Google extends free trial for Google Play Music and YouTube Red to 4 months

Google extends free trial for Google Play Music and YouTube Red to 4 months

Hardik Gandhi   July 04, 2016

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Google has offered pretty generous trials for its Google Play Music / YouTube Red services in the past, including up to 90 days for just $1, but this 4th of July weekend the deal became even sweeter. First spotted by 9to5Google, the free trial for the $9.99 a month unlimited music streaming service and ad-free YouTube experience has expanded to four months for new subscribers.
Getting unlimited streaming music and no ads on YouTube for a third of a year without having to pay anything is really one of the best deals in streaming. Since Google acquired Songza in 2014, the company's music service

Boost your android performance

Boost your android performance

Hardik Gandhi   October 20, 2015

KEEP YOUR ANDROID UP TO DATE

If you haven’t updated your Android phone to the latest firmware, you should. Google brings great improvements to each new release of the Android operating system, including updates that ensure stability, higher performance speed and connectivity along with other user-friendly new features.

UPDATE YOUR APPS

You should regularly update your phone’s installed apps from Google Play. Try to get updates your apps when they are available in Google Play. Developers fix bugs and add features in new released versions of apps. Updated apps perform better and faster, and will less likely crash your phone.

UNINSTALL UNWANTED APPS

Every app you install in your phone take some storage space and runs some background processes.

The more storage space occupied or the more background processes running on your phone, the slower your phone’s performance.Don’t install apps you hardly use. Keep only the apps that you need and if you have got an app that isn’t really useful, you can uninstall or disable it.

USE LESS WIDGETS

Widgets are not apps, which only run once you choose to activate them. No, widgets are always running in the background; they are active all the time.Lots of widgets can cause your smartphone to run a bit slower than it could normally. Also realize that live widgets, or widgets that update frequently such as different weather widgets, can cost you more performance than some of the more stationary widgets. That being said, take a look at your widgets and maybe consider taking some of them off, or changing the update settings of your live widgets to less frequent.

LIVE WALLPAPERS = NO!

Live wallpapers slow down your smartphone, especially those running older hardware.Phones (from different manufacturers) come with different live wallpapers.But live wallpapers that are badly made will need more CPU cycles to run, thus draining the battery faster.

MANAGE GOOGLE SERVICES

An Android device automatically includes access to Google services including Books, Contacts, Currents, Gmail and Google+. A normal android user does’nt require all of these services,so turn them off and save from the trouble of downloading more data.

TURN OFF ANIMATIONS

Confused with the term animations?your phone screen actually fades out and in as you switch from one task to the other. To see this in action Go to Settings > Developer Options > Window Animation Scale > Animation scale 10x. Then choose Window Animation Scaleagain to see the fade in effect in ‘slow-mo’.When you choose Animation off, the screen just snaps to position without animation. You can also turn off Transition Animation Scale in the same way. If you are a heavy user, you’d probably notice that your Android performs faster with all animations off.

USE A TASK KILLER

Download any free Task Killer apps or TaskManagers from Google Play. Some of the good ones are Advanced Task Killer and Super Task Killer Free. Use a task killer to kill background processes and other apps that you don’t need or you don’t use.Set options to automatically kill unnecessary apps (based on your selections) after every set period of time.

CONCLUSION

Android phones are till now the best in class and mostly prefered by people around the globe. No matter what your phone specs are, these android phones eventually starts to slow down.If you follow the above steps you can actually boost you android performance and its battery as well!

10 Best Android Apps that you won’t find in Play Store

Hardik Gandhi   October 20, 2015

10 Best Android Apps that you won’t find in Play Store

There are millions of android app available on the Play Store for every android user. But Google Blocks or Bans some of the apps on their store for many reasons.Here we make a list of some of the best android apps that you can’t find on their store but you can find it elsewhere on the internet.

Tubemate

Tubemate is one of the best YouTube download manager for android but unfortunately this app is not available in Google Play Store. We all know the YouTube’s new feature that give you access to download videos for offline use, but you can’t share downloaded video with your friends. If you really want to download videos in android device from YouTube, download this app and enjoy YouTube videos in it.

