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Here Are the Pros and Cons of Find My Friends

PSafe Newsroom — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 22:00:51 +0000

Some people really love the Find My Friends app because the app can help you find your friends whether or not they contact you. You don’t need to wait around for your friend to text you back to see where they are or what they’re doing. But there are some downsides to this app because hackers and thieves can hack into your Find My Friends account and possibly locate you without your permission. Imagine, too, if your phone falls into the wrong hands. Try out the anti-theft feature in dfndr security before thieves have your phone in the event of loss or theft:

Pros of Find My Friends
This app makes it easy and fun to locate where your friends and family are. All you have to do is request for them to add you as a contact on the app, and once you accept, you will be given access to where they are.

There are also many privacy controls on the app that are very helpful. If there’s a moment where you don’t want certain friends to see where you’re located (maybe a surprise party or you’re on a date and don’t want to be bothered), you can mute those friends and they won’t be able to see you. The app is also great because it can help you keep your friends safe. If you’re concerned about a friend’s well being and haven’t heard from them in a while, you can simply use the app to see where they are.

Cons of Find My Friends
One downside to the app is that it does cost money to use. Find My Friends has a small, one-time fee of 99 cents. This fee may deter many people from downloading the app, so the app does have a smaller user base than other popular apps like Twitter and Facebook. Another negative aspect of Find my Friends is that you may get requests from people you don’t know and people you don’t want to have access to your location. This isn’t a big deal often, but it is a bit of a hassle to constantly reject strangers from accessing your location.

Finally, this app has a major downside because hackers can access the app, hack your personal information, and be able to locate you. Once the hackers have your location, they may have access to your address. Think about the pros and cons before downloading this app.

Best Dating Apps for Solo Travelers

PSafe Newsroom — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:00:54 +0000

When you’re on a solo adventure in a new place, it can be fun, exciting, and even a little bit intimidating. We all want to meet new people and try new things when we venture to new areas of the world, and luckily, technology today allows us to do just that. If you’re traveling solo, there are so many apps out there that make it easy to meet people.

The following rounds up the best dating apps to use as you travel. These apps will allow you to meet interesting people in your location that could end up being the perfect match for you.

MissTravel
You don’t necessarily have to travel alone anymore, thanks to this clever app! MissTravel matches you with singles who want to see the same places and who have similar travel interests. This is a great way to find people that you can easily meet up with on trips, so that you know ahead of time you’ll have a buddy when you want one!

MileHi Messenger
While many apps focus on helping you meet people once you actually make it to your destination, this one is unique. Unlike other apps, MileHi connects you with singles on your flight, making it easy to meet someone from the very start of your trip. This allows you to arrange for ride shares once you land to cut costs where you can. Convenience and fun are all rolled into one app!

Ventoura
Similar to the popular dating app Tinder, this selection allows you to connect with fellow tourists or even locals wherever your travels take you. This can be great for dating or even finding people who can show you around to hit all the best spots! What we love about this app is that you can actually start chatting with people before you leave and make plans ahead of time. Or you can fly by the seat of your pants — it’s up to you!

The Best Apps for Taking Care of Your Pet

PSafe Newsroom — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 12:00:44 +0000

Our furry friends are typically more like family than pets, and they can quickly become one of our best friends. Thankfully, the following Android apps make it easier to care for our pets on a day-to-day basis. Put one of these apps on your Android and use it in conjunction with quick cleanup in order to keep your phone running smoothly so that your pet apps are always running smoothly. Click here to use quick cleanup to remove junk files that take up too much space and slow down your phone:

With that being said, when it comes to taking care of these beloved creatures, we want to ensure we’re doing everything in our power to give them the best care, treatment, and quality of life. These apps will make it easier to care for your pet. Plus, they are fun to use!

11pets
This is a free app that helps dog owners take care of their pooch and keep them in good health. There are a range of features associated with this app, including building a schedule for them that helps keep track of vet visits and any medications they require, fields to enter medical history and information about your pet, and even galleries to save your favorite pet photos. It’s not limited to just your dog, either; you can use it for any pet, which is a nice bonus!

