Although many people might have thought initially, Zoom is not a new application. Now amidst the lockdown period Zoom has become the largest downloaded app in India from Google Play Store. It has already surpassed 100 million downloads. The figure increases in the month of March as 6.7 million users download the app.
What does zoom offers?
Zoom offers its users with a basic and a premium version. In the basic version itself, the app offers video conferencing up to 100 people at once.
The maximum time limit is set to 40 minutes for the meetings of more than 3 people. If you want more time limit for your conference, users can upgrade to the premium version which costs around 14.99$/mo.
User interface
The user interface of the app is also user friendly. The app also has many other features like group chatting, screen sharing for presentations, etc. The Zoom app does support web, iOS, and Android versions. The web version has slightly better audio and video communication quality than its mobile versions.
Who is using the application?
Zoom has become the first choice of companies who need to converse with a large group of people at the same time. As everyone in India will be working from home at least till the lockdown gets over, people are preferring Zoom app over other video conferencing services out there. Even the students who are learning from home can now easily learn with their teachers through Zoom.
Nevertheless, in the future, most of us might be using the application on a daily basis. If it offers HD video quality calls for 100 people, what’s more, do you want.
Telegram recently provided an update with many features that can be useful for office work and also students studying in school. Below we will discuss all these features that are present in the new update.
Chat Folder feature
The first feature is chat folders. Telegram now allows its users to categorize the chats in different folders. The user can create folders such as family, friends, important, work, etc. If you are a user who has loads of messages to handle, forming folders may help you ease up the management.
Desktop sync feature
It has added a feature for desktop sync. This feature will sync your folders with the corresponding apps. The main motive of this feature is to help the user use the chat from any device.
Channel stats feature
Another feature is the Channel Statistics. The channels which contain more than 1000 members will get these stats and the information about which post is most liked and has the most engagement. This will allow the channels to grow.
New animations feature
There are new animations for voice and video recordings. Telegram has also added animations for basic emojis that are static in most other social media applications. The sneezing emoji, vomiting emoji and other such have animations added to it.
Telegram has more features than other messaging applications such as Whatsapp and Messenger. These newly added features are denoting a high increase in users for Telegram under this work from the home condition.
This Telegram update will be useful for employees working in an office. It will also be useful for students for assignments and classes and other school work.
These days, everyone is talking about the Zoom app. It is getting immensely popular and people are using it daily. But why? The answer is very simple and known to all. Everyone knows that the world is facing a pandemic situation due to coronavirus. The situation is very harmful such that there is an implementation of lockdown in various countries all across the globe.
But everyone knows this saying ‘The show must go on’. This is what implies to our current situation. This situation cannot stop us from working. It is very important to work, so people are opting to work from home. Everyone is completing their tasks from home. For this purpose, people are using the video calling application: Zoom.
This application is widely popular and famous. It allows you to have a conference or meeting through video calls. You can connect to anyone through a meeting ID that you get through this application. People are finding it very useful and helpful. It was not that popular before the lockdown, but now since most of the people are working remotely, it is going viral.
If you want to use Zoom, or if you are using it for the first time, then here are all the details that might help you. Have a look!
How to download the Zoom application?
The widely popular Zoom application is available on the Google Play Store on all Android mobile phones and handsets. It is completely free of cost. Anyone who wishes to use this application, can visit the Google Play Store and get it from there for no cost. For iOS users, the application is available in the App Store for free.
Setting up your account
After the completion of the downloading and installing process, you need to set up your account. Setting an account is a very easy task.
You just need to enter your basic details including your email ID and create a password. You can also sign up using your Google account. Signing up will create a successful account on the Zoom application.
How to host a meeting?
To start using Zoom, you need to host or start a meeting.
For hosting a meeting in Zoom, you need to tap on the new meeting button present on the screen in the top left corner.
After this, you will see a meeting ID on the screen.
You need to share this ID with the ones whom you want to conduct the meeting with.
You can share it on different media platforms to allow people to join the meeting directly.
After this, you need to tap on Start The Meeting.
How to join a meeting?
In case, you do not want to conduct a meeting, instead, you want to join someone else’s meeting, then you can ask the host of that meeting to share the meeting ID with you. You can simply click on that meeting ID and tap on join the meeting. Also, you will have to enter a password that the host provides you.
You also have the option to turn your video and audio on/off in the Zoom app. This option is available at the bottom of the screen. Follow these simple steps to work on Zoom.
