Top 7 Best Photo Editing Apps For Android

1. Instagram

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The app doesn’t need any introduction, it’s just more than photo editing app, the app allows you to connect to a whole new world of social network with sharing photos with friends and family members. The app supports many effects, ability to share photos and videos with friends, like or comment their photos.

2. Pixlr-o-matic

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One of the most popular photo editing app on android platform, the app can help you edit your photos the way you want. The app allows you to take photos from the gallery and add effects and overlays with plenty of editing options to set the contrast, exposure, lightning effects and lot more.

3. Pixlr Express- photo editing

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From the developers of Pixlr-o-matic , this app comes with over 2 million combinations of free effects, overlays and borders. The app comes with plenty of options to fix your photos, lighting effects, and share them with your friends instantly.

4. PicsArt- Photo Studio

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This free app comes with in-built camera feature and feature loaded photo editing features. The app features plenty of photo effects like text effect, collage, frame, border, overlays etc. The app also has a collection of artistic photo effects. The app is also optimized for tablets.

5. PicSay- Photo Editor

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This app comes with basic photo editing features like color correction, text effects, distortion effects or graphics. The app allows you to add effects in easy simple steps without getting confused by different options.

6. Cymera- Camera and Photo Editor

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This free app is feature loaded camera with tons of photo editing features, the in-built camera comes with 7 lenses concept, many shooting modes and 20 different filters and borders. The app features collage and special effects, many editing options and sharing options.

7. Photo Editor by Aviary

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This free app comes pre loaded with quick and easy photo editing options. One touch auto enhance, plenty of photo effects and frames, adjust color and contrast, text effects and cosmetic tools like red-eye removal are some of its features.

Google's Key to Strong Password Protection Runs Into Limits

The company later rolled out two-factor authentication for Google customers' Gmail accounts. Photo credit: AFP

Why won’t the password just go away? The silly pet names, movie titles or sports teams that many people punch in to get into their online accounts are a weak spot that hackers continue to puncture.

Yet passwords remain the primary way we log in to online accounts containing our personal and financial information. Google has a new pragmatic solution: Embrace the password, but lock it down with extra physical security.

The company this month released its Advanced Protection Program, which is meant to make stealing your password pointless. To use it, you’ll need two inexpensive physical keys to log in to your Google account on your computer and smartphone.

This way, even if hackers stole your password in a data breach or successfully phished for it, by tempting you to hand over your credentials on a fake login page, they couldn’t do anything unless they got their hands on the keys as well. And minimizing risk with minimal effort is a boon to anyone who cares about online security.

“I am a big fan of this,” said John Sabin, a former hacker for the National Security Agency. “It’s probably the easiest and most secure multifactor for the masses.”

The physical keys are an evolution of two-factor authentication, an extra security layer to ensure that your password is being entered by you. Google was one of the first companies to start offering two-factor authentication back in 2010, not long after it learned that it had been hacked by state-sponsored Chinese hackers.

After the attack, Google’s security team came up with a motto: “Never again.” The company later rolled out two-factor authentication for Google customers’ Gmail accounts. It involved text messaging a unique code to your phone that you must type in after entering your password in order to log in.

Unfortunately, those text messages can be hijacked. Last month, security researchers at Positive Technologies, a security firm, demonstrated how they could use vulnerabilities in the cellular network to intercept text messages for a set period of time.

The idea of Google’s Advanced Protection Program is to provide people with a physical device that is much harder to steal than a text message. Google is marketing the program as a tool for a tiny set of people who are at high risk of online attacks, like victims of stalking, dissidents inside authoritarian countries or journalists who need to protect their sources.
But why should extra-tough security benefit such a small group? Everyone should be able to enjoy stronger security.

So we tested Google’s Advanced Protection Program and vetted it with security researchers to see if the program could be used by the masses. The verdict: Many people should consider signing up for the security system and buying a pair of keys. But if you are married to some non-Google apps that are not yet compatible with the keys, you should wait and see if the program matures.

