Top 5 Free IR Infrared Remote Control Apps for Android for TV, ACs & Projector control by Infrared Blaster

Most of the new Android phones coming into the market come in with an Infrared Blaster or IR Blaster, which can be used to control any traditional household or official appliances which have a remote control. Thus, now each of your phones can act as a remote to your tv, ACs, home theatre speakers, or projector if you have an IR Blaster hardware inbuilt which is there in case of most phones (Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, 4, mi 4, Samsung S7, Leeco le 2). All you need is an IR Remote app which will have the frequencies saved for your TV or AC Model, so here are the Top 5 Best Free Infrared Blaster Remote control apps which will let you control your appliances.

Top 5 Free IR Remote Control for Android 

IR Remote App # 1 – AnyMote Smart Remote

AnyMote Smart Remote

AnyMote Smart Remote is one of the most feature rich IR Remote apps present on the App Store. Besides, having a host of inbuilt-IR frequencies for all your gadgets – TV, ACs, Fridge, Fan, Set Top Box, etc. .. It has the feature of manual Frequency addition too.

The Manual frequency or Remote control addition feature allows you to capture IR signal from your traditional remote via your Phone’s sensor

Thus, you can use or duplicate any remote even if it isn’t present by default in the supported remote lists.

Besides, it also has standard features of remote customization and Wifi remote too, which allows you to use your phone as a remote on Smart WiFi remote enabled devices too.

Click here to Download AnyMote Smart Remote from Google Play

IR Remote App # 2 – Sure Universal Remote

Sure Universal Remote

Sure Universal Remote is another great IR Remote app for Android and is a good alternative to ANymote smart remote.

The best thing about Sure Universal Remote is ease of using it and the user-interface. Personally, I find it the easiest to use & set-up amongst all the apps I have tried.

As shown in the above screenshot I have even configured my classroom projector, so that I can turn on/off the classroom projector using my phone without the teacher finding out the reason 

Sure Universal Remote also supports dual band remote control IR + WiFi but only one signal band at a time.

Click here to Download Sure Universal Remote from Google Play

IR Remote App # 3 – Peel Smart Remote TV

Peel Smart Remote

Peel Smart Remote TV is a remote with a slight twist, though it has all the features which will let you control your TV from your phone, but it acts as a TV Guide as well.

Thus, depending upon the remote or gadget, and your previous usage it will even start recommending you the shows you watch daily, to switch to. It can even do that automatically for you, so it automatically switches channels based upon the daily macro, so you need not touch the remote again!

Besides, it also acts a tv guide too, so you don’t need to switch channels to see which programs are going on, all the trending shows are shown on your phone itself.

Click here to Download Peel Smart Remote TV app from Play Store.

IR Remote App # 4 – ASmart Remote IR App

ASmart Remote IR

ASmart Remote IR App is one of the most beautifully designed Remote app and looks cool as seen from the alongside screenshot.

As much as its good looking, it is high on the features too and allows you to control your TV, ACS, Project, Music Systems, all via its interface.

The reason why it is on the 4th place, is due to the presence of some ads, and slow addition of new devices remote frequencies into the app.

Click here to Download A Smart Remote IR App from Google Play Store.

IR Remote App # 5 – ZaZa Remote – Universal Remote

ZaZa Remote- Universal Remote

ZaZa Remote is other similar IR Universal Remote app for Android which can be used to control your household or office appliances.

The app is very basic, and there is still scope for improvement.

However, if you are looking for a light-weight no fuss remote app which requires lesser storage or memory, ZaZa remote will get the job done!

Click here to Download ZaZa Remote app from Google Play

Thus, these are the Top Best Universal IR Remote Apps for android phones which will let you control your TV, Air conditioner or any appliances right from your mobile . If you face any problems or encounter any issues while using these apps, feel free to comment.