PUBG Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds is a very famous game. It is very popular and famous among the youngsters and kids these days. People love playing this game and have a lot of fun. It is a multiplayer battle game where an individual or a team fights against others on the ground to be the best.
What is PUBG?
PUBG is a highly trending and popular game. It is available in Android and iOS both. Blue Hole, a South Korean company is the developer of this game. The Players have to fight against each other using weapons and tools to win and get the chicken dinner. Nowadays, even small kids know about the game and love playing it.
Walking and shooting through walls
PUBG Player continuously release new videos for its viewers to have some fun and enjoyment. Recently, they released one more interesting video. This video provides a huge advantage in the game. It shows that the players can easily walk through the walls and shoot people.
There are bricks and walls in the game through which a player can pass without any issues. Also, if one player shoots from one side of the wall, then the player standing on the other side is shot and has to die.
PUBG is very common among different age groups all over the world. This may be very interesting news for all the PUBG lovers that the players can pass through the walls and shoot easily.
Houseparty is a social platform that allows you to connect with the people you care about, face to face. This is a non-paid application. You can download it for free from the AppStore and register yourself. You will need to add your details such as email address, name, mobile number, and a password for you to create your account. Then, you can easily log in from any other device using your email or username and password.
To connect to your friends who might also have downloaded this application, you need to allow this app to access your contacts. You can also connect to your friends from Facebook or Snapchat applications. This app allows you to connect with a maximum of seven friends face to face at a time, termed as a ‘party’.
How to create a party?
In order to create a group of your contact, you can create a ‘room’ and add the contact you want to communicate with. You also need to ‘lock’ the room, to prevent strangers from joining this room. Some people misuse this by joining into unlocked rooms and displaying censored content.
How to delete account on this app?
Recently, it has been spreading among the social media that Houseparty has been hacked. They are also saying that it is preventing other applications to open. The Houseparty has officially announced a bounty to find the source of this problem. People during this quarantine period due to COVID-19 have been using this app to communicate with their friends and family. After facing this problem, everyone wants to delete their account.
For Android users
You can delete your account, by sending an email to ‘support@houseparty.com’ and request them to delete your Houseparty account. Follow the following steps:
Open any email application.
Create a new email.
Enter the recipients’ email as ‘support@houseparty.com’.
Enter the subject title as ‘Request to Delete Account’.
You need to add the following details in the body of this email:
User name.
Your email address used for the Houseparty account.
Username for the Housparty account.
Your mobile number used in the Houseparty account.
When the email is received by the Houseparty authorities, they will complete your request. Thus, your account will be deleted.
For iOS users
Open the Hoouseparty application. There is a ‘User’ icon on the top corner, you have to click on that icon.
A dropdown menu will appear on the screen, select the ‘settings’ option from the list.
Inside settings, you will see a ‘privacy’ option, click on that.
There you will see a ’delete account’ option, select that option.
You have to provide confirmation. For that, you have to enter your account password.
In this way, you can delete your account.
Whether you are an Android user or an iOS user, you can follow the corresponding steps mentioned above. After deleting your account, the Houseparty sign-in screen will be displayed. You can now uninstall the application from your phone if you want to.
Singapore and South Korea have launched applications for helping civilians to be safe from the coronavirus. Taking inspiration from them, India has also decided to make such an application, named as Corona Kavach. Coronavirus has been spreading worldwide through coming in contact with the infected person.
Its working
This application checks the data of the individual in segments of one hour. It provides an alert to the person when he crosses any person who is a patient of coronavirus. That infected person may have tested positive for the disease of COVID-19.
This application is in collaboration with the ‘Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’ and ‘Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’. The location of the user will be tracked through GPS. The application will notify if the person is in a high-risk area.
In India, the number of people using cell phones is high. Hence, this application can be very helpful for Indian citizens. The user will be aware of his surroundings and if anyone of his surrounding has been infected.
The government is assuring that no private data will be shared even with the government. But some people have been claiming that this application will destroy an individual’s privacy. There are no laws for data protection in India and it will be difficult to follow any privacy policies.
Bottom Line
Although, some individuals have stated that this application is for the good of the public. It will fall under IT-Act of accessing traffic and data. Also, the government is ensuring data protection. This Corona Kavach application seems to be for the welfare of Indians, considering the condition due to COVID-19.