Setting Up Advanced Protection
Anyone with a Google account can sign up for the security program on Google’s Advanced Protection webpage. To get started, you will have to buy two physical keys for about $20 each. Google recommends buying one from Feitian and another from Yubico.

The keys, which look like thumb drives and can fit on your key chain, contain digital signatures that prove you are you. To set one up, you plug the key into a computer USB port, tap a button and name it. (The Feitian key wirelessly communicates with your smartphone to authenticate the login.) This process takes a few minutes.

On a computer and a smartphone, you need to log in with the key only once, and Google will remember the devices for future logins. That is more convenient than traditional two-factor authentication, which requires entering a unique code each time you log in.

But there are trade-offs. Google’s Advanced Protection cuts off all third-party access by default, allowing only applications that support its security keys. For the time being, that means only Google’s Gmail mail app, Google’s Backup and Sync app, and Google’s Chrome browser.

On an iPhone, for example, you will have to use Google’s Gmail or Inbox apps for email, and on a computer, you can use only the Chrome browser when signing in with a browser. So if you rely on Apple Mail to gain access to your Gmail on an iPhone, or if you use Microsoft Outlook for getting into Gmail on a PC, you’re out of luck. Google says its goal is to eventually allow third-party apps to work with the program, but it is also up to other companies to update their apps to support the keys.

Testing the Security
Despite the drawbacks, security researchers agree that the Advanced Protection Program is a solid piece of security and relatively painless to use, even for everyday use for people outside high-security jobs.

Sabin, the former NSA hacker, who is now a director of network security at GRA Quantum, a security consulting firm, said the physical keys had pros and cons. On one hand, if you lose a key, a hacker would have a hard time figuring out which account it was associated with.

On the other hand, if you lose the keys or don’t have the keys around when you need to log in to a new device, it takes longer to regain access to your account. Google has put in place more elaborate recovery steps for Advanced Protection users, including additional reviews and requests for details about why users have lost access to their account. In our test, we answered security questions to try to recover an account, and Google said it would review the recovery request and respond within a few days.

Runa Sandvik, director of information security at The New York Times, said the keys were not much of a hassle. She said Google’s requirement of using two keys meant you essentially had a spare: If you lose one key, you can get into your account with the remaining key.
But she noted that the keys could get annoying if you used many devices and constantly needed to carry the keys around to log in to your account. That may be an issue for people who work in the technology industry, but most people probably use only one computer and one phone.

Sandvik, who has been testing Google’s program to assess whether to recommend it to the newsroom, said she had not yet discovered vulnerabilities in the security key system outside of the slim possibility that a hacker gained possession of both your password and your key.
“It’s something that is relatively easy to set up once you have both keys,” Sandvik said. “I don’t see a reason you shouldn’t turn this on.”

The Bottom Line
While the security keys are easy to set up and provide tough security, they may be disruptive to your productivity if you rely on apps that are incompatible with the keys.
It took a few minutes for us to migrate to Google’s apps from Apple’s and integrate them into our newsroom workflow, which already relies on Google’s mail, messaging and cloud storage services. But using the keys required sacrificing an important feature — Apple’s VIP alerts, which notify you when people you deem important email you. Google’s iOS apps for Gmail and Inbox lack a similar feature. For people with flooded inboxes, lacking VIP alerts makes sifting through emails time-consuming.

Another example of how the keys can stifle productivity: Many employers still require using the Microsoft Outlook app for email, which won’t work with the keys.

If using Google’s security program would disrupt your work, you may want to wait for more companies to update their apps to support the keys, which rely on a standard called FIDO, for Fast Identity Online. Sabin predicts that many apps will follow Google’s lead.

If you decide to wait, don’t procrastinate on turning on traditional two-factor authentication that relies on text messages. While it is hackable, it is still much safer than relying on a password alone to protect you.

The question is how long it will take security researchers to find a way to hack the physical keys as well. When asked if he had already circumvented physical multifactor authentication devices like Google’s keys, Sabin would offer only: “No comment.”