APCC by ASPCA
This is the perfect app to help keep your pet safe at all times. You’ll first choose from a choice of several species such as dogs, cats, horses, or birds. Then, the app provides you with a database of plants, hazards, foods, and medications that are toxic to your pet. You can even input the amount consumed of any of these materials into a calculator in the app, helping you to understand the severity of a situation and whether you need to make a trip to the vet. As we mentioned, it’s definitely useful in keeping pets healthy, so it’s worth having on your Android in case you ever need it!

MapMyDogWalk
This is a pretty straightforward app where the name says it all. Use it to map out the path you want to go on for a walk with your dog. It utilizes Google Maps to help you find a route, locate parks and dog-friendly restaurants, water fountains, and even small details such as waste bag dispensers. This is an intuitive app that is easy to use. It gives you a wealth of information, such as the amount of calories burned, speed, and the pace of a walk after it’s done.

Which Popular Apps Use Your Battery the Most?

PSafe Newsroom — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 00:00:22 +0000

To make your phone’s battery life last as long as possible, there are methods you can use to battle the worst battery-draining offenders. In addition to addressing apps that are affecting your phone’s battery life, you should also protect your phone’s battery from damage. One method is to use the total charge feature to monitor your phone’s battery life and preserve your battery’s lifespan:

Why Do Certain Apps Drain Your Battery?
Many of the most popular apps on your phone are also the culprits for why your battery never seems to last as long as it once did. The worst offenders usually have advanced display graphics or run animations. These graphics are more difficult for your phone to process and make your phone work much harder than it usually does.

Another way these apps drain your battery is through the notifications they send you. When your phone is sleeping it is conserving power, but when these notifications “wake it up” they prevent that process and make your battery drain. Finally, apps that use your location, GPS, or camera are major drains on your battery because they require a lot of processing power.

Which Apps Waste the Most Battery Life?
Unsurprisingly, most of the apps that use the most battery are the apps that you use on a daily basis or even open multiple times a day. Snapchat is one of the worst battery-draining apps because it is constantly running in the background, using your camera, and sending you notifications.

Another popular battery-wasting app is Netflix. Every time you binge-watch a new series on your phone it uses your phone’s display, which uses the majority of your battery life. If you want to try to cut back on how much of your battery Netflix uses, try turning down the brightness; doing so will help to conserve a lot of battery life.

Email servers like Outlook or Gmail also use a lot of your phone’s battery. People tend to check their email very often or have their email set to constantly refresh so that they don’t miss a thing. But in reality, all of that syncing is wasting your battery life even when you’re not using your email.

Finally, another big battery waste is news apps like BBC News, CNN, or Fox News. People spend a lot of time reading these articles, which use the phone’s display. Another problem with these apps is that they send push notifications, which also contribute to draining your battery.

These Are the Best Dining Apps for Android

PSafe Newsroom — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 00:00:32 +0000

Going out to eat can be a fun way to change up your schedule and do something exciting with friends, and it can even be a good way to take a break from technology and interact with the sensory world. But there’s no reason you shouldn’t use technology to make sure you’re going to a place with food you’ll like, a place with open seats and good prices, and a place you and your friends will have a good time. Use these apps to make sure that once you arrive, you’ll be able to unplug, get chatting, and chow down on some delicious food.

Eat24
OK, here’s an option for when you want to keep your pajamas on. Going out can be great, but sometimes it’s a rainy day and you want to watch a movie. Eat24 is a great delivery app, allowing you to filter through options by selecting distance, ratings, and even health. You can read Yelp reviews before making your selection, and if you have Android Pay, the app is compatible with that as well, making your check out even easier.

Tasteful
So you’re going out, but you don’t want to resort to junk food. Great! Tasteful helps you find restaurants in your area that adhere to different diets: vegetarian, low cal, and gluten-free (among others). Dining out for people with specific needs can be difficult or stressful, and it’s good to know the restaurant you’re going to will be able to accommodate you (or those in your party) beforehand. The food is still delicious, of course.

OpenTable
Speaking of accommodation, it’s never fun to arrive at a restaurant and be told you have a two-hour wait, especially if you’re hungry when you arrive. OpenTable makes that easy. Just plug in a time and place and discover restaurants with openings. It is so much easier than calling each restaurant individually.

Happy Hour Finder
OK, not technically dining, but it’s never a bad idea to grab a beer with a friend, and it’s never a bad idea to save an extra buck or two while doing so. Happy Hour Finder tells you about the time frame of the happy hours around you (ensuring you don’t show up just as happy hour ends) while also outlining the deals — imagine going to a happy hour that’s one dollar off while right next door there is a “buy one, get one free” deal!