Top 5 Free PSP Emulators for Android to Play PlayStation Portable Games on Android

PSP or Play Station Portable is one of the best portable gaming consoles manufactured by Sony. Though PSP is now replaced by PlayStation Vita which supports PSP games; we can still play PlayStation Portable games on Android by using PSP Emulators. All you need to do is get an iso / CSO dump ROM of the game you want to play, and load it via the PSP emulators mentioned in this article and that’s it! The emulators start playing any PSP game of your choice on your Android!

Top 5 Free PSP Emulators for Android to Play PSP Games on Android Phones –

PSP Emulator # 1 – PPSSPP

PPSPP PSP Emulator for Android

PPSPP is perhaps the first-ever PSP or the original Play Station Portable emulator for Android. Considering PPSPP is there around for two years now, it has gone many development & bug-fixing stages and has some salient features such as –

• Full Speed boosted emulation for PSP games on almost Any Android device (S7 Not supported yet)
• USB Controller & Gamepad support with no root required
• Efficient Keyboard & Mouse mapping so that you can even play-game without even touching the screen.
• Negligible Touchscreen latency for smooth gameplay

Click here to Download PPSSPP Emulator for Android from Google Play

PSP Emulator # 2 – AwePSP

AwePSP PSP Emulator for Android

AwePSP is another alternative to PPSPP for Android and is very similar to PPSPP. AwePSP has a UI / Skin which is very similar to that of PPSPP, but the on-screen controller is perhaps one of the best in all the PSP emulators we have tried out.

Besides, these AwePSP supports –

• Networked PSP Gaming
• Loading as well as saving of game states is quick
• It Supports multiple PSP game ROM file formats such as .iso/.cso/.elf/.ISO/.CSO/.ELF

Click here to Download AwePSP from Google Play Store

PSP Emulator # 3 – OxPSP

OxPSP PSP Emulator for Android

OxPSP is comparatively a different PSP Emulator as it works efficiently for larger games as well, but with small games, it hangs up a bit.

Also, we found out that it is a bit different on frontiers such as –

• High-Quality sound which doesn’t stutter
• Game Cheats are supported too!

Click here to Download OxPSP Play Station Portable Emulator from Play Store 

PSP Emulator # 4 – Emulator Pro for PSP 2016

Emulator Pro PSP for Android 2016

Though the name looks odd, Emulator Pro for PSP 2016 is one PSP emulator which can be used in 2017 too. The best thing about PSP emulator we found out was –

• Display of FPS in top-right hand side
• Display of Game Speed

These above two features alone help us in checking how the game is playing on your Android phone or check whether the lagging is due to graphics or processor slowness.

Besides, various popular PSP games such as Dragon Ball Z, Persona 2, 3 & Fifa 14 were found out to be working smoothly with the emulator.

Click here to Download Emulator Pro for PSP – Android from Google Play

PSP Emulator # 5 – Ultra PSP

Ultra PSP Emulator for Android

Ultra PSP Emulator for Android may be classified as a simple clone of PPSSPP with a bit of custom skinning. Even it shares the same game slots as that of PPSSPP, but it works on S7 too whereas PPSSPP doesn’t.

The Bad thing about Ultra PSP is that it has way more ads than to be liking, agreed that it’s a free emulator, but the ads are sometimes way too annoying.

Games such as Tekken 6 & Naruto worked flawlessly, though, except for the ads.

Click here to Download Ultra PSP Emulator for Android from Play Store.

So, these are currently the Best PSP emulators for Android in 2017 as all of the above are being actively developed & updated. As these are updated ones these work on all Android versions such as Nougat, Marshmallow , Lollipop and even provide backward compatibility upto Android 4.4 Kitkat. Incase, if you find any better emulator or face any issues while using any of the above feel free to comment.

Best Free 4K Video Downloader | An Easy Way To Download Any Video

4K Video Downloader is a free tool which can be used in downloading videos from some widely used sites like Facebook, Flicker, Youtube, etc. It can download videos in various video and audio formats along with subtitles. It also downloads videos in some high-quality formats. Various features are needed to be discussed about it, and we will discuss it in below part of this post.

