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ou probably do a lot to keep yourself physically fit, but

what are you doing to exercise your brain? Consider
how much your brain does for you: it's constantly
processing information, generating new ideas, forming
memories and learning every day.

Cover Story

11 APPS

TO BOOST YOUR

BRAINPOWER

But, it's no secret that our memories degrade over time.

Everyone knows that as you get older, it becomes harder to
remember where you put your car keys or recall the name of
the person you met just a few minutes back. So, training our
brain is just as important as keeping physically fit. That's
where brain-training apps come into the picture. Apps like
Lumosity, Memorado, Peak, Elevate, and NeuroNation to name
a few let you exercise your brain daily with scientifically
designed brain games. You just need to spend 10 to 15 minutes
a day. To know what is on offer and how exactly these apps
work, check out our Cover Story from Page 4.
Next on our list is 5 must-have keyboard apps. Third-party
keyboards may not be the most exciting apps at first glance,
but when you pause for a moment and think about how much
time you spend tapping away at your smartphone their
significance becomes pretty clear. Third-party keyboards are
now smart enough to learn from your typing style so that you
have to type less. Not just that, they even let you type in two
languages simultaneously, and customize your keyboard's
appearance the way you want to. So, don't forget to visit our
Utility section to find out more about these keyboard apps and
how they work.
And yes! With this issue of Apps Unveiled, we are also
introducing a new section called Smartphone Caf. Here, you
can read about recently launched smartphones that are
creating a buzz in the market. Hope you enjoy reading this
issue of Apps Unveiled
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Utility

Check out 5 must-have

Keyboard Apps - Swalekh,
Xploree, Gboard, SwiftKey,
and Flesky

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Asia at Opera Software

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Smartphone Caf Favourite Apps
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11 APPS

TO BOOST YOUR

BRAINPOWER

KILL SOME TIME WITH GAMES DESIGNED

TO CRANK UP YOUR COGNITIVE ABILITIES

t's no secret that as we get older,

our brains get older too. Age
makes us wiser for sure, but it
also makes it harder to recall words
and process information. That's one
part of the story. Another part is
day-to-day stress. Whether at work
or at school, people these days are
under tremendous pressure to
perform, and always perform! And,
this calls for exercising our mental
faculties, improving cognitive
abilities. Cognitive abilities are
brain-based skills we need to carry
out any task from the simplest to the
most complex. They have more to
do with the mechanisms of how we
learn, remember, react, perceive,
problem-solve, and pay attention,
rather than with any actual
knowledge.
Cashing in on this opportunity,
brain-training has become a multimillion pound business with
companies employing
neuroscientists to create puzzles
and games that challenge the mind.
From games that train your
memory and information

processing skills, to others that

challenge your language and
communication abilities, and even
visual-spatial skills that stimulate
creativity and problem-solving, you
wouldn't only feel mentally
stimulated, but also feel entertained
after every brain training session.
Most of the apps follow the same
format: collections of mini-games that
promise to test various mental skills;
pretty graphs to show how you're
improving over time; and optional
subscriptions for extra games and
features.
So, if you often forget where you left
your phone, or why you walked into
the room, or forget the name of the
person you just met, all you need to do
is challenge your brain every day.
Many brain-training apps claim that
just one brain workout session every
day (that lasts for 10 to 15 minutes)
can help you process information
better, handle multiple tasks with
ease, and improve memory and focus
over time. With that in mind, we have
reviewed 11 brain-training apps that
you must check out.

*Subscription Prices mentioned in the app reviews are subject to change depending upon your region, operating software and offers.

COVER STORY

When you search for

the brain training
apps, the first name
that will show up is
Lumosity. Designed
by neuroscientists,
the app provides you
with a daily brain
workout session
comprises five minigames that will help
you exercise five core
cognitive abilities
speed, memory,
attention, flexibility,
and problem solving
in a row. Working on
your core cognitive
abilities help you in
real life, with tasks
such as paying
attention to details,
remembering names
with ease or making
quick decisions.

Challenge your brain

with scientifically
designed training
Memory
Speed
Attention
Flexibility

Problem
Solving

By Lumos Labs, Inc.

HOW IT WORKS:
As soon as you install the app and create
your user account, it asks you to take the
Fit Test where you're supposed to play
three mind games in a row so that it can
get your baseline scores, and accordingly,
determine the difficulty level of your
daily training session. After taking the
test, you get to choose between premium
training and limited training.

Premium training, on the other hand,

consists of 5 games instead of just 3 as a
part of your daily training session and
gives you unlimited access to all 30+
Lumosity games just for $11.95 per month
(if you opt to pay every month). Or else,
1-year subscription will average out to
$5 a month and a 2-year subscription will
cost you $3.75 a month).

Limited training is what you get with the

free version of the app. Youll get to play
3 recommended games as a part of your
daily brain training session. The games
are played against the clock and rotate
daily so you never get bored of your
daily training. After completing your
daily training, you can practice the
games that were the part of your
training for the day as many times as
you want to and that's all. You have to
wait for the next day training session for
a new set of game.

The app gives you a score after each

game, and aggregates each game's score
into the Lumosity Performance Index
(LPI). Your LPI grades your overall
performance in the program, as well as in
individual cognitive skills, such as
memory, speed or problem-solving. And, if
you wish to compare your performance
with other Lumosity users in your age
group, it requires you to upgrade the app
to the premium version.

ABOUT THE LUMOSITY GAMES:

The app lists 30+ games tagged on the basis of five core
cognitive abilities speed, memory, attention, flexibility,
and problem solving. However, Lumosity website gives
you access to 50+ games.
There are games like Train of Thought, Memory Matrix,
Speed Match, Chalkboard Challenge, and Lost in
Migration to name a few. In the game Train of Thought,
you are supposed to direct oncoming colored trains to
their matching stations by flipping switches to keep
changing train tracks. This tests your divided attention,
the ability to simultaneously respond to multiple tasks at
a time. Another game Speed Match challenges your

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information processing skills, whereas Chalkboard

Challenge tests your problem solving skills. Best part?
Everything is scored so you can see your improvement
from week to week, and tests automatically adjust in
difficulty to keep you on your toes.
Long story short, if you want a way to engage your mind
with quick yet challenging puzzles, Lumosity is the pick
for you.
Available on:
Price: Free (offers in-app purchases)

Think of Peak as a gym for your brain. The app combines

brain science and gamification to give you a comprehensive
brain workout, helping you improve your focus, memory,
mental agility, problem-solving, and language skills with over
30 mind games that have been developed in collaboration with
experts in neuroscience, cognitive science, and education.
The games adapt to your skill level as you play, ensuring that
you're always getting a challenging brain workout.

