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Best Android Apps and Games 2019

The importance of mobile apps in our daily life is undeniable. We are so encompassed that now and then we use one or the other app. Among the tons of Android apps available on the Play Store, the following are the exceptional apps Google Play has listed under various categories:

Best Apps of 2019

User’s Choice App of 2019: Spotify

Spotify is a digital music streaming service that gives you access to the content of various artists from all over the world such as millions of songs, podcasts, and videos. Spotify is a premium android app but you can have access to its basic functions which includes playing music which is totally free. It can be played across a range of devices such as computers, phones, tablets, speakers, TVs, and cars. You cannot download music from Spotify in the traditional sense besides you can save it to listen offline.

Best Everyday Essentials of 2019: Boosted: Productivity and Time Tracker

With an easy to use interface Boosted a productivity and time tracker app helps you improve personal and work productivity. This android app comes with multiple features such as time tracking and organizing the activities. You can also view history of your activities in a chronological timeline. Furthermore, you can also back-up and restore your data to Google Drive.

Best Personal Growth App of 2019: Meesho

Meesho is a social commerce platform which enables small businesses and individuals to start their online stores through social channels namely WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram etc. It is used by women entrepreneurs, housewives, college students, as well as shop and boutique owners, and anyone looking for a part-time job or home-based jobs.

Best Hidden Gems of 2019: Appy Weather

Appy Weather is an impressive weather app, in particular, the personal touch the developers have provided. You can avail the information in brief or detail as the app provides information in both ways. The app recognizes your current location to avoid manually switching locations as you travel. There’s a feature named Toast Notification which alerts you when it is expected to rain or snow.

Best Apps for Fun of 2019: Ablo

Ablo is a social media chat app that lets you connect with the world and relate with new people across all parts of the world at any time and in any language. With Ablo’s built-in translator there is no language barrier. You just need to type in your language and send. The receiver on the other end will receive a translated message. Overall, the app is engaging, addictive and a great pastime.

Best Games of 2019

User’s Choice Game 2019: Call of Duty Mobile

The game is a rival to the most popular mobile game PUBG Mobile. Both games are published by the same Tencent Games. It is the part of popular Call of Duty franchise from the world of PC and Console gaming which is free to play on mobile. This android game comes with five online multiplayer modes such as Free-For-All, Frontline, Team Deathmatch, Hardpoint, and Domination along with newly introduced Zombie Survival mode.

Best Competitive Game of 2019: Brawl Stars

Brawl Stars is a fast-paced multiplayer battle game developed by the makers of Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, and Boom Beach. It comes in multiple game modes such as Gem Grab, Showdown, Heist, Bounty, Brawl Bawl including limited-time special events. But you cannot select a particular game mode to play as they are randomly selected.

Best Indie Game of 2019: #Drive

DRIVE is an endless driving videogame inspired by road and action movies from the 70s and 80s. As simple as possible, allowing the player to pick a car, pick the place and just hit the road. Just be aware not to hit anything else. No matter where we drive, no matter what we drive or how fast we drive. We simply chose to drive.

Best Casual Game of 2019: 1945

1945 is a long-run shooting game which is a remake of classic arcade experience which includes 16 types of famous WWII combat planes. The game controls are easy to learn and use which gives you the old feeling of playing an arcade game. It comes with great visuals, additional modes, and exciting campaigns.

Best Innovative Game of 2019: Alt-Frequencies

The makers of “A Normal Lost Phone” and “Another Lost Phone: Laura’s Story” has launched a new audio mystery game Alt-Frequencies. The players sail through the radio frequencies trying to uncover government conspiracy acting as a media manipulator. It’s an interesting android game put together with a clean look and convincing set of radio stations.

Angular vs Flutter: Which is better?

To start with we should consider and think why we are comparing Angular and Flutter! When there are other technologies that we could compare. The answer is both the frameworks are developed by Google.

