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  • Hexlock: A free All-in-One App locker for Android by liquidum

    Hexlock: A free All-in-One App locker for Android by liquidum

    It seems that the prevalence of technology has held on to the entire world of mankind. Undoubtedly it is creditable for the globalisation where the majority of people count on modern technology. For instance, the mobile phone has become the necessity of not an only amateur to renowned businessman but also the habitual need of all the people who use mobile gadgets to store valuable assets like bank info, private messages, videos, photos etc. Indeed, the  misuse of our private information can  afflict our career and personal life  following this, we ought to adopt safety majors to inflict unwanted  trouble and certainly  there are lots of app lockers available on the play store  as well as lock option  given by the android. While sometimes we may have to hand over our device to someone by unlocking it thereby we must pick and choose the  an : appropriate app to secure our sensitive catalogue. Here I’m referring to HEXLOCK a free app locker which has unique features that dramatically protects your privacy by setting a pin. Pattern or fingerprint.

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    Of course, Hexlock is a 100% free app locker that secures app with a password to prevent unauthorised access. Users can create up to six unique profiles to cover every situation each with a different colour and logo. These at Work, Home, Cafe, Party, Parental, and School and activate them automatically when connected to a known Wi-Fi. Additionally, you can customise your profile name as suitable to you as well as their colour combination and icon and you may set different apps to be locked under that profile. It also comprises a new feature called Media Vault that lets users protect their photos and videos in a locked private file.

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    Obviously, it may be annoying to keep a password on your phone every time when you unlock it. However, Hexlock manages to ease this problem by setting up fascinating features of locking individual app. In fact, we all have different scenarios in our life where we want certain apps to be accessible or not accessible for instance when you have to give your phone to kids or young relatives you won’t have to worry about important folders being deleted or buying games without your knowledge and cherry on top the app cannot be uninstalled by other if someone steals your phone. Fairly, it falls in with the protection of social network, for example, you can lend your device to anyone without being worried that they will check your facebook, WhatsApp etc.

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    Admittedly, another remarkable speciality of this app locker includes Self-active hallmark which automatically activates when connected to the selected network. Besides, the profile automatically deactivates when using a different browser or while switching off to wifi network from mobile data and vice versa. On the other hand, the persistent notification to unlock not only every app but also while reading something for a longer time may really be irritating to some people.

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    Overall, Hexlock stands out impressive due to its peculiar features of individual app locking system which are certainly applicable for all android users to keep up their privacy. Indeed, it is a surplus of beautiful design, customizable profiles with the possibility of locking app by pin, pattern or fingerprint.

  • RocketVPN: A free Android & iOS exclusive VPN app by liquidum

    RocketVPN: A free Android & iOS exclusive VPN app by liquidum

    VPN and other internet anonymity tools have become a norm after witnessing the activists and social benefactors, highlighting the government/private organisations responsible for breaching the user privacy. Edward Snowden and Wikileaks Top Secret documents made it clear that privacy is just a hoax as it was brought to the spotlight that our own government is monitoring online user activity and phone calls. Using VPN or similar tools to encrypt our important data while accessing the internet on the public network has become a necessity. Well, this article is not about how we ended up like this, but to discuss one such anonymity tool called RocketVPN.

    See Also: Access any blocked website with Free Google Chrome extensions

    Rocket VPN is a free app (in-app purchase required for unlimited data) for Android that encrypts your data, unblocks geographically restricted content and keeps you anonymous for a safer, better browsing experience. RocketVPN is particularly designed to encrypt Android and iOS smartphone’s network, which is a good thing and a tradeoff for some. It is nice to have an app specially designed for major smartphone platform as it will integrate with it flawlessly, however, for power users who prefer “One plan for all” would be disappointed.

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    RocketVPN is an application developed by renowned developer liquidum, dedicated to designing, developing and marketing innovative utility apps for the mobile market, including The Cleaner, Rocket VPN, Hemlock and Battery Time for Android and Presto! and Fast for iOS. Liquidum’s apps are distributed through the Google Play Store and Apple App Store and have been downloaded over 30 million times.

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    RocketVPN like any other VPN is capable of securing the network from intruders and data snooping while lifting the restriction imposed by the ISP (Internet Service Provider) or websites. The popularity of the app can be determined by the fact that it has already been downloaded up to 5 Million times on Google Play Store.

    The two main features of a VPN that make it a powerful tool of privacy: Firstly, Your data is encrypted, meaning that you can browse the Internet over unsecured Wi-Fi networks (like at Starbucks) without worrying, or you can rest assured that your ISP isn’t spying on your Web activities.

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    Secondly, you can bypass geo-restrictions. Americans can access the UK-only BBC iPlayer, Indians can access US-only services like Netflix, and so on. Not only can your location not be tracked, but the contents of your data can’t be either. This will really help you browse the Web anonymously.

    During our test, we noticed some drop in overall speed but it is evitable for any VPN network depending on the location of the server you choose.

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    The minimalistic material UI and interactive environment do the trick while still holding some pleasant animations. However, it does not offer unlimited free data usage. You’ll have to buy the subscription starting at $2.99/month or $29.99/year if you are expecting to exceed 500MB monthly data limit.

