Cool tips n tricks related to smartphones, tablets and computer

google music has a 10 device authorization limit, so if you review phones or flash a lot of ROMs you need to keep on top of all the devices filling up the list. Previously there was no limit on what you could deauthorize, but xda-developers forum posters are now saying that google has placed restrictions on what you can deauthorize from your music account. Needless to say, users aren’t happy with the change.

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With each passing day, the pace of life is increasing all over the world for most of us. Compared to our ancestors, we are required to perform a lot more in much less time. With so many things to do in a day, one sometimes forgets about the all the tasks one has to perform. Nowadays, it is almost a must to have a good task reminder to help you remember and manage yourself efficiently. We have covered some very good task managers for both windows and Mobile platforms, such as Conqu (reviewed here) and Concenturio (reviewed here). Today, we have another task manager called TimeTask that combines the features of a task manager, music player, shutdown timer and timed application launcher. More on TimeTask after the jump.

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With more and more people gaining access to the widespread world of the internet, and with more effective means of communication and sharing being introduced via various online services, you stand a realistic chance of going viral among the global audience with your thoughts, creative skills or anything (however idiotic) that sets you apart from the rest. In this regard, die-hard music enthusiasts, who fail to impress the masses with their rather bland voices, have the option to resort to auto-tuning software or web services, which convert even the dullest of vocals into a musical masterpiece. When talking of similar applications for mobile platforms, not many have been able to entice a greater user-base than popular iOS app Songify. Songify transforms plain audio recordings into auto-tuned musical tracks with different beats in no more than a few taps. You don’t even need to sing to have the result sound like a song. All you have to do is speak into the mic and the app will do the songifying for you. Songify also has its own little social network that worldwide users can access to share their ‘musical masterpieces’ with others. Good news is, it is no longer exclusive to the iOS App Store, as an official android variant has just hit the market.

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Want to know how many of your Facebook friends love Adele’s Rolling In The Deep, or who else in the world loves Pitbull’s tracks like you do? Say Hello to MusicBunk – a cross-platform social music discovery and sharing app for android & iphone that connects you to worldwide music fans so that you may share, like and comment on all your favorite music tracks while enjoying high quality music streams through personalized playlists. Simply put, the app scans your device’s music library for locally stored songs, lets you create and share playlists from those tracks, listen to the music tracks via its neatly-designed native music player, and lets your friends learn what tracks you’re currently listening to. In return, your friends can respond to your choice of music by commenting on and liking your activities on the network. That’s not all; based on your musical taste, the app also suggests friends who have a particular favorite of yours added to their own MusicBunk playlists. In this way, you can befriend other app users who have the same taste in music as yours, creating a nice little music circle comprising only your music Matches! More to follow.

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This is one of the quick and easy tips that makes iOS so remarkable. Yes, it’s simple, but that small attention to detail makes all the difference in terms of user experiences.

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Back in May 2011, we covered Miro 4, a powerful media manager application with iTunes-like functionalities. What makes Miro different from other media managers is its ability to sync media files with android-powered devices. Now, almost after one year, Miro dev team has finally released Miro 5. It brings various backend changes to the actual software. The obvious mainstay of the update is HD video downloading from Vimeo feeds and an addition of eMusic in the Stores section. It now offers better and faster device syncing and file format conversion, a new album viewing mode to categorize the music by artists or albums, and lastly, the app can now look for information about artists and songs from numerous online sources. More to follow.

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Remote4Play is a fairly lightweight yet effective android and iOS app that connects you to your google Play music account via its chrome Extension, so that you can remotely control music playback from your mobile device. Both the extension, as well as the mobile clients of Remote4Play, require minimal configuration. A remote connection is established between your web browser and mobile device as soon as you scan the QR code displayed by the extension. Once connected to your google Play music account, the mobile app presents you with its own Play music interface, using which you can view the currently played track, along with album art. Using various controls on the player, you can control music playback and enable/disable the shuffle and repeat options. All the changes made through the mobile client are instantly implemented and replicated on the web interface. More to follow.

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If you love Pandora Radio and want a similar service for electronic music, then you really need to give Vibin.fm a try. This gorgeous music service provides a simple way to discover and stream electronic music. Vibin.fm brings together the best of two worlds, generating it’s impressive music library from SoundCloud, combined with the ease and functionality of Pandora. With it, all you have to do is choose a Genre, DJ Set, Artist, City or Festival and stream unlimited tracks. Not only does the service come with lots of genres, such as Classic Trance, Deep House, Dubstep, Lovestep, Dirty Dub, Ultra etc, but also recommends new mixes based on the songs that you’ve been listening to. Additionally, your favorite vibes can be saved, shared with your friends and new artists can be discovered along the way. More after the jump.

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iTunes has become the heart and soul of many music lovers around the globe, due to its support for all iOS devices and an elegant GUI. However because of its many features and heavy UI, it also kicks down your system performance. So, if you are looking for a trimmed down version of iTunes, which also supports sufficient amount of video formats, then try out DJ Genius. It is a simple, yet elegant media player and organizer which offers a simple, iTunes-like UI. The application lets you listen to your favorite songs either from your local music library or online radio. It features a tag editor for adding and editing metadata. Just like iTunes, it provides separate music, Movie and Radio libraries, comes packed with Twitter integration and an audio recorder. Additionally, there is a DJ Store section of the app that you can set to open a music store of your choice. Keeping the aforementioned features in mind, one could say that DJ Genius is a very limited, lightweight and customizable iTunes. Details to follow.

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If you use chrome and love listening to your favorite tracks on google music, then you should give GoogleMusic For chrome a try. This nifty little extension adds a button to your toolbar that, when clicked, reveals controls for playing, pausing, and skipping to the next song within a pop-up. You can use these controls to conveniently control playback without having to constantly switch tabs. Moreover, it displays the track title and artist name at the bottom of the pop-up, and allows you to control playback through keyboard shortcuts, provided the pop-up is open.

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