TikTok! A very common word. None of us are unknown to this word. From young children to the elderly, everyone knows about this extremely popular application. About half of the population in India uses TikTok. In 2012, TikTok got its launch through a Chinese company.
TikTok and its growth
Though it is very common, if you still do not know then, TikTok is an application available in Android, Windows, and iOS. People use it to create dance videos, lip-syncing videos and talent videos. People use it for fun and entertainment purposes. It is very popular and it seems like it will continue growing. But there are some challenges that TikTok needs to overcome to stay on the top in 2020.
The challenges
The advertisements are the first thing that TikTok needs to focus on. The ads that the app displays must be authentic, safe and engaging. Since the youngsters cover the major part of TikTok users, the advertisements must be influential in a good way.
The second thing that TikTok needs to overcome is safety. TikTok must ensure the safety and security of data and other assets of its users. It is very important to earn the trust of the users in order to stay at the top.
Updates and changes in the application are the last challenges that TikTok will face in its way to the top position. The company must make continuous updates and improvements to its application to ensure better functioning and working of the application.
Conclusion
TikTok is a very famous application, but to stay on the top it will have to overcome three challenges in the near future. These include safety, authentic advertisements and continuous improvements.
Tiktok is a social media platform by a Chinese company. It is famous for creating short videos of lip-syncing, comedy videos, famous dialogues enactment and much more. This app is free to download from the AppStore. Both, Android as well as iOS users can use this app easily. In India, many TikTok users became famous as their videos got viral over the Internet.
TikTok’s donation for India
Coronavirus, a virus that emerged from Wuhan city of China, has become a pandemic that has been spreading worldwide. The disease COVID-19 has affected more than 1 million people to date. TikTok donated medical equipment and other supplies to India to help fight this pandemic.
The supplies contain special suits for doctors who have been treating Corona patients. These suits are hazmat suits to protect the doctors and nurses from the infection. Also, TikTok donated masks for people to prevent catching this virus.
While India is under lockdown for 21 days, the doctors and other medical staff have been working tirelessly to cure patients who tested positive for Coronavirus. Tiktok posted on a social media platform, that under such situations, the safety of doctors and other individuals is necessary.
The company will provide more equipment in the near future as they are concerned about the safety of Indian citizens. Also, they have been campaigning worldwide to stay at home and practice social distancing in order to be safe from COVID-19.
With the advent of the internet, we now have everything at our fingertips. Not only can you keep yourself privy to what’s happening across the globe, but you can also use the internet to stay updated to the latest local news. Sometimes, browsers are the way to go while at others, apps can help you out so much. It is a delicate balance and using this, you will be able to lay hands on everything you want. Check out this list of the Local Apps For Android.
Jobonji
Jobonji is a native gigs app where users can use the app to get some odd jobs done. For instance, you can get someone to mow your garden, clean the drains, and more. If you are not that great with assembling furniture, Jobonji can help you find someone who can put it up for you in a jiffy. The app has tons of professionals and helpers. The app itself is free, but you can always chat with the person about the pay before embarking on it. One good thing here is that it works internationally as well.
Jobonji
Krazy Coupon Girl
It is quite surprising how many people have not heard about Krazy Coupon Girl app. It is completely free and can help you save a ton of garments, groceries, and different appliances from retailers like Kohl’s, Goal, and Walmart. With the coupons you come across in the app, you will be able to save a lot of dollars. All you need to do is to find the coupons you want, save them, and use them during checkout to save money. It is delightful to see that it works with online retailers as well, including Amazon. Additionally, some other places where this coupon app comes in use include Kroger, Publix, Greenback Tree, CVS, and Walgreen. It will detect the locations you go to regularly and let you know about the offers there. Additionally, you will also receive news about the sale and offers on places you don’t go frequently.
Yard Sale Treasure Map
Yard sales and garage sales is famously known to be the place to collect some little treasure. The best part here is there it will not cost you an arm and a leg. The app looks at other websites like Craiglist and so on to come up with listings. You will be able to view the available ones on a map and choose where you want to go and spend a lovely weekend. The Yard Sale Treasure Map is basically an app that gathers all the yard and garage sales going on around and publishes it on the app.
