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Three Softwares to Run Android in Window/Mac

blognet   Sunday, April 19, 2015   Comment  

Android is a mobile operating system (OS) based on the Linux kernel and currently developed by Google. With a user interface based on direct manipulation, Android is designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers, with specialized user interfaces for televisions (Android TV), cars (Android Auto), and wrist watches (Android Wear). The OS uses touch inputs that loosely correspond to real-world actions, like swiping, tapping, pinching, and reverse pinching to manipulate on-screen objects, and a virtual keyboard. Despite being primarily designed for touchscreen input, it also has been used in game consoles, digital cameras, regular PCs (e.g. the HP Slate 21) and other electronics.

As of July 2013 the Google Play store has had over one million Android applications ("apps") published, and over 50 billion applications downloaded. A developer survey conducted in April–May 2013 found that 71% of mobile developers develop for Android. At Google I/O 2014, the company revealed that there were over one billion active monthly Android users, up from 538 million in June 2013. As of 2015, Android has the largest installed base of all general-purpose operating systems.

Android's source code is released by Google under open source licenses, although most Android devices ultimately ship with a combination of open source and proprietary software, including proprietary software developed and licensed by Google. Initially developed by Android, Inc., which Google backed financially and later bought in 2005, Android was unveiled in 2007 along with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance—​a consortium of hardware, software, and telecommunication companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.

Android is popular with technology companies which require a ready-made, low-cost and customizable operating system for high-tech devices. Android's open nature has encouraged a large community of developers and enthusiasts to use the open-source code as a foundation for community-driven projects, which add new features for advanced users or bring Android to devices which were officially released running other operating systems. The operating system's success has made it a target for patent litigation as part of the so-called "smartphone wars" between technology companies.

First: Bluestacks

Bluestacks is a Silicon Valley-based software company that produces BlueStacks App Player and BlueStacks Cloud Connect. Both products are designed to enable Android applications to run on Windows PCs, Macintosh computers and Windows tablets. The company was founded in 2008 by Rosen Sharma, former CTO at McAfee and board member of Cloud.com.

The company officially launched May 25, 2011, at the Citrix Synergy conference in San Francisco. Citrix CEO Mark Templeton demonstrated an early version of BlueStacks onstage and announced that the companies had formed a partnership. App Player and Cloud Connect launched into public alpha on October 11, 2011.[1] App Player is a downloadable piece of Windows software that comes pre-loaded with several apps (including Bloomberg News, Words With Friends and Drag Racing).[2] More apps can be downloaded using the "Featured Apps" channel provided with the software. Cloud Connect[3] is an Android App downloadable from the Android Market that allows additional apps to be pushed into BlueStacks App Player from any Android device. The products are now listed as beta software available for free download.

Requirements:-

• Operating Systems: Windows XP or later; Mac OS X Snow Leopard or later
• RAM: 1 GB
• HDD: 90MBs free space

Download: Click here to go to Official Site

Second: Windroy

Windroy is more than just an emulator. It’s a full porting of the Android operating system to Windows. This means that it is much faster than other emulators such as Bluestacks when it comes to running apps. The Windroy download is free created by Socketeq. The Windroy interface is exactly the same as the Android interface system on most Android devices. It integrates with many Windows applications such as Flash and Windows Media Player. The Windroy user interface screen is customizable allowing the user to control how big the actual screen is. Apps run very smoothly on Windroy with no problems.

Requirements

• Processor: Intel Pentium 1.6GHz CPU
• RAM: 1 GB
• Free Space needed: 500 MB disk space
• Operating System: Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 32/64 bit

Download:- Click here to Download | Go to Official Site

Third: Youwave

Youwave is another great application to run Android apps on a Windows PC. It is a bit lighter compare to BlueStack and works well. It offer you the ability to download various Android Apps directly and works well. The latest edition this application offers you is Android ICS 4.0.4 So you can have some cool apps and game on your pc instantly. Another great feature is, this software offer you the ability to import app. That means you can simply import the applications in it to run. If you have kept a set of apk files in your pc then you can use the same to run them on your pc. The benefit of recommending you this app is that it has its own set of online store from where you get everything. So lets being with Youwave.

NOTE: Youwave is not a free software. But you will be given a 10 days trial

Requirements:-

• Processor: Intel Pentium 1.6GHz CPU
• RAM: 1 GB
• Free Space needed :500 MB disk space
• Operating System:Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 32/64 bit

Download:- Go to Official Site

I hope that my this post help you. If you have any question or problem then leave a comment below.

The best way to get Android notifications on Mac & PC

The best way to get Android notifications on Mac & PC

blognet   Friday, April 17, 2015   Comment  

You don’t always have your Android phone on you, but there will be times where you will get some sort of notification on your device, that you should really not miss. Whether it’s an important call you didn’t hear because your phone was in another room, or a storm of WhatsApp messages from your impatient friends… You are sitting there at your computer, browsing Reddit or doing anything else, without realizing that you need to pick up your phone.