The Best Apps That Can Help You Plan Your Night Out

PSafe Newsroom — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:00:30 +0000

There are so many great apps that can tell you the best drink specials near you, or even keep you updated with your friends’ location so that they’re safe when they need to go home. One thing for sure, these apps will suit your mood and intentions for going out on the town.

Nightlife
This app does it all. You can find the best happy hour and drink deals on Nightlife. You can then connect with your friends and share the bar deals with them so that your friends can help to make decisions and plan where you want to go that night. You can group chat on the app and connect with other people that you may meet at the bar or any time during your night out. If you’re trying to save money while having a great night out, this is the perfect app to find you amazing drink deals without sacrificing fun.

Wender
With Wender you can now avoid the difficult task of texting all of your friends and asking them, “Who wants to go out tonight?” To save time you can use Wender and state your plans for the night for friends to see. You have the option to state that you’re “going out,” “open to suggestions,” or “staying in tonight.” This way, your friends already know what your plans are and it makes it easier to link up with friends that are looking to go out tonight.

NightOut
This is a great app to make sure your friends all showing up to the same venue. So many nights out begin with someone getting the bars confused or else putting the wrong address into an Uber. With NightOut you can easily share the location of the bar or venue that you and your friends want to meet at to ensure that no one gets lost or goes to the wrong venue by accident. Another fun perk of this app is that many bars have special NightOut deals like free drinks that are exclusively for people using the app.

Why You Need To Lock Your Phones and Apps to Stay Safe

PSafe Newsroom — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 13:00:06 +0000

These days you can’t be too careful when keeping your apps and data protected. Hackers are getting better and better at accessing your data and stealing it for themselves. Locking your phone may keep strangers from getting into your phone but it doesn’t protect the many apps you have with sensitive data. The only way to keep your phone and data safe is by downloading app lock now to prevent thieves and hackers from accessing your private apps:

Why We Think Our Data Safe And Protected
People feel safe that their data is safe because they make smart decisions to keep their phones protected. In fact, 50% of people when surveyed said that they believe that there’s no for extra measures to keep their phone info safe because it’s already protected.

Most people keep their phone’s PIN numbers to themselves or have their phone locked with their fingerprint to ensure thieves can’t access their apps if they steal the phone. We even create elaborate passwords for all of our different accounts to be sure that hackers can’t access our private information but that doesn’t really help as much as it seems. There’s no way to ensure that your private information is safe if your only way of protecting it is just through locking your phone.

Why Our Data Isn’t As Safe As We Think It Is
There are two different ways that hackers and steal your private data. First, hackers can get into your voicemail and through that, they will hack the data that is stored on your phone. This is the more rare option and is usually done by a close family member or a friend trying to seek revenge.

The second way that your phone can be hacked is through phone hacking software. These hackers can ruin your life and steal your data by installing malicious software on your phone that gathers your personal logins and scans your emails. You can’t prevent this type of hacking by simply locking your phone. The only way to keep hackers out of your personal data is by locking the apps themselves.

The Top 5 Apps for Savvy Investors on Android

PSafe Newsroom — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:00:07 +0000

When it comes to investing in today’s world, there are seemingly endless options. If you’re looking for a great investment app, look no further. One of the following apps is sure to be the app for you.

Acorns

This is the perfect investment app for savvy investors looking for a very hands-off experience. With Acorns you can just set it and forget it. The app takes the spare change from each purchase you make and invests it. So if your coffee was $5.95, then it invests the $.05. Acorns is a super fun way to invest your spare change, and it is exciting for new investors.

Forex Hero

This investing app is unlike any of the others on this list because it’s actually a simulation game. In Forex Hero you try to make money by trading different currencies while using real strategies about stock trading. Once you start playing you may not even realize that you’re actually learning about the world of investing. This is a good app to choose if you’re new to investment or if you just want to put your investment strategy to the test without risking any real money.

SigFig Wealth Management

With this app you can manage, optimize, and track your existing investment portfolios. You can also sign up and create a personalized investment plan and fund the account. With SigFig the first $10,000 you invest in your portfolio is managed for free. The only downside to this app for long-term investors is that it only gives you a three-year overview of your accounts, while many other similar apps will give you a five- to ten-year overview.