HOW IT WORKS:
The app starts with a brief
introduction to Peak and a
few simple Yes/No questions
to set training goals before
creating a user account.
Once the account is created,
the app presents you with
your first workout. It will
analyze your current skill
level in different areas
(such as focus, problemsolving, memory, language,
etc.) once you're finished
with your first workout and
display your overall
performance (also called
Peak Score) on a brain map.
You can also compare your
overall performance with
other Peak users in your age
group or profession to know
your strong and weak areas.
Oh yes! You can also add
your Facebook Friends to
compete and compare your
performance with them.
The app not only gives you a
score and Peak Points after
each game, but it also ranks
you on the basis of your
performance. There are 6
ranks in Peak: Beginner,
Novice, Graduate, Expert,
Master, and Grand Master;
the higher the rank, the
more challenging the game.
Add to that, there is a daily
Peak Points target that you
must achieve to complete
your training for the day.

ABOUT THE PEAK GAMES

There are 32+ fun yet challenging mind
games in Peak, including 8 pro-only
games. The best part about the games in
Peak is that they are quite unique in
comparison to the ones offered by many
other brain-training apps. For example:
there is a game called Perilous Path in
which you're shown some danger tiles
on a square matrix, and you're then
asked to memorize their position and
avoid them when connecting two dots
from Point A to Point B. It stimulates
your ability to think ahead and organize
information.
In another memory game called Baggage
Claim, you'll be first asked to memorize
the names of the cities shown, and then
to perform a random task. As soon as
you complete the random task, it asks
you to select the cities that were shown
initially from the given options. This
game challenges your multi-tasking and
task switching abilities, and also
analyses that how good you are at
temporarily holding information in
memory.

FREE VS PRO ACCOUNT

Your daily workout consists of 6 games,
but you get to play only 4 in the free
version, with the option to come back to
them throughout the day. To get
unlimited access to all 32+ games and
in-depth insights on your performance,
you just need to do one thing. Yup!
Upgrade the app to Pro!! The cost of
monthly subscription is INR 80, whereas
yearly subscription is for INR 550. You
can also pay INR 1000 as one-time fee for
lifetime access. Best of all, you can invite
your friend to try out the Peak app and
both of you will get a week of Peak Pro
for free.

Available on:
Price: Free (offers in-app purchases)

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COVER STORY

Challenge your Brain Daily

with Scientific Workout
Brain-training app Memorado, developed in Berlin,
offers a set of mind games promising to improve your
memory and cognitive controls. Combined that with
personalized daily workouts that adapt to your
performance level and easy-to-understand progress
tracking features, Memorado app is no less than other
popular apps such as Lumosity and Peak.

Improve your Memory, Speed, Reaction and

Logic with Games based on Neuroscience
Latin Square

HOW IT WORKS:
No sooner than you launch the app, it asks
you a few questions to know your brain
training goals, such as remember names
with ease, avoid distractions easily, or stick
to my to-do lists, etc. You are supposed to
rate these questions on three parameters:
less important, important, or very
important.
After this initial evaluation, the app will
create a personalized scientific brain
training program for you that'll measure
your performance in five areas: speed,
memory, reaction, logic and concentration.
Your daily training session consists of 5
short games, but youll get to play only 3 in
the app's free version. Remaining 2 games
can be unlocked via in-app purchases.
Best of all, the app rewards you with the
Brain Points for successfully completing
your daily training session and these Brain
Points can be used to unlock brain tests at
various intervals. These tests are full of
surprises. At times, it may surprise you by
unlocking full-fledged brain training
session where you get to play 5 games in a
row instead of just 3 games, making the
most of the Memorado app. Or, it may
surprise you by unlocking Brain Duel,
which gives you a chance to compete with
your Facebook friends or random
opponents from around the world. The app
also aggregates your scores in the different
tasks to calculate your Memorado Brain
Quotient (BQ). The BQ is a scientific
measure of your cognitive ability over time.
Available on:

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ABOUT THE MEMORADO GAMES

While reviewing the app, I noticed, the Android
version of this app features 14+ level-based brain
games, out of which 3 are accessible for free,
whereas iOS app lists 24+ games, out of which 5 are
free. Rest can be unlocked via in-app purchases.
The cost of one year subscription varies from
INR 1050 to 1600 depending upon your device's
operating software (i.e. iOS/Android) and
discounts offered.
This is the only brain training app where each game
offers 30+ levels; needless to say, difficulty increases
with every level. The games are themselves fun, but
offers a challenging brain workout. For example:
there is a time-based Sudoku-style game called
Latin Square in which you have to insert the
symbols into a square matrix in such a way so that
each symbol appears once and only once in each
row, column and segment. This game stimulates
your logical reasoning skills.
Overall, the way the app has been designed
combined with insightful statistics and built-in
calendar to track your daily check-in and progress,
Memorado actually encourages people to keep
challenging their brain. Worth trying!

Price: Free (offers in-app purchases)

Track and Compare your

Performance over time

Compete with
your Friends in
the Brain Duel

Do you wish you could

process the information
that you read and hear
quicker? Or, would you like
to improve your problemsolving abilities or
articulate your thoughts
more clearly? Well, you
could download braintraining app called Elevate
from the Apple App Store
or Google Play Store. It
aims to help you retain
more of what you read and
hear, improve your focus
while reading and listening,
mental vocabulary, and
more through simple-butmentally stimulating games.

ELEVATE
Available on:
Price: Free (offers in-app purchases)

HOW IT WORKS:
The Elevate process starts with you choosing what aspects of your mind
you'd like to improve, for example: process written information faster,
improve your writing abilities, calculate more quickly and precisely, etc.
After choosing the training goals, it requests you to take a short test so that
it can determine your current skill level in reading, writing, listening,
speaking, and calculation. You'll be given Elevate Proficiency Quotient (EPQ)
ranging from 0-5000, which represents your proficiency in each skill.
Based on your EPQ, the app will create a personalized brain training
program for you. You'll get to play 3 games, each based on a different skill
as a part of your daily training session. The games rotate daily, making sure
you keep coming back for your daily session even if you choose not to
upgrade to Pro version. After every session, you are rewarded for your
speed and accuracy, and thus new EPQ and statistics.
The app is keen to get you logging in regularly, tracking your streaks on
its calendar, and tweaking the difficulty levels as you become more adept.