4K Video Downloader | Features

4k Video Downloader is highly rated 4K company product which is available for almost all platforms it supports Mac, Windows, and Ubuntu. Now before moving further let us highlight some of its key features.

1) 4k Video Downloader makes it users to download HQ videos and audio from some famous sites. It supports some sites like Vimeo, Youtube, SoundCloud, Flickr, Facebook and DailyMotion.

2) It download videos in some HQ formats like HD 1080p, HD 720p or 4K and it even supports 8K videos.

3) It downloads videos and audios in some widely used videos and audios formats like MP4, MKV, M4A, MP3, FLV, 3G. It can also download playlist in .m3u format.

4) It can also be used in downloading subtitles if they are available.

5) It also downloads 360 degrees videos, and users can actually see different angles in videos by dragging the mouse to see different angles.

6) 4K Video Downloaders comes with some useful features for YouTube lover. Users can download entire videos playlist through one click, and it also downloads new videos of subscribed YouTube video channels.

7) Smart Mode option is also there to save a lot of time user. It can be used to preselect the format and other properties of videos.

Downloading a 360 degree YouTube video.

Let us give a quick demo in which we are using 4K Video Downloader for Windows to download 360 videos from YouTube.

1) Using 4K Video Downloader is quite simple and doesn’t require many efforts in understanding the working. Just open the browser and open the video in YouTube. And after that copy the URL of that video.

2) After copying the URL of the video open the 4K Video Downloader software and you will get the following screen and just paste the link.

3) After that system will ask for the format of the video. Choose that format according to your requirements.

4) Choose the Video format, destination folder and start the download.

5) Within few seconds video will be downloaded in the destination folder. Open the folder and play the video.

6) You can always adjust the smart mode through which you can pre-set the properties of the videos.

7) Use can also change some preference setting of the tool just by clicking on preference option, and you will get the following screen on your system.

8) Use the tool yourself to explore more about its working.

Ending Up

We have to wrap up here, and before going, we would like to tell some pros and cons of 4K Video Downloader to our readers. Read all points carefully and then take discussion accordingly.

Pro:

1) The tool is light and smoothly runs on the system without affecting the performance of the system. The videos download speed is good and video downloading starts within few seconds only.

2) It has elegant and clean and easy to use interface. Anybody can start using it within first use without wasting any time on understanding its functionality.

3) 4K Video Downloader can download videos in various high-quality formats, and even it supports 360 degrees videos which is excellent for a free tool.

4) The subtitle download feature is missing in most of the software of the same type even in the case of paid tools also.

5) Automatic subscribed channels videos download and whole playlist downloads these two features are new and yes very exciting.

Cons:

We haven’t found any drawback of this free software yet.

Final Thought

If you are looking for video downloading software through which you can download videos from famous sites like YouTube, Facebook, Flicker, etc. then 4K Video Downloader is for you only. Use it to download videos from net and share videos with your friends.

How to Share Android Screen to Other Android via Inkwire App | InkWire Tutorial – Free TeamViewer Alternative

Many times, we need to share our Android Screens remotely to another Android phone, TV or tablet to stream a movie or show a tutorial or location of a particular setting (Troubleshooting).  Now, troubleshooting a problem over a phone-call can become too tedious while explaining the solution. This is where Screen sharing comes to the rescue; you can now share your screen to show the other person on exactly what to do, and where the specific solution is present. Here, we will cover How to share your Android screen to another Android device remotely over the Internet via Inkwire App.

Tutorial to Share or Cast your Android Phone over the Internet via Inkwire App –

Pre-Requisites –

• A Streamer Android device whose content is to be streamed we will be calling it “Sender” in our tutorial.
• A Recipient or Receiver Android device which will see the content, streamed by the sender, we will be calling it as “Receiver” in our tutorial.
• Both Sender & Recipient should have the Inkwire App installed –
  Click here to Download & Install Inkwire App from Google Play Store
• A Working Internet Connection.