  • Access any blocked website with Free Google Chrome extensions

    Access any blocked website with Free Google Chrome extensions

    Netizens have a handful of options to protect their Privacy over the internet, and security experts also recommend practicing the standard protocols to prevent identity theft and security breach. Many of us are ready to implement these security layers to our system, but the main issue is that they are not always free or affordable.

    A secure router like ‘bitdefender box‘ can provide highly secured communication line to all the wireless devices that are connected to it, but currently it is only available in US and costs $199.  There are premium VPN services that can provide similar protection over multiple devices, such as hideipVPN, CactusVPNVPN4ALL, VyprVPN etc. Then there are DNS services like Unotelly, which are capable of lifting the restriction from geo-blocked websites. We also covered the basics of wireless security earlier, which gives you a good idea how to protect yourself from the interception of wireless traffic.

    All of these options are highly recommended and secure way to access the internet, but if you’re like me who just wants to access the geo-blocked websites while keeping the identity private, these “Free” Google Chrome extensions will get you going.

    The recent melodramatic event in India, where the government took a major decision to block more than 800 porn websites in the country sparked outrage. Free porn websites, including Pornhub.com, xvideos.com, playboy.com and xxx.com are blocked by ISPs in India and many other countries. These restriction imposed by the Indian government was ordered to be lifted, ruling out the previous decision, but ISPs choose not to unblock these websites to this date.

    One should always keep a handy note of these free Chrome VPN tools to bypass the restriction on content accessibility.

    Here are some Free Google Chrome VPN extensions to unblock almost any website:

    ZenMate

    This is probably the best free VPN service, that provides unlimited usage without any logical limitations. Of course you are limited to the number of server locations you can use, which includes US, Romania, Germany and HongKong. We tested Zenmate to unblock some website which are currently being blocked by my ISP, and it perfectly lifted restrictions. We were actually amazed because we could stream videos and other heavy contents over this secure network, like there was nothing in between, throttling the speed.

    When we tested Zenmate for DNS leak, it returned the owner as “Hurricane Electric,” which apparently is a global internet service provider. So we can vouch that it does pretty good work at hiding your information unless zenmate or Hurricane is keeping your activity records.

    Zenmate is available for cross-platforms, which includes Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Android, and iOS. If you like their free chrome extension, you can even try premium plans which can protect all your devices over the network.

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    Unlimited Free VPN – Betternet

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    The only reason we are not listing this service at the top, it is a comparitively new company. The service is open source, and completely free. It is the only free VPN service we know that doesn’t sell you ads or offers alternate premium plans to bump up the speed or data usage. It is FREE 100%, with the only drawback being available 1 US server location which cannot be changed.

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    We love how they disclose their monthly earning from the apps they recommend under the partnership with third party networks. Betternet is available for all the platforms – Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Windows, Android, and iOS.

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    CyberGhost

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    CyberGhost is a reputed VPN company, which proved to be a good tool to unblock banned websites by their free Google Chrome extension. It is a company recognized by many reputed tech blogs — wired, TechCrunch, the guardian and chip to name a few. It is a big name and very trusted.

    We liked the simple UI, and limited options to play with. It offers 3 server locations – United States, Germany and Netherlands which cannot be extended by a premium service unless you happen to vouch for a paid VPN account that protects entire network on your computer.

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    There is a dedicated free Android app, but it didn’t perform quite well during our test. Maybe it was some glitch at their end during that session.

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    We also tested ultrasurf, Gom VPN, dotVPN, Unlimited Free VPN – Hola and TunnelBear — they were offering either limited bandwidth and required registration or leaked DNS information and forced advertisements, which isn’t good if you wanted to hide your online identity.

    These tools are highly effective and we tested them for DNS and information leaks, but keep in mind that they are not as secure as a reputed premium VPN services and are not recommended for those who are seeking top-notch security.

    Most of these services might be keeping activity logs. The owners of the services above have the ability to associate your personal IP address with the names of all the sites you connect to and store this data indefinitely, which can identify you if authorized personnel to contact them for investigation of your involvement in a suspicious activity. This does not mean that they do log or store it indefinitely but they may and you need to trust whatever their policy says.

  • Mediafire released android app with 50GB free online cloud storage

    Mediafire is staggering forward to capture the online cloud storage market with their revolutionary offer and yet another platform (Android devices) expansion. The company recently released their Android app which is available at Google Play store for free.

    The new user registration is offered a free online cloud storage of 50GB, which will be available for the user for the lifetime. While other competiting cloud storage providers, like – Box, DropBox, SkyDrive, Google Drive, FileSonic etc. are already offering the similar facilities with android application – they are limited at the storage section.

    The bigger free online storage lets users keep all their content in one place without the worry of running out of space.

    The free account has limited functionality – The maximum file size a user can upload or download on their free account is 200MB with 50GB online storage and ad supported downloads. For more details visit MediaFire Website.

    Free accounts may be discontinued for the inactivity without any notice – leading to the loss of all your important documents and media files. So you might wanna consider the upgradation.

    Mediafire was already available for the iOS devices, android app joining the camp – making it even easier to access content across devices and ready for users to view and share anytime.

    The android app allows users to keep all the important files, documents, scpreadsheets, presentations, video, music at their online cloud storage space. Users can take a snap and upload pictures directly in MediaFire app or even upload the entire Gallary images at once.

    The powerful search feature allows users to search their files with ease. The overall experience of the app is quite amazing and we never experienced any lag or bug with our quick review.