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Netflix India: Is our country really ready for Netflix?

The US-based video streaming company Netflix launched its operations recently in India and we couldn’t be more excited!

Starting at Rs. 500 per month, Netflix India has framed its packages very similar to their American plans. Reportedly, Netflix India is also looking forward to getting on board with more Indian partners to diversify their collection for the Indian market; adding more Bollywood movies in their database.

But, what caught our attention in this whole Netflix India outburst were a few points that were directed to only one question: Is India really ready for Netflix?

Here’s why.

#1. Minus the metro cities in India, do tier II & tier III cites have enough bandwidth to stream HD TV shows and movies in their homes?

#2. Will the online piracy affect Netflix India’s operations? There are several websites that are already offering free online streaming of shows/movies (so we’ve heard).

#3. The fact that Netflix India is still in the process of tying up with its Indian partners, do we really have a large target audience that follows American TV series/movies?

Though, everything aside, we’re going to sign up with Netflix India right about now. We think it’s one of the coolest New Year presents we’ve received in 2016 so far! Thank you, Netflix.

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January 7, 2016
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: 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 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
5 Interesting word game apps for your friends & family!

If you love stimulation with interesting word games on your smart phone, make sure each one out of these five is off your list! Take a look at the five most engaging brain ticklers available for download on your smartphones, iPads and Tablets:

Top 5 Word Game Apps

1. Ruzzle – Developed by the Swedish gaming company MAG Interactive, Ruzzle enables its players to challenge an opponent chosen either randomly or from the players’ friend lists. Based on the structure of a 4×4 grid of letters, this game involves forming as many words as possible with the sixteen letters in the grid within two minutes.

2. QuizUp – Developed by Iceland-based Plain Vanilla Games, QuizUp is yet another extremely addictive game that allows you to challenge an opponent in a timed quiz. With a fan base of over 20 million, this app covers a wide array of topics including scrambled words.

3. Letterpress – A close competitor of Ruzzle is Letterpress. It is a grid-based game that allows players to find words, steal tiles and even colour the board while playing. Form words using letter pieces anywhere on the game board and challenge your friends to see who gains the maximum score!

4. Word Search Colorful – This colorful and vibrant app will definitely remind you of the good ol’ days when letter grids used to appear in newspapers. That’s right! The word search game is all about finding hidden words amongst scattered letters and forming a colorful palette with your thumbs.

5. What’s the Word – As the name suggests, this super addictive game shows its users four pictures that have one word in common between them and needless to say, the user has to guess the word. To make it simpler for all the players, the game also displays the letter count of the word that needs to be guessed!

January 7, 2015