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The Top 5 Navigation Apps To Have On Your Smart Phones



All smart phones come with a navigation app but it might not be of great help to them. If you are such kind of people, then there are several amazing navigation apps to have on your Smartphone. Here is a list of top five navigation apps for smartphones.



1. Map factor App
The one notable feature that makes this app to stand out, Is the audio enabled guidance it comes with. The voice comes with multiple languages one can select from. It is ideal when driving as it notifies one of speed cameras. The images this app displays come in 2D as well as 3D dimensions and it rotates as one drives around. This app is also able to notify one of the routes to avoid. This applies mostly to traffic jams. The app also enables one to save their most desired locations to their android devices for later use That way one does not have to always searching for the directions whenever need arises. This makes it ideal for drivers.

2. Google Maps
Google maps is one of the most commonly known navigation app. Most smart phones manufactures have recommended its use. It is also one of the easiest ways to use GPS app. One of the Special features about Google maps is the fact that it enables its users to have different modes of checking out on their locations. That means one can view the direction or location they need either from a satellite mode or the map view mode. This app also allows one to upload their location as well as save locations/directions to their android phones for later use. Just like the map factor app, a Google map also enables one to receive alerts on traffic. All locations and places like hotels, parking, schools and hospitals can be easily accessible through Google maps from ones place of residence. This app comes free of charge to all its users.

Read also: Top 10 Best Google Apps for Android

3. Waze
This is the most appropriate for people residing in large cities. This app offers traveling guidelines. One needs a profile to be able to use waze, that way it is easy to track down any waze user location from their profile. User s can also upload information on things such as traffic that other users can see.

4. Nokia Here
This is another navigation app best suitable for the Nokia gadgets. In addition, other devices are compatible with it like the Apple iOS device. The app enables different modes of viewing like satellite mode, map view and traffic feeds. It offers a strategic audio guidance to its walking users of the pedestrian walk paths as well parks among others. Users are also able to save their locations for later use when in offline mode. The app will show one of the amenities around them like hospitals, schools hotels parks among others.

3 Disadvantages of the New iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus

Lately, we heard about the newly introduced apple product, which is the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The iPhone 6 Smart phone is really a great one with loads of features, of course you know that apple is one of the best companies whenever it comes to smart phone production. There products are very much unique and well facilitated.

You might be wondering what this article is all about, but I tell you one thing, no matter how cool or sophisticated a device might look, there would always be some declining facts about that device. Since the release of the new iPhone 6, there have been some submitted complains about the device, and that is what brings me to knowing the 3 main disadvantages of purchasing the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

● Problems faced with the iOS 8.0.1
After the release of iOS 8.0.1 operating system, it was noticed that the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus no longer connects to the cellular network and also, the touch I-D buttons of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus couldn't function effectively, and cause it not to scan fingerprints, and some other bad effects. This issue really decreased the reliability and efficiency of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. In fact, it was due to these facts that apple released iOS 8.0.2. Previously, I published an article on “some technical reasons Apple released iOS 8.0.2”. You can take a stroll to that article and get to know some other problems the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus faced after the release of the Apple iOS 8.0.1.

10 Best Online Trading Platform for Beginners

The term “trading” actually means exchanging one product or item for another. It's known that in the financial market, when an item is bought for a certain price and that same item is sold at another price, either for profit purpose, then such interaction is termed as trading.
Actually, you can say trading is a means of investing, because once you purchase an item for a lower price and trade it for profit purpose, then the term investment can be used.

In a trading platform, the two main parties that are considered is the “brokers” and the “investors”. The brokers are those who sells there item worth thousands for hundreds, that is, they are always at lost, but the investors gets the items from them at cheaper rate and sells at a better price. Imagine a broker selling an item worth $800 for just $350, and the lucky investor gets the item at that price and sells at $600. Its a huge gain.

Nowadays, trading is commonly done online, in other words, the “Online trading business”. Its a business, by which the individual investors and traders prefare to trade online. Hope you've been able to understand the term “trading”.

Without much say, I would quickly move into a brief review about the 10 Best Trading Platform for beginners.


Before joining any trading platform, there are some key factors to be considered, in other to know which of the trading platform that best serves you right.
Some of the factors are:
§  Knowing the cost per trade of that platform. This is a very important factor to be considered, because in a good trading platform, there should be a high priority for the investors.
§  You should also consider the service fee. And this fee is being charged, whether you are actively or in actively trading.
§  Another great factor you should consider in a good trading platform is fast execution, that is, all orders should be filled fast.
§  Another booming factor to be considered is promotion. Of course it's a very good way to engage traders. For instance, trade free for 30days and get up to $300.
§  Account minimums is another factor you should consider, because there are some certain amount your account falls at which such market won't be activated
§  Other factors you should consider is the type of investment made in such trading platform and also make sure that the trading platform is ease to use with a good user interface.

With the above factors and many other non-mentioned factors, we used them to review the 10 best trading platform for beginners.


  • TD Ameritrade: This is a very popular trading platform and its rated as the number one online broker overall in the 2014 review. This platform is said to provide a very wide range of researches and trading tools in which investors finds very useful. There account minimum is very appealing with even $0 and there promotional offers worth up to $600 + free trading for 90 days.

Android 5.0 Lollipop: 5 Things You Need to Know

