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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Best 5 Free Remote Desktop Control Apps for Android

When you use Android devices to do almost everything on your daily life,have you thought of remote controlling PC or Mac?Of course,it is possible to turn your Android device into a remote control access on the go with some great Android remote control desktop apps.Let's go into the next.

1.Microsoft Remote Desktop(Windows)

Microsoft’s Remote Desktop app is a very simple RDP app with the obvious visible features. All you do is to create a connection profile, search for a connection profile, and connect to a computer.For the detail guide, you can go to this FAQ page .

Features

Access to remote resources through your Remote Desktop Gateway
Rich multi-touch experience with remote desktop protocol (RDP) and RemoteFX supporting Windows gestures
Secure connection to your data and applications with breakthrough Network Layer Authentication (NLA) technology
Simple management of all remote connections from the connection center
High quality video and sound streaming with improved compression and bandwidth usage

2.TeamViewer(Windows, Mac and Linux)

For the remote control app,TeamViewer is the one which is most widely used by people around the world.With TeamViewer for Android, users can remotely access windows,Mac and Linus computers while on the go.And the multi-touch gestures lets you easily transfer files,edit documents and do other things from your Android device to any computer.

Features

Effortlessly access computers behind firewalls and proxy servers
Intuitive touch and control gestures (including Windows 8 multitouch support)
Full keyboard functionality (including special keys such as Windows®, Ctrl+Alt+Del )
Transfer files in both directions and Multi monitor support
Sound and video transmission in real-time
Highest security standards: 256 Bit AES Session Encoding, 2048 Bit RSA Key Exchange

3.2X Client RDP(Windows)

2X Client RDP is another app that allows you remote Windows desktop and applications whenever you want, wherever you are.2X goes with a very simple but intuitive start-up screen.To connect to the desktop,you need to create a new connection with the free Standard RDP connection or other two paid options.And then with the password you have input, you can easily connect your windows computer to interact with the PC.

Features

Support for Android 1.6 +
Unlimited connections and Unique mouse with right click
Full keyboard and Full screen experience
SSL security and Minimal bandwidth usage
Clipboard redirection and support for external Mouse & Keyboard
Supports 2 & 3 finger gestures

4.PocketCloud Remote RDP / VNC(Windows，Mac)

PocketCloud Remote RDP / VNC_Android app

PocketCloud Remote RDP/VNC allows users to access files on remote Mac or Windows computers. Grab important documents, reports, and presentations. Edit and email documents from anywhere. PocketCloud can connect to computers running RDP or VNC. The setup process is simple, just enter in the IP address to connect.

Features

Android 2.1 or later, including full tablet support
Three connection options:RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol);VNC (Virtual Network Computing);Auto Discovery (through your Google account)
Support Multitasking and Touch Pointer: high accuracy screen control
Keyboard auto-activation and Custom keyboards with shortcuts
Limited to 1 computer

5.AccessToGo RDP/Remote Desktop(Windows)

AccessToGo RDP/Remote Desktop_Android app

The last RDP app that I want to recommend is AccessToGo,with which you can get easy access your office or home PC.The important feature of the app is it displays keys like Esc, Tab, Ctrl, Alt, and other necessary functions.

Features

Runs on Android 2.1 & higher devices, e.g., Samsung Galaxy S4, Google Nexus 10 & Kindle Fire HDX
Unlimited RDP connections and Native resolution support
Function bar for tablets displays frequently used keys (Esc, Tab, Ctrl, Alt, Windows) & functions – Exclusive!
Remote mouse mode support
Bluetooth / USB mouse and keyboard support for Android 4.x and higher
Virtual native keyboard & extended PC Keyboard support

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Sunday, January 5, 2014

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Top 5 Best Web Browsers for Android to Enhance you Awesome Web Enjoyment

Want to find a great web browser for your Android? Tired of using the default web browser on your android phone? Well, just pick up another great mobile browser to get an upgrade. Next, I will share top 5 best Android web browsers to make your web browsing faster and more comfortable.