Lucky for all of us, there is an amazing app out there, that allows you to get all your notifications from your Android phone or tablet straight on your Mac and/or PC. And this wonderful app is called Pushbullet.

Getting Android notification on your computer – how it works

If you own multiple Android (or for that matter even iOS) devices, and you have never heard of Pushbullet, prepare to get your mind blown.

Pushbullet is a service that allows you to send simple commands (like notifications) and even files between your devices. And the beauty of it is that it works cross-platform. You can install Pushbullet on Android, iOS, use it as a web-app in your favorite browser, as well as install native apps on your Mac or Windows machine.

1. Create a free Pushbullet account to set up your notifications

The signup process could not be easier. Simply sign up with your Google or Facebook account, and you’re good to go! Unfortunately, there is not way around this, so if you don’t have either one of those, you would need to create one.

2. Download the official app

Now, to get notifications from your Android device on your Mac or PC, download the Pushbullet Android app for free from the Play Store.

3. Install the native app for your OS or the browser extension

I, personally, prefer the look of native Mac notifications. For this simple reason I have chosen to go with the native app for Mac. Either way, you can get your notifications on your computer via the browser extension (your browser needs to be running to get them) or the desktop app.

Download the browser extensions here:

1. Chrome
2. Firefox
3. Safari (direct download) – here is how to install Safari browser extensions

Download the native apps here:

1. Mac OS X (App Store link)
2. Windows (beta, direct download)

4. Enable desktop notifications

Once you have done all the above, as well as logged in to your Pushbullet account inside the Andriod app and the desktop app, make sure that you have your desktop notifications enabled.

For that, go to your apps’s settings, and tick the following two boxes:

1. Enable Pushbullet Notifications
2. Show my phone’s notifications

5. The last step

Just kidding. That’s it actually. Now you can (and will) get all your Android notifications across all your desktop devices if you choose from.

I have Pushbullet running on my personal computer, at the office and on all of my other mobile devices.

You can do so much more

Pushbullet is so much more than a cross-platform notification service. It’s more like a channel connecting all your devices together. Below you will see, that it took me just 15 seconds (I have actually used a timer) from taking a screenshot on my Android device and sharing it to my Mac. Take a look yourself:

I chose to send this screenshot to my personal Mac, but I could have chosen any other of my seven devices to send it to. I could have even “pushed” the file to all of them at the same time! How awesome is that!

Awesome Pushbullet IFTTT recipes

The beauty of Pushbullet it its public API, that allows integrations with services like IFTTT. Read this if you don’t know what IFTTT is (and check out the best IFTTT recipes for Android).

There are so many amazing things you can let Pushbullet do! Go ahead and check out the best Pushbullet IFTT recipes out there. I’m sure that you will find at least one that you will find extremely useful.

With all of that being said, Pushbullet is probably one of my favorite apps that I have discovered for myself in the last year or so. Pushbullet, if you are reading this – keep on doing what you are doing!

Run Android apps using Chrome on a Mac or Windows PC

Run Android apps using Chrome on a Mac or Windows PC

blognet   Thursday, April 16, 2015   Comment  

Android and Google Chrome are getting closer together. Google expanded its App Runtime for Chrome (ARC) so that not only Chrome OS users, but also Mac, Windows and Linux users can run Android apps on their machine. Although ARC is directed to developers, this is a huge step forward for the integration of Android into Chrome. This paves the way for developers to work on their apps and create fully functional versions that you can download in the Chrome Webstore and run inside your browser.
If you cannot wait and want to try out some of your most used Android apps right now, all you need to do is download the ARC Welder app and get some apk files from Google’s Play Store.

How to download APK files directly from Google Play

Since Google doesn’t really want you to download APK files from their Play Store any other way than from an Android device (might be against the Play Store’s terms and conditions), you need to use a third party tool to download an app’s files.

I recommend using Evozi’s APK Downloader, an extremely easy online tool that generates direct download links from an app’s Play Store link. Simply copy the Play Store URL and paste it into the sites text field, select “Generate Download Link” and then click the green download button.

Insert and run Android apps using the ARC Welder app

Using the ARC Welder app is pretty easy and straightforward. Launch the app from your Chrome App Lauchner and select the big orange plus-button.

Go to the directory with your downloaded APK file(s) and select the one you want to run. In the next step, you can select different settings such as portrait or landscape as well as tablet or phone mode. You can leave the OAuth Client ID and Metadata field as is. After choosing the settings, select Launch App.

After going through the process you might have already understood that you can only run and test one app this way.

Since all of that is still in the beta stage, a number of apps won’t be compatible with ARC Welder. One reason is that not all Google Play Services are supported yet. I tried several apps and could run Instagram and Candy Crush Saga without problems. Others like Crossy Road and Clash of Clans didn’t work, but I’m confident that they’ll run eventually.

I hope that developers will get busy testing their apps on their computers and work on the compatibility with Chrome. This way, we might see Android apps popping up in the Chrome Webstore in the near future.