Google Assistant app on Play Store may be just a widget, but it is winning the AI race

Google Assistant app debuts on the Play Store, but it doesn't do anything more than triggering the service.

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At a time when the tech world was busy welcoming Google's latest Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones, a new app by the search giant quietly made its debut in the Play Store with the name Google Assistant. The app, however, doesn't bring Google's digital assistant to new devices, but simply triggers it on devices that already have it.

The Play Store listing of the app also clearly states that it doesn't do anything more than what holding the home button will do for you. Yes, the Google Assistant app is nothing but a widget that launches the AI-powered digital assistant.

"The Google Assistant app provides another way to launch the Assistant that's already available on your phone. It allows you to quickly access your Google Assistant with one tap. You can still access your Assistant by pressing and holding down your home button or by simply saying, 'Ok Google'," the Play Store listing reads.

Faster updates

Although the app probably won't interest many people, it will definitely help Google push out software updates faster, without requiring users to rely on server-side releases or update the entire operating system.

Users, who have smartphones running Android Marshmallow, Nougat, or Oreo, can download the Google Assistant app from the Play Store.

Google is winning the AI race

Since its launch with last year's Pixel and Pixel XL, the Google Assistant has been expanded to devices running Android Marshmallow and above. The service now offers plenty of new features, including the customization of how it sounds.

During Wednesday's launch event for the new Pixel 2 series, Google positioned the digital assistant as central to nearly all the newly-unveiled products, including the Pixel Buds wireless earphones, the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones, the Home Max and Home Mini smartspeakers, and the Pixelbook laptop computer.

Thanks to the advanced Google Assistant, the new Home speakers can now be configured to recongnise different people from the sounds of their voices, something that neither Apple's Siri nor Amazon's Alexa can perform as of now.

Google Assistant is now also able to work with images. On the new Pixelbook, users can use a stylus to ask the digital assistant to look at images and identify them. In addition, Pixel phone users can use a new feature called "Lens" to allow the assistant access photos captured by the device's camera.

On top of all these, Google Assistant will soon be able to identify songs as well. Google revealed during Wednesday's event that both the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL can constantly identify songs being played around them. While the company didn't explain further, Android Police claimed in a report that the new Pixel 2 devices were apparently running an updated version on Google Assistant with the ability to identify songs.

"It's already functional on the Pixel 2... we were able to confirm it won't be a Pixel 2 exclusive. It will be coming soon to Assistant on your existing device," the report said.

Various tricks related to Windows 10

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Windows 10 has so many cool new features including Cortana, Edge, updated Start menu and more . But except this some really great hidden features that Microsoft hasn’t really talked about.Moreover, Windows has been known for its great customizability, thanks to various hacks & mods and Windows 10 is no different. Here are some tricks in windows 10 that you should know.

Use the inbuilt screen recorder - The Xbox has a screen recording feature to record game videos. Launch a game and press Windows + G to bring up the recording menu. Alternatively, you can press Windows + Alt + R to start/stop recording directly.

• Use Virtual desktop - In Windows 10, you can create many desktops and run applications from each individually, so that each desktop shows only the applications running in that virtual desktop and thereby reduce the clutter in the taskbar. Press Windows+ Tab for virtual desktop menu. There you can add/remove desktops as well as move Windows between them.
• Customize the Search Bar - Windows 10’s search function is amazing and will help you navigate the difficult or complex maze on the OS. Just type in the word or phrase you a looking for and a list of options will pop up. You could even take advantage of Cortana’s help if you like. This smart assistant will be handy but limit exactlyl what you would like to share.
• Xbox Streaming - For those of you with an Xbox One and windows 10 PC, rejoice. You can stream your Xbox games to PC.Just allow the game streaming feature on your console and you are done.
• Background scrolling - Have you noticed when you move the mouse over a window and try and scroll and cannot? Well it’s because the window wasn’t active but you can turn this feature on in Settings | Devices | Mouse and Touchpad. Just snoop around your OS to make the best set up for your personal uses. There are so many options and settings on Windows 10 it can fill pages of manuals. You have tons of freedom, but it is understandable how it can be quite daunting. Windows 10 is brand new so what better time to begin an OS adventure. Keep Search close by as your friend, you won’t get lost.
• DirectX 12 Support for better quality Games - Microsoft hasn’t made a big deal about Windows 10 coming with DirectX 12 support but it’s indeed a big deal. DirectX 12 brings improved gaming performance, new graphical effects, multiple GPU support, memory pooling and way more. Next generation games will soon arrive and that’s when there will be no turning back to any previous Windows version, as only Windows 10 comes with DirectX 12 support.

