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Sidebar Pro: The multitasking app for Android Devices

There hasn’t been an award winning app like this is quite some time and once you use Sidebar you’ll realize why. This is truly an amazing and revolutionary addition to any Android user’s experience with their mobile device. Anyone who has a Mac or a PC equipped with a sidebar knows exactly how useful it is. Now combining that with the services on a phone make it that much more seamless and easy to transition from app to app.

Sidebar comes in two forms. There is the free Lite version, and the paid Pro version. Depending on how heavy of a user of your device you may just need the Lite, but if you need a lot of things open and easy to access then Pro is surely the way to go. The main difference in features between the Pro and Lite versions is that with Pro you have the option to pin unlimited amounts of apps, widgets and shortcuts to your Sidebar. With Lite you can only have 8 and 3 widgets. To some that may be limiting but to others it’s all they need.

The Pro version also comes with more customization options beyond what the Lite comes with which are, size adjustment, color scheme, and vibration toggle. The Pro just adds a few more things like notification disabling, lock items, live apps and custom icons. All in all unless you are a very heavy user of multiple apps or need twenty things going on at once, the Lite version will suffice.

The one thing that’s for sure is that all of the awards this app has been winning have not been wrongly assigned. This app has made navigating and using Android a much better experience for me ever since I started using it. No longer do I have to make crazy back presses or cut back to the home screen when I don’t want to. I can just use the sidebar to pop up and go exactly where I want, when I want.

Google Play: Sidebar Lite | Sidebar Pro

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Best Apps for Recording Phone Calls on Android

If you are looking for a best application for recording calls on Android smartphone, look no further. That’s what this articles sets out to do: help you to find the best free apps available on Google Play store.

Call Recorder by Clever Mobile :

This is a simple app designed for one purpose, recording calls. When you have the need to record calls then nothing needs to be complicated about it. This app is straight forward and gets the job done exactly the way you need it to with no frills and no bells and whistles. With this app you can enable and disable call recording, listen to all recorded calls, delete unneeded recordings, save special recordings, and in the Pro version you have the option to export the recording files via email.

Auto Call Recorder by Appstar Solutions :

Auto_Call_Recorder

Another great app for recording phone calls can be found here. This app has a few features that are pretty cool to have included. You can select which calls to record, or record them all. You can even select specific phone numbers which you want calls recorded from, or even make all calls from numbers not in your contacts recorded. This app comes with the export service built in as well which is a nice feature. It can even be synced to services such as dropbox and other cloud storage. As with the other app you can also choose the audio source, from speaker to microphone or others as well.

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The Top 5 Car Racing Games for Windows Phone

Asphalt 7 Heat :

This multiplayer, fully online game allows you to race against people all over the world. The competition doesn’t end on the track since you can compare your statistics and achievements with everyone else too. This is a shockingly great, complex, and expansive game to be offered on a mobile device. With over 15 leagues and 150 different race tracks, this game has unlimited replay value. Choose your favorite of 60 different luxury cars from every top name brand you can imagine.

Drag Race :

Another online game makes this drag racing game far more competitive and fun to play. With 31 cars to choose from all with their own unique abilities and strengths, you can customize your drag racing technique to battle against the other top racers across the globe. With a money system to buy upgrades you earn more dough the more races you win and for shifting with perfect timing. It’s truly a great game for anyone who loves drag racing and timing games.

3D Brutal Chase :

This game is as much a racing game as it is a demolition derby type of game. You drive around and find your enemies all while crushing their cars with your brutal stopping force. This is one of those fun and simple games when you just want to cause a ruckus in a virtual world. With a unique car set up in each of the seven cities you can drive around in, there is no limit to how many times this game can be enjoyed.

Race and Battle :

This is a fun little game that is a racing game combined with a battle royal. You race just as much as you fight the other competitors with your mounted rockets and mines. It is a fun game that allows you to play with one other person on the same device or against the computer simulation. All in all it’s a good time and the only improvement would be to add more levels. The controls are set up well considering you have so many options for fighting and weapons.

Drift Mania Championship 2 :

Drift Mania has long been the best title out there for drift racing games, and now with this second installment you get everything the first one had to offer, but with much more. One of the best features of this game is that not only is it a racing game, but you can also customize your car in every way possible. This makes it much more fun to play as you always want to have the best car out there. Especially considering you can play online against people and your friends, having your car be the best looking and performing one out there is even more impressive. With multiple circuits and a plethora of tracks to play on there is a great race to be had over and over again in Drift Mania 2.

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Mac Remote: The Amazing Way to Control Your Mac from Your Android Device

Have you ever wanted to control your Mac computer from your Android device, but didn’t want to do a ton of research into finding the right programs and then having to work with downloading them and fiddling around with them all day? Well, your day is here and you no longer have to search. Mac Remote allows you to control your Mac from your Android device with no external software installed on your computer. The reason that this app is so great is that all it requires is the app on your phone and for you to enable remote logins t your computer and you’re good to go. If that even sounds like too much of a hassle, don’t worry, Mac Remote will explain exactly how to do it the first time you open up the app.

Once installed on your device and setup you can control a huge variety of programs apps, and settings right from your phone or tablet. This makes you feel like you’re in some sort of futuristic movie with having all of your devices integrated and running together so seamlessly, and all so simply! I know for me, even as a tech writer, doing things like this the old fashioned way with installing remote servers and going through a few leaps and bounds to get everything to work was just never wroth it. Now that it’s so simple I find myself just sitting back on the couch and adjusting the brightness of my screen before I go to sleep, the volume on my iTunes when I need to turn it down, or just opening up various programs without ever having to get up. It’s really a revolutionary way to sync mobile device and Mac, especially across platforms like this.

The thing with this app is that it works even better than Apple remote and it’s free to use. With those two factors it is an easy decision. Never before has using a remote control from a mobile device to sync with your Mac been simpler or more effective. Make sure to try this app out for free.

Source : Mac Remote for Android on Play Store

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Smart Screen ON/OFF: Two Great Apps for Controlling the Screen of Your Device

If there is one thing that is a pain about smart phones these days it it the fact that almost every single device has no physical buttons on the front, only one awkwardly placed one somewhere out of reach with a normal one handed grip. I know this is nit picking, but in these days of instant gratification and constant improvement, it’s surprising we have put up with this for so long. There are now easy solutions to this issue with the Smart Screen Off, and Smart Screen On apps.

The way it works is pretty simple. The app uses the proximity sensor built into almost every phone to turn on or off the phone rather than a button. This means turning on the screen can be just as easy as sliding your finger across the top of the phone, no button presses needed. You know how when you’re on the the phone and the screen shuts off when the phone is next to your head, but then lights up again when you pull it away to glance at the screen? That’s the proximity sensor doing its magic. The same technology is put to use with these apps.

If you need to unlock your phone without using a physical button, simply using Smart Screen On, slide your finger over the sensor to initiate the screen. With Smart Screen Off, the sensor will automatically read when the phone is placed back into a pocket or holster and turn the screen off for you. This is a great set of apps that are available in both LITE and PRO versions unlocking even more customization and flexibility within the app. The app automatically disables itself in landscape so that the hands over the sensor won’t stay active and turn the screen off or on by accident.

If you’v ever wanted your screen unlocking and turning off to be almost automatic and much less of an inconvenience check these apps out.

Google Play : Smart Screen ON | Smart Screen OFF

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