Spotify

Online music platform

What is Spotify?

Spotify is a popular online music app, it was created in 2008. It is free, you just need to have internet to use it. Spotify works on both PC and mobile devices. Normally you do not have to pay any price to have and use Spotify but there some restrictions when you use the free one. Restrictions are like; you cannot choose any song you want, you have to wait for some advertisements, which suddenly showed up while listening music. On premium one, since you pay you do not have those restrictions. You can listen any song you want; you don’t need to have internet connection on you mobile phone, since you can save the songs to listen later. Another advantage is you do not have to wait for the advertisements to pass next song.

Thanks to Shazam-Spotify integration you can listen the songs as free on Spotify.

According to the Spotiy’s announcement in 2013, the most popular woman singer was ‘’Rihanna’’ and among the man he was ‘’Macklemore’’. The most favorite song was ‘’Can’t Hold Us’’.

At first Spotify was free just for first 6 months but now there is not that kind of restriction.

People are tired of listening the same song all the time, Spotify is a great app to help you discovering new popular or old songs. You can also listen on the radio on Spotify. There are lots of and different kinds of radio channels. You will never feel bored during your time spending on Spotify. It is an amazing helper for music lovers. You can find many songs according to your mood such as; morning, jazz, pop, relaxing, party etc. There are different kinds of searching criteria on Spotify, you can try to find music as the name of the song, the name of the album, the name of the singer etc.

How to Use Spotify?

Using Spotify is very simple. You can use it both from IOS and from Android. First, you have to download to app for your device. You can log in both via you Facebook account or you can have a new account on Spotify. When you log in Spotify by your Facebook account, you are allowed to reach your friends’ music lists. On the left top corner of the page there is ‘’Browse’’ button and by clicking it you can discover the most popular songs according to the their types like (pop,rock,jazz,rock,fitness etc.) If you want, you can listen the songs in play mixed mood. There is a follow button and by clicking it, you can add the songs to your playlist. You can reach your playlist from the menu and you can add more songs to there or you can delete the ones you do not like.

Spotify is a great thing letting us to discover new songs from all around the world.

It is also possible downloading songs from Spotify. According to the research, it has more than 60 billion of users. Spotify is a creation from Sweden. The songs playing on the Spotify are actually the ones registered on Sony, EMI, Universal music etc.

Spotify is a great platforms for amateur or popular singers as well, since they can announce their new songs for the first time on there.

You may want to see lyrics while listening to the music on Spotify, which is possible as well. You need to have TuneWiki extension on Spotify to do it. While listening to music by clicking the TuneWiki you can see the lyrics.

It is possible do make specific research by writing just the years’ name to the search place and you will find the songs between those years.

If you want to show your playlists to other people, it is possible to share them or open your profile to let them see.

Spotify is a great app and very popular all around the world, if you are one of the music lovers you should try to have it!

Twitch

A live broadcast platform

What is Twitch?

Twitch is a popular social media platform where gamers stream their game while playing. It has become very popular since it was created. It is a great web site for game addicts to watch other gamers while they are playing. Twitch is popular especially among new generation. Young people prefer to spend their time on Twitch instead of TV shows. They spend at least 3-4 hour in a day. Gamers stream on web site around 6 hours in a day and when they do it they get money. Watchers can give away gamers sometimes as they desire and sometimes it even becomes a heck of a lot of money.

The highest price that was given away on Twitch is $1.000.000. According to the research there are more than 20 billion people using Twitch all around the world and it is known as the best web site for live performance.

How to Use Twitch?

You have to go  http://twitch.tv web site and create an account and by signing up you will reach the main page. You can connect with your Facebook or if you want you can sign up and then log in to reach the main page. For streaming there are some necessaries, your computer settings should be available for it. You also need to have some programs to connect with Twitch for live broadcast. Some of them are XSplit, FFSplit, Wirecast etc.

How to Live Streaming by Using XSplit?

You need to go www.xsplit.com web page and download the program by clicking ‘’Download Latest Version’’ button. After downloading you have to have an account from the www.xsplit.com/#registerBox address. As a reminder you have to pay a price for having the program. You need to log in after the installing part is over. Then from the ‘’Broadcast’’ tab you will reach ‘’Add Channel’’ to add a Twitch channel.

After clicking ‘’Add Channel’’ you need to choose ‘’Twitch/Justin.tv’’ option. You will reach a new page and you need to log in again. You can check your connection by clicking ‘’Test bandwidth’’ button and by clicking ‘’Show Details’’ you can control how good your connection is. If you get a message which is called ‘’your bandwidth to server is probably not sufficient’’ it means your connection won’t be enough for live streaming. You have to make some changes on setting to solve that problem. You have to see a green light on the test screen to understand if your connection is fast enough or not.