How To Recover Gmail Account

This article will walk you through the various means of recovering your Gmail account, whether you've forgotten your password and security questions, or you've become the victim of a hacked account.

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  • You Have not Registered Alternate Recovery Options
• Your Mobile Phone Number Has Been Changed
• Your Gmail Account has been Hacked
• Gmail Account Unaccessed for 9 Months

Forgot Gmail Password

If you've forgotten the password to your Gmail account, you may recover your account by going to Gmail's web password recovery site and filling in their form.

The first window will look like the following:

Enter your email address and click next. Then this window will appear:

Since you do not know your password, click on Try a different question. In the process you may be asked for either to answer your secret question or your alternate email or phone number.

You Have not Registered Alternate Recovery Options

<Unfortunately if, when you created the account, you have not registered a secret question which you remember, an alternate recovery email address or phone number to which you have access to receive a reset code, you cannot prove that you are the account's legitimate owner. Hence account recovery is absolutely impossible and there is no way around it.

Your Mobile Phone Number Has Been Changed

If you have changed your mobile phone number you can recover your account only if you remember your password. Head for this link to recover your account, a reset code will be sent to your alternate recovery address or phone. You will be asked for your password.

Your Gmail Account has been Hacked

If your account has been hacked or compromised, Gmail offers a step-by-step recovery process that begins with a questionnaire. Click on the previous hyperlink to access the questionnaire.

Click on If you can no longer sign in your account

Click on Fill our account recovery form

After you have entered your email address, Gmail will ask you for the last password your have used and then will ask you where you wish to have the reset code sent to you.

A reset code will immediately be dispatched to you, on the next window you will be asked to enter the six digit reset code and you will gain access to your account. Check you sms or email for the code.

If you do not have a mobile number to receive a reset code, click on Try a different question, you should then be able to enter an alternate email address to get the code.

Gmail Account Unaccessed for 9 Months

If you have not accessed your Gmail account for approximately 9 months, it has been deleted from the Gmail server. Deleted accounts and the data stored within are impossible to recover. Unfortunately, if this is the case for you, you must create a new account, taking care to note your password and security questions in a safe place.

Difference between Worms, Trojans and Viruses

Hello Friends, have you heard about Worms, Trojans and Viruses . These are types of malware which affects your computer system and reduce performance. They may corrupt your system and delete your data. Now we will discuss what are similarity and differences between Worms, Trojans and Viruses.

Worms: This is the common type of malware. It is similar to Virus as it copies itself and spread in the desktop but it does not need to attach itself to an existing program. Actually, these malicious program exploit vulnerabilities of different software programs and spread through e-mail or other file transmission capabilities found on networked computers. Infected computer generally shows these signs so that you can identify whether your system infected with worms or not if 1) new icons or shortcuts on your desktops 2) slow PC 3) pop-ups appears regularly.

Trojans: Trojans are the helper of all types of malwares. It is a malicious program which infect your system and helps in installing other types of malwares. It is different from viruses and Worms as it not replicates itself. But it helps other malwares by masking their existence so that it appears normal for user.

Virus: It is a malicious code which copy itself in many places of your desktop. It can be copy in another program, computer boot sector and also affects digital documents. It changes and slow down your desktops as it use CPU processing in background. It is capable of corrupting or damaging data. It can steal even your personal details including personal pictures, social security number, credit card details if store in your desktop etc. It can also log your keystrokes which means if you are typing anything, it logs everything.