Precision
Speaking

Measuring
Math

Processing
Reading

Memory
Speaking

Brevity
Writing

Agility
Reading

ABOUT THE ELEVATE GAMES

The games in the Elevate app are categorised
on the basis of listening, writing, speaking,
reading and math skills, instead of memory,
speed and attention you'll find in other braintraining apps. For example, in the game
Brevity, you'll be asked to identify the
unnecessary word in each sentence to make it
more concise, whereas in the game called
Memory, you'll be asked to read the definition
and use the given letters to recall the correct
word. Then, the games like Discounting,
Proportion, Conversion, Estimation, etc. are
there to help you improve your math skills.
Elevate's games are definitely fun, and it's
engaging to open the app each day to find three
new games to play. Unfortunately, for anyone
who doesn't feel confident in their grasp of the
English language, or just struggles with spelling
and grammar, Elevate app is not the right choice.

FREE VS PRO ACCOUNT

The app features 40+ games out of
which 17 games can be accessed
only by the Pro users. Plus, Pro
users can train as much as they
want with unlimited access to all
40 games, rather than waiting for
their daily training session. Add to
that, they also get access to Pro
study materials and detailed
training report. You can unlock
Pro version for INR 750 a month
(or INR 2800 a year).

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COVER STORY

NeuroNation is
another science-based
brain-training app that
takes the gamified
approach to exercising
and improving your
brain's faculties. The
moment you open the
app, it quickly asks you
why you are interested
in brain training so
that it can develop your
brain training program
accordingly.

NEURONATION
Available on:
Price: Free (offers in-app purchases)

HOW IT WORKS:
The app doesn't limit the
training to one session per day,
you can train your brain as
much as you want to and climb
the ladder from level 0 to 1, level
1 to 2, level 2 to 3 and so on. You
start with Novice rank at level 0
and get to unlock Amateur rank
at level 5 and so on. After
reaching every level, you also get
activity points that unlock
challenges on your way. The
games are played against the
clock and automatically adjust in
difficulty to make sure that
you're always challenged.
Moreover, there is also an option
to play and compete with
Facebook friends.
The app features 25+ brain

training exercises that have been

specifically designed by
neuroscientists in collaboration
with many well-known research
institutions such as Free University
in Berlin to challenge your brain in
four cognitive areas, namely
numeracy, reasoning, memory and
perception. However, the free
version of the app lets you access
only 6 exercises, which also means
that you'll get to play only those 6
exercises every time you train your
brain with NeuroNation. So, you
need to upgrade the app to the
Premium version to make the most
of it and get unlimited access to all
of its exercises.

Level up to become a NeuroNation Genius

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The app also offers personalized

workout plans that group all of the
NeuroNation's exercises on the basis
of memory, intelligence, and focus.
So, if you are particularly interested
to improve your logical reasoning
and problem-solving ability, you
can buy only those workout plans
that are featured under the
intelligence tab rather than buying
the whole set of exercises.
What's more, the app has won
numerous accolades, including
being named one of Apple's Best
iPhone Apps of 2014 and one of
Google's Best Apps of 2015. So, it is
definitely worth checking out.

Brain Wars
By Translimit Inc.

Available on:
Price: Free (offers in-app purchases)

Challenge Your Friends to a Quick Battle of the Brains

HOW IT WORKS:
The game randomly matches players
in three rounds of quick-fire mind
puzzles (20 seconds per round) and
the one that scores the maximum
points wins the battle. As you battle,
the game picks up on your strengths
and weaknesses, and distributes the
points on a brain map based on six
attributes, including speed, memory,
judgement, observation, accuracy
and calculation.
The game is fast-paced and each
battle will take only a minute or two
to complete. Unlike knowledge or
language based games, Brain Wars
features 30+ simple and
straightforward brain teasers that
mostly revolve around basic
calculation, quick reflexes and
memory, making it easy for anyone
to pick up and play. You can also add
your Facebook or Twitter account to
invite your friends to compete with
you.
Being a new player, you start with
Grade Chicken and a low rank. The
more you play against people and
win, both your Grade and rank will
go up. The higher the Grade, the
more challenging the battle.

Created by the Japanese developer, Translimit Inc.,

Brain Wars makes you think more seriously about brain
training by pitting you up against other real people from
around the world in a three-round brain teasing match.

ABOUT THE GAMES IN BRAIN WARS AND TRAINING

The app features the Training section, where you can play and practice
all the brain games that you encounter when battling real opponents. The
key to victory is speed and adaptive thinking, and that comes with training.
There are 28+ brain games designed to test your skills such as
observation, focus, reaction, calculation, speed, etc. The games are pretty
simple when you play them without any pressure, but there is a catch
Brain Wars puts you against the clock, even in the Training mode, so you
constantly feel the pressure to solve the task at hand as quickly as
possible and get a new high score every time.

ABOUT THE IN-APP PURCHASES

You can make the most of Brain Wars even without any in-app purchase, but
if you prefer ad-free interface, then you can choose ad-free option via in-app
purchases. Also, you can use in-app purchases to buy gold coins that let you
select a game of your choice from the three options presented before the
beginning of every round in a battle.
Overall, Brain Wars trains different areas of your brain in a fast, intuitive
and challenging manner. Combined that with the smooth user interface,
rewarding brain battles and a brain map that tracks your progress make it
worth playing.

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COVER STORY

Brain It On! features deceptively

challenging physics-based puzzles
that look simple to solve but aren't
that easy. It really makes you think
and come up with different ideas in
order to solve the puzzles without
using a hint.

By Orbital Nine
Available on:

Price: Free (offers in-app purchases)

GAMEPLAY
There are 200+ puzzles to solve, with each puzzle having
a specific objective. For instance, lift the ball off the
ground, flip the cup upside-down, or separate the two
magnets. It's up to you to think of a way to achieve the
said objectives by drawing shapes on the screen.
Unlike other games of this genre which allow you to
draw only one shape, Brain it on! allows you to draw as
many shapes as you want provided they fit on the
screen. This challenges you to think outside the box and
construct shapes which work together to solve the
puzzle.
Best of all, there's no set solution to any puzzle; you just
have to doodle, experiment, and dream up a unique
answer to the task at hand. You can also ask for a hint if
in case you can't think of a solution, but that requires
you to watch a video advertisement every time. There is
also an option to compete with friends and share the
solution on social media.
As you progress through the game, the puzzles will
progressively get harder, helping you exercise your gray
matter. The game is free to play, and levels can be
unlocked through natural play. Still, you have an option
to unlock advanced levels and block pop-up ads via
in-app purchases.
Overall, Brain It On! is a polished, unique physics-based
puzzler that is definitely worth checking out. Since it's
free to download, there is nothing to lose.