When you reach Broadcast tab, you will see the channel you have just added on the ‘’Local Streaming’’. To start a live streaming after start a game, you have to minimize the screen by clicking alt + tab and choose the channel (you added before) by clicking the ‘’Broadcast’’ on the Xsplit. As soon as you choose a live streaming will start. As you see it is a simple process.

The popularity of Twitch has been increasing day by day all around the world and gamers both having fun and winning some prices thanks to it. If you are a game lover too, it might be a good and useful web site for you.

Netflix

One of the most popular program servicing watching movie and series on the internet

What is Netflix?

Netflix was created by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in the USA in 1997. When it was first created, it used to work as a service which sends DVDs to homes. It started to be very popular in those days in America. As technology developed, Netflix continued to follow up improvements by starting to give service on the internet. Its improvements continued by giving services in many other counties as well and it became very popular. It continues to keep in step with technology, gives services more than billion of people and goes on developing.

Netflix works on TV, PC, iOS, Androids and Windows devices very well. To watch movie or series on Netflix, it is better to have high speed internet not to have problem. You have to pay some price monthly to have and use Netflix regularly. Standard packet costs 9.99 Euro per month and Premium one costs 11.99 Euro. As a reminder, you don’t have to pay first month.

Netflix offers you thousands of movies and series, but it has different movies or series in its list according to the countries. You can add subtitles as you wish. If you want to reach more movies – series by making some changing on VPN, you can do it.

You may come across some problems when you watch Netflix on PC. On Chrome you can’t watch it with 720p quality, there is the same problem on Firefox as well. For watching with 1080p quality you have to you have to use Safari for Microsoft Explorer or Edge. 

Some shortcuts for computer usage;

Shift + Ctrl + Alt + D: For details about screen settings

Shift + Ctrl + Alt + L: For Log savings

Shift + Ctrl + Alt + T: To add subtitle  

Space: To pause and replay

Enter: To pause and replay

F: For full screen

Esc: To exit from full screen

Shift + Left key: For rewinding

Shift + Right key: To fast forward

M: Keep it silent 

How to Use Netflix?

There are some steps you should follow to watch Netflix;

You have to choose an appropriate packet for yourself

You have to have an account by using your e mail address

When you have membership, first month will be free for you and that’s all you can go on to enjoy your time in Netflix.

If you aren’t satisfied you can cancel your membership in first 30 days, in this manner you don’t have to pay anything. It is a good thing to try Netflix, if you like it you can continue to watch it and if you don’t like you can just cancel. It is worth to try!

Netflix started to create its own original programming in 2011. Some examples from them are, House of Cards, Arrested Development, Orange Is the New Black etc.

Netflix customers increases more and more in every year, it is the most popular TV app all around the world and people are very satisfied with using it. If you need help about what to watch on Netflix you will find many offers from the people on some web sites. As a reminder you don’t download anything to watch on Netflix, since they are already available on there. You just need to choose what to watch and enjoy your time!

Netflix services around in 130 countries! One of the best thing about Netflix is there is no advertisement while you are watching your movie or series. Isn’t just great? You don’t have to wait for continuing or your show won’t be hold on in the best part. Hundreds of movies and series are added on Netflix in every month that means you will not be bored of watching the same shows all the time.

There are some popular shows (on Netflix) which you might have heard from the internet such as, Stranger Things, Narcos, Mindhunter, Black Mirror, Death Note, Ozark, La Casa De Paper etc. Not only series or movies, you can also find different kind of documentaries on Netflix.

Unknown Things about Netflix

Netflix was created even before Google

Its original name was ‘’Kibble’’

The most famous show on the Netflix is ‘’Fuller House’’

New workers who are just start to work in Netflix are paid $17 per hour

The first show on the Netflix was ‘’Lillyhammer’’

SHAZAM

A great app recognizing music

What is Shazam?

Shazam is a popular app for identifying the music for personal PC, mobile devices etc. It is used more than hundreds of millions of people monthly all around the world. Shazam was showed up by a British company in 2002. Shazam was acquired by Apple and it was worth $400 million and became one of the first apps in Apple’s App Store. It also has partnership with Spotify which is another music app now.

Sometimes you hear a song randomly and don’t know how to find it; Shazam helps you to identify it. It is very simple to discover the song by using Shazam. Not only music it can also recognize the video, film, advertisements etc. It is very simple to use and a free app!