The best Chrome extensions to boost your productivity right now

Thanks to the emergence of Web-based tools and services, most of us work primarily in the browser these days, and that means it’s our main productivity center.

Google Chrome is far and away the most popular browser around and it supports a huge number of extensions, which are essentially plugins that add functionality to your browser. There are a ton of them that can help you get more work done in short order, while consuming less system resources than standalone apps and integrating more tightly into your workflow.

We’ve rounded up 28 of the best extensions to help you take notes, plan your day, tame your email inbox, research like a pro and stay on top of your workload, all without leaving your browser.

Tip: Although these are designed for use with Chrome, you can actually use them with Opera too.

Let’s dive right in, shall we?

Writing and note-taking

Whether you’re preparing a report, drafting an article or following a lecture, it’s a good idea to keep a note-taking app within easy reach.

As a journalist, I’ve tried loads of tools for note-taking, but over the past year, I’ve stuck with Google Keep. It’s fast, lightweight and does exactly what I need it to — add notes quickly with just a click of a button in the browser.

I prefer Keep over alternatives like Evernote and Microsoft OneNote because it’s less cluttered and lets me focus on jotting down ideas in a jiffy, rather than offering a bevy of features for formatting text and extensive note organization.

That doesn’t mean Keep is a one-trick pony: The extension lets you save pages, images and text from the context menu on any page, and also lets you add notes to them. If you’re ready to write up a storm, you can always fire up the full-fledged app, which lets you jot down text, lists and reminders.

I’ve also grown fond of the Panel view for Keep extension, which opens up the app in a small window that you can work on, even with a separate browser tab open.

➤ Google Keep

Papier is a dead-simple note-taking tool that wins points for being more readily accessible than any desktop app.

Simply install the extension and open a new tab, and voilà, instant notepad. It automatically saves your work, allows you some basic formatting and supports keyboard shortcuts. Plus, there’s no clutter to distract you: All you see is a blank page ready to accept your notes and grand ideas, in bright white or a more pleasing night mode.

It’s a single page notepad that does away with a file storage system, so it feels more like a place to freely scribble thoughts than save and retrieve separate documents. Papier also offers basic rich text formatting that you can enable with keyboard shortcuts and carry over to Web-based text editors.

While it may seem rather light on features, Papier is great at getting out of the way to let you put your ideas on a page, thanks to its nearly invisible interface. That’s useful for when you need to brainstorm, quickly jot down a fleeting thought and everything in between – all without having to look around for a notepad beyond your browser.

➤ Papier

Task management

Got a lot of tasks to accomplish? List them in your browser and you’ll find it easier to track them through the day.

Jot is at once a simple and beautiful replacement for your new tab page. It displays a lovely new background image every time you open a tab, and lets you list your most important to-dos or short notes for the day in a large, legible font. To retrieve them, all you need to do is launch a fresh tab.

If you don’t need all the bells and whistles of advanced task management extensions, Jot is a great choice that looks better than the rest.

➤ Jot

Momentum adds a bunch of useful widgets to your new tab that should help you plan your day easily and reach your immediate goals.

You’ll find a clock, the local weather, a to-do list and a customizable shortcut menu of links floating above a beautiful background image that changes every so often.

All the elements in the interface can be tweaked to your liking. What’s especially neat is the ‘focus’ widget, which sits front and center, and displays your main goal for the day.

$2 a month nets you even more customization options, the ability to sync items from apps like Todoist and Wunderlist, and a rotating ‘focus’ widget that pulls in tasks from your to-do list.

➤ Momentum

If you haven’t yet settled on a default to-do list manager and use Chrome often, Todoist is worth a look. Its extension puts a powerful task list in your browser toolbar and offers a ton of features in a small space.

