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Smartphone concert ticket apps for the best seats in the house

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Getting a ticket for that must see show can be a tough job at the best of times, but getting a ticket for the gig that includes decent seats at the venue can sometimes seem like mission impossible. Some of us will go to any lengths to get to a show but sitting behind a pillar or in a dark corner with no view and terrible sound is not something you want to happen. Sites such as TicketMaster and Concert ticket specialists BoxOfficeHero will help you to choose your seats, with venue maps to help you through the process - but this is a feature not always found in concert ticket apps. Here we’ll take a look at four of the best apps for choosing great seats, and to ensure that you always know what’s on wherever you are, and can get tickets as early as possible. Songkick     (Free) Download via Google play Songkick has become one the most popular concert ticket apps for Smartphones and it’s easy to see why. For every concert that is listed, you can see the l

Google Drive for Android gets new updates, adds new scan function

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Google Drive for android gets major updates, now users can scan receipts, letters and documents using their smartphone on the go…easy and simple check it out!! Now users can scan their documents with a click and simply turn any documents into a PDF and save it on your device for future use simply by going to the Add Menu and scan any photos, documents, flyers by snapping. With the new Optical Character Recognition Technology (OCR), search for the documents you have saved since Drive will recognize text in scanned documents. Pretty cool isn’t it The New update for Drive comes with improved interface- neat and clean, Drive files are now displayed like cards-style. The new interface is more precise and users can swipe between files to see large preview of the files making it easier to find the desired files. Other update includes downloading any file from Drive to your Android device a backup of the files is always good and Drive has taken care of this.

Key Lime Pie - The Release Date is Approaching

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The Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update is not yet available to all handsets, but that is not Google’s problem – it is the responsibility of the separate manufacturers. So there is nothing that is currently stopping the company from devoting its full attention to the next Android version – Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie. Now, as rumours of the system have been circling the web for a while now, everyone placed the announce date at this year’s IO conference which is just about to start. An announcement date, of course, is far from a release, but it is still a step towards it and tech geeks were expecting a new Nexus phone running Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie to hit the shelves in just a few months.   Some new information, however, suggests that Google might actually delay the release a bit more. Why? For the exact reason that was cited in the first sentence – hardware manufacturers haven’t even released the previous update for everyone yet. Postponing the next dessert with a

Acer Iconia A1-811 priced at $199.9

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Acer on Friday launched Iconia A1, a 7.9 inch budget tablet in India, to compete with the Android tablet market and is going to be a close rival with ipad Mini. The 7.9 inch tablet runs on a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and has 1GB of memory. The Acer tablet is available in 2 variants- 8GB/16GB with the option of expanding memory via microSD card. The Acer Iconia A1 has a  MediaTek MT8125  chipset. The tablet runs on Android 4.2 Jelly bean and is equipped with 3,250mAh battery.  Acer Iconia tablet has 2 camera the main one of 5 megapixel camera with auto focus and capable of video recording at 1080p full HD and has screen resolution of 1024x768.The Acer Iconia A1-811 is epected to hit the market later this month and is priced at $199.99 Acer Iconia A1-811 key specifications 7.9-inch IPS Display at 1024 x 768 1.2 GHz quad-core processor 1GB of RAM 8GB/16GB internal storage 5-megapixel rear camera VGA front-facing 3,250 mAh battery Androi

photo little for samsung galaxy young

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Are you looking for an alternative for your camera, Little Photo is one of the best camera app for samsung galaxy y young with a 2mp camera, a good alternative. Photo little comes with an amazing set of filters and features  to provide best image quality for samsung galaxy y The app can be downloaded from play store and is completely free --> Little photo android app can also be used as an photo editing tool,by providing the option of editing and adding filters to pre clicked photos. additional features include -sharing an image -auto save option( make sure that you switch the auto save option before clicking any photos) -Manual resolution -image quality

What is the best security app for Android?

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GadgetTrak Mobile Security When your device goes missing, immediately log into your account using any web browser and enable tracking. GadgetTrak Mobile Security will spring to life and generate location reports, including map points, longitude & latitude and IP address to help you pinpoint your lost device - Location Tracking -Device Alarm -Secure Encrypted Backup  -SIM Change Detection Seal App Locker With Seal you can protect any application with a password or a pattern easily, so nobody but you can open them  User can set an arbitrary complex password, numeric password or a simple to remind Android style pattern -With built-in auto protection  -Integrated plugin for Locale, Tasker and more -It's easy and comfortable to use -Group your protected apps into situations (profiles) -Auto Protection feature -Security question/answer AVG Antivirus Scan apps, settings, files, and media in real time -Enable finding/locating your lost or s