Angular is a hybrid framework which is good to build a web application as well as a mobile application but it gets complex when it comes to creating specific framework application for mobile.

If Angular is used to make a mobile application for android, then to build the same application for iOS, it should be rebuild from start.

To overcome this problem Google came with another framework called “Flutter” which is a single code-based language. Flutter is a framework and SDK that allows you to build native mobile apps for iOS and Android with one language.

Angular uses the typescript language and HTML structure to control and to build new web application whereas Flutter simply uses DART programming language which is similar to Java in syntax along with HTML5 CSS3 and JavaScript, these are the modern frontend UI specific development method of web pages.

Compare to Angular, Flutter is faster in performance however when it comes to usability Angular is more stable as Flutter has been in the development stage, that also means that there will still be some bugs, missing features that need to be added in the framework.

If we look into Architecture and Functionality point of view

Components of Angular

Angular creates Applications using components like:

Data binding,
Type Components,
Service Components,
Provider Components,
Filter Components,
Dependency Injection

Which works as Building blocks of User Interface.

Components of Flutter

There are four components that create the “SDK” platform and make Flutter Architecture vastly usable:

Flutter Engine
Dart Platform
Foundation Library
OS Design Specific Widgets

Though angular is a renowned open-source Framework and highly used as of now. But in the coming year, as Flutter gets it upgrading we may see this framework for developing cross-platform apps.

Uber Cargo Store App: A new way to shop while riding

People generally ride longer distances such as to and from the airport or sometimes the ride gets prolonged due to city traffic. To make this time more productive (from a business point of view) and entertaining for the ride-sharing passengers Uber has launched Cargo Store App a shopping app in collaboration with Cargo. Uber and Cargo first partnered on 19^th July 2018 expanding their operations to San Francisco and Los Angeles. The aim was to sell goods to their passengers such as snacks, chocolates, gums, chargers, beverages, and other beauty products from the car console.

Cargo app was first launched in June 2017. Since its launch, it has partnered with a bunch of big industry players such as Grab & Go, Coca Cola, and SeatGeek.

How do Cargo Store App works?

Riders can download the app from the App Store or Google Play Store. After downloading the app riders need to slide into Uber and scan the QR code on Cargo Box. Now the rider can start shopping from the app. Once the purchase is complete Cargo will start shipping the items directly to the rider’s home without any delivery charges within two to five business days.

Riders can also enjoy the in-ride entertainment such as watching movies on Movies Anywhere App from Universal Studios which the riders can purchase between $5 and $10 each or in a bunch for $15 and $20.

Products:

From the app, riders can shop Electronic products as wells as Cosmetic products such as:

Apple AirPods
Apple Watch Series 4
Away: The Carry-On
Amazon Echo
Bose QuietComfort 35 Wireless Headphones
Christian Louboutin Nail Colour
Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer
Echo Dot – Charcoal
Fujifilm Instax Square SQ6
Glossier the Makeup Set
Mophie Charger
Nintendo Switch
Oculus Go
Quip Electric Toothbrush Set
Ray-Ban Wayfarer Classic
Tabletop Foosball
Voluspa Crisp Champagne Candle
Wander Beauty Gold Eye Masks

The only hurdle while using this app is you can only use it when riding Uber. You have to be in the car with a driver who has installed a Cargo console and then you can download the Cargo app to shop. According to Cargo CEO Jeff Cripe, about 30,000 Uber drivers in 10 U.S. cities have downloaded the cargo consoles.

Benefits of Cargo Store app for Rider and Driver:

Making a purchase will benefit riders to get 10% value back in the form of Uber Cash which they can utilize on future rides or while shopping on Cargo app during Uber rides.

Whenever the rider purchases from the Cargo Box in-car driver will earn 25% of the total purchase. If the purchase is made for the first time through a new app then the driver will earn extra $1 for each first purchase. Even though shopping costs money it is still a win-win situation for both Riders and Drivers.

