3 Best Music Player Apps for Android Tablets

Nirmal — Sat, 25 May 2013 12:11:48 +0000

We all use our smartphones and tablets as a source to listen to music when travelling or at other occasions. Initially the tablet market was dominated by iPad ever since its release back in 2010. But now, iPad is losing its ground to Android. Of late we have seen quite a lot of great Android based tablets in various form factors. Initially the number of apps available for Android tablets were also less, but with the release of Ice Cream Sandwich and later Jelly Bean, things have changed. Today there are quite a lot of apps available for Android tablets.

Now if you want to use Android tablet for your music playback, here are some of the best music players available.

1. n7player Music Player:

n7player is an innovative 3D mp3 and audio player available only on Android. It visualizes your music as a single plane full of album covers. You can zoom in and out using multi-touch to see different views of your music. n7player has also the most advanced cover art downloading function available on the market. It can download the missing album arts both by its own and by easy to use dedicated screen, where the user can search and pick an album art from the internet.

It comes with a unique user interface, based on OpenGL, consisting of innovative, fully multi-touchable album covers wall.

n7player Music Player
Price: Free

2. musiXmatch Lyrics Player

As the name indicates, musiXmatch Lyrics Music Player is the best music player which provides you with song lyrics. It works on 3G, 4G or Wi-Fi connection and comes with the largest and most exhaustive official catalog of synchronized lyrics. You can manage your music library with My Music (by artist,album, track, playlist, etc) and save your lyrics in your favorites collection. You can also search for Lyrics by typing words, artist name, song title, etc.

musiXmatch Lyrics Player
Price: Free

3. Google Play Music:

Google Play Music app allows you to listen to songs online as well as available on the phone. The Music service also allows you to upload songs in the cloud and stream them using the app. With the new All Access service (US), you can play millions of songs on Google Play, listen to radio with no limits, and enjoy playlists handcrafted by our music experts. You can add upto 20,000 of your own songs from your personal music collection to the service.

Google Play Music
Price: Free

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How to Remove Backgrounds from Images [Web App]

Nirmal — Sat, 25 May 2013 09:26:13 +0000

If you want to search for images, Google search is one of the best options. You might get tons of images from Google Search, but many of them will not be what you desired like it might have a different background. If you want to have the image without the current background, then there are tools like Photoshop which can remove the background. There is also option to remove the background using Word 2010 and above version. But these tools are not affordable for all as they are pricey.

If you are looking for a free tool to remove the background of your images, then you should definitely trying ClippingMagic, a free online service which can easily remove your image backgrounds.

The web app is pretty simple to use, all you need to do is to upload the image to the service. It supports drag and drop upload. Once the image is available online, you need to select the areas which you want to retain and areas which you want to remove.

With ClippingMagic, you can easily remove the background from your photos to create masks, cutouts, or clipping paths, all done instantly online. The background is removed by adding an alpha channel, with a suitably feathered boundary.

You can download the final result back to your PC. Overall, ClippingMagic is a good free service to remove background from your images.

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Next Browser for Android from Go Launcher Team

Nirmal — Sat, 25 May 2013 08:25:37 +0000

Go Launcher is one of the most popular launcher apps available for Android and their themes and customizations are pretty popular. The Go Launcher team has now launched a new web browser for Android named, Next Browser. There are many good browsers available for Android like Chrome, Dolphin, Opera, Firefox, etc and the Next Browser is now competing directly with them. The browser is available free of cost from the Android play store.

Once you install the browser and start using, you will get to know that it has combined all the good features of the popular browser and packed it in a beautiful interface. When you open the browser, you can see three home screens, the first one shows your recently viewed sites, second one has speed dial option and third shows various categories and RSS feeds for them.

The browser is pretty good and fast as well. The rendering is really good and we didn’t find any issues with it. Switching the tabs is pretty simple, just swipe to the right and you can see a thumbnail view of all the tabs and you can switch between them. When you swipe to the left, you can access the extensions. As of now there are only few extensions available. All other options can be accessed from the settings menu.

