WhatsApp now on PC also

Whatsapp , The most used IM app from android now comes to PC. Seriously this has made me real happy because
I dont like to get distracted by looking to mobile again and again just for Whatsapp also now the user base of
whatsapp has grown even bigger.

A  website is what we only need to visit: http://web.whatsapp.com and You will have to scan a qr code from your mobile then
you will be able to access all your chats from there.
It is a simple web integration of the app and your mobile must be connected to the net for the website to work.

Currently this feature is only available to android users.
With this upgrade currently, whatsapp have 700 million user sending 30billion messages per day!!!

This is really a big step in Instant Messaging and it is becoming more and more efficient and interesting.

IRCTC app for android lets you book your railway tickets on the go

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation or IRCTC has come out with an Android app dedicated for mobile users to let them book tickets using their smartphones. It is a free to use app and can be downloaded from the Google Play Store. It will work with Android smartphones running Android 4.1 and higher. Couple of months ago, IRCTC had launched an official app for the BlackBerry 10 platform.

The app requires your IRCTC login details to be used. Once verified, the app allows you to search for trains between your source and destination. Once you have finalised on that, you are taken to the next screen which will give you a list of trains between those stations and you can select a particular train by tapping on it. Tapping on your selected train will show you the availability. After selecting the right choices, you then proceed to book your tickets. It is quite a straight forward process and if you have booked a railway ticket online, you will feel right at home. Do note that tickets cannot be booked via the app from 8am to 12pm.

The home screen also gives you more menus such as My Booking, Cancel Ticket, My Profile and so on. But at the time of checking the app, we did not notice the web account being synced with the app, as there was nothing under Booking History. You can also cancel your booked tickets via the IRCTC Connect app and the app can also retain recently added passenger details. For first time users, IRCTC lets you register from the app itself and you also have a PDF explaining the IRCTC Connect app. 

The app has been downloaded over 5000 times and of the 843 reviews up so far, the IRCTC Connect app has got an average rating of 4.3 / 5 which is pretty good considering the IRCTC website does not seem to garner much positive reviews.

15 POPULAR INSTANT MESSAGING APPLICATIONS

Here are 15 most used IM applications on android, each one is a much try app.

Each one provides unique interface and different features. So if you haven't tried them yet go for it now...

WhatsApp

Whatsapp is undoubtedly one of the most popular instant messaging applications for Android devices. The popularity of Whatsapp has raised many folds in a year and its credit goes to its ability to send unlimited number of chat messages to your friends and its support of automatic synchronization of contact book with the application.

Viber

Viber Chat – another popular instant messaging app available free for Android devices, lets you connect with friends using text messages or calls. Moreover, with Viber Chat you can even make free HD calls using your Android device. This IM app is also available for iPhone, Blackberry and Windows Phone devices too.

Skype

Skype is the most professional instant messenger application that allows you to send free IM messages and make free video calls with your Contacts anywhere in the world. Another advantage of using Skype other than its cost-effectiveness is that it can help communicate faster even with less Internet speed too. Also Skype powers free Skype-to-Skype messages, VoIP-based phone and video calls.

Talk.to

Talk.to is a free, simple instant messaging app for Android devices and its USP is its neat interface and ability to send free SMS to phone numbers around the world. But make a note that the free SMS limit is 200 messages and you get 5 free SMS every week if your SMS credit limit goes below 200 messages. The app also has support for Google Talk, Facebook Chat and Windows Live.

Line

Line is an instant messaging application for Android devices that allows you to send free messages and make calls all over the world. A latest report from the provider reveals that it has a customer base of 94 million LINE users in over 230+ countries across the world. Besides, allowing you to send unlimited number of text messages using its chatting system, it lets you make (free) voice and video calls too.

Nimbuzz

Use Nimbuzz instant messaging app to chat with your friends on Facebook, GTalk, or Yahoo Messenger anytime. It also allows you to make cheap international voice calls, send unlimited chat messages, and share files on any mobile device across popular messengers. This is also a cross-platform service available in Android devices along with iOS, Blackberry & Windows Phone.

WeChat

WeChat instant messenger application, available in 18 different languages comes with powerful chatting features, and allows you to make free HD video calls, voice calls, and text messaging with Ad Free environment. It is available in Free and Pro versions; but you can initiate by downloading the free version in your Android device that lets you do most of the things like voice call, video call and chat to name a few.

Kik Messanger

This new instant messaging application has taken the smartphone world by storm as it has registered a record 450,000 downloads in the first 10 days of launch. The best part about this app is that it is quicker and more social than SMS. Moreover, KIK Messenger is asynchronous, i.e. it allows you to access and see messages immediately – including even when the other person with who you are chatting is typing. Also, it lets you know when they have seen (read) your message actually.

SnapChat

This messaging application for Android devices is a cross-platform application that lets subscribers send photos to other subscribers. However, it creates a niche here with a special feature that allows users to set 1 second to 10 second expiration time for a photo. So if you want to share a rather personal or embarrassing photo with your closest buddy, you can do so without being wary that this will find a place for itself in the social networking sites.

ChatOn

Thismobile chat app from Samsung is not limited to just the Android platform; as Samsung has released versions of ChatOn that work with BlackBerrys, the iPhone and even Windows Phones as well. But the priority is that irrespective of any device, both the user should have ChatOn for exploring the messaging facility.

Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger is the instant messaging application from Facebook for Android devices as well as other platforms like the iOS, Blackberry and Windows. It has recently been updated to include a unique new feature called Chat Heads.

Gtalk

There are 3 instant messaging applications from Google – Google Talk, Google+ Messenger, and Google Voice. While Google Talk or GTalk as it is commonly called is the instant messaging app available to Android devices, it shares its base functionality with Google+ Messenger, which is again a discrete chatting app that pegs into Android users’ Google+ accounts. On the other hand, Google Voice, which is intended more to be a calling service even though it functions as a messaging service as well; is entirely separate and is available to both Android and iOS devices.

