Best Backup app in Android: Super Backup

This is the best Backup app I have ever found on Android. As you can see from the image above, it can backup apps, sms, contacts, call logs, calendars and bookmarks i.e. it can backup everything that you would like to on Android. With more than 1,000,000+ downloads it is certainly the best Backup app on Android.

Features of Super Backup:

·         Backup apps to SD card

·         Backup contacts, SMS, call logs, bookmarks, and calendars to SD card

·         Batch restore apps from SD card (need root)

·         Restore contacts, SMS, call logs, bookmarks, and calendars from SD card

·         Can select SMS conversations to backup

·         Delete the backup data on SD card

·         Schedule automatic backups

·         Auto upload scheduled backup files to your Gmail

·         Show last backup count and time

·         User can change backup folder path in Settings

Any mobile user would not like to turn their back on a free app with that feature list.

One of the first steps you must take is to set up the location of your backup. Hopefully, you have an SD card in your phone to back up to. In order to set this option, tap on the wrench icon on the main page. Tap the settings, backup path, select External Storage Card, and then tap OK. Super Backup will now be set to backup to your external memory, this is much safer than backing up to the internal memory, should the phone die or you do a Factory reset.

Backup apps:

 The main difference between Super Backup app and others are that for app backup it can backup them with their data. For ex it can backup WhatsApp with their data so after restoring it with the Super Backup you won’t have to verify your mobile no again. It will have all the messages or chats. With Super Backup you can select some apps which you want to backup or you can backup all the apps.

You can give backup a name or continue with the default name, also there is an option to send the backup via email if you want you can send it.

Backup SMS, Contacts, Call Logs, Calendars, Bookmarks:

·         In Backup you have two options: “Backup” and “Backup Conversations”. SMS Backup allows you to backup/restore conversations, view the backups, send the backups to email, delete backups, and delete all messages.

·         Contacts Backup allows you to backup, restore, view, send to email, and delete backups/all contacts.

·         Call Logs Backup allows you to backup, restore, view, send to email, and delete backups/all call logs

·         Calendars Backup allows you to backup, restore, send to email, delete backups/all calendars

·         Bookmarks Backup allows you to backup, restore, view backups, send to email, delete backups/all bookmark.

With Super Backup you can schedule the time of Backup for SMS, Contacts and Call Logs. There is also an option to directly send Backup to your Gmail account.

What’s your thought on this Super Backup app? Do let us know in the comments section.

Now Whatsapp available for computer users

Whatspp which is available for multiple mobile operating systems has become very popular and nearly every Smartphone user nowadays has it in their mobile. It allows us to stay in touch with our friends for free & share anything like images, photos, videos, sound-clips with them for absolutely free.

But what about those who don’t have Smartphone’s. They were left out, but not now. Now I will show you a technique with the help of which you can access whatsapp on your computer also.

 

  1.> To use Whatspp you will have to download a Android emulator. To download Android emulator, go to www.youwave.com and download emulator. Emulator is available as trial for 7 days but you can use it as long as you want by changing system date or using Time stopper application. You can also use BlueStacks application which is another android emulator. To directly download emulator click here link or go here.

  2.> After installing the emulator, it will take some time to run the first time, then click on Help > instructions to see the path of your working directory.

  

  3.>Then download the Whatspp application or whatspp.apk from here Link.

  4.> Copy the whatspp.apk file in the directory.

  5.> Click on View > Redraw icons and you will see whatsapp shortcut.

  6.>Configure Whatspp on Windows PC.

  7.>Double click Whatspp on YouWave.

  8.> Register using mobile phone. Don’t use mobile no. already registered with              Whatsapp. You won’t be able to verify by text so wait for call verification.

  9.> Whatsapp will call you and will provide you with verification code to enter on    screen. Done.

  10.>To see your Whatsapp friends you will have to add your contacts on Android application and not on Whatsapp.

What’s your thought on this 100,000,000+ (on Android only) downloaded app? Do let us know in the comments section.