There is also inbuilt voice search which shows the result in Google search page. It also features a download manager where you can set the default path for saving the files downloaded and also a your bookmarks are synced across Google account.

Overall, we found Next Browser an extremely usable browser which has features and yet great speed in opening websites.

Next Browser
Price: Free

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3 Awesome Battery Cases for Samsung Galaxy S4

Nirmal — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:09:57 +0000

Samsung had released it’s flagship phone, the Galaxy S4 back in March and it was made available for purchase in April. We had done a detailed review of the device and found that the battery only lasts for a day with average usage. Battery life has been one of the main issues with almost all smartphones and especially Android phones and Galaxy S4 also has it. Galaxy S4 has a removable back cover, which means you can carry additional battery with you in case you are on a long trip. Apart from these, you can also use battery cases. These cases are typically like normal cases, but has a battery built it and can be used to charge the phone once the phone battery is out.

We had covered some of the best battery cases for iPhone and similarly there are quite a lot of them for Galaxy S4 as well. Today, we take a look at some of the best battery cases for Galaxy S4.

1. ExoGear ExoLife:

This is one of the premium cases for Galaxy S4 which provides good protection along with a battery. It is one of the thinnest and lightest battery case for the Samsung Galaxy S4. It is made up of polycarbonate hardshell case provides protection against drops and scratches.

It packs a massive 2,600mA battery which provides almost double the battery life for your Galaxy S4.

The battery case is priced at $79.99 and ship June 10th, you can pre order it now from here.

2. Power Jacket for Samsung Galaxy S4 with Cover:

We had previously reviewed the Power Jacket for Lumia 920 and here is the same Power Jacket for Galaxy S4 as well. With this high capacity lithium power bank, the power of your Samsung Galaxy S4 can be extended anytime anywhere. When charging your Galaxy S4 with the power bank, data sync with computer is supported, no need to remove the extended power bank from your mobile phone. There is also a flip cover adds extra protection for your Galaxy S4.

The accessory is available in 6 colors- Black, White, Blue, Lime, Red and Yellow. The good feature of Power Jacket is that it packs a 3200mAh battery inside the case which is really useful for travellers. It is priced at $39.99 and you can buy it from here.

3. Hyperion Samsung Galaxy S4 5200mAh Extended Battery + White Back Cover

The case with extra battery provides a massive 5200mAh battery for your Galaxy S4. It is compatible with all US and international versions of Galaxy S4. It comes with batteries which has “A” Grade Lithium Ion cells. It is the cheapest battery you can get at $17.99 and you can buy it from here.

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How To Enable and Use New Voice Search in Google Chrome

Nirmal — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:49:27 +0000

At the Google I/O Conference earlier this month, Google had announced quite a lot of new changes and features to existing products. One of the interesting announcements was voice search for Google Chrome. You can now search Google by saying your search term, instead of typing it. This could be a convenient way to search if you speak faster than you type or if you’re not sure how to spell your search term. This is very similar to the Google Voice search in Android phones.

To enable this feature, you will need the latest version of Google Chrome, to do this, click on the settings option in Chrome and select “About Google Chrome”. This will prompt Chrome to check for new update and you will see a new update (Version 27.0.1453.94). Chrome will install the update and restart the browser.

Now before you test voice search you will need to make sure your computer has a working microphone. While some laptops and desktops have built-in microphones, others require external ones.

How to Use Voice Search

Open the Chrome browser and go to http://www.google.com/. You’ll see a small grey microphone on the right-hand side of the search box.

Click the microphone or press Ctrl+Shift+Period (Mac: ?-Shift-Period) with your cursor in the search box to start voice search. When the large red microphone icon appears, begin speaking. You can press ESC or click the red button to cancel.

As you speak, Google will interpret your voice input. Afterwards, your results show up just as if you had typed the search term.

