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Google Duo beats Pokemon GO and Messenger in Downloads

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Google Duo beats Pokemon GO

Google Duo became the most popular application on Google Play Store within a short period. Last month Pokemon Go created records in total downloads, but now Google Duo crossed those records as per the latest statistics.

Google lists the Top Free apps based on the total number of downloads on Google Play Store. Google Duo achieved the top place in the chart by throwing Messenger and Pokemon Go to the later positions.

Google Duo gained sudden attention, people, who are waiting for the Whatsapp video calling feature are attracted to the app.

If we observe, Google Duo got more positive feedback compared to other top applications on the list with a 4.5 average rating. It clearly shows how people are satisfied with the one-to-one video calling application.

Everything is positive for a new application in the initial days. But what extent, Google Duo succeeds in the segment purely depends on the Duo adoption rate of the users. People have to convince before making any app as the primary choice for their daily use.

How to get most powerful options on your Android phone

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If you have the interest to tweak your Android phone, there are plenty of options available on every aspect. In this video demonstration, I explained a powerful Android app which helps you calibrate your phone battery, select the default installation path, flash various ROMs, ZIP files which provide additional functionalities and select default installation path etc.

Google Play Family Library coming today

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Google Play Family Library

A few days back I already wrote that Google is planning to roll out Google Play Family Library feature which helps to share purchased apps and games among family members.

The wait of over. Google today started rolling out the new feature to the users in various regions. Today or tomorrow you can observe the change in Google Play Settings.

By using Family Library feature, once you purchased any paid app or game on Google Play Store you can share it to a maximum of six family members including yourself. It avoids the need of buying the same app multiple times in family environment. The feature applies to Google Play Apps, Games, movies, and books.

First, you have to list your family members in your group. Now onwards you will be treated as the family head named as “Family Manager”. You are only allowed to purchase from the Play Store. Family members aged between 13-17 years need to take approval from the Family Manager to make purchases. And the family members above 18 need to take approval for in-app purchases only. If the family member has their own credit card, they can buy directly without taking approval from the family head.

Apps and games purchased since 2nd July 2016 will be available in the Family Library feature by default. As with your previous Google Play purchases, those app developers has to opt-in to allow them on the new feature.

Godless dangerous Android malware infecting through Google Play

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Godless dangerous Android malware infecting through Google Play is detected by Trend Micro, famous antivirus firm. It  silently gain root access to 90% of the Android smartphones available right now in the market.

Phone users think that installing apps from official app stores like Google Play is sufficient to safeguard their devices from the viruses. But the latest malware went beyond that belief.

There are a large number of Android apps which pretending as the official versions of the popular apps on Google Play Store. They carry the same Android developer certificate of the original app. Thus they survived even with Google security checks.

People think they are downloading official app, but most of the times they end with fake apps which already modified with malicious code.

the Godless Malware works based on “Android rooting tools” framework which achieve root access to the majority of the Android devices without leaving any clue to the end user.

Once the root access gained “Godless” malware listen for the instructions from the Command and Control server operated by the hackers. It will begin to deploy unwanted programs into our Android smartphones.

So now onwards, before installing any app from trusted sources like Google Play, etc. also, it is better idea to read reviews from the other users. After examining everything, you will get confidence on those apps.

How to Flash Android N or iOS Emojis to your Android Phone?

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Not only for rooted devices but also for the Samsung & HTC device.
This app will let you conveniently switch out the emoji in your system. Currently available free emoji are Google (stock), Samsung, LG, Twitter and Emoji.

To change the font on your Samsung Galaxy & HTC device:

Change your system emoji, and it will show you what the user would see.
Contains a free font for Samsung Galaxy and HTC Sense 6.0 devices.
Install new a free emoji on your Samsung Galaxy or HTC that are compatible with the FlipFont® program on phone.

Please enjoy this Emoji Switcher to provide you with the ability to change your device’s typeface for free.
Customize your device to this beautiful emoji font that we have created.
This emoji font is a cute typeface that has been optimized for use on Samsung Galaxy or HTC Android devices.

This app should work on all Galaxy brand phones & HTC Devices that are running HTC Sense 6 or above. Emoji Switcher will provide this font for Samsung Galaxy S4\ Samsung Galaxy S5\ Samsung Galaxy S6\Galaxy Note 4, the HTC devices :HTC One m7\HTC One m8\HTC One m8s\HTC One m9\HTC One m9+\HTC One Max.
This app will not work on developer devices, such as the Galaxy Nexus or AOSP Galaxy S4 Google Edition, because it does not have the FlipFont program.
This app is not designed as a font for android with root and does not require root permission to change your font, nor will it require you to restart your phone.
Also, you will be able to enjoy your font for texting and messaging, however the typeface used on your device will not be sent to people that you send a text message to.
Android’s emojis aren’t always the best for texting.
Some emojis appear entirely different on other system devices, and how will you know?
Emoji Switcher is the answer. It takes the confusion out of emoji.