Best Android Travel Apps To Use In India

Nowadays smartphones have become traveler's most trusted companion as there are Apps that can guide them on every trip. Here I have listed few of the best Android Travel Apps for Smartphones to make travel in India much easier. Make sure to load these essential apps, available on all major platforms and you'll be able to book hotels, cabs, ticket for trains,buses and flights.

MakeMyTrip

MakeMyTrip is one of the best travel booking sites in India. It has very easy User Interface that helps to find and book the best flights and hotels in India. It can also be used for train and bus ticket booking. Now download the MakeMyTrip Mobile app and sign up to earn Rs. 1500 instantly in your MakeMyTrip wallet. You can use it for your next flight or hotel booking.

IRCTC Connect

This is one of the most commonly used App in our country. This app helps the travelers to train tickets, check pnr status, and train schedule. It has  best UI when compared to the website. The IRCTC Connect application uses IRCTC.co.in account credentials to operate, however new users can create account directly in application.

Ola Cabs

The Ola cabs app is the easiest way to book a cab or taxi in most major cities of India. They are providing lots of offers for new & existing users. It has 3 types of cabs-- (Mini, Sedan and Prime) and lets you pay after you reach your destination. You can use online/offline payment methods. Once you book your cab, your location details are shared with the cab driver.

Goibibo

This is a unique app brought to the travelers need and satisfaction with lots of packages and offers. It also provides you a complete travel itinerary, duration of the trip and travel theme. The app keeps you updated with the latest flight offers and discounts. Download the Goibibo App and sign up using this referral code to earn Rs. 2000* gocash.

Redbus

The Redbus is one of the major mobile app that provide the complete bus details and booking facilities. The user can easily book their bus ticket based on the bus type. The Redbus has all types of buses like AC, Non-AC and Sleeper. It searches for the details of the buses from a particular place to a destination and offers the availability of seats for the inquired date.

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CHITIKA REVIEW

Chitika is one of the oldest company in online advertising space. It was founded in year 203. I have signed up an account with them during my initial blogging period. I had heard lot about them over Internet and thought to give them a try. I am writing this post based on my experience with this advertising network. Google adsense is the market leader in contextual advertising and Chitika  being a non-contextual program is avery good choice along with adsense or an adsense alternative.

CHITIKA - SIGNUP AND APPROVAL

Chitika does not have strict sign up requirement.Even small website or new website can apply for publisher account. They don't take much time to approve account. But Chitika does have layers of publisher accounts. Best ads are shown to premium publishers (websites with lots of traffic). You can sign up for Chitika using this link.

CHITIKA - CONTROL PANEL

Chitika does not save the ad format that we already added to our website. So each time we need to add a new ad, we have to go to the Chitika control panel. As and when you create an ad, you may save it to another file so that you can reuse it. Chitika might introduce latest features, and if you don't want to miss that, it is a better idea to add new ads through the control panel. Chitika has the maximum possible combinations of Ad formats. The supported Ads in many different sizes.

CHITIKA - SUPPORT

Chitika support is fairly good. The usual response time from Chitika is within 24 hours which is very fast. Furthermore, they have a very good knowledge base which answers so many questions.

CHITIKA - PAYMENTS

Chitika pays on a net-30 basis. That is they pay like Google Adsense. If you have accumulated 10$ by March end, you will be paid by the April end if you ahve opted for Paypal. You have two options to get paid from Chitika.

• Through Paypal with a minimum payout of 10$
• Through Check with a minimum payout of 50$

CHITIKA - REFERRAL 

Chitika also has the referral program for bringing in publishers where they pay you 10% of what is earned by your referral for 15 months from the registration date of referral. Furthermore, Chitika has the advertiser referral program where they pay you 25$ when the referred advertiser spends 100$. 

CHITIKA - ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

They are old advertising network and reliable one too. There is no doubt that they pay you. All the things mentioned above do work in their favor. But there are some drawbacks as well. They do work great for product based sites. Other area which they need to improve is recognition of international traffic (or traffic other than US). They are good choice for US traffic but not for traffic from India.

CONCLUSION

At the end of the review, our conclusion is the non-contextual advertising company Chitika can be a fairly good choice for people who has product based blogs and for general websites. Since they scan the search strings that we used to reach the website, they are able to outperform adsense for websites containing video content and having little text. Their ad format is unique and have great aesthetics, and their payout is at 10$. Considering all this, Chitika is a good choice.

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Google Reveals Top Apps, Books, Movies, and Music of 2014

Google has announced the names of most popular apps, games, movies, music, news and books of 2014 on Google Play.The Mountain View giant in an infographic titled ‘2014: The Year in Entertainment’ has revealed some of the interesting downloads from Google Play this year.

According to Google, the most downloaded apps by category are Education – Duolingo (a language learning app); Social – Facebook; Health and Fitness – MyFitnessPal (a calorie counter app); Entertainment – Netflix; Music – Pandora; Sports – NFL Mobile; Photography – Flipagram (for making short video stories), and Travel – TripAdvisor.

Google's movie of the year is Frozen, while the TV show of the year is The Walking Dead. The company's lists the Toy Story as comeback movie of the year.

Interestingly, Frozen, apart from being the movie of the year, is also the album of the year with its original motion picture soundtrack. Karty Perry's Dark Horse was the song of the year.

The top downloaded games on Google Play include Candy Crush Saga, Don't Tap the White Tile, Farm Heroes Saga, Subway Surfaces and Clash of Clans.

According to Google, book of the year is The Fault in Our Stars, followed by Fifty Shades of Grey, Divergent, Twelve Years Slave, and Insurgent

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Top 10 Unknown Google Tricks

Below is a list of our Top Ten Google Tricks many people who use Google don't know about.

