is super addictive and involves a much bigger map and round of stages.

Through 28 action packed mini-games with little creatures trying to kill themselves, the aim in this game is to keep these creatures alive long enough to get the highest score and unlock all your favourite characters.

You can download the app here ;

Google play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.au.com.metro.DumbWaysToDie2&hl=en

Apple app store https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/dumb-ways-to-die/id639930688?mt=8

All pictures/videos sourced from the game’s official website/channel.

January 20, 2015