Author: Swadesh Parasher

  • You a musicfreak? Get these apps and never miss a single concert ever again!

    You a musicfreak? Get these apps and never miss a single concert ever again!

    What could be the best app for a music lover? Some new music player? Nah! thats would be too old of a concept. How about some concert related apps? You will be surprised to know how many apps are currently available for download that give users the ability to either know which concert is being held where, when and who are going?

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    We are here about some commonly knows apps that are specifically made for the comfort of music lovers, which can detect a person’s location and then tell that one which concerts are happening nearby with all the details tagged along with it. Apps like Bandsintown and songkick are the ones are specialise in scanning music libraries of users and then learn their musical preferences so that they can never miss a show.

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    For those who may be a frequent user of online streaming services like spotify, pandora and soundcloud, these apps also have the permission to scan the stream of data and then collect their own info. Imagine never turning on the tv ever again or looking up the internet just to find what concerts are happening and where you can reach locally.

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    To add to the already long list of features, the app Bandsintown also shows you which of your friends are going to which concert so that you can enjoy to the full extent without even making a single call or plan a trip, because you already know where everyone is going to be.

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    Lets listen to the opinion o Julien Mitelberg, the CEO of New York based Bandsintown, why she thinks people actually go to the concerts –

    “There are two reasons why someone might go to a concert. The first is that they like a particular style of music or the artist. The second is that it’s a social event with friends.”

    In the favour of the app bandsintown we can add that the app not only notifies you about the concerts and friends going but it also allows the users ability to invite mates all over the world. This app is available for both android and iPhone.


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    If you are kinda bored with this app then you might try Songkick which is also available for both iPhone and Android, its speciality being that fact that it collects data from the ticket vendors, website and newspapers just to compile a very informative database about concerts happening worldwide. Another similar app related to the idea of concerts is Rhapsody Concerts, from the music streaming service Rhapsody. The app tells users which concerts are happening and they allow free streaming for the band’s albums before asking the user to buy tickets to the show.rhapsodyconcerts2

    “Our customers like to go see live music. But there weren’t really any services out there that combined an unlimited catalog of songs with live music discovery,” said Paul Springer, senior vice president of product at Rhapsody International, which is based in Seattle.

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    Similar app that lets users buy online tickets to all the shows worldwide is Thrillcall, started almost 4 years ago this app is one the most successfull online ticket vendors available for both android and iPhone. What actually got this app high was the special exclusive offers in Los angeles, New york and other major cities to meet the band members, bypass lines, buy VIP merchandise etc. What other app provides you the ability to buy tickets to your favourite band’s show in just two clicks.

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    After all these apps, the responsibility fall on the shoulders of the musicfreaks only to know what app might be the best one for them, as on a rough estimate there are more than 100,000 concert apps available at any moment on the smarthphone stores! So whats your choice?

  • Top 10 best websites on the internet [2015 Edition]

    Top 10 best website list is populated by the Alexa website rankings. The list reflects the current website status on Alexa, which ranks websites on the basis of popularity and internet traffic.

    Alexa automatically ranks any website on the internet, and has the largest database of website ranking information.

    We will be listing the website as per the rank given to it on the Alexa or sorted by the most popular one. The websites are sorted by the Alexa ranking & US ranking may differ from the actual Alexa rank.

    We have skipped some of the websites from the list, simply because they would make no sense to actual global traffic or they were based on other language than English.

    So, top 10 websites on the internet? Which are they? Here is the full list:

     

    1. Google

    Google has been the most popular and largest search engine in the internet history. It enables users to search the world’s information, including webpages, images and videos.

    Alexa Traffic Rank : 1
    Rank in US: 1
    Reputation (Site Linking in): 4,449,018

     

    2. Facebook

    Facebook is the most popular social networking website on the internet, which helps people connect with the one they love and want to stay in touch with. It is a social utility which helps users to keep up with friends, upload photos, share links and videos.

    Alexa Traffic Rank : 2
    Rank in US: 2
    Reputation (Site Linking in): 8,198,310

     

    3. YouTube

    YouTube is a video sharing service provided by google. It helps users to share your videos with the people who matters to you. You can upload, tag and share your videos.

    Alexa Traffic Rank : 3
    Rank in US: 3
    Reputation (Site Linking in): 3,783,951

     

    4. Yahoo!

    Yahoo has been the most popular internet portal ever since it was lauch. It has lost its charm a little after Google took over the internet business. It is still a major internet portal and service provider offering search results, customizable content, chatrooms, free e-mail, clubs and pager.

