APP WORLD

Made by:Avantika Sardana

Roli SeksariaAnmol Srivastava

Sneh Kakar

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY APPS?

Apps is an abbreviation for application. An app is a piece of software. It can run on the Internet, on your computer, or on your phone or other electronic device.

SOME COMMONLY USED

Google Maps Google Maps for mobile is the world's most popular app for smart phone , with over 54% of global Smartphone owners using it . Description : Google Maps app for Android phones and tablets makes navigating your world faster and easier. Helps you in finding the best spots in town and the information you need to get there.- Comprehensive, accurate maps in 200 countries- Voice-guided GPS navigation for driving, biking, and walking- Transit directions and maps for over 800 cities- Live traffic, incident reports, and dynamic re-routing- Detailed information on more than 100 million places- Street View and indoor imagery for restaurants, museums, and more

Instagram • Instagram is an online photo-sharing , video-

sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, apply digital filters to them, and share them on a variety of social networking services, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr. Users are also able to record and share short videos lasting for up to 15 seconds.

WhatsApp• WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-

platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia . In addition to basic messaging WhatsApp users can create groups, send each other unlimited images, video and audio media messages.

YouTube• YouTube is a video-sharing website, created

by three former PayPal employees in February 2005 and owned by Google since late 2006, on which users can upload, view and share videos.

• 35% of global Smartphone users use this app.

More Examples of commonly used applications

MAJOR APP STORES

APPLE’S app store : The App Store was originally created by Apple Inc., to help users download applications, both free and paid, from the iTunes Store onto their iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. It is probably the biggest app store , compromising more than 1,00,000 apps. ANDROID MARKET : Though the Google Android Market had initially gotten off to a slow start, it has now grown tremendously in both size and popularity. Some experts believe that it may very soon be capable of superseding the all-powerful Apple App Store. The android market features about 250,00 apps. BLACKBERRY APP WORLD : The blackberry app world, which has been live from April 2009 offers more than 3500 apps. The store presentation is neat and easy to navigate and it is the only app store that supports PayPal billing

APPS ON WOMEN’S SAFETY

SOS – Stay Safe! is a personal safety application that empowers any individual against acts of violence, and helps summon aid in any kind of emergency. It lets you send out SOS alerts to friends and family quickly, as soon as you sense danger.The alert can be simply triggered by shaking the device using a customizable shake limit. SOS – Stay Safe! can be extremely useful in a wide range of dangerous scenarios ranging from sexual harassment or in case of medical emergencies like heart failure.

This app created by Star India, has been widely advertised on their channels and has over half a million downloads till date.Like SOS, VithU, is also an emergency App that, at the click of the power button (2 times consecutively) begins sending out alert messages every 2 minutes to your contacts that you feed into the app as the designated receivers or guardians.The message that goes out simply says “I am in danger. I need help. Please follow my location.”The receiver will receive a link to your location every 2 minutes giving them your updated location tracked by GPS. Also, the app gives out updates on the Crime Scene in India and a “Tips Feed” option exclusively giving the user safety tips in an emergency situation.Additionally, being created by a TV channel, users of this app can share the incident with Channel V by posting it in the “Submit Your Story” option in the Menu Bar

Like previous 2 apps, “Nirbhaya: Be Fearless” is also a free emergency app on Android, which can send a distress call or emergency message to a specified contact or group in an emergency situation faced by a woman or any other individual in general.However, Nirbhaya app does have some extra features which include Geo Fence and Unsafe are alerts(These are areas marked as unsafe, and alerts are sent out when app users are in vicinity of that area). It also has option to use either the power button or shake, both of which can send out SOS messages.

Recently launched YATRAMiTR app is primarily a dynamic GPS and GPRS based auto-fare calculator, which also has women safety and emergency alert features.Anyone who has YATRAMiTR installed on their smartphones will be able to calculate the exact distance of the travel along with exact calculation of fare when you are traveling by an Auto-Rickshaw.From safety perspective this app enables the user’s location to be viewed through a browser by their family or friends. The inbuilt alert system will not only send out an SMS with user’s current location but also keep constant track of the path to numbers saved in the app’s contact list. The app provides a panic or danger button, when pressed, will send emergency alert SMS to designated contacts.

Developed by SmartShehar.com, “Woman Safety Shield Protection” app has the same premise as other emergency apps, however, it offers some additional features.The app allows you to click a photograph of the situation, whether you are yourself in an emergency, or something is happening around you. When you click a photo through the app, it gets sent immediately to designated emergency contacts. The location is sent as an SMS and the picture is emailed to them.This app can be useful even if you are just a bystander and are witnessing a crime in progress. This picture can be used by the police to apprehend and convict the perpetrators.

Woman Safety Shield Protection

SOME NEW APPS

DASHLANEDashlane is an elegant and secure app that acts as a digital wallet backup, password manager, and more. It can automatically save information from when you make purchases online, so you don't have to keep track of them via email confirmations. The data that Dashlane stores remains encrypted until you unlock the app. The app and basic service are free.

An ambitious little app, it supports video calls, voice calls, group video, and IM. And that's across a number of major platforms—iOS, OS X, Android, and Windows. Sometimes, more features does not necessarily equal a better experience if performance flags. Luckily, OoVoo delivers across the board. Super smooth communication makes this app shine.

oovoo

The iPhone app GAIN Fitness acts as a total workout buddy, coaching you through a fully customized exercise routine as often (or seldom) as you want. The free app comes preloaded with a variety of exercises for a complete body workout, and it's more than enough to keep you from getting bored week after week. Optional in-app purchases can add special workouts, like yoga.

GAIN FITNESS

Movie Tarot is an Android app that predicts a movie's performance at the box office before it is released, based on data collected from various news forums, blogs, videos, Facebook pages, Twitter feeds and other sites. The data is then put together, crunched and the results offer meaningful insights.

MOVIE TARROT APP

APP-SOLUTELY APPS

SO YOU ARE AT WORK and bored to death? With Inap@Work you can doze off for a while . The app has tools that make sounds such as key-board hits as well as practical noises like harrumph and sniff!

INAP@WORK

With this app, you can pull a practical joke on anyone! It offers crazy voice effects that can

make you sound like a creepy man, an

alien or a chipmunk. It records your voice and changes it while you are on the call.

FUNNY CALL APP

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