If you ask your question to Google on Chrome, the answer can be spoken to you. The answer can be a fact, weather condition, stock price, flight status, sports score, currency conversion, mathematical calculation, and more. Spoken answers are only supported in English at this time.

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HP Rove 20, TouchSmart 20 and TouchSmart 23 Announced

Nirmal — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:06:13 +0000

We have already mentioned that almost all PC manufacturers are now going for convertible AiO PCs. We had covered quite a lot of them including the recently announced ASUS Transformer AiO P1801. HP has now joined this league with the new Rove 20, a 20-inch PC which is powered by a battery and is portable.

Rove 20 features a 20-inch 10-finger multi-touch touchscreen and it will be powered by an Intel Haswell processor when it’s released. It has 1TB of storage and an 8GB solid-state drive too. Other features include 802.11ac Wi-Fi, WiDi for connecting to other devices as a wireless display, and Beats Audio for sound.

As you can see from the image, the device is pretty large and weighs 5.3Kg and at that price we cannot really say this is portable. The Rove 20 will come with Monopoly and a bunch of card games preinstalled.

Availability and Pricing:

Rove 20 is expected to be available sometime in July this year and HP has not disclosed the price of this AiO.

HP TouchSmart 20 and TouchSmart 23:

Along with the announcement of Rove 20, HP has also announced two other budget AiO desktop PCs, the HP TouchSmart 20 and TouchSmart 23. Both these devices will use of five-point optical touch instead of a 10-point capacitive screen. Both will be available next month with a mix of 2013 AMD processors and Intel Haswell chips.

Availability and Pricing:

The TouchSmart 20 will be available on June 23rd, with a starting price of $620, while the 23 ships June 5th for $749 and up.

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[How To] Enable Two Step Verification in Twitter

Nirmal — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:22:17 +0000

Most of the popular web services have now started implementing two step verification after reports of password leaks. Simple passwords are no longer secure and we have seen many cases where passwords have been hacked to get information and leak them online. The solution to this problem is two factor authentication (or Two step verification), where you need to enter two authentication factors, one being your regular password and second one being a token generated and sent to your though SMS or email. Two-factor authentication seeks to decrease the probability that the requestor is presenting false evidence of its identity.

Twitter has now implemented two step verification option and you can now enable it on your account.

Follow the steps below to enable this feature for your account.

1. First step is to open your account settings page here- https://twitter.com/settings/account. Scroll down and you can see an option “Require a verification code when i sign in” option under Account Security.

2. If you have enabled a mobile number for your account, you can proceed to step 5. If you do not have a mobile number associated with your Twitter account, click on the link and you will be shown a page where you need to enter your country, phone number and service provider.

3. You need to send an SMS from your mobile number, the details will be provided by Twitter.

4. Once you have sent the SMS, your phone will be verified and Twitter will confirm by sending a test message.

5. Once you have enabled the option, save your settings. Next time you login to Twitter, after you enter your password, you will be shown with a verification page where you need to enter the code you receive on SMS.

Here is a quick video on this from Twitter.

We strongly request you to enable this feature on your Twitter account.

ASUS Launches Transformer AiO P1801 in India

Nirmal — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:52:13 +0000

All-in-one PCs are getting more and more popular nowadays with the release of Windows 8. We had covered quite a lot of good AIO desktops running Windows 8. Now ASUS has launched its Transformer AiO P1801 desktop in India. It is first dual OS All-in-One PC with detachable display and now available in India. The dual OS included are Windows 8 and Android Jelly Bean and it can be switched with a press of a button. The Windows 8 version comes with Intel Core i3 or i5 processor, the Android version is powered by NVIDIA Tegra 3 Quad-core processor.

The device has 18.4-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) LED-backlit IPS multi-touch display with 178-degree wide viewing angles. The unique design makes the device attractive, moreover you can also carry it around the home and use it as a tablet. The device also has a side kickstand to use it in the tablet mode.