According to a survey, millennials in 2019 make 60% of their purchase online. Undoubtedly online shopping is gaining an edge over traditional shopping. This new partnership might help Uber to step into the e-commerce business.

Nintendo brings Dr. Mario World for iOS and Android

In the month of June, Nintendo announced that it is going to launch its latest smartphone game Dr. Mario World on 10^th July. But Nintendo launched the title a day earlier to the launch date. Dr. Mario World a game series originally debuted on NES and Game Boy in the 90s is now available on both Android an iOS. Even after 30 years of its launch, it feels the same with some new twists in the game. The only difference you will feel while playing is game controls. On previous games, controllers were used to moving the capsules whereas now it has become easier with touch screen controls.

Game Developers:

Dr. Mario World is developed by Nintendo EPD a division of Nintendo in collaboration with Japanese company LINE and South Korean company NHN Entertainment.

About the Game:

Dr. Mario World is basically a single-player free-to-play puzzle game where you control your character with swipes and taps on your smartphone screen. You have to play this game within a time limit terminating the viruses with the help of a limited number of color-coded capsules. To eliminate the viruses you have to match the appropriate capsules with the right colored viruses. The objective of the game is to completely remove the viruses from the board before running out of time and capsules.

It is a vast game with multiple locations to explore and characters to meet. The game consists of various Dr. Mario characters such as –

Dr. Bowser

Dr. Toad

Dr. Peach

Dr. Bowser Jr.

Dr. Luigi

Dr. Toadette

Dr. Yoshi

Dr. Ludwig

Dr. Wendy

Along with Dr. Mario characters, there are even more assistants such as Goomba, Green Koopa Troopa, Piranha Plant, Spiny Cheep, Hammer Bro, Paragoomba, and others. All these characters come with different skills that can make the virus busting easier.

Dr. Mario World has a multiplayer option wherein you can play against each other or together. You can watch the progress of your friends and family and also you can give them power-ups within certain intervals to help them out. Play the various mini-games that pop up at times to access new characters and earn new skills. There are optional in-game purchases during the gameplay which could cost you $1.99 to $69.99 per item.

Device Compatibility:

To play Dr. Mario World on Android devices, the device should be running on Android 4.4 KitKat or later versions of Android. For iOS users, the device should run on iOS11 or later versions. As of now, the game supports English, Japanese, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Korean, and Chinese.

Pre-order your food with Uber Eats new “Dine-In” feature

Food delivery Apps are constantly evolving to make the customer experience better. To earn money on just food orders without even physically delivering them GrubHub, Postmates, and Uber Eats are adding pick-up options to their apps. In this process, Uber Eats is testing its new Dine-In feature in few cities like Austin, Dallas, Phoenix, and San Diego. This feature will be very handy for those who do not want to miss the ambiance of a restaurant or do not like to stand in queues for long hours waiting for their food to come. As a result, they can pre-order their food before they go to the restaurant and have it there as a normal customer or takeout.

How does it work?

Dine-In appears next to the Delivery and Pick-Up options at the top of the Uber Eats app. You just have to place the order from the menu and choose the time you want to eat. The app displays the time required to prepare the food and according to that, you can schedule your time to arrive and have your food. The app notifies you as your order is prepared and advances towards readiness. Besides time, the app also displays the distance to the restaurant, total bill amount, and restaurants rating. This feature does not include delivery drivers, hence, Uber Eats is not going to levy any sort of delivery or service charges. Diners will pay through Uber Eats app and also can tip the restaurant streamlining the experience for both.

How it will help restaurants?

According to Uber, this feature is an effort to bridge the gap between customers and restaurants. Uber Eats wants restaurants to focus on what they do the best such as making delicious food and providing excellent services. Restaurants who focus more on food presentation, don’t do delivery and avoid paying the delivery drivers from their hard-earned revenue, Dine-In feature will help them to attract customers. As most customers get to know about the new restaurants while ordering through the app, the Dine-In feature will let customers experience their meal in person.