1.Chrome For Android(Android 4.0+)

There is no need to explain why Chrome is here.The simple interface and the quick speed really make Chrome stand out,just like its PC version.Better, you can seamless synchronization with your desktop Chrome, getting everything from your browsing history and bookmarks to open tabs in the comfort of your mobile device.Also,If you're concerned about privacy, you can easily browse privately in Incognito mode.The bad thing about this browser may be its lackless of native support for Flash video playback.

2.Firefox for Android(Android 2.2+)

I don't know what you guys think, but I like Firefox very much.With a clean and easy interface,Firefox for Android is one of the most powerful web browsers.Like Chrome, it can automatically sync bookmarks, open tabs, history, and passwords with you, and it also has a pretty good library of add-ons.Firefox's "Reader Mode" and its night-viewing mode both make reading the web without clutter, ads, or extra fluff a joy. But for the speed, Firefox is kind of slow in the web browser competition.

Also,Firefox is the only web browser for Android that support Native flash.(Thanks Christopher Banks)

3.Dolphin Browser

Rated as the top 1 pick by lifehacker,Dolphin Browser can be worthy of the rate. And it's score on Google Play is high to 4.7, really a very big number.With a refreshingly flat UI,Dolphin Browser make users browse the web more easily and conveniently.You can use your voice to search on the Internet, share your favorite websites, save bookmarks, and easily switch between web pages and add applications to your home screen.What's more, you can also sync your web history, bookmarks, and passwords and share your web pages on Facebook,Evernote or Box.The big feature of the browse is the powerful Add-ons which can enhance the browser’s usefulness and functionality.

4.Opera Mini web browser

Opera Mini is another best web browser for the Android platform. Opera Mini uses Opera's servers to compress Web pages so they load faster. You also save money on data charges since it uses as little as a tenth of the data of normal browsers. It has one great feature called Smart Page. It gives you instant updates from your social networks, along with the latest news, entertainment, and sports.

5.Maxthon Browser

Maxthon Cloud Browser is another fast and secure web browser for Android.With a unique and distinctive set of features and user interface, Maxthon claims speed and stability combined with the power of cloud, and all for good measure.It boasts great speed and tablet views, as well as a packed in RSS reader and options to switch site views quickly.

So which one do you use? Share your experience in the below.

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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Best 5 Free Android Keyboard Apps to Get Great Typing Experience

Certainly,typing on Android has become very usual with the widely use of smartphones and tablets.We can find the built-in keyboard on the device,but with the customizability of Android, we can switch out the default keyboard for an better alternative to enhance the typing experience.Here I would like to share 5 highly regarded and best free keyboard apps for Android.

1.SwiftKey Keyboard Free

Undoubtedly, SwiftKey is one of the most popular and outstanding keyboard app for Android.It is able to understand not just patterns in your typing, but also how words work together. It also gives you the accurate autocorrect and prediction to make the typing more easily. Besides,you can backup and sync your personal language to make SwiftKey get your idea.

2.GO Keyboard

For a mostly customized keyboard app for Android, don't miss Go Keyboard.It comes with theme support, emoji and everything else you want to personalize you’re typing experience visually, from the colors to picking between QWERTY keyboards of T9 keyboards.And it features voice typing, accurate dictionaries, smart engine for predictions, and supports multiple languages.You can just get your special typing experience with GO Keyboard.

3.Google Keyboard

Google has also added its own keyboard to Google Play which was only meant for official Google "Nexus" devices before.Like other keyboard apps, Google Keyboard comes with plenty of features like gesture typing, voice typing, word recognition, next-word suggestion and current-word completion.The best thing about the keyboard is that it never crash and it is very suitable for Android tablets.

4.TouchPal X Keyboard

TouchPal X Keyboard-Android Keyboard app

TouchPal incorporates a swipe-based interface on top of the standard keyboard. When you swipe, a nice sparkly trail animation will appear which very cool. The is big attraction of the app is its "Curve" predictive text can finish your long words without your swiping. It just make you typing faster but kind of inaccuracy. Besides, it can automatically detect which language you're typing in based on the installed dictionaries. Also, it supports Multilanguage and voice input and other nice features.