Yard Sale Treasure Map
YP – The Yellow Pages
Did you know that the Yellow Pages app is one of the most popular apps to be downloaded with more than 50 million downloads on Google Play alone? Additionally, 80 million people visit the website every month! It is completely free. You can use the Yellow Pages to search for whatever you are looking for and there are high chances that you will find it in a jiffy. Across the app, there are more than 20 million listings. This includes the likes of purchases, meals, and any other industry you are looking at. Moreover, you will find Fandango integration for getting film tickets, GrubHub integration for meals supply, and a provision to explore fuel costs.
Kroger – Reward and Retailers
As you may already be aware, most locations have a rewards program in place. There are plenty of such apps that consolidate various retailers, allowing the users to access it all from one single app. For instance, Kroger is a great example of this. The app lets the users keep tracks of coupons, sales, rewards points, and more. With the app, you will also be able to refill pharmacy prescriptions and schedule grocery pick-up among other things.
Kroger
Facebook Events
Facebook might have some issues, but it has done a great job with its events platform. The app allows you to check out events happening in your locality and others. To add to it, you can use the app to find concerts, gatherings, tastings, and more. Groups allow users to coordinate events with other people. While Facebook is known for having poor privacy policies, you can always make use of it to find happening stuff around you.
Facebook Events
Local News app
Most major areas have their own local news stations. Most of them have reliable apps, offering all the latest updates. While the national carriers usually don’t carry all the local news, it can be a good idea to have your local news app since it will help you keep updated. There are tons of them and you can choose the one you want. In most cases, these are free as well.
Google Maps
A list of this kind can never be complete without including Google Maps. This is one of the greatest Local Apps For Android. It is a great way to find businesses around you and it will even navigate you there in no time. Once you set up navigation, it will also alert you if you are going to arrive just or after when the business is closed. Hours of operation, traffic along the way, and alternate routes with the time taken are all some useful features of the app. Naturally, it is completely free.
9. Tinder
Tinder is a highly popular dating app and one of the best Local Apps For Android. Basically, you can filter results by GPS location and find people around you. Since it is so popular, you will find more people to interact with on this platform. The free version offers a great deal and you can always upgrade to the premium version for more features.
Tinder
10. Local Weather App
Most weather apps offer local weather details as well. However, if you choose to go with an app that is designed to only offer you your local weather details, you will find that there are so many more features offered for you. Dark Sky or 1Weather are great examples of this.
PUBG, the famous game is planning to enthrall gaming enthusiasts with an all-new version. The popular game seeks to develop a strong fan base through the introduction of various new versions. Enjoy this new version of the game to perfection with great events awaiting your presence.
PUBG believes in being dynamic with the inclusion of new features and versions frequently. PUBG Corporation is trying to include new versions to expand its horizon and offer an overall fantastic gaming experience to the players. The new PUBG Holi 2020 is no exception!
Learn more about the PUBG Holi version
The PUBG Holi bundle is a very lucrative offer for gaming enthusiasts as it provides a great gaming offer at a very affordable price. This bundle is a part of the Holi major event. The price is 10 UC and remains confined up to 1 park per day. PUBG has incorporated various events related to the Holi version. This version is available to provide an overall diverse and fabulous gaming experience.
It is time for all the gaming enthusiasts to know and learn about this new PUBG Holi version. The amazing features of this new version shall serve as a catalyst for all the players.
Detailed events of PUBG holi version
One will be able to play with gulal and in-game items. They serve as the major attractions in the whole game. There are three major events in the Holi version which include the Holi festival: colorful party, Happy Moment and Gulal Redemption.
One will be able to collect gulal for the matches played irrespective of the mode. In the second event, one can specific rewards by spending a specific amount of time playing the game. The last event named Gulal Redemption provides for easy redemption.
There are other events that have been covered under the PUBG Holi version 2020. These events include Win an outfit and Big Spender. In order to enhance the entertainment level of the game, these events have become a part of PUBG. The game shall include various events that will serve as the major stimulus.
Enjoy the personalized touch to PUBG Holi version 2020
The personalized touch to this version makes this game all the more interesting. One shall enjoy playing this game to perfection with a touch of personalization. It offers a fantastic opportunity for all the players to enjoy and have a great time while playing this new version.
The new Holi version offers an excellent experience to all the gaming lovers. With the inclusion of personalization in the game, the quality and standards of this addictive game have gone higher and better.
PUBG Corporation is endeavoring rigorously to ensure that the players get to enjoy a fabulous version of the game. With the incoming of this version, one can enjoy the colorful and celebratory version like never before.
So, without wasting much time come and start playing this new PUBG Holi version right now!