Detailed Specifications;

Operating System
- Windows 8 (PC Station)
- Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) (Tablet)
Display
- 18.4″(46.7cm), 16:9, Wide Screen, Full HD 1920×1080, LED-backlight, IPS, 178° wide viewing angle
Touch Screen- Multi Touch (10 Fingers Touch)
Processor
- Tablet: NVIDIA Tegra 3 Quad-core CPU
- PC Station:
  Intel Core i7 3770 Processor
  Intel Core i5 3350P Processor
  Intel Core i3 3220 Processor
Chipset- Intel B75
Graphic- NVIDIA GeForce GT730M 2GB
Memory
- Tablet: 2 GB DDR3 at 1600MHz
- PC Station: 4 GB Up to 8 GB DDR3 at 1600MHz 2 x SO-DIMM
Storage
- Tablet: 32GB eMMc Flash
- PC Station: 1TB Up to 2TB SATA Hard Drive
Optical Drive – Slot-in Supermulti DVD RW
Wireless Data Network
- Tablet- 802.11 a/b/g/n Bluetooth V3.0 EDR
- PC Station- 802.11 a/b/g/n Bluetooth V4.0
  Supports dual band frequency 2.4/5 GHz in selected areas
LAN- 10/100/1000 Mbps
Multimedia-
- Camera: 1.0 M Pixel
- Audio Feature: SonicMaster
- Speaker:
  - Tablet: 2 x 1.5 W
    PC Station: 2 x 3 W
- Built-in Mic: Yes

Availability and Price:

The device will be available in stores soon. The device comes in two models, Core i3 model is priced at Rs. 86999 and the Core i5 model comes for Rs. 92999 and it features a 3 years warranty.

Flickr Updates with 1TB Free Storage, new UI and Android App

Nirmal — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:27:52 +0000

Flickr is a popular photos sharing service owned by Yahoo and it provides uses with free space to upload and share photos. Yahoo has just announced big plans for Flickr with a massive 1TB of free storage for all users. There are also changes to the account types available. The new accounts available are Free, Ad Free and Doublr accounts. The ad free account is similar to free account and does not feature ads and also the upload limits per photo is more in ad-free account. The Doublr account provides users with 2TB of storage along with all the benefits of a free account.

The new and price details are as below.

Free Account-

1 TB free storage
Upload and download in full original quality. Up to 200MB per image

Ad-Free account-

No ads
$49.99 per year
Same features as free account

Doublr Account-

2TB storage
$499 per year
Same features as free account.

Apart from this, Flickr has got a completely new UI with cover photo which is now a trend among all the social sites like Google+, Facebook and Twitter.

Apart from this, Flickr has also launched a newer version of the Android app. Similar to the iPhone app we launched in December, the new Flickr for Android maintains your photos’ original quality, so every image you take, edit, share, or view on your phone or tablet looks spectacular. You can download it from here.

With 1TB of free storage, you can store more than 500,000 original, full-resolution, pixel-perfect, brilliant photos. Flickr users will never have to worry about running out of space.

WP Write- Post to WordPress Blog from Google Chrome [Extension]

Nirmal — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:35:21 +0000

WordPress is now the most popular blogging platform available today and millions of popular blogs use WordPress. It is continuously improving with each version and the WordPress post editor is really good with tons of features. But unless you have an Internet connection, you cannot open the editor and add your posts and images. In such cases most of the WordPress users use Windows Live Writer, which is a free tool included in Windows Live Essentials suite.

But now we have another useful offline editor, WP Write, which is basically a extension for Google Chrome which supports WordPress blogs for composing posts.

To set up the extension, you need to provide the blog URL and XML-RPC URL for your blog (Remote Procedure Call). Once you have saved the information, you can start writing the post and once you have completed, enter the password and hit the publish button.

The editor has quite a lot of options including formatting, inserting table, view source code and more. As of now there is no support for images which are locally available (like in WLW), but this will be coming soon as per the author.

Overall, WP Write is an extremely useful extension for users to compose articles to WordPress blog without the need for Internet connection.

Download WP Write