5.Siine Shortcut Keyboard

Siine Shortcut Keyboard-Android Keyboard app

Siine Shortcut Keyboard is the mother of all shortcut keyboards.It is heavily customizable and features clock module, calendar etc.Beside, you can have your signatures and frequently used phrases for 1-click easy access.If you are spending much time and effort typing, then this one is a very ideal option. But note that though the app itself is free and devoid of any ads, many extensions like the calendar-on-keyboard thing will cost you money.

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Monday, December 30, 2013

Best 5 Free Cleaning Apps for Android to Clearn Cache and Space

When we use our smartphone or tablet to connect the Internet, to download thing from the Internet or do other things just like with PC or we just call friends, make texts and other,inevitably, many useless cache and other things will be produced, that directly lead to the slow of the device.So to speed up the device,cleaning up and maintaining your Android phones is most essential thing you have to do periodically.And when we use the Android cleaning apps to do the job, it is just a piece of cake.Next,let's check out the following best 5 free cleaner apps for Android.

1.1Tap Cleaner

If you want to clean up the stuff like the cache of browsing internet, Opening closing Apps, Games, Image Slideshow, Calling, etc on your RAM ,then try 1Tap Cleaner which lets you to clear all the cache, junk files etc created at your system. It includes four Cleaners Cache Cleaner, History Cleaner, Call/Text Log Cleaner, Default Cleaner that helps you to empty a lot of internal memory space that are used by these things. What's more,after setting Default Cleaner for some Apps, it will automatically set the Apps to their default Settings.

2.Android Cleaner

Android Cleaner has brought some great things to us. We can see what apps are using your RAM even though we aren’t necessarily using them with the app.Then we can close them and clear the cache one at a time or as a group. One of another great feature of it is that when you landing the app, it shows you all at once how much of your CPU, App Memory, Disk Memory and SD Card are being used right at that moment. This app also has a “Privacy Clean” button at the bottom that will clean your call history, SMS history and browsing history all at once.

3.AVG Memory & Cache Cleaner

AVG Memory & Cache Cleaner-Android cleaning app

From the people known best for security and antivirus apps comes a brand new cache clearing application that is absolutely as good as any choice on this list.With a simple interface, the speed of the app is really stand out.From just your landing page in the app it is easy to erase your call and text history, browsing history, and of course your cache.You will be probably glad that the app will allows you to set up a weekly cleaning.

4.Clean master

Similar as CCleaner, a PC cleanup tool,Clean Master is all-in-one Android Apps that have the cleaning and optimizing tools and maintenance tools in a single place.It will help you to cleaning app cache , unused files, residual files, search history and uninstalling apps. Compare to other apps in this category, it has more tools in one environment to easy to use.

5.Advanced Mobile Care

Advanced Mobile Care-Android cleaning app

Advanced Mobile Care is an all-in-one Android security and performance optimization app that performs real-time virus scans while also featuring a powerful Game Speeder, Battery Saver, App Manager, Task Killer, Privacy Locker, Privacy Advisor and Cloud Backup."It will quickly scans your Android system for any potentially harmful issues, and repairs them in only a few taps."

So, have you cleaned up your Android system?And if you do the cleaning, keep in mind wiping your cache more than once a week or so certainly won’t do you any good, but it can actually slow your device down in some cases.

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Sunday, December 29, 2013

Best 5 Free Android Note-Taking Apps to Work with Your Business

In today's life, our smartphones and tablets are not only used to call and text, but for many other ordinary things like playing games, playing music and videos and more. Even we can make notes on-the-go with the brilliant note-taking Android apps on our Android gadgets.The note-taking apps are really useful and innovative.And following just check out my favorite Android note-taking apps.

1.Evernote

Rated high to 4.7,Evernote is without doubt the king of note taking apps. It has everything you need for note taking – picture capture, voice reminders, to-do lists, search, and much more.You may like its special feature which isits ability to sync with all of your devices and make all of your notes searchable.Besides, the app also includes an automated transcription service which turns speech into text.And you can share notes with friends and colleagues by Email or Facebook or Twitter.