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SOME MORE

CLOCKWORK
BRAIN
By Total Eclipse

Play 17+ fun and

challenging games
that have been
created to test your
cognitive skills
across five areas:
memory, language,
reasoning, dexterity
and attention. You
can practice daily
with personalized
brain workouts that
adapt to your
performance.

FIT BRAINS
TRAINER
By Rosetta Stone

EIDETIC
By Steven Waterfall
Brain training app
Eidetic uses a
technique called
spaced repetition to
help you memorize
anything from
important phone
numbers to interesting
words or facts.

Available on: iOS, Android and Windows Phone

Price: Free (offers in-app purchases)

BRAIN
DOTS
By Translimit Inc.
Think, Draw and Bump! Brain Dots is a drawing
brain-training game in which you have to draw
lines and shapes with your finger to move and
roll both the balls, so that they bump together.
The gameplay demands you to actually think out
of the box in order to clear the stages that range
from the obvious to the real tricky ones.

Developed by award-winning
neuroscientist Dr. Paul
Nussbaum, Fit Brains Trainer
offers more than 25 brain
games grouped into different
workout sessions designed to
sharpen memory,
concentration and other
mental faculties. A scoring
system allows you to track your
performance in each mental
skill relative to other users of
the same age or gender. The
app uses your scores to
dynamically assess and adjust
the difficulty of its games
relative to your progress.

Available on: iOS, Android

Available on: iOS, Android

Price: Free

Price: Free

(offers in-app purchases)

Available on: iOS

Price: Free
(offers in-app purchases)

(offers in-app purchases)

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5 MUST-HAVE KEYBOARD APPS

UTILITY

MEET

Industry's first hyper-contextual intent based

mobile discovery platform powered by NLP,
Machine Learning and AI
Gone are the days when you'd have to download a
host of apps to perform even mundane tasks such as
finding a cab, a table at a restaurant and many more.
Or, even worse, perform an Internet search to fish out
what's the offer or deal out there. Life has become a
lot easier with smart keyboards that are powered with
predictive linguistics and Artificial Intelligence.

Xploree, a keyboard app

powered by Natural Language
Processing (NLP) and Machine
Learning, understands the
users intent as they chat and
connects them to relevant
partner brands and content
right there. It also supports
in-app search powered by
Yahoo. All you just need to do is
enable Xploree as your default
keyboard. Imagine that you are
catching up with a close friend
on WhatsApp and inviting him
for a rendezvous. Even as you
type, Xploree suggests
restaurants en route to the
rendezvous point and also the
cab service to use. That is
predictive analytics to the fore.

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Xploree's forte in predictive

dialectology and AI rich next-word
prediction takes Xploree to a
different league altogether.
Xploree keyboard comes packed
with various keyboard themes,
1200+ emoticons and a bouquet
of major Indic languages
keyboard. It allows you to switch
the language with a single swipe
on the space bar. Xploree is safe
to use and secure with Trustee
Certification.
To sum up, Xploree is setting
new benchmarks in consumer
engagement and experience by
offering a complete user
initiated discovery experience.
To shore up its offerings, Xploree
has partnered with big names in

the industry verticals such as:

Zomato, for restaurants; Ixigo,
a travel aggregator for cab
discovery; all the shopping
sites Flipkart, Amazon,
Snapdeal, and others; a sports
channel and a lot more. All of
these play a seamless role in
helping you make interesting
discoveries in a non-intrusive
manner and put them into
good use.

Explore with

Xploree

now!

Available on:
Price: Free

Our lives are so attuned to

the notification pop-ups on
our smartphones that it's
hard to imagine pre-mobile
era, bereft of all the current
set of apps that life seems
incomplete without. But at
the same time, a large
portion of non-English
speaking audience is being
left out of this tech adoption
race as they are not
comfortable in typing or
understanding the default
keyboard language i.e.
English. However, many
smartphones now come
equipped with a keyboard
that let users type in Hindi
as well, and that's all. This
again doesn't solve the
problem as India is home to
several hundred languages.
Enter Swalekh! This is a
multilingual, multi-mode
keyboard that lets users
express themselves in their
own native language across
all other apps like
WhatsApp, Facebook, etc.
Supporting over 20+ Indian
languages in addition to English,
namely Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi,
Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada,
Odia, Bengali, Marathi, Nepali,
Assamese, and Manipuri to name a
few, Swalekh keyboard empowers
local language users to have a
delightful experience while
communicating in their preferred
language in a digital ecosystem which
is dominated by English.
So how does it work? The moment you
open the app for the very first time, it
asks you to select a native language of
your choice and once the language is
selected, just enable and select
Swalekh as the default keyboard on
your Android device. Don't worry! The
app will guide you through the entire
process that will take no longer than a
minute. The keyboard layout is the
same as the 4 row keypad we are all
accustomed to which allows for
intuitive typing. It's easy to discover
keys, has intelligent conjunct features

Swalekh
By Reverie Language Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Available on:

Price: Free

* Coming soon on

Download Now

Available in 21
languages

Next Word Processing (NWP)

is intuitive on Swalekh

3 Modes of Typing in
Swalekh

and has a system of single key paired

letters that can be long pressed to
invoke.
The app can be used in three typing
modes i.e. English, Native, and
Phonetic, and it's easy to switch
between them. In the native mode,
users can type using the native
language character keyboard, and it
also has an illegal matra prevention
feature for those who are shaky
about their spellings!
In the phonetic mode, users can type
in English, letting the app converts
the typed words into the local
language of their choice
automatically, with a high degree of
accuracy. The users who write or type
out the words of their local language
in English will find Swalekh's phonetic
mode very helpful. (For instance:
Aap-> vki kya-> D;k kar-> dj rahe-> jgs
hain->gSa). What's more, the app has
offline transliteration so you don't
need your data connection to be on.

The app also has progressive

prediction that suggests words both
in English and native language as you
type. Plus, you can long tap the
enter key to use emojis in your
conversations. What's more, Swalekh
has rule based algorithms designed to
allow only the correct way of Indic
typing.
Overall, the app is not meant only for
non-English users; in fact, English
speaking users can also use the
Swalekh keyboard to express their
emotions and thoughts in their own
native language. The way the Swalekh
Keyboard is designed, it makes typing
in our own native language a breeze
and error-free. It is compatible with
all Android-based devices. So, what
are you waiting for? Give it a try and
also let your friends know about it!

July 2016 15

UTILITY
Would you like to have
all of Google's amazing
searching abilities
right at your fingertips,
every time you type?
Meet Gboard, a brand
new keyboard app from
Google for your iPhone.
It lets you use Google
Search right from your
keyboard, so you can
seamlessly send a
restaurant's address,
your flight information,
a YouTube video and
more, all without ever
leaving your
messaging app.
Anything you'd search
on Google, you can
search with Gboard
no matter what app you
are in messaging,
email, WhatsApp or
YouTube.