You can also share the music with your friends on Shazam. It is available for Androids, iPhone and BlackBerry. Shazam is also known as the oldest smartphone app.

The most looked up song of all time by Shazam is ‘’Wake Me Up’’ by Avicii. It has been searched for more than 22,813,761 times. The number of Shazams all the time is around 30 billion and the most Shazamed artist of last year was ‘’Ed Sheeran’’.

How to Use Shazam?

Shazam’s working principle is very simple. You should begin with downloading the app. When it is installed and you get the app you will see Shazam sign, you need to touch it once. While music plays you need to touch it, it will take 2-6 second to recognise the song and give you the name of it. Songs that you find on Shazam will be saved on ‘’My Tags’’ part. You can check those songs whenever you want. As a reminder you don’t have to pay a price for having and using Shazam app.

You can’t download song on Shazam but you can do it on Youtube or Spotify by the links that are given by Shazam.

If you log in Shazam by your Facebook account, it will start to work with Facebook and as synchronous and that will give you an opportunity to see the songs listened by your friends. Shazam finds even the old songs.

Apart from just finding the song, Shazam will also show you other information about a song (album, year etc.). If a song is very popular and searched by many people, Shazam finds it in a shorter time. But if the song is too old and not popular it might take a few more seconds to recognize. When you try to find a song by Shazam, it is better to do it in a silent place. Otherwise Shazam can’t hear and recognize it very well.

According to the research people think it is the best one among the similar apps and they are very glad it. It is updated regularly and has new design.

It is claimed that, Shazam is going to be improve more and it will have some improvements soon. Since it is such an easy app to use, it should be available on all music lovers’ mobile devices.

Bitmoji

Your personal emoji

What is Bitmoji?

Bitmoji is a new, popular creating your own emoji app. Its creation depends on Bitstrips app’s updating. It is possible to use Bitmoji on Snapchat as sticker, apart from Snapchat it is also used on another apps and internet platforms like, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Gmail, Slack, and Text.

Bitmoji offers you many options while creating your own or someone else’s emoji. You can make it with different captions, different emotions, themes and even more. Bitmoji app works without any problem on both Android and iPhone. It needs 4.1 or later for Androids and 9.0 or later for iOS to work.

When you want to use your avatar in texts to share with others, you can use Bitmoji Keyboard to make it real. It is possible to make some changing on your avatar like changing clothes from the wardrobe options. It is a great app bringing fun to you, during your spending time on the internet. There are some theme packs from the movies that you can have by paying some price, but don’t worry it is very reasonable price.

While creating your character you can try to make it similar to you as appearance by choosing the hair, eyes, nose, eye brows etc. similar to yours. You can also choose a body for your character. You will come across many options once start to create it. It is possible to use your character on your snaps.

How to Use Bitmoji?

First of all you have to download Bitmoji app for your device.

You have to log in with your Facebook account or Gmail.

Activate Bitmoji keyboard by clicking Enable Keyboard section.

You will get the page which you can start to create your avatar. You can do it from the right top corner of the page. You can change the setting as you wish and choose wherever you want to use it.

How to Use Bitmoji on Snapchat?

You have to download Bitmoji app, if you already have you need to log in by your Snapchat account. You will get a new page which asks you to choose your gender. Then you can start to create your character as you wish and save it. Your emoji will be ready to be used on Snapchat, you can use it on your snaps whenever you want.

iPhone users can use Bitmoji to send avatar their friends on iMessage. To make it real, it is necessary to turn on Bitmoji options on iMessage and just by clicking Bitmoji option on the bottom of the textbox you can start to use it.

You can save stickers from Bitmoji to your device and share them by AirDrop with your friends. It is also possible sending your stickers on Slack. Apart from these apps, using Bitmoji stickers on Twitter or Email will give a magic touch to your tweets, mails etc.

Kik Messenger

A safe chatting place giving you an opportunity to chat as internationally

What is Kik Messenger?

Kik Messenger is a popular-free mobile chat app which was created in 2010 by a company in Canada. Fist it was founded by group of university students in 2009. It has more than 170 billion users all around the world especially in USA and England. Kik Messenger app is for İOS, Android and Windows Mobile, but it doesn’t have desktop or web edition for now. It is popular especially for teenagers; it is a great app to know new people from different countries. Kik Messeger is a remarkable app with its basic interface and multiple platforms. It is also successful in performance and low battery consumption. You see people’s profile pictures on the same main page and it is a bit similar to Facebook Home’s Chat Head features in point of notification part. It is not necessary giving individual information about you to use that app; you can start to use it just by having a user name. Users can send each other different similes and gifs on that app. For chatting people you don’t have to register their name like in other apps, you are free to chat anyone you want.