Restaurants participating in the Dine-In option will be charged by Uber Eats. The charges will be less than that of delivery services. For Uber Eats, it seems to be an easy way to earn profit from restaurants that partner with this platform without investing money into delivery drivers. For restaurants, this feature will bring customers filling the vacant tables. Restaurants have a benefit of getting 100% of the tip left by the customer.

Other Dine-In apps like Allset and restaurant reservation apps such as OpenTable and Resy who are in business from years could face tough competition from this new feature of Uber Eats. International expansion of this feature is under planning but as of now, Uber Eats has no official announcement about it.

Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall a role-playing game for iOS and Android

One of the most famous and most loved fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones broadcasted its last season in May 2019. There is also news about a prequel in making to Game of Thrones. Transformation of such a famed product into a game is an added advantage for the fans. Acting on that, on 27^th June 2019 Behaviour Interactive, HBO, and GAEA announced Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall.

Game Developers:

Behaviour Interactive, is one of the biggest independent video game developers. Creative director Justin Jones the man behind Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes has created Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall with Behaviour Interactive. GAEA a game development company from China and Behaviour Interactive worked together for about two years to develop this game.

About the game:

Game is set a few decades before the timeline of the show, just after Lord Commander Brynden Rivers disappears while ranging beyond the wall. In this game, players will deal with the events in Westeros.

Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall is a role-playing game. Players playing as Lord Commander need to assemble and lead the heroes into battles against the wildlings, giants, and other dangers of the North. Players can recruit the characters from across the seven kingdoms and command a castle of the Night’s Watch in an attempt to protect Westeros. They also have to manage the characters as they have different strengths, abilities, and traits that make them unique.

After the disappearance of Lord Commander Brynden Rivers (a.k.a Bloodraven and eventually as the Three-Eyed Raven) from Night’s Watch, players follow his footsteps beyond the wall into the dark mysteries through the eyes of first ranger Alvar Spyre and his right-hand man Dramon Blackwood.

Players can use the mysterious powers of the Weirwood Trees to visit key moments from the history of iconic characters Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, Jaime Lannister, Melisandre, and Tormund Giantsbane. With the help of this feature, players can collect different costumed versions of these characters across various game events and further use the characters in other gameplay modes including combat.

With detailed hero interface, players can customize their units by using different traits, equipment’s, and skills. An important Meta layer also exists in the game where players send their ravens to fetch items, tactics, and abilities to strengthen their roster.

Pre-registration rewards:

Players can start registration for the game on its official website and it is also available on Google Play Store and App Store. Pre-registrations for Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall from the official website will receive bonus characters and items along with the game updates, interviews and more.

More players pre-register the greater will be the rewards.

For 250K registrations 10,000 copper pennies.
For 500K registrations 10 Shards of Jon Snow, The Old Bear’s Steward.
For 750K registrations a Knight of Vale.
For 1M registrations 10 Shards of Daenerys Targaryen, Breaker of Chains.

The developers did not give any official date for the launch of the game but will release sometime in 2019. The game will be available in China as well as other territories.

Spotify separates Music and Podcasts tabs with the new update

Spotify rolled out a major update to refine the view of “Your Library” in its mobile app. But this update is only for premium subscribers. The new update separates Music and Podcast from each other making it user-friendly and accessible. It is simpler to get started and to stay updated giving you a personalised experience. Prior to this update, Spotify provided a podcasts entry in a list that included mostly music related items like playlist, songs, albums, artists and more.

In new version dedicated tabs are given for both Music and Podcasts making it easy to toggle between the two. Inside the Music tab, you can see Playlists, Artists, and Albums tabs, while Podcasts tab has Episodes, Downloads and, Shows.

Music:

Playlist: The songs you listen to are added to a playlist along with the liked songs and playlists you create. A download option is given to listening to songs when offline.