Google Search

Type faster with

Glide Typing

Gboard

Available on:
Price: Free

WHY YOU SHOULD INSTALL GBOARD

Say you're texting with a friend about
tomorrow's lunch plans. He asks you for
the address. Until now it's worked like
this: You leave your texting app. Open
Google Search. Find the restaurant. Copy
the address. Switch back to your texts.
Paste the address into a message. And
finally, hit send.

you can send it to your friend and keep

your conversation going. No more app
switching!

With Gboard, you even don't need to

browse through hundreds of emojis in
order to find out the one you're looking
for. Say you want to send a smiling
emoji, just type smiling and get emojis
Searching and sending stuff on your phone suggestions instantly. Or, even better,
you can search for GIFs right away.
shouldn't be that difficult. With Gboard
enabled as your default keyboard, you can Furthermore, Gboard offers Glide
Typing, which lets you type words by
search for restaurant address right there
sliding your finger from key to key
without leaving the chat. Just tap the
instead of tapping so everything you do
Google Search icon on your keyboard and
type in the restaurant name. Results would is just a little bit faster. There are plans
to bring this feature to Android and
appear as cards with the key information
multi-language support is on the way.
front and center, such as the address,
phone number and ratings. With one tap,

Personal predictions
tailored to you

Available on:
Price: Freemium

SwiftKey Keyboard has

advanced text-predicting
capabilities, which learn
and adapt to the way you
type. It learns from the way
you type on your Facebook,
Twitter, Gmail, Yahoo, SMS
or blog to improve its word
predictions so you have to
type less. It even suggests
emojis based on what
you've typed and your past
typing habits.

16 July 2016

Search and Send GIFs

and Emojis

SwiftKey Keyboard
comes loaded with tons
of features that make
typing even easier,
including multilingual
typing, a number row,
an option to resize the
keyboard, support for
over 800 emojis, and
speedy swipe typing
with SwiftKey Flow.
That's not all! Other
SwiftKey highlights
include an option to
automatically synced

data and preferences

across devices, a wide
variety of colorful
themes to customize
keypad and seamless
support for autocorrect
even as you move
between multiple
languages. What's more,
it supports over 100
languages. The keyboard
and all of its features are
free, but there is an inapp store for themes and
cosmetic customizations.

Flesky
Looking for something a little different from the typical typing experience?
Fleksy keyboard might be just the app you need to shake things up. Flesky's
uniqueness lies in its customizable extensions that let you add a variety of
interesting functions onto your keyboard's top row.

The Hot Keys extension, for instance,

lets you add a row of keys for things
you type often such as emojis,
symbols or keywords. The Shortcuts
extension, on the other hand, allows
Flesky to automatically correct
predefined slang terms (for ex: omw
> on my way). Then, there is the
Launcher extension, which gives you
the ability to place shortcuts to other
favorite apps (such as WhatsApp,
Twitter) right within the keyboard
for easy access. Not just that, there
are extensions to make keys pop up
like a beating heart or fireworks
when you type. Above all, if you use
emojis or GIFs to express yourself
more often than you type, Flesky
keyboard will not let you down.

Flesky not only offers 50+ keyboard

customization themes, but it even
comes with a custom theme creator
that gives you full control over your
keyboard's appearance. You can set
your own photo as the keyboard's
background if you're so inclined, or
pick a context-sensitive theme that
automatically changes to match the
color scheme of whatever app you're
using.
The keyboard is designed specifically
for manual tapping, without any
dependence on swiping and with
only basic as-you-type word
predictions. However, it uses intuitive
swipe gestures to make you type
faster, such as swipe left anywhere
on the keyboard to delete the entire

previous word, or swipe up to undo

autocorrect.
Flesky also claims to offer the most
accurate smartphone typing
experience in the world. The
keyboard doesn't just look at the
letters you press, it looks at the
pattern you tap to understand what
you meant to type. So, Fleksy
Keyboard will know what word you
meant to type even if you mistype
every letter. All in all, it makes for a
refreshing and power-packed new
take on mobile text input. Plus, it
supports 40+ languages.
Available on:
Price: Freemium

July 2016 17

IN CONVERSATION

ith over 350 million users across the globe, Opera Mini is not only the
fastest browser, but it also lets users save on mobile data. Using its
unique compression technology, Opera Mini shrinks webpages by
up to 90% of their original size, which in turn results in mobile data savings.
It claims to open webpages 72% faster than Google Chrome and 64% faster than
UC Browser. With other features such as a built-in ad blocker and video boost
technology, Opera Mini provides users a faster and seamless browsing
experience using minimal data.
In an email interview with Apps Unveiled team, Sunil Kamath, Vice President for South Asia
and Southeast Asia at Opera Software shared a lot more about Opera Mini Browser and said,
We are more focused on meeting the needs of the mobile internet user and ensuring Opera
Mini provides the most relevant internet experience in line with the changing behaviour of
mobile internet users. We also have strategic tie-ups with device manufacturers to preload the
Opera Mini Browser so that consumers can benefit from a superior and cost-effective mobile
browser proposition. Edited Excerpts:
Q. Please tell us a bit about the
Opera Mini Browser and its key
features.
Opera Mini is one of the most
popular web browsers used by
Indians to go online from their
smartphones. Opera Mini shrinks
webpages by as much as 90% of their
original size, helping people browse
more of the web within the same
data plan. It also opens webpages
faster, making Opera Mini a great
companion while on the go,
especially in places with poor
network conditions. Opera Mini's
compression technology and low
RAM requirements make it an ideal
choice for the majority of users in
India. Opera Mini also supports 13
Indian languages, namely Assamese,
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada,
Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya,
Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
Other features in Opera Mini include
save pages for offline, a download
manager, private browsing mode and
ability to save favourite websites to
Speed Dial.
Q. What makes the Opera Mini
browser unique in comparison to
other web browsers? Why one
should switch to Opera Mini? Give
your top three reasons for that.
1.

The most unique feature of the

Opera Mini browser is its
compression technology, which
shrinks the size of webpages by
up to 90% and enables faster
browsing, using minimal data.
Users can see how much data

18 July 2016

2.

3.

they have saved in the data

savings section in settings.

Opera Mini for Java phones is built on

the Java ME platform.