YouTube Download-er application for Android Operating system

Android is the most popular mobile operating system. But there is not a single app in Google Play store to download YouTube videos. This is because Google’s privacy policy does not allow anyone to download YouTube videos. But still you can find some apps for android on the Internet to download YouTube videos. Here I have listed some apps to download YouTube videos which I have myself tried. So 

 1)     TubeMate YouTube Download-er:

Features of TubeMate YouTube Download-er:

* Fast download mode(with multiple connections for a download)
* Multiple download resolution options
* Background, multi-download
* Resume downloading
* Convert to MP3 (powered by MP3 Media Converter)
* Playlist as video/audio(powered by Meridian Player)
* YouTube search and related videos suggestions

I have personally tried many YouTube Download-er but i liked this the most. We can search for YouTube videos with inbuilt search option. To download videos a green arrow is provided at the bottom. You have to click on it to download videos. After clicking you will get videos in these options:

After clicking on the video resolution you want to download it will look like this.

1920x1080(Full-HD): Galaxy Tab, Galaxy S2, PC
1280x720(HD): high-end devices
640x360: general devices
320x240: low-end devices
640x360, 854x480(FLV) : Android 2.1 and over
(the available options depend on the quality of the uploaded video and your device)

TubeMate also provide YouTube Download-er for every other popular operating system be it mobile or computer. Link for TubeMate website : Link

      You can download TubeMate YouTube video download-er for android from here: Link

      

1)    YouTube Download-er:

For Android 3+

It is similar to TubeMate YouTube Download-er in that, it also provides various video resolution to choose for download.

It also converts YouTube videos to audio/mp3 format.

*)  Press an item to download the video locally (on the device) or to send the download via SSH to a remote PC. Destination machine requirements: Bash and Wget. Other SSH info available;
*)  Long-press an item and choose between copy to clipboard or share link as text.
Note: such a link (differently from when you send it via SSH) can be only used from the same device where it has been created OR from the same LAN, if you share it to another PC.
From v2.0, extract or convert the audio to mp3 from a downloaded video (dowload FFmpeg and choose extraction).

To download YouTube Download-er click here: Link

Microsoft’s Outlook approaching Google in security

According to a Official blog post of Outlook team, Microsoft has upgraded the security of Outlook Hotmail Connector, a move which is a follow-up of adding an all–HTTPS option in November 2010.

The new Outlook Hotmail Connector encrypts traffic between email client and Windows live Hotmail service.

According to Outlook team when we are connected via HTTPS we should be confident enough that our account is safe from Hijackers. The new Outlook Hotmail Connector encrypts email, calendar and contact services between Outlook and Windows live.

Gmail users were having option of encrypting Gmail traffic from 2008, but in January 2008 when Chinese Hackers tried to access Gmail accounts of human rights activists of that country, Gmail enabled HTTPS to default.

Outlook Hotmail Connector is available for download at Microsoft website in 32-bit (or by clicking on 32 bit link) and 64-bit (or by clicking on 64 bit link) version for Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010 but Outlook Hotmail Connector is not available for Outlook 2011. 

You can also download Windows Live essential update which also include HTTPS enabled Windows Live Mail from Microsoft website or by clicking on this link.

Facebook in a defensive mode against Google+

After the launch of Google+ project by Google and seeing the growing enthusiasm among masses for Google+ project. Facebook is trying to protect itself from Google+ wave by announcing several features in Facebook.

Last week only Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that today’s announcement will be “awesome”. Now Facebook has entered into a partnership with Skype to bring video chat to Facebook. The news was accompanied by a new group chat feature for the site.

Google+ project also has a similar feature called “Hangouts” which supports online group conference calls. Now Facebook will work with Skype for its own group call feature.

According to Michael Gartenberg, an analyst with Gartner “the Skype deal isn’t something that has happened in a week  but Google’s announcements has accelerated it”.

Facebook launch of video conferencing feature clearly states that they are not going to stand still and watch Google+ coming on. While Google and Facebook were competitiors and also Microsoft and Google are competitiors.

In May Microsoft acquired Skype for $8.5 billion and now Microsoft and Facebook have joined hands to fight the common competitior.

Baidu to use Microsoft’s Bing search result

According to IDG News service Baidu, China’s largest search engine will use Microsoft’s Bing search result for English language. Deal in financial term is not disclosed yet.

Last year Google has pulled its search engine from China over a dispute over censorship with Chinese government. Now Google.cn page redirects user to Google’s Hong Kong site.

Baidu holds nearly 80% search engine market in China. Now its English language results through Bing will boost its share even higher. Last month Baidu had a deal with Qunar, a Chinese travel search engine of $306 million to make Baidu a majority share holder in Qunar.

Microsoft is also eager to gain better access to Chinese 480 million internet users to decrease the vast lead in Global search engine market by Google(91.07%) whereas bing has market share of 3.21%. Figures generated on Monday by Statcounter’s GlobalStats website