Artists: It shows a list of artists and to add one in this section just follow the artist.

Album: While playing songs in the playlist if you liked a particular album, it will be saved in this section.

Podcasts:

Episodes: It shows new podcasts along with the one you follow and previously listened podcasts to resume it where you left.

Downloads: You can listen to the podcasts you have downloaded when offline.

Shows: Podcasts you follow or listen most frequently are organized in this tab.

Users do not need to worry about the previously saved music as the redesign will retain the saved data. This redesign comes with few other changes. Spotify has created a new automatic playlist called Liked Songs which you can see in the Playlists view containing all the existing and past liked songs. Another change which Spotify made is it launched a new playlist called “Your Daily Drive”. This gives the experience of listening to the radio.

Besides acquiring several podcasting companies such as Gimlet Media and the podcast creation and hosting platform Anchor, Spotify announced a new podcast partnership with Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company ‘Higher Ground’. In this partnership, the Obama’s will develop, produce, and also lend their voices to select podcasts. To compete with Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Apple HomePod Spotify is testing similar devices.

By users and paying members, Spotify is the world’s biggest music service. This new update from Spotify will compete with music apps like Apple Music and Google Play Music.

FlipChat: TikTok owner ByteDance launches new chat app

TikTok owner ByteDance has introduced a new messaging-focused app called as Feiliao or FlipChat in English. FlipChat is the interest-based social app for iOS and Android which combines the usual chats and video call with social network style feed.

FlipChat encourages users to create forums and chat groups based on their hobbies. Users can join different chat groups of different topics, ranging from eccentric boyfriend to popular TV series. Inside the app, there are two chat groups Open group and other is a Normal group. In the open group, all the posts are visible to all users and there is no limit to the number of members. Whereas, normal chat groups are similar to the other chat groups and have a limit of 100 users per group.

As of now, the biggest chat group in the app contains 3500 people which appears to be a group of testing features and not posting actual content. The person who creates a group automatically becomes a group administrator and can name other members as moderators. The other features of FlipChat include sharing photos and videos along with text-based posts, voice recognition to chat including support for GIFs. There’s also a camera with special effects, beauty filter, rich stickers along with mood stickers and soundtrack.

Before the launch of Feiliao, ByteDance had already made its moves with video chat app called as “Duoshan” which was launched this year in January. This app is currently limited to China. Alibaba has partnered with ByteDance providing Alipay as the only payment method in the app. This enables users to transfer cash between users using hongbao or red packets and tip official accounts using gold “likes”.

How to install Flipchat?

The app can be downloaded on iOS devices from the Apple app store, Android users have to download the APK from the official website and then install it, for now. While downloading the app from the App store it shows that the app is still at early stages of its launch. FlipChat is set to compete with WeChat, the messaging app that dominates China. The arrival of FlipChat might also be a threat to Facebook. In its F8 conference, Facebook has bet on private messaging as the future of the company. With TikTok’s popularity, FlipChat may create a strong competition for privacy oriented Facebook’s messaging apps.

ByteDance – world highest valued start-up

According to the reports from Forbes and Bloomberg, ByteDance is the world highest valued start-up. Over 11% of Chinese users spent time on super apps and it is growing rapidly. TikTok being the most downloaded app on the app store for the fifth consecutive quarter, their success might help FlipChat to expand beyond the Chinese audience.

Google Assistant brings “Tell me a Story” feature to Android and iPhones

Google assistant’s “Tell Me a Story” is a story telling feature of Google Home smart speaker which Google has brought to Android and iPhones through Google Assistant on the occasion of National Tell a Story day on April 27. This feature was first introduced in 2018 but it’s made available only now on Google Home devices. Google is taking a serious approach towards Assistant as last month, Google added free YouTube music to Google home devices.