Another feature unique to the

Opera Mini browser is the builtin ad blocker. By removing
unwanted online ads, the new
version of Opera Mini loads
webpages 40% faster than with
the ad blocker disabled. For costconscious mobile users,
removing online ads also means
reducing data usage and
therefore avoiding terrible
shocks on the data bill.

Underneath Opera Mini's newest

updates and the older versions
floating out there, we use our unique
compression technology that we call
OBML to reduce the size of pages so
that those who pre-pay for data or
are cost-conscious can save up to 90%
of their data plans.

Opera Mini is the first web

browser that comes with video
boost technology, which reduces
the size of video data and gives
relief from slow-loading videos/
buffering.

Another interesting feature in the

Opera Mini is the Add to home
screen option, which can be accessed
by selecting the '+' symbol on the
combined search/address bar. This
feature saves the selected webpage to
the user's home screen.
To sum up, I would say one should
switch to Opera Mini to save precious
mobile data and, in turn, keep data
costs under control, while
experiencing the fastest browsing
experience.
Q. What technology platform is the
Opera Mini browser built on?
Opera Mini for Android is built using
Google's material design and
Android's web view component,
which allows rendering.

Q. How safe is the Opera Mini

browser for banking and other
monetary transactions?
At Opera, we take our consumer's
privacy very seriously. To improve
services, Opera's servers log some
information such as: user's IP-address,
the user agent of the device they use,
the web addresses of the pages they
visit and timestamps. This information
may stay on the server for up to six
months. Opera safeguards users trust
and one can read the Opera's privacy
policy on our website.
Q. How are you taking on
competition from other web
browsers such as UCWeb? What
are your current marketing
strategies to stay in the lead?
We don't view competition against a
specific browser provider in
isolation, though we think
competition encourages us to be
more innovative. We are more
focused on meeting the needs of the
mobile internet user and ensuring
Opera provides the most relevant
experience in line with the changing
behaviour of mobile internet users.

Opera has multiple products like

Opera for computers, Opera Mini,
Opera for Android, Opera Max, Opera
Apps Clubs, and Opera VPN. And, we
are looking at different marketing
and acquisition strategies for each of
these products.
Opera has had the first mover
advantage since Opera Mini is a very
mature mobile web browser with
more than 10 years of engineering
behind the product, which is our
biggest advantage in this market. We
continue to leverage our first mover
advantage as Indian consumers love
the browsing speed and compression
Opera Mini offers, and this word of
mouth is our biggest channel for
growing our user base organically.

MINI

We also have strategic tie-ups with

device manufacturers to preload the
Opera Mini browser so that
consumers can benefit from a
superior and cost-effective mobile
browser proposition. We have
multiple consumer marketing
initiatives targeting users in nonmetro cities with relevant content
suiting the needs of the audience.
Periodically, Opera invests in digital
marketing to reach out to specific
target audiences to download and
experience Opera Mini.
Q. What do you see as the Opera
Mini browser's biggest challenge
this financial year?
Our biggest challenge is in ensuring
our product is growing in relation to
the changing needs of the Indian
consumers, especially the first-time
data users coming from semi-urban
and rural areas. Add to that,
educating consumers about the
power of the internet, its benefits and
the importance of being connected
will be our focus area in the coming
months.
Q. What is your overall market
share in India and globally? How
many active users do you have?
Opera's Android monthly browser
users reached 144 million at the end
of 4Q15, up 11% versus the end of
4Q14. The number of Opera mobile
consumer browser users reached 281
million at the end of 4Q15, up 2%
versus the end of 4Q14. The number
of downloads generated via the
Opera Mobile Store and Opera's other
apps and games discovery properties
was 510 million in 4Q15 compared to
153.8 million in 4Q14.

MEET
Q. Where do you see Opera Mini
three years down the line?
Innovation is key for our growth and,
in the last couple of years, we have
built amazing experiences for Opera
Mini users depending on the device
and OS they choose for browsing the
internet. We will continue to invest in
innovating the product, and building
an even better mobile web
experience for consumers.
Three years is a long time in the
consumer technology space, and a lot
will change within this time frame.
Opera Mini will continue to be
central to our growth strategy in
emerging markets like India, and we
will only get bigger and better in the
years to come.
Q. Lastly, what would be the one
liner for Opera Mini?
To enjoy faster browsing and save
data costs for free, get going with
Opera Mini and do more online.

Sunil Kamath
Currently I'm using iPhone 6S Plus
and Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
My Favourite App picks: Infinite
Flight - Flight Simulator and Scrabble
(apart from social media apps)
I am a regular user of TOI, and
Appy Geek mobile app (other than
Opera Mini/Opera Max)
My message for Apps Unveiled
Readers: All of us are familiar with
the sluggish network speeds, not just
when we move from one part of the
city to another, but also when we
head out of the city. The compression
technology in Opera Mini and Opera
Max proves handy in such situations,
reducing the data transferred. And,
you can experience a faster internet
experience.

July 2016 19

SMARTPHONE CAF

LeEco Le 2
QUICK LOOK
Launched in India, June 2016
153g, 7.5mm thickness
5.5" Full HD Display, 1920x1080 pixels
Android v6.0 Marshmallow
32 GB Internal Memory
16MP with PDAF

` 11,999/-

8MP with 1.4m large pixels

3 GB RAM
Octa Core, 1.8 GHz Qualcomm SnapdragonTM 652 Processor
3000mAh Li-Ion Battery, non removable
Dual Nano SIM Supports 3G, 4G Fingerprint Sensor
Corning Gorilla Glass microSD Card Slot
LeEco Le 2 has all-metal body design, the back is accomplished with a
slightly bulging camera along the mirror-surfaced fingerprint sensor,
LED flash and LeTV logo. The front face is sandwiched between two colored
panels above and below the screen, whereas power and volume buttons are
on the right side and a tray for two Nano-SIMS is on the left side. The bottom
has one USB Type-C port that can be used for both charging and headphones.
And, the speakers are placed on either side of the USB Type-C. One of the
most interesting aspects of this phone is that it does not have a 3.5mm
headset jack. Instead, LeEco assures that this phone is capable of providing
even a better audio experience via the USB Type-C port.

DISPLAY: BIG AND BRIGHT

LeEco ships this phone with a protective
cover case which makes it much easier
to grip and use. The standout feature of
the phone is its crisp 5.5-inch display
with 1920 x1080p resolution. It looks
bright and colourful and handles most
of the on-screen elements well.
However, the display reflects a lot and is
barely visible under bright light. LeEco
has added a colour mode where you can
switch between the warmer looking soft
mode, or the high-colour, saturationbased vivid mode and the more whitish
LeEco mode.

