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ViMusic - An Elegant Ad-free Music Streaming APP!

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    A couple weeks ago, I was in a great mood to listen to my favourite artist Martin Garrix's new album 'Sentio'; I was extremely pumped up. So I grabbed my pair of earphones, connected them to my phone, opened YouTube music, and shuffled songs from Garrix's Sentio album. After listening to only one song... Yes, ONE song... I got to hear 2 ANNOYING ADVERTISEMENTS 😐 So, I went on to search for the best ad-free music streaming platform for an android device. Spotify - Too many ads again! Wynk - No proper music recommendations. SoundCloud - Most of the songs cannot be accessed in India. Amazon Music - Need a subscription  Eventually, I went exploring GitHub , where developers share their handcrafted applications, where I came across a particular app which added a massive smile on my face 😁 The app that solves all the abovementioned problems is called "ViMusic" . Android users , you are in luck... V iMusic is an online music streaming app for Android smart

Nothing Phone (1) - Worth All The Hype?

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         It's here... The most hyped smartphone of 2022 ... The NOTHING PHONE (1) The Phone (1) is Nothing's second product and first smartphone! The motto of Nothing is to create practical products that stand out from the rest of its rivals . Is this device worth all the hype? Let's find out SPOILER ALERT: A gamechanger just penetrated the field of mid-rangers 😮 Okay... The Nothing Phone (1) event was one of the best events I've seen. I usually do not ask the readers see the launch events but this time I should, because the event was very concise, and simple. CEO Carl Pei himself gave an overview of the phone in simple words. So do check it out Let's address the elephant in the room first, THE DESIGN,  Right off the bat, it's "SPLENDID and REFRESHING" The transparent back panel allows us to see the internal components of the phone and the addition of LED lights surrounding these components making it look elegant and catch eyeballs for sure. Nothing i

Smartphone Tips and Tricks - Part II: Software

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    Fun fact : Due to some fantastic software tools, I made my 7-year-old smartphone, which was taking more than 2 minutes to open WhatsApp, run super smooth with improved battery health! In continuation to the previous  post on hardware, let me discuss the software side... Smartphone software allows us to unlock the full potential of our device. As the definition goes, 'software is a set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do' we should know some of the essential software hacks and tricks to use our devices like a pro! I'll divide my write-up into 5 categories: Homescreen and essential apps Shortcuts and convenience tools Storage management and cloud storage Battery management and bug prevention My special tricks 1) Homescreen and essential apps: # The appearance of the Homescreen defines how a person uses his/her phone.  Grouping similar apps into folders help us to find them quickly and make our home screen look elegant.  # Using widgets helps us interact

Smartphone Tips and Tricks - Part I: Hardware

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      Hey! It's been a long time since my last post... Sorry for the delay :) "Smartphones entered the world as a luxury; gradually, they became a necessity."  In today's world, almost every person on earth uses a smartphone. From a baby listening to "Baby Shark do do do," to boys and girls playing video games, and using social media, to uncles and aunties using it for official work, to grandma and grandpa using it to watch TV serials on Voot, and to send "WhatsAppuu" messages :) But... there are some minor, essential things that you must follow to efficiently use your smartphone.  Myths Busted! I'll categorize my write-up into 2 parts: Hardware (Part-I) Software (Part-II) => Hardware 1) Smartphone heating: When we play games with high graphics or render HD videos, the phone will be hot to the touch, and many think that the phone's battery is hot! But it's not... The processor performing these heavy load tasks will be heated up , an