2.Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft OneNote-Android note-taking app

If you want to take note on Android just like PC, then pick up Microsoft OneNote, which uses a classic way to help you do the job.You can manage up to 500 notes on your Android device. All notes sync with Microsoft’s cloud service, SkyDrive. What OneNote offers that the others don’t is the ability to create Microsoft Office charts and diagrams.To edit the files, open Office Web Apps on your phone browser and you can change text, create tables, make slides and many other functions that Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint has all in one program.

3.SpringPad

Worked as both a note-taking app and bookmarking app,SpringPad is really amazing.You can do all of the normal note taking things, plus add collaborators to your notes, and make your notes look absolutely stunning. You can clip an article, snap a photo, record a voice memo or save a nearby place through the app, which then shows you “the right information at the right time.”The most important part of the app is it can gather contact from the web and aggregate and embedded it into your personal notes.

4.Google Keep

For a simple app for taking notes and making to-do lists on-the-go, get Keep.Users can type out notes, take photos, make lists, and record voice notes in a colorful, neat, easy UI. Like Evernote, Keep also transcribes voice notes into text for you. All notes sync back to your Google Drive account so that you can view them on your PC.

5.Any.DO

With an alarm reminder,Any.Do is a reminder (to-do) comes note taking app.You can pin your notes/to-do on your home screen,set the alarm to ring only once or you can set it to recurring. Any.Do allows you to use the speak feature as well if you do not want to type.Besides,you can arranged your notes according to dates or you can store it in folders. When you don’t need the notes or you have completed all the tasks, you can delete all the completed note and task by shaking your phone.

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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Best 5 Free Weather Apps for Android for You

Since we need to determine how we spend our day according to the weather,the information about weather becomes very important in our daily life.Thanks to the widely use of the Android devices,the developers offer us many great Android weather apps,just like the Video Editing apps,Photo Editing apps, for offering the daily weather, so that we can master the weather conveniently.And today let's continue to share 5 Best and Free Weather app for Android.

1.The Weather Channel

Installed over 50 million Android devices worldwide,the official weather forecasting app The Weather Channel can be your first choice.It uses the TruPoint forecasting software to grab your location and predicting as accurately as possible the local forecast.The app will also send notifications that will alert you whenever a new rain or drastic weather change will take place in less than 6 hours. You can get hourly, daily, weekly or even 10-days forecasts. Past and Future radar options will offer you the possibility to follow and track storms and other similar phenomenons. Local forecast and popular videos can be viewed directly to your device using the user-friendly UI.

2.AccuWeather

AccuWeather.com is the company that designed this application for Android and it is one of the most popular tools for such devices. Since it has packed the Holo widgets it has managed to distinguish itself from other weather forecasting tools. It looks more like a native Jelly Bean application.However, it can work with any Android 2.2 and later smartphones and tablets. It packs a 4×1 widget which can display Dew Point and Probability Precipitation info. It packs a radar tool for the entire North America and Europe since it packs Google Maps integration.

3.Yahoo! Weather

It’s been a long time since Yahoo! Has been a top 3 in anything, but their weather app is actually pretty decent. It was also updated very recently and now touts a new and slick interface. Is it better than it was before? Yes, yes it is.The improvements are too numerous to list here, so we’ll outline just a couple of here. It’s added features like daily forecasts, maps, wind and pressure, precipitation, and sun and moon phases. It’s not too much different from it used to be, but it’s still way better.

4.GO Weather

Of course, we’re often hearing GO Weather from the people who brought you all those other GO apps. This is a solid weather app that delivers at least the basics in what you need for weather.Where GO Weather really shines is the theming. You can get widget themes and app themes to make your weather at least look how you want it to look. The premium version brings an extra widget and some extra features, but the free one works just fine. It’s one of the best if you need to theme your weather.

5.1Weather

As a Weather Local Forecast, 1Weather is, simply put, beautiful. It has everything you could need. It has radar, forecasts, weather by the hour, weather fun facts every time you open the app, and just a general awesomeness that surrounds it.It’s all wrapped in a very nice interface and it even has really nice widgets. These include a clock widget, a fashionable little circle widget, and a few other widget options. You can pay to remove the ads but it’s otherwise free to use. Really, couldn’t find much to complain about here.

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