VideoMix

This is the best app that will let you to stream videos, TV shows and lots more for free of cost. Also there will be no need to sign up etc in this app, just open the app, search out your favorite media and start streaming.

Blackmart Alpha

This app, known as a black market provides you all the cool apps for free of cost.The apps that are paid in Google Play store can be availed from this app for free of cost. Also in this app, you will get the apk file instead of the installed file.

Whatsapp Plus

Whatsapp plus, arguably is the most interesting ‘mod’ version of the Whatsapp messenger. It offers several features including improved privacy, customisation of looks, extra emoticons, massive file sharing etc.

WiFi Kill

Normally used for security purposes, this cool app will let you to kick of all the device that is connected to your wifi network.Must give a try to this app.

iRoot

iRoot is a universal root app for your android device. With this app you can root your android phone and gain administrative privileges in it.

Adaway

Adaway blocks ads on your android device with host file editor. You must need root access for using this app.This app uses host file method for blocking all type of ads in your device.

Amazon App Store

The giant shopping network has an app store too, where you can find huge collection of free apps that you may not get in the Google Play store, the main reason why it is also known as best alternative of Google Play Store.

X-posed framework

The best tool for your rooted android that has the capability to fully customize your android looks according to you. There you will find lots of modules and frames that you will love to try in your android device without interfering with the apps.

LMT Launcher

For android users who always try new launchers to customize their android looks, this app may be the best choice. It offers a detachable menu, which opens into a fan shape and offers shortcuts. To open this menu, simply swipe from any edge of the screen towards the center in it.

Showing ads between your posts

Showing ads between your posts

Hardik Gandhi   May 11, 2015

If you want to show ads between your posts, first go to your Layouts tab. Then, in the "Blog Posts" section, click on "Edit." A pop-up window will appear with options to configure your blog posts. Check the box next to "Show Ads Between Posts." (Note: You must be signed up for AdSense before you can check this box.)
Once you check this box you'll see the configuration options for your ads. You can then select how often you would like ads to be shown after your posts.
For example, if you want ads to be displayed after every post, select "1" from the drop-down menu (please note that AdSense policy limits you to a total of 3 ad units per page, and Blogger will automatically prevent you from going over this limit). You can then select your ad format and colors. Once you have finished configuring your ads, click on the orange "Save" button.

Enable AdSense on your blog

Enable AdSense on your blog

Hardik Gandhi   May 11, 2015

You can make money with your blog by enabling AdSense. AdSense is Google's content-targeted advertising program. If you use AdSense, relevant ads will automatically be shown based on what your posts are about. For example, if you blog about baseball, you might see ads for “Major League Baseball memorabilia” next to your post. If you blog about painting, you might see ads for “Art Supplies.”

Enable AdSense for your blog

1. Click on the Earnings tab from the drop-down menu on your dashboard.

2. You’ll then see the AdSense overview page. If you haven’t signed up for AdSense yet, click Sign up for AdSense.
   Can’t click Sign up for AdSense
   If the Sign up for AdSense button is grayed out and you see a message that says “Your blog doesn’t currently qualify for AdSense,” it means your blog is not yet eligible to apply for AdSense. To use Adsense, blogs must meet certain quality and content standards. Review the AdSense eligibility checklist to make sure your blog meets the guidelines to use AdSense. Keep blogging and check back often to see if your blog has become eligible to use Adsense.
3. Select whether you'd like AdSense on the Google Account you're currently signed in to, or if you'd like to create a new Google Account.
   
4. Complete the application form, review the information you've provided, and then agree to terms and conditions.

Ads will not appear on your blog until your application has been approved. Once you receive confirmation that your application was approved, you can control the ways the ads show up on your blog through the settings on the Earnings tab at anytime. It’s up to you whether or not to show ads, and where on your blog to display those ads (sidebar and posts, just sidebar, or just posts) if you’re using Traditional templates. Dynamic Views users can skip this step, as we’ve already optimized ad placement for Dynamic Views templates.
To learn more about monetizing your blog, check out About the Blogger "Earnings" tab or About AdSense for your blog.