FRED Economic Data

This neat app gives its users access to 40,000 data sets from all around the world. This information is extremely handy to the typical investor because you can use data to see how well certain companies have done in the past and find trends to help advise your investments. The best part is that all of the data on this app is free; the app provides a lot of useful investment information and tips.

StockTwits

StockTwits is a beautifully designed app that’s easy to use. The app gives you the ability to check trending stocks, sort stocks, and create stock watch lists. It’s extremely simple to use and keeps everything streamlined and easy to visualize. You can even watch the gains and losses that stocks have over a set period of time. StockTwits is completely free to download with no hidden charges once you start using it.

Is This the Death of Mobile Apps, or Is There Still Hope?

PSafe Newsroom — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 17:50:08 +0000

Some people have been predicting that AI and VR will bring the end of the hand-held mobile app as we know it. Although these features may be coming to smartphones in the future, there’s no evidence that it will be here soon. So don’t get rid of your phone and apps just yet, and don’t be neglectful when it comes to caring for your phone. Click here to use app manager to quickly identify and uninstall any unwanted apps now, so that you have more space for new files and apps:

There’s no chance we’ll be getting rid of apps or phones soon. With 70% of North America using a smartphone, nobody will be ditching their smartphone before the technology of VR and AI improves. There are a lot of predictions about how technology will evolve and change in the future. If technology and the Internet continue to expand and improve at the current rate, then we know that there will be amazing progress in the new few years. One day there may be direct brain-to-computer interfaces. Obviously, this technology won’t be mainstream any time soon, but there are people working on developing this kind of interface.

Read More: Which Apps Affect Your Android’s Performance the Most?

What sort of features can we expect from AI and VR?
It’s thought that, instead of using phone apps, we will be using our faces to control our apps with virtual reality. Also, instead of looking at our phones, our screens will become lightweight glasses that we wear.

Will smart glasses become the new smartphone?
Not any time soon. The costs of these products are still way too high to put them in the hands of the everyday person. Eventually, the technology will be cheaper to produce and the price point will come down to a reasonable and affordable price. You’ll be able to check your email without having to pull your phone out of your pocket, or even look up YouTube videos and watch them with your glasses.

Right now, smart glasses are still being beta-tested, and it’s clear that they’re not developed enough to be able to wear them in the real world for long periods of time. As they improve, these glasses will soon be comfortable enough to wear for twelve to sixteen hours as you go about your day.

Many estimated that smart glasses and other big developments are at least three to five years away. Some more conservative estimates even predict that these technology advancements are at least ten years away; the rich will be able to afford them right away, but it will take much longer for the rest of the population to be able to afford these technologies. So for now, smartphones and apps are safe.

Standout Apps from the 2017 Google Play Awards

PSafe Newsroom — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 01:00:00 +0000

Who doesn’t love a great, new app? Mobile gaming apps, in particular, have increased in popularity over the last few years. But that doesn’t mean your phone will be able to handle some of these impressive new games. In order to automatically optimize your downloaded games whenever you start playing, you should use game booster. Free up RAM and boost your phone in order to make your gaming experience faster and smoother:

The Google Play Awards
The votes have been tallied and the awards for the Google Play Awards have been announced. Each year, Google Play announces the best apps of the year. With so many apps to choose from these days, it can be easy to get bogged down in the millions of apps. Luckily, the Google Play Awards are here to show you the best apps and games of the year to make it easier for you to choose what to download.

Standout Indie: Reigns
It’s considered one of the standout Indie apps of the year. In this game, you get to put yourself in the role of monarch during the modern age and impose your will on your kingdom. It can be difficult in your unpredictable kingdom to create a balance between your people, army, church, and treasury. In order to reign for as long as possible, you will have to make strategic moves creating allies and enemies.

Standout Startup: HOOKED
HOOKED has amazing, short scary stories to read from the comfort of your phone. These thrilling stories will keep you in suspense as you read them. Each story is formatted as a short text message conversation and reads as if you were reading someone’s personal text messages with a creepy twist.

Best App for Kids: Hot Wheels: Race Off
This exciting racing game brings Hot Wheels to life. There are over 25 different Hot Wheels cars to race through 50 different tracks. Love stunts? Hot Wheels: Race Off has awesome jumps, boosters, and loops to race through. There’s also a multiplayer mode so you can race and challenge your friends!