Tango

Tango offers the best user experience of video chatting with your buddies for free. The best part about Tango is that it automatically finds its users from your contact list and connects it with you.

Kakao Talk

Kakao Talk is a popular instant messaging application for the Android device now used by over 72 Million people worldwide. Besides the basic features, it also supports several advanced and unique features besides free themes, group messaging, free HD calls, and 250+ emoticons amongst others.

ebuddy Messanger

Considered to be one of the most popular messaging applications online, ebuddy Messenger supports various chat services such as MSN, Facebook, GTalk, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, etc. to name a few. You just need to create an ebuddy ID or login with your social network credentials and enjoy the experience.

Which is

Which is  your most preferred instant messaging application from the aforementioned list?

Must Try Android Apps

Android as we know is a popular mobile operating system developed by Google itself. With more than 1 million apps in Google’s play store, this mobile OS is the most used and accepted mobile platform right now.

As we know Google make more free things than any other company in the world, but not all the apps are free on play store, and it’s hard to choose with thousands of options available.

So, to overcome the confusion of choosing the best apps, we present you 10 best free android apps that will make your mobile a powerhouse without spending money.

If you have any favorites that we didn’t add in this list, do send us those links from Android store, so that we can add them.

1. Trailer Addict +Android One 

Trailer Addict is an entertainment app on android platform. Its a wonderful app for the those whore are excited for new movie trailers and find fun and entertainment in trailers. Trailer Addict keeps you updated and increases your eagerness to watch new trailers. Trailer Addict also provides access to their entire mobile-ready content that is stored in their database.  Its true, watching trailers is more entertaining rather then watching a full length movie.

2. Any.do (for +Android )

Good new for those who forgets their daily task and the upcoming one. Now its time to feel free from remembering all the tasks and most important get it done on time. Google presnts you Any.do which is user friendy, simple to use and fully productive App.  It sync seamlessly with the cloud so you can do the works which are high priority. It gives you number of features like drag and drop options, speech recognition – you just say the task to do it will convert the words in text, auto-suggestions while you write the task, can add time based reminders which keeps you alert on time, there are some repeat options too and above all you can share to do list with your friend and family members so they can help you to fulfill your tasks. Supports more than 15 languages.

3. Carbon for Twitter

Dark, simple and stylishness app for your Twitter day-to-day pleasure. Carbon is Twitter client and it shows you all your twitter content on one screen. Keeping you updated with latest tweets with fresh new design and interface. Provides you timeline, Favourites,Lists, Searches, Profiles and many smart features like Don’t Disturb Mode, In-App Browser, Threaded Direct Messages, Mutes/Filters for Hashtags, Keywords and users. Carbone interface provides Multi simultaneous accounts tweets.

4. Quickoffice

Quickoffice, a free business app from Google, makes you create or just edit the Microsoft® Office files, excel and powerpoint presentations. Supports both android phone aw well as tablets. You have to just sign-in in your google account and save the Microsoft® Office files in Google Drive. You can access your document from anywhere in the world. Quickoffice also supports PDF files and provides you share options and you can attach your documents to emails as well.

5. Juice Defender

With over 7,000,000 Downloads! Wow.. JuiceDefender – an android based app with easy interface. Its a powerful battery saver app which is specially designed to increase the battery life of your phone. Along with number of smart functions, it smartly manages the commonly battery draining components, like 3G/4G and WiFi connectivity. Its a fully automated app which manages the battery power in background once customized by the user. It provides 5 Preset Profiles (default mode to full customization), Location-aware WiFi Control and many more. Upgrades are also available like JuiceDefender Plus or Ultimate.

6. avast! Mobile Security & Antivirus

avast! Mobile Security & Antivirus is top-rated free mobile app with both antivirus and anti-theft protection. It secures our gadgets from unwanted malware, malicious viruses, phishing and spyware. It also protects againts loss or theft which is a common loss with the portable devices. Security tools gives you a total control for staying clean. We can locate lost phones or tablets through the web based phone locate features. Recommended by leading Android authorities. and available in more than 20 languages.

7. BaconReader  (+Times of India Technology )

BaconReader is a great new Reddit App for android. BaconReader app enables you the instant access to news and post links, comments, photos, and everything else reddit do. BaconReader app serves the both most experienced redditors and the newest redditors alike. BaconReader has features like immediate picture uploading, subreddit grouping, keyword and domain filtering. With good interface it has Jelly Bean compatibility with expandable notifications and other Jelly Bean features.

8. Kingsoft Office (Free)

Kingsoft Office is one of the best choice for mobile phones and tablets. Kingsoft Office is getting popular because of its stable operation, small size, and rich editing features. Support 23 kinds of files formats. Along with Built-in file manager it supports cloud storage such as Google Drive, Box.net, Dropbox and other services with WebDAV protocol. Support for viewing and switching multi-documents.

9. Swiftkey 4.0

Here comes a No.1 best-selling app in 58 Google Play countries, Swiftkey. SwiftKey makes the text writing faster, easier and above all more personalized. With next level of Arificial Intelligence SwiftKey starts predicting the next word even before we press a key according to our writing style and use our most popular words the way we normally use them while writing. Its a multilingual app with backup and Sync along with multiple layouts support.

10. Comics ( +AppsGeyser )

comiXology offers you  the most immersive comic book and graphic novel reading experience. Presenting you an android based app which gives you access to more than 50,000 digital comics and graphic novels. The app gives you reading with Guided View technology with easily scan, zoom and flip pages features. Get the digital comic at the same day of print release. Don’t forget the In-app cart purchasing for all your buying needs.

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