For starters, you can simply type to add a task or turn the active tab into an item on your list. It also lets you set a priority and enter a due date or recurring date for each to-do. Plus, it displays your schedule spanning the next seven days in a beautiful interface.

The ability to add and scan your to-dos in one place makes it a better choice than Wunderlist, which offers separate extensions for each function. In addition, Todoist pairs with a ton of apps through Zapier to do things like adding your tasks to Google Calendar and creating to-do items from starred messages in Slack.

The only downside to picking Todoist is that certain essential features like tasks reminders and comments require a subscription, which will set you back by $29 a year. Still, it’s not a bad deal for an app that syncs across devices and offers plenty more features for its asking price.

➤ Todoist

If you already use several apps to manage your tasks and projects, Taco’s new tab replacement can help you stay on top of them all.

Taco connects to a range of services like Wunderlist, Evernote, Asana, Basecamp and Trello to pull all your projects into your new tab. You can then prioritize them by dragging and dropping items in the ‘Up Next’ list, and act on them without having to open each app.

It’s powerful enough to filter your tasks by project, yet simple enough to use just like a normal to-do list. I love using Taco because it helps me make progress on both my work projects as well as my daily errands.

How to enable NVIDIA G-Sync on your PC

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Just got a hot new G-Sync monitor? Here's how to enable sweet, tear-free gaming.

NVIDIA G-Sync is a technology licensed out by the GPU maker to companies making displays for PCs and laptops.

In a nutshell, it provides silky smooth, tear-free gaming by allowing the monitor and GPU to talk to each other. The display draws every frame drawn by the GPU, and this variable refresh rate ensures no tears during gameplay.

It is, however, not enabled by magic as soon as you hook up a G-Sync display. Here's what you need to do.

1. Right click on your desktop.
2. Select NVIDIA Control Panel.
3. Expand the display item in the sidebar.
4. Click on set up G-Sync.
5. Check the box next to enable G-Sync.
6. Below this choose whether you want G-Sync enabled for only full screen or full screen and windowed modes.

To use G-Sync in your games, you'll also need to set your monitor as your primary display in this same control panel if you're using multiple monitors.

1. In the same window as above click on set up multiple displays.
2. Ensure that the G-Sync monitor is in the correct location and highlighted as primary.

If you need to make it your primary display then follow these steps.

1. Open the Windows 10 settings app.
2. Click system.
3. Now click on display.
4. Highlight the box corresponding to the display in question.
5. Scroll down and check the box next to make this my primary display.

Now when you game you'll have crisp, tear-free on-screen action. Simple!

Microsoft Edge coming soon to Android and iOS

Microsoft Edge browser, after having stayed on PCs and laptops, will soon be coming to Android and iOS platforms. Will Microsoft Edge survive the highly competitive mobile browser market, dominated by Google Chrome and UC Browser?

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Microsoft on Thursday announced expanding its Edge browser to the mobile platform. The company has rolled out a preview version of the browser for iOS and Android, but the access is currently reserved for Windows Insiders, a program for early testers. Microsoft Edge had debuted with Windows 10 in 2015 and existed alongside Microsoft’s default Internet Explorer on newer PCs and laptops.

The mobile version of the Edge focuses on a seamless switch between PC to mobile phones. “From PC to mobile, you can browse seamlessly across your devices, while your information syncs in the background. Go anywhere and pick up where you left off by easily moving content between your mobile device and your Windows 10 PC. Your passwords and favourites are synced across your devices so your browser is always personalized to you,” says Microsoft on its website.

It comes with a Hub View that allows you to easily find and manage content such as reading list, history, and favourites, among others. It also has a Reading View that lets you customise the content layout on a web page for better reading. Other key features of the browser include a built-in QR Code Reader, voice search and InPrivate mode for private browsing.

Microsoft further explains that it is using Apple’s WebKit engine for the iOS version of the browser. This essentially means Microsoft Edge for iOS can match the experience as on Safari browser on iPhones and iPad.