Tutorial – 

Step – 1 Getting the Sender Ready (Generating Access Code)

• The first step is to get the Sender ready to stream the device and generate the access code for the receiver (address). To generate the Access code, launch the Inkwire app on the sender it will show you a screen with two buttons “share” and “access” as shown in the below image –

  

  Inkwire First Screen

  Here, tap on the “Share” button.
• Now, Inkwire may ask you for permissions to see your screen or use your microphone, here tap on “allow/start now” as shown –

  

  Inkwire permissions for Android

  Now, you will get your access code for your sender device – as shown in the following image, which needs to be shared with the recipient –

  

  Access Code screen on Sender Android

  Here in our example – “9558 0839 4868“ is our streamer or Sender device access code which needs to be shared to the Receiver. (You can share this via Whatsapp/text message or any other means)

Step – 2 –  Entering the Access Code on your Receiver Device & watching the Stream – 

• The above steps make our Sender ready to stream to our receiver Android device. Now, to watch the screen of our Sender, Open the Inkwire app on the receiver device, and here tap on the “Access” button as shown –

  

  Click on the Access button on Receiver

  Now, when you tap on the “Access” button, it will ask you for the Streamer or Sender device access code as shown in the below image. Here enter the access code of your sender device –

  

  Enter the Access Code on Receiver device

  
  
• After, entering the access code on your receiver device, simply click on the Access button!.
• Voila!, you will now be able to see the sender device screen live telecast on the recipient Android phone or tv as shown –

  

  Live ScreenCasting from One Android device to Other

  That’s it, you can now start showing your friend on your sender device, on troubleshooting or even a movie too…  In the case of any problems or issues while using the app feel free to comment.

Best Free Android VPN Platform | Rocket VPN

If you want to surf geographically blocked content, then you should use VPN and if you want to use the internet without exploring your identity then in that case also you should use Virtual Private Network. There are lots of free Android apps that provides nothing in the name of free VPN service most of these apps either serve ads or fewer usage data in the name of free service. But Rocket VPN is different from all other free VPN apps as it provides monthly 250 MBs of data without charging a single penny. Now let us explore more about it below part of the post.

Rocket VPN Introduction

Rocket VPN is a free VPN platform which is developed by the Liquidum Limited, and it is available for both Android and iOS based devices. Rocket VPN is one of the most downloaded VPN app available in the PlayStore (more than 1 million downloads). Beside monthly free data limit, there are many things which make Rocket VPN so much famous among users and let us find out why it is so by reading some of its features have a look.

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1) Basic VPN Features: Rocket VPN provides some basic and necessary VPN features like:

a) Data Encryption is done while sending and receiving data through Rocket VPN. This is done to provide full security and confidentiality to users private data. Data Encryption is very helpful for those who often use public Wi-Fi, etc. As the public Wifi are highly prone to the hackers.

b) Large numbers of servers are used in Rocket VPN so that users can easily access geographically blocked content by using servers from different countries all over the world.

c) Rocket VPN protects its users from any other type of tracking, or we can say spying agencies so that its users can access the internet with full freedom.

2) Inbuilt Secure Browser: Rocket VPN comes with more secure and reliable browser through which users can surf internet free without any fear of spying eyes.

3) Quick Launch: Rocket VPN makes its users access other apps directly from it. It allows its users to create a shortcut for each app with preferred location. Hence users can launch any app through it with selected location.

Introduction to the Interface

Let us give a quick introduction to the interface of the Rocket VPN Android app. We are providing some snaps which we took while using the app so that you can get a much better idea about the app.

1) Here is the home screen of the app. As you all can see we are not connected yet.

2) You can select the location from various available servers. Here is a snap of available servers in the free version.

3) Rocket VPN comes with the inbuilt browser which can be to surf net more securely and as you can see we can securely connected to the internet.

4) You can also access other apps directly from the Rocket VPN and can select the separate location for each. Here is a snap of screen in which we have to choose location.

Final Words

We are wrapping up the post here only and before saying bye lets us highlight some positive and negative points about it so that our readers can take action accordingly.