CAMERA: A MIXED BAG

It has a 16MP rear camera with PDAF
technology and 8MP for selfies. The
images captured in the daylight are well
bright and color reproduction is very
good, but low light images contain a
little bit noise. As far as that front
camera is concerned, it's fine and can
fulfill your daily selfie needs.

20 July 2016

AUDIO: DELIVERS
POWERFUL
LOSSLESS AUDIO
The phone's key highlight is the
audio quality that you get to
experience with LeEco's
proprietary Type-C CDLA
Earphones. Equipped with CDLA
technology (Continual Digital
Lossless Audio), these earphones
enables end-to-end lossless digital
music transmission. As there is
no 3.5 mm rounded socket to
insert earphones, it uses the USB
Type-C port to connect
earphones, which we use for
charging the device. You can get
these headphones for Rs. 1,999/separately. However, when you
unbox the Le 2 phone you'll find
a small adapter that lets you
connect other headphones you
already have. This is useful if in
case you are not interested in
buying LeEco's Type-C CDLA
headphones separately.

PERFORMANCE:
HANDLES ALL TASKS
WITH EASE
Thanks to its 3GB RAM and Octacore 1.8 GHz Qualcomm
Snapdragon 652 processor, apps
loaded quickly and 3D games
like Asphalt 8 runs without any
lag and unreasonable heating.
We find a little bit issue in its
fingerprint reader, which often
took two tries before it
recognizes your finger. You can
also use the fingerprint reader
to trigger the camera shutter.
The infrared sensor of the
phone works perfectly with
infrared compatible devices and
can be used as Universal
remote.
Le 2 comes with the 3000mAh
battery along Qualcomm quick
charge technology that allows
you to quickly charge your
phone. In our video loop test, it
stands for 7 hours and 45
minutes, which is really great. It
can stand for the whole day
easily on average usage.

Xiaomi Mi Max
QUICK LOOK
Tuesday, May 10

Launched in India, June 2016

203g, 7.5mm thickness
6.44" Full HD Display, 1920x1080 pixels
Android v6.0 Marshmallow with MIUI 7
32 GB Internal Memory
16MP with PDAF

` 14,999/-

5MP with Beautify

3 GB RAM
Hexa Core, 1.8 GHz Qualcomm SnapdragonTM 650 Processor
4850mAh Li-Ion Battery, Non removable
Dual Nano SIM Supports 3G, 4G Fingerprint Sensor
FM Radio Corning Gorilla Glass
microSD Card (expandable up to 128GB)
The phrase Bada Hai To Behtar Hai is absolutely fit with Xiaomi
Mi Max. The 6.44 inch full HD display and the 4850mAh battery
made it possible. Add to that, Xiaomi's proprietary Sunlight Display
technology to boost screen clarity by adjusting pixel contrast and
brightness gives it one more plus point.

LOOK AND FEEL

The Xiaomi Mi Max has a
metal body that is curved
from both front and back with
elegant double-chamfered
edges throughout the phone.
The front face is shielded by
2.5D glass made of Corning
Gorilla Glass 3. Even with a
much larger display and a
gigantic battery, Mi Max is as
thin as many 4.7-inch phones
with a thickness of just 7.5mm
and weighs only 203g.
The power and volume
buttons are placed on the
right side and a hybrid SIM
tray on the left. You can either
have two SIM cards or one
SIM and a microSD card (up to
128GB). The mono-speaker is
placed at the bottom, along
with the Micro-USB port,
while the headphones socket
and infrared emitter are on
the top. The phone's back
comprises a camera, dual-LED
flash, and fingerprint sensor.

CAMERA: AVERAGE
PERFORMER
The phone features a 16megapixel rear camera with
PDAF technology and
numerous cool shooting
modes such as manual,
straighten or fish eye, which
works well under most
lighting conditions, but the
picture quality is a bit of a
let-down though. The shots
captured in daylight exhibit
good detail, but the app tends
to over-sharpen objects in
focus which causes slightly
jagged edges. This is more
noticeable when you crop or
zoom in to a photo. Even in
low light, the objects look
colour accurate, but quite
blurry. The 5MP front camera
with Beautify feature lets you
take some decent selfies
provided the lighting is good.

SOFTWARE:
ANDROID 6.0 MARSHMALLOW
WITH MIUI 7 SKIN
The Xiaomi Mi Max is powered by the
Hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
processor, 3GB of RAM, and 32GB of
storage. The company also has plans to
launch a higher-end variant soon for
19,999/-, which will have an Octa-core
Snapdragon 652 processor, 4GB of RAM
and 128GB of storage.
In terms of software, the Mi Max runs
on a customized version of Android
Marshmallow called MIUI 7. The phone
is scheduled to get the MIUI 8 soon,
which packs in some really cool
features, for example: one can have two
WhatsApp/Facebook accounts on the
same device. As of now, it allows users
to apply new themes, segregate apps
for children under a separate child
mode, hide photos and documents in a
hidden folder, and reduce the interface
to a smaller screen for one-handed use.
Interestingly, the recent Marshmallow
feature called Now On Tap is not
present in Mi Max.
The optimized OS and hardware
combination allow you to run all apps
lag free. The massive 4850mAh battery
stands out for 16h 26 min (working
hours) in our battery benchmark test,
which is quite impressive.

July 2016 21

NEW RELEASES

Stream LIVE devotional content,

listen to bhajans and access ondemand videos on Horoscope,
Gyan Mantra and more.

iFaith
Available on:

Even though a large number of people

look for astrology-related, devotional &
spiritual content every day, finding the
most relevant and latest content is a
difficult task with limited options if one
does not count television. In order to
provide a solution, NexGTv launched its
exclusive devotional app, iFaith.
Whether you prefer to watch devotional
movies or listen to bhajans or just want
to know your daily horoscope iFaith got
you covered.
With live streaming facility and ondemand videos from popular devotional
channels such as Darshan 24, Disha TV,
Divya, Iswar TV, etc. available as a part
of the catalogue, iFaith app users can
enjoy the diverse selection on offer to
meet their daily dose of devotional
content.

Comedy One, launched by

NexGTv in partnership
with One Network
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
(ONE) is all set to tickle
your funny bone.

Available on:

Price: Freemium

Speaking about the launch, Abhesh

Verma, COO, nexGTv, said, Devotional
content is currently the third most
viewed genre on our platform, after
news and comedy. Keeping the high
demand for daily horoscope, devotional
songs and discourse videos in mind, we
have decided to launch an exclusive
app to enable easy discovery of such
content for our users. The offering on
iFaith is in perfect synchrony with what
our target users prefer. They will only
have to download one specialised app
to satisfy their devotional yearnings.
We are confident that the diversity of
the content available as well as the rich
viewing experience on the iFaith app
will make it a must-have for Indian
viewers with a preference for the
astrology, devotional and the spiritual.