Definitions

Pull up the definition of the word by typing define followed by the word you want to define. For example, typing: define bravura would display the definition of that word.

Local Search

Visit Google Local enter the area you want to search and the keyword of the place you want to find. For example, type: ATM at the above link would display local ATMs.

Phone Number Lookup

Enter a full phone number with area code to display the name and address associated with that phone number.

Find Weather And Movies

Type "weather" or "movies" followed by a zip code or city and state to display current weather conditions or movie theaters in your area.

Track Airline Flight and Packages

Enter the airline and flight number to display the status of an airline flight and it's arrival time. For example: delta 123 to display the flight information if available.

Translate

Translate text, a full web page, or search by using the Google Language Tools

Pages Linked To You

See what other web pages are linking to your website or blog by typing link: followed by your URL. For example, typing link: http://www.techbuzzway.com displays all pages linking to Techbuzzway.

Calculator

Use the Google Search engine as a Calculator by typing a math problem in  the search. For example, typing: 100+2000 would display results as 300.

Stocks

Quickly get to a stock quote price, chart, and related links by typing the stock symbol in Google. For example, typing : msft displays the stock information for Microsoft

Find PDF Results Only

Add filetype: to your search to display results that only match a certain file type. For example, if you wanted to display PDF results only type: "dell xps" fileType:pdf -- this is a great way to find online manuals.

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How To Block Ads On Android Apps

The Android users always get annoyed from the extra and useless ads on Android apps. They simply want to get rid of them. Some of the users might not be aware with the method of blocking ads on Android apps. Therefore, you can learn a method that, "How to block ads on Android apps". So here we are going to share a method to block ads.

You can use this methods to block ads on Android apps. Ones, you have applied this trick then you will be able to use apps without ads. Hence, you can enjoy with free and friendly environment.

Here we are going to use two different methods for blocking ads on Android app. You can select any of your convenient method and can start blocking the ads for your apps. These both methods are really awesome.

1. Block Ads Using AdAway App

This is the first method which we have got for you guys to help you out in blocking the ads using AdAway. This is the app which really works and gives you awesome results.However, to get benefit from this method, you are supposed to have rooted device. Now do the following steps:

• After rooting your devices(If not have already), you are supposed to enable the unknown sources. To enable unknown sources you have to go to Settings>>Security>>Applications. You can disable it after finishing the blocking of ads.
• Afterwards, download the AdAway App for your device and then Install it too.
• Ones, installation is done then this AdAway App will scan your device compatibility.
• Afterwards, it will ask you for the root access, grant it and then click on Download Files and Apply Ad Blocking, then wait for while to modify it.
• Then  restart your device, now the ads on Apps will be blocked. It will be block your ads automatically, you are not supposed to open it on each restart.

Also Read : How to Block Youtube Ads

2. Block Ads Using AdBlock Plus for Android

This is another awesome and workable method which can be used to block ads using AdBlock Plus. In this method root is not required at all.

• First of all, you need to enable unknown sources-you can disable it after ending the block ads process. To enable unknown sources you are supposed to go to Settings >> Security >> Applications
• After enabling the unknown sources, you have to download AdBlock Plus Apk. After the completion of downloading Install it.
• After the installing, run Adblock Plus for your Android device and enable filtering. Then it will automatically dome the proxy setting for your device.
• However, if it does not do the automatic proxy setting for your devices then you can do it manually as well by referring this official guide.
• Ones you have done and followed all the steps then it will start doing its work and will start blocking useless and annoying ads on Android apps.
• Adblock plus will keep on blocking ads until it enabled, ones you have disabled it then it will not block ads for your device.

If you want to ask any question related to these methods then you are allowed to lend your queries in the comment box.

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YouTube for Android Will Soon Support Offline Video Plackback In India

Google will soon allow Android users in India to download YouTube videos and watch them offline. The announcement was made alongside it's first Android One smartphones, a new initiative designed to give users a premium, Google-driven experience at cheaper price-points.

YouTube videos will be available offline in India, meaning that people ca store videos in the YouTube app when they are o WiFi and watch them later - a great benefit for times with a slow connection or re-watching videos without using up the data plan.

The move is significant and should make YouTube a more attractive service in India. Not everyone has contract plans with large or unlimited data caps, and so streaming videos simply isn't an option without incurring charges. With offline playback, Android users can store the videos from their favorite channels so they can be viewed at any time, regardless of their internet connection.

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Pact App Pays You To Exercise And Eat Right

You have heard of GymPact, an app that rewards you for hitting the gym on a regular basis and charges you a fee if you don't. Now it is Pact, and it now applies its payment/penalty system to dietary goals as well.

The app offers three different kinds of "pacts": food, gym, and veggie. The food pact requires you to log your daily intake using the excellent MyFitnessPal which now syncs directly with Pact.

With a veggie pact, you set a goal to eat a certain amount of fruits and vegetables per week. To verify each serving, you snap a photo with your phone before eating. (To help prevent cheating, photos are verified using a variety of criteria.)

Finally, the gym pact works much like always, giving you credit for trips to the gym, bike rides of at least 30 minutes, a daily step count of at least 10,000, and so on.

So what kind of money are we talking about? You don't pay anything up front. Instead, if you pledge to eat, say, 10 servings of veggies per week, and manage to do so, you'll earn about $2. But if you miss your goal, you'll be charged a minimum of $5 per veggie.

And that's ultimately how Pact works: the reward money comes from people who fail to honor their pacts. Interestingly, even though there's not a ton of money at stake here, research has shown that when cash is on the line, people are more likely to stick to diet and exercise goals. But obviously some won't make it, hence the pool of payout cash.

Although I do typically exercise three or four times per week, I could definitely stand to increase my fruit and veggie intake. Plus, I've had good luck with monetary motivators like DietBet , so I'll definitely be giving Pact a try. 

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