In the month of October last year, Google teamed up with Disney and Penguin Random House to develop a feature called “Read Along”. This feature automatically plays sound effects to the stories you read from select Disney Little Golden Books like Coco, The Three Little Pigs, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Peter Pan, and Toy Story-3. You just need to say “Hey Google, let’s read along with Disney” and the speakers will play the sound effects to key points in the story.

There is also an inspiring book “Ara the Star Engineer” for young girls to explore the wonders of STEM illuminating the motives like courage, creativity, coding, and collaboration. Over 20 stories including the classic bedtime stories such as Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood and other family favourite stories such as Goldilocks, The Tired Alien, The Chef Who Loved Potatoes, The Cats Elopement, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Blaze and The Monster Machines are available on Google Assistant.

Few of the family favourite books are available for download:

Charlotte’s Web
The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
The Collected Stories of Winnie-the-Pooh
Penny and Her Marble

There are options to pause, resume or skip the audiobooks through the voice assistant. Just say “Hey Google, read my book” and you can resume from where you left. To skip to the next chapter just say “Hey Google, skip to the next chapter” and Google will read you the next chapter.

Although the selection of supported books remains limited for now. If you have a good collection of Google play books then you can simply ask Google to read the book with a specific title “Hey Google, read Sleeping Beauty”.

However, Google is not the only one offering audiobooks and narrated stories to kids. Amazon’s Alexa assistant can play audiobooks as well as books without professional narration when connected to Kindle or audible accounts. Amazon has announced last year to make more than 1,000 kid friendly titles available through its free time unlimited program where parents need to pay around $2.99 per month.

Audiobooks are available on the Google assistant in English in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, Germany, and Japan.

Snap Games: Snapchat’s real-time multiplayer gaming platform

Snap has launched its gaming platform Snap Games at Snap Partner Summit in Los Angeles. This platform will allow users to play multiplayer games in real-time while texting and talking with their friends. Such instant games is a huge hit in Asia with platforms like Kakao and Line. Snap games platform is based on PrettyGreat an Australian game studio which was acquired by Snap in 2017. Snap has rolled out the games for both Android and iOS users.

Snap games will compete with the likes of Facebook Instant games and Apple iMessage games. As there are no in-app purchases in Snap games, so to generate revenue from it Snap has added 6 seconds of un-skippable advertisements to the games. Watching such un-skippable adverts will be irritating for users but these adverts will reward them with power up or points which will help them to stay ahead in their game.

Snap has teamed up with several developers having huge success in mobile and online games including Spry Fox, PikPok, and Zynga and along with these developers, Snap will develop its own games. Following are the games which Snap has debuted with:

Bitmoji Party by Snap inc. – Bitmoji party game is similar to the most loved Mario Party game where users can play with 7 friends simultaneously. It includes four fast-paced mini-games: Pool Party, Kick Off, Spin Session, and Zombie Escape. In these games, players can appear in their Bitmoji characters.
Alphabear Hustle by Spry Fox – A fast-paced cooperative word game. Players can work together to spell words, collect bears and build their personal village.
C.A.T.S (Crash Arena Turbo Stars) by ZeptoLab – It is a multiplayer racing game. Players can use boosters to race faster or slow down opponents and can collect new vehicles from C.A.T.S universe.
Snake Squad by Game Closure – A multiplayer battle royale game. Players can choose their favourite avatar to go onto battle and guide their snakes around the battlefield with the squad and grow larger to eliminate competitors.
Tiny Royale by Zynga – Players can play it solo or in a squad. It is a 2 minutes round game where players need to loot and shoot their way to victory.
Zombie Rescue Squad by PikPok – Enter the front lines of the zombie apocalypse with friends, rescue survivors from the hungry hoards, and gather as many supplies as you can.

To make Snap games easily accessible Snapchat has provided a rocket ship button to the chat bar, also there is no need to install the games. Users can see which of their friends are playing games and can send them a chat or can talk with them with live voice chat.