Spice Stellar Pinnacle Mi-530-budget phablet

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Spice Stellar Pinnacle Mi-530 is a dual-SIM (3G+3G) Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich phone with a 5.3 inch qHD IPS display. Running a 1.2 GHz dual core processor and packing an inbuilt memory of 16GB which can be expanded further to 32GB and 1 GB of RAM on a qHD display (960x540 pixels), the phone is both gigantic and heavy weighing 196.3 gm.Spice Stellar is an Android dal sim phone, known as a phablet because of its large screen size and is good choice among budget phablet phones priced at at Rs 13,999 which is good value for money.  features of Spice Stellar Pinnacle Mi-530  Camera- The phone has an 8 MP rear facing camera and a 5 MP front facing camera.The rear camera comes with dual LED falsh which is an outstanding feature and is capable of recording HD videos.The camera delivers good images in daylight conditions, but under low light conditions  and indoors(without the use of LED flash) turns out to be a bit grainy. Battery Life -The noticeable thing about t

Root Any Android Device Using Unlock Root

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Why rooting? Rooting is a process of acquiring complete access to your android devices root. rooting an android device means obtaining permissions so as able to get into your droid's and to communicate with its hardware. Rooting is done by installing custom RoMs, installed customized themes, better battery management, tweak the device kernel and superuser apps that can overlock or underlock your device speed. Before rooting any android device it is recommended to backup device using titanium backup app. Unlock Root is a tool that can successfully root and unlock not just one or a handful of Android devices from the same manufacturer but many from different manufacturers. Currently, Unlock Root can root about 250 different handsets from major handset manufacturers such as HTC, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Asus, Acer, Huawei, Dell, and Samsung, as well as from other less-known manufacturers. Unlock Root is able to root and unlock any android devices, currently i

Samsung Music Hub launches for Galaxy s3

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Samsung have officially opened its online music streaming service called the Music Hub , which is  currently available for Samsung Galaxy S3 users.Samsung Music Hub is powered by mSpot pioneer in mobile music service.Samsung Music Hub will battle among the major music services such as Spotify and iTunes.So lets take a look at some of the fatures of Music hub!! Music Hub is an integrated mobile and we service, the service lets users to buy songs, create personalized stations and stream music - upload and listen music to the cloud and access it from anywhere.Music Hub works easily-once the uploader is installed on your PC it automatically syncs with your music library and stream unmatched music to the cloud .Users will have access to the entire music collection on the cloud -which is automatically updated ,while the price to be paid is 9.99 euros. Access  to more than 19 million songs and 100 of new songs added everyday for music lovers. Search for new music and get customized recom

7 Tips To Get The Most Out of Your Android

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In today’s world, phones are so much more than just a device to call people. They are powerful mini-computers.Here are 7 tips to help you get the most from your Android. Backup your Data :In the past, when you lost your phone you were forced to replace your contact info manually.However, today’s phones make this easy but regular data backup in necessary inorder to make it possible. Androids make it even easier. Simply sync it withyour Google account. This will make sure that all of your data is backed up andready to download onto a new phone – assuming the worst happens. Save Battery Life :There are apps that can be downloaded onto a Android that will automatically adjust battery sucking setting when the phone is in standby mode. One example is JuiceDefender . On average, this app will increase battery life by 5 hours. Monitor New Apps :Anytime you install a new app, be sure you pay close attention to its behavior. If theystart taking up a lot of CPU, you should kill them. Utilize th

free international calls through Viber App

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Viber is a free application for iPhone, android, Windows phone and Blackberry that lets you to make free international calls and text messages t other Viber user. --> Viber comes with some exciting features,Viber's cutting edge Technology ensures a good HD sound quality. The sound quality is better than any regular calls made from a GSM phone. Also the App runs in the background without draining much of battery. Viber creates usernames and build new list instantaneously by synchronizing with your mobile phone no and contact list to show who has Viber already. All features are 100% free requiring no additional application to make calls or messages.                                                       click here to go to Viber (sources: Viber)

Mozila showcase mobile OS - Boot 2 Gecko

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Mozilla finally shows it operating system for mobile Boot 2 Gecko recently at Mobile World Congress 2012. The Boot 2 Gecko has its interface built with HTML5 and CSS web standards, making it extremely customizable. The Boot 2 Gecko OS is built upon a Linux kernel, and Mozilla has developed various APIs for functions such as the phone dialer, camera, and 3D graphics. Boot to Gecko therefore has the ability to function like a mobile device. Make calls, sms, capture photos, USB and wireless devices can be connected are main technical features users can expect from this OS. Mozillawiki says B2G is not based on Android but uses some of the same low-level building blocks used in Android (Linux kernel,libusb, etc) in order to reduce the burden on ODMs/OEMs to bring up B2G on new hardware. However, B2G is not based on Android, and will not be compatible with the Android stack (in particular B2G will not run Android applications).

Must have apps for your Android phone

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         Astro File Manager Astro File Manager helps you to organize and manage your pictures, music, videos and other files. ASTRO is in top ten Android App list and is one of the easiest app to update and manage files. Its features include file management, file backup, image and text viewers, downloader, thumbnails, search files, application manager and many more c lick here to download .................................................................................................................................................                                                    Ringdroid Ringdroid is an app for recording and editing sounds, one can create ringtones directly on the handset. It access all sound files on the phone to edit and create ringtone. You can play it anywhere just by tapping on the screen . Save clipped audios as a new audio file and mark it as music, ringtone, alarm or notification. It supports MP3, AAC/MP4, WAV, AMR formats. click here to download  .