Positive

1) Monthly free 250 MBs of data is very big plus point associated with Rocket VPN as most of the free VPN services providers provide one-time usable data.
2) The interface of the app is very attractive and features like apps shortcut, secure browsers are adding more feathers to the crown of the Rocket VPN.
3) The browsing speed is also very good. We didn’t notice any buffering problem while watching online video through it. Also there are apps for both iOS and Android.
4) A Large number of servers are available even in the free version which is also very good.

Negative

This VPN app is free on the cost of ads and you can upgrade to remove those plus more bandwidth.

Final Thought

We hope you all have read all of the above points carefully and will take action accordingly. Go for Rocket VPN free version or go for paid, it all depends upon on your needs and budget. Try it share your valuable thoughts on it with like, comments and share.

Top 3 Download Managers for Google Chrome to Speed Up Downloads

Google Chrome is the most widely used Web Browser across the globe and perhaps the fastest when it comes to browsing websites. But, the downloading speed of any download being done via Google Chrome is slow, and often the number of failed downloads only increase our efforts to re-download the file and time too. A solution to the above problems is using a download manager. Download Managers not only reduce the number of failed downloads, but they also help in increasing the speed and giving more controls over the files we download. So, here are the Top 3 Best Download Managers for Google Chrome Browser and Chrome OS –

Top 3 Download Managers App for Google Chrome Browser – [ChromeBook Chrome OS Compatible]

Download Manager # 1 – Chrono Download Manager

Chrono Download Manager

Chrono Download Manager is a full-fledged Download Manager, which gives you more controls over your downloads.

It comes in with Multi-threaded supports much like IDM, so that you can download via multiple streams from the server resulting in more download speed. Also, it comes with custom one-click download helper, simply right click on any link and “select the Download Link” option from menu.

Features – 

• Multi-threaded download support (Configurable from Download Managers – General Settings option page) – chrome-extension://mciiogijehkdemklbdcbfkefimifhecn/ui/options.htm
• Custom file renaming to give you better control to rename file names before downloading.
• Pause and Resume downloading support!
• Automatically replaces Chrome Default download manager.

Click here to Download Chrono Download Manager from Chrome App Store

Download Manager # 2 – Turbo Download Manager

Turbo Download Manager

Turbo Download Manager is another alternative download manager like Chrono to Google Chrome’s Download. We found out Turbo Download Manager to be more powerful than even Chrono, but it lack of user friendliness kept it on the second position.

Some of the Unique Features of Turbo Download Manager are –

• Multi-threading support.
• Automatic retry of failed downloads! if the fail in between.
• Console log .

Turbo Download Manager doesn’t automatically grab downloads/links which is a good thing, to download any link via turbo download add it manually in the app or use the Turbo Download Helper extension to enable right click on any link to download via turbo download manager option.

Click here to Download Turbo Download Manager App from Google Chrome App Store

Turbo Download Manager proved to be very useful in Downloading Big Files due to its unique capability of letting Chrome Shut down, or even allowing PC to be shut down in the paused downloading file state as shown in the article – How to Shut down Chrome or PC with Active Download and then Resume it.

Download Manager # 3 – Chrome Download Manager

Chrome Download Manager

Unlike the above two Download Managers which increase the functionality and allow tweaks to increase the speeds, Chrome Download Manager makes it easy to manage download.

Its a lightweight extension, which lets you view your current downloads in the top-hand side corner concealed behind the down button (much like firefox) . So that you can manage your downloads without going to the downloads page, thus saving your time!

Click here to Download Chrome Download Manager from Chrome Extension Store.

So, these are the Best 3 Download Managers for Chrome which will give you more control over your downloads, thus increasing the Downloading speed!. This method is exclusively meant for Google Chrome browser for Windows 10/7/8.1/ Mac OS X, Linux (Ubuntu) etc and will not work on the Android Chrome version.

Geek Alert! – You can also use your Chrome to Download Torrents directly – >  Click here for tutorial to download torrents via Chrome.