    Alexa Traffic Rank : 4
    Rank in US: 4
    Reputation (Site Linking in): 1,727,862

     

    5. Baidu

    It is the most popular serch engine in china. It started spreading its business to other services and is quite successful. Baidu is leadin chinese language search engine, that provides “simple and reliable” search experience. It is more popular than Google “China” and people just love it.

    It provides mp3 and multimedia contents and make it easy to search the same.

    Alexa Traffic Rank : 5
    Rank in US: 186
    Reputation (Site Linking in): 298,389

     

    6. Amazon

    Amazon is worlds most popular website, which basically works with its customers and affiliates. Customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeabors to offer its customers the lowest possible price.

    Alexa Traffic Rank : 6
    Rank in US: 5
    Reputation (Site Linking in): 1,104,570

     

    7. Wikipedia

    Wikipedia is largest online encyclopedia on earth. The users can add or modify the contents and discover information they seek. It has been a little controversial, when some users reported the facts and information provided on the website to be incorrect.

    Alexa Traffic Rank : 7
    Rank in US: 8
    Reputation (Site Linking in): 2,117,473

     

    8. Bing

    Bing is the search engine developed and maintained by Microsoft itself. It was advertised as the more user friendly and better search engine than Google. Even its name is based on the teaser element to Google – Bing = Because it’s not Google. It features web, image, video, local, news, and product search.

    Alexa Traffic Rank : 16
    Rank in US: 6
    Reputation (Site Linking in): 150,834

     

    9. ebay

    This is more similar to amazon.com. It does provide the customer service which helps users to discover goods and items they want to purchase. But, it is more like person to person auction site, rather than direct sale from the companies.

    Alexa Traffic Rank : 21
    Rank in US: 7
    Reputation (Site Linking in): 208,523

     

    10. Tumblr

    Tumblr is one of the most popular free online blogging platform, which enable users to create a blog for any topoic. Users ca post anything (from anywhere!), customize everything, and find and follow what you love.

    Alexa Traffic Rank : 28
    Rank in US: 18
    Reputation (Site Linking in): 473,261

     

  • CPU-Z – the most popular cpu monitoring tool is now available on android

    CPU-Z, which has been the favorite tool to monitor the hardware of PC is now available for android devices. The app does the same task as it does on PC – identifying and displaying real time information and data about your CPU and other hardware.

    If you are a devoted user of CPU-Z on PC, you must be very happy to see that they finally launched an app for your android devices and you can now monitor your hardware on your smartphone too. The real time information about the phone is really useful and fascinating for many.

    It is a very powerful and useful tool to keep a track of your hardware and their health. It keeps the track of SoC (System On Chip) name, architecture, clock speed for each core ;  System information : device brand & model, screen resolution, RAM, storage.;  Battery information : level, status, temperature ;  and Sensors.

    Download CPU-Z from Google Play Store for free:

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  • [How To] Delete your Facebook search history

    [How To] Delete your Facebook search history

    You have a huge crush on one of your friend’s ex-girlfriend and you used to visit her profile so often. You might think that nobody else knows your little secret – other than yourself.

    There are lots of similar events you might have searched for – on Facebook which could be little embarrassing if you lookout for it now. You might even don’t remember what you searched in the past.

    But, Facebook does…!

    Facebook stores every single keyword you searched for in their database. Although, the privacy setting of this section is set to only you, but it might be little kinky to see all your searches stored at one place – even the embarrassing ones.

    Here’s a quick step to delete your Facebook search history:

     

    Instructions:

    facebook profileStep 1 – Go to your profile and click on “Activity Log” on the lower left corner of your cover photo.

     

    activity logStep 2 – Click on “more” on the left side of the activity log to reveal the options related to your account. You have to focus on the third column – See Image.

     

    click on searchStep 3 – Scroll down the expanded list and you will see “search” as the last option. Click on it.

     

    clear searchesStep 4 – You can now view your Facebook search history, in date order. To get rid of it, simply click “Clear Searches”

     

    pop up messageStep 5 – A new pop-up message will apear. Click on “Clear Searches” again – and you are done.

  • It’s pronounced “JIF”, not “GIF” – Inventor

    It’s pronounced “JIF”, not “GIF” – Inventor

    JIF-NOT-GIFWell, this was a real catchy moment at the Webby Awards 2013 – The father of the most popular image format “Graphics Interchange Format” denied the pronunciation that at least 2/3rd of us are aware of.

    Yup, it is now officially announced at the webby awards, where he threw these 5 words on the big screen:

    It’s Pronounced “JIF” not “GIF”

    Steve Wilhite, father of the Graphics Interchange Format, has ended the heated debate on how to pronounce “GIF.”

    Steve debuted the file format in June 1987. He accepted a lifetime achievement award Tuesday at the Webby Awards for his creation.

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