How to use it?

It is very simple to use, after downloading the app you need to log in your account by selecting log in button. You will reach the contacts page which helps you to reach your friends accounts and by using (+) mark you can write your friends’ Kik Messenger users’ name and get in touch with them. You can also check your previous messages from the Conversations tab. When you don’t want to get in touch with some people anymore it is possible to block them on app, you can do it from settings tab Block List part by choosing (+) mark and select the ones whom you want. It is also possible sending photos or videos on Kik Messenger. If you don’t want to send just a photo you can also type a message with your photo. You can also save the photos which you took to send on app, as a reminder on some devices it may ask you if it can access the camera app. It is also possible deleting the photos or videos when you don’t like them before sending. If you want to send more than photos or videos it is also possible like sending Youtube videos, memes or sketches. You can also have stickers some of them are free but if you want to have more you can buy them to enrich your conversation. To show your profile appealing or more beautiful you can change some features settings like adding a good profile picture or changing the chat colour. When notifications sounds bother you, it is possible to turn them off. There is a Kik support page which is ready to help you when you need help about app. If you have some problems about your account such as losing the confirmation e mail which they send you for app, it is possible to be resent. You may have some problems when the application was updated but don’t worry, it is possible to re-installing and continuing to use it.

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Tinder

A matching – chatting app

What is Tinder?

Tinder is a very popular dating app by finding people around you. It was created by Sean Rad - Justin Maaten in 12th of September 2012 and developed by InterActiveCorp (IAC) Company from Los Angeles. Tinder is a location based mobile app for IOS and Android. It’s creation story based on a breaking up between Sean Rad and his girlfriend. It caught the popularity all around the world thanks to being a very enjoyful app. As it is mentioned before, Tinder’s working principle based on your location so, you have to activate your mobile phone’s location setting before downloading it. App shows you other people’s profile according to the criteria that you choose before such as, gender, age and distance. According to the some researches by IAC, people would like to have some online platforms which deactivating some soul-destroying situations like being rejected or unrequited and also making them delighted while flirting. To answer people’s desires Tinder was created as very basic and easy.

How to use Tinder?

Using Tinder is very simple. Firstly you need a profile which you can have by using your Facebook account to show your name, surname and age. You can’t change that information which makes it a confidential app as different from the others. It is also possible to have connection between Instagram and Tinder to show more photos. You can do it from profile tab by choosing connect the Instagram and it will be activated after logging in your Instagram account. There is app setting process which includes new matches, messages, message likes and super likes. You can activate or deactivate them as you wish. After setting you will have a profile page belonging to another person, you will see her or his pictures and some information about that person like name, surname, age etc. under the photo. There are some buttons at the bottom of the screen which are undo, dislike, boost, like, super like. Undo: It makes possible for you to reach you previous swipe but you have to have a Tinder Plus to use that button. Dislike: As you also understand from the mark, you can use it when you don’t want to match that profile. Boost: This button is to raise your profile’s visibility for 30 minutes. You can get it just once in a month for free. Like: It is shown in green colour and you can use it when you like a profile, if that person also likes you profile matching happens. Super Like: You can use that button just for 3 times in a month as a free. When you chose that button Tinder sends a notification for the user of that profile. By swiping right over the profiles you can start to use that buttons.   Matching part is over; you can start to send message to your matches from the message part which is just right corner of the screen. Tips about Tinder It is possible seeing your matches’ last seen from their profiles. It is possible to keep your profile a bit secret by hiding your age and distance from the profile settings tab. Normally, you get notification when you have match, likes, messages or super likes but it is also possible to turn them off. You can add more than one photo to your profile without connecting you Instagram account. It is also possible to delete your account for some reasons. What is Tinder Boost? By paying some price you can have Tinder Boost which has some advantages apart from the normal one such as seeing other people’s profile for 30 minutes and making profile the most popular one around your distance. What is Tinder Plus? You can also have it by paying some price but it is more expensive than Tinder Boost and have more advantages. It makes possible; 5 Super Likes everyday 1 Boost per month Having chance see the previous profile Changing your location on Tinder Turning off advertisements on Tinder   Tinder is a very popular, confidential, easy and good app to meet new people around you. If you are interested you can just try by downloading from GoogleApp as free and start enjoy your matching!  
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