Snapchat is a platform where users visit very frequently and adding games will engage users spending more time on Snapchat. More games will be added down the road.

Google enters in Indian primary education market with Bolo- a speech recognition app that helps kids to learn and read

The tech giant, Google is expanding its suite of apps with the learning app aimed for primary school children in India, called Bolo. The language learning app-Bolo is for primary school children in the country in an effort to cement its grip on the world’s fastest growing internet market.

The app leverages Google’s speech recognition technology to help children figure out reading in both Hindi and English. Bolo-the Hindi word for “speak” features a range of games and tasks, including an index of 50 stories in Hindi and 40 Stories in English sourced from storyweaver.org.in. The app rewards kids as they progress in their reading comprehension and vocabulary skills.

How the app works?

Bolo, which is powered by Google text-to-speech technology, first asks kids to read sentences. Then the app listens and reviews it, with the help of voice assistant called Diya. Diya can speak English as well as Hindi, and will give compliments to kids who finishes the assignments.

With the rise in use of smartphones in India, Google is looking for spreading its presence in the country. This has advantageous rural area students as it helps them in enhancing their reading skills.

What is so unique about the app?

Bolo app is aimed at helping kids who are unable to go to school or does not access to it. What’s works more in the favor is, that the app can work in offline mode as well. This has proved advantageous because children get less distracted while using the app.

So what’s in store for students…

Enhance reading skills in Hindi and English
Interactive and instant feedback
Encourages reading habits with text-to-speech technology
Words games and in-app rewards to keep students motivated

Few words from Google source-

“We believe technology has the power to help transform teaching and learning, and have been actively directing our products, programs and philanthropy to ensure that all students are able to benefit from it,” Google said.

Let us look at Bolo’s technical aspects.

The app is completely free. Yes you heard it right. Also the app can be used without signing-in to an active Google.
The reading material in Bolo app is free. In future, you may get more content as Google is working with more third party companies. Currently, Bolo app comes with 50 Hindi and 40 English stories.
Bolo app required less than 50 MB storage space in your mobile phone.

Wrapping up!

Google’s entering in India’s education market which involves about 1.5 million schools with 250 million understudies, has tremendous growth and is attracting big bucks. Yet another edutech giant-Byjus offers a learning app for students and those preparing for college. Microsoft has likewise made a push on this front. Furthermore, Facebook this week launched an online education site — called We Think Digital — to help around 1 million individuals in the Asia-Pacific region think critically and be progressively attentive about things they share on the web.

Turn your “scopes” into talk show with Periscope latest feature

We know what you are thinking- another social media app? Before you dismiss it, be known that Periscope is rival for every platform before it. The founders of Periscope wanted to build a closest thing to teleportation. And periscope is the one! Though the startup behind the app was purchased by Twitter in 2015, the use of periscope is quite addictive and an experience unlike any other.

The instant broadcasting channel in your pocket anytime and anywhere- Periscope is soon going to feel less one sided. On February 4, the Twitter owned periscope shared a new feature that allows broadcaster to bring conversation with unseen participants to standard Periscope stream.

Periscope users can now invite guests onto their stream. The feature seems to bring out deeper interaction with viewers audience. Broadcasters can go live with guests and invite anyone to join. Your guest can be heard by everyone and can drop off at anytime. This gets more interesting as multiple people can have a conversation together and share it with world.

Last September, periscope launched audio-only broadcast, but the latest feature seems to be building that out a bit. You may feel the vibe of radio talk after actually using the feature. And why not, this feature gives opportunity to viewer to really become part of what’s happening or contribute to the broadcast.

Though this feature sits immovably in its experimentation stage, yet they need to perceive how Periscope clients react so they’re sending it out to all iOS and Android clients. On desktop, you’ll have the capacity to tune in to the streams but you can’t participate just yet. The company says that it’s hoping to convey video-sharing to this feature and is playing with these audio call-ins going to the main Twitter application sooner or later in coming future.