On Android, Microsoft is using the Blink rendering engine, which has been sourced from the Chromium Browser project. The company is leveraging Google’s Android WebView control in order to make the Edge browser at par with Chrome on Android.

The new mobile browser will be competing against the likes of Google Chrome, UC Browser, Opera Mini and Safari among others. According to a third-party browser tracking website NetMarketShare, Google Chrome is the top mobile browser followed by Safari, Opera Mini, and Firefox.

According to another third-party tracker StatCounter, Chrome and UC Browser are among the top browsers in India.

Facebook launches another chatting app, but it's not what you think

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Facebook is trying to conquer every area of the mobile communication, either by launching its own new services, or by acquisitions of some already popular services, just like it did with Instagram and Whatsapp Messenger.

Now, Facebook has launched another Chat app but this time it is directed towards business users or enterprise solutions. Facebook has launched an app for Windows and Mac OS named Workplace Chat. Thus, the app is basically limited only to the desktop users.

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Facebook Workplace is expected to compete with Google's Hangouts and Microsoft's Slack both of which have already placed their feet strong in the enterprise area. The main features of this app include real-time screen sharing with other users. This feature really comes handy in business use when presentations have to be discussed or delivered.

That said, the app is still in Beta so it may be a while till the app reaches its full potential or it may reach into consumer's hands. You can try the app for yourself now but given its purpose of use, you may hardly like it.

5 Apps In Play Store That Can Keep Your Brain Active

According to various studies, adults who indulge in brain training games show higher improvements in working memory and brain processing speed. Here are some of the best apps in the Google’s Play store that will help you in keeping your brain active

When it comes to focus on work or studying, our brain needs to be active. According to various studies, adults who indulge in brain training games show higher improvements in working memory and brain processing speed. Here are some of the best apps in the Google’s Play store that will help you in keeping your brain active.

Elevate - Brain Training Games

Elevate is a brain training program designed to improve attention, speaking skills, processing speed, memory, math skills, and more. Each person is provided with his or her own personalized training program that adjusts over time to maximize results.

The app includes free games that challenge your Memory, Attention, Problem Solving, Mental Agility, Language, Coordination, Creativity and Emotion Control.

The more you train with Elevate, the more you’ll improve critical cognitive skills that are designed to boost productivity, earning power, and self-confidence. According to the app developers, users who train at least 3 times per week have reported dramatic gains and increased confidence.

Memorado - Brain Games

A strong brain leads to a happier life. With over 4 million global users across all platforms, Memorado is the leading gym for the mind - providing fun, personalized workouts geared towards boosting your memory, concentration and reaction skills. Choose from over 450 levels in 15 games based on neuroscience which are designed to help you get sharper, every day! The app focuses on training 5 key brain areas: Memory, Logic, Concentration, Reaction, and Speed.

Positive Activity Jackpot

PAJ uses a behavioral therapy called pleasant event scheduling (PES), which is used to overcome depression and build resilience. This app features augmented reality technology to help users find nearby enjoyable activities and makes activity suggestions with local options and the ability to invite friends.

If you cannot make up your mind which fun thing to do, “pull the lever” and let the app’s jackpot function make the choice for you. While this app does not require clinical training to use, it should not be used as a substitute for treatment by a therapist.

Skillz - Logical Brain

Want to test your memory skills or give your brain an exercise? Try this fun memory game to improve your memory, speed, get better accuracy, distinguish between colors and much more. This is a fun logical game that gives a good test to your brain.

This logical game is designed for all age groups as it is a skill test game. Also, you can test your reflexes. There are some fun game puzzles in the game of different kinds. You score points and advance levels.

Mind Games

Mind Games is a great collection of games based in part on principles derived from cognitive tasks to help you practice different mental skills. This app includes nearly 3 dozen of Mindware’s brain training games.

All games include your score history and graph of your progress. The games list shows a summary of your best games and today’s scores on all games. Using some principles from standardized testing, your scores are also converted to a comparison scale so that you can see where you need work and excel. You might also be able to notice the effects of various lifestyle factors on your performance through the score history.