Price: Freemium

With the first-of-its-kind comedy

app having premium original
comedy content ranging from standup, gags and spoofs to sketches and
web-series, the development will
definitely have its audience in
splits!, the company said in its press
release.
Spokesperson, nexGTv, said,
Comedy is a genre that has evolved
expansively over the past couple of
years with the entry of a lot of
young, talented and enthusiastic
creative individuals. The viewing
preference of the audience, too, has
evolved with this change. No more
satisfied with run-of-the-mill jokes,
slapstick routines and clichd comic
situations, Indian viewers now want
hard-hitting and impactful content
that makes them laugh and reflect at
the same time. Our partnership with
ONE, a leader in comedy content
production, is meant to cater to this

segment of the audience by

delivering the most relevant
content at their fingertips. We
are confident that the app will
find great traction on the back of
its differentiated content and
will become the digital
destination of choice for meeting
their daily dose of humour.
Popular shows such as 'Kaun
Banega Roadpati', 'Aadmi Heera
Hai', 'Pakao Paparazzi', 'Waiter
Waiter', 'Doctor Doctor' and
'Interview with a Villain' would
be available as a part of its
humour-based catalogue. Add to
that, Comedy One app would also
feature original comedy content
of all-time favourite comic
legend Charlie Chaplin in the
form of videos and famous
scenes from his popular movies.
All the content would be
available soon on the app.

In line with the companys

efforts to change its
image of being a
notorious piracy brand,
BitTorrent has launched a
legal music and video
streaming app called
BitTorrent Now. The app
lets you experience music
and videos from
underground artists that
you've probably never
heard of.

BitTorrent Now
Price: Free

Available on:

The app would source the content from

the BitTorrent's existing platform
BitTorrent Bundles which has been
running since 2013 utilizing BitTorrent's
peer-to-peer technology to promote and
provide independent musicians,
filmmakers and other artists a channel
to distribute their content. According to
BitTorrent, the platform is being used by
over 30,000 artists, including famous
names such as Lady Gaga, Madonna,
and Thom Yorke. Not just that. Over 200
million people have used the platform to
download the content.
As for BitTorrent Now, content can
either be free, ad-supported, or paid up
front. Since the content creators aren't
mostly well-known, albeit with a few
exceptions, the company ensures to
curate the stuff and provides you with
the best options in the app. You can
even follow creators to get notifications
when new stuff is released, then watch
it on demand or download it for later
viewing. There are other options too,
such as one-touch access to trending
music and videos, discover content by
tag, genre and more.

vPledge
Available on:

'You & me together

can make this
planet a beautiful
one'. With a
'thought' so
beautiful and
heartfelt, vPledge
app has been
developed by
Bengaluru-based
teenagers to
motivate people to
come forward &
contribute towards
social causes.

Price: Free

Developed by teenage students, 12-year-old Prateek

Mahesh and 13-year-old Priyal Jain, and launched by
AcadGlid (technology education startup), vPledge
stimulates the general public to pick up and fulfill
social causes like plant 10 trees, donate food to 10
people, use public transport only and others. The app is
linked to Facebook so that you can tell your friends
about a noble cause you've chosen, motivating them to
take a pledge as well.
On successful completion of a pledge, vPledgers, as the
app's users are called, are allowed to share the
accomplishment on social media channels, tag and
challenge friends to take a pledge for similar causes
and also grab points that can be redeemed. Overall, it is
a great app with small attainable goals towards
achieving a bigger & significant mission. Furthermore,
developers have plans to collaborate with NGOs in the
near future to popularize the pledges. Their aim is to
hit one million downloads in six months.

July 2016 23

BUZZ

GODLESS Android Malware Spreading Fast

in India: Trend Micro
A family of mobile malware called
Godless has affected over 850,000
Android devices worldwide with
almost half of these devices in India
alone, according to a report by Trend
Micro.
Based on the data collected from
cyber security firm Trend Micro's
Mobile App Reputation Service,
malicious apps related to Godless
are found in prominent app stores,
including Google Play.
Godless hides inside an app and
exploits the root of the operating
system (OS) on your phone. This
creates admin access to a device,
allowing unauthorized apps to be
installed. It contains various exploits
to ensure it can root a device and it
can even install spyware, the report
warned.

currently run on affected versions,

the company claimed. Once the
malware has finished its rooting, it
can be tricky to uninstall.

By having multiple exploits to use,

Godless can target virtually any
Android device running on Android
5.1 (Lollipop) or earlier. Almost 90
percent of Android devices globally

When downloading apps, regardless

if it's a utility tool or a popular game,
users should always review the
developer. Unknown developers with
very little or no background

Global Distribution of Affected Devices

information may be the source of

these malicious apps. And as a general
rule, it is always best to download
apps from trusted stores such as
Google Play and Amazon. Users should
also have secure mobile security that
can mitigate mobile malware, said
Nilesh Jain, Country Manager, (India
and SAARC), Trend Micro.

NASA Released Apple TV App to Bring Space

Exploration to Big Screen
The US space agency has released
its popular NASA app for a new
platform - the fourth-generation
Apple TV - that will provide you
access to NASA TV on your Apple
TV in addition to on-demand NASA
videos.
The NASA app, available for free in
the App Store on Apple TV, has
been downloaded more than 17
million times across all platforms.
The NASA app has been a
fantastic way for the public to
experience the excitement of space
exploration from their mobile
devices, said David Weaver, NASA
associate administrator for
Communications. Now, users with
the latest Apple TV app can
explore and enjoy our remarkable
images, videos, mission
information, Nasa Television and
more on the big screen with the
whole family, he added in a
statement.

24 July 2016

The NASA app for Apple TV offers several features such as:
Watch live streaming NASA TV, and get a real-time view of the Earth from
the International Space Station
View more than 15,000 images individually or as a continuous slideshow
Play on demand NASA videos
Find the next opportunity to view the International Space Station and
other NASA satellites pass overhead, based on your location.
Display 2-D and 3-D satellite tracking maps
Discover the latest NASA mission information
Listen to Third Rock internet streaming radio
View the Earth as Art image gallery and more

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Cortana for iOS
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Twitter, known for its 140Microsoft has released a new
version 1.9.0 of its voicecontrolled virtual assistant
Cortana on iOS that allows the
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according to the update on the
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input experience.

character limit on tweets, is now

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app, Twitter's video streaming
service, which previously had a sixsecond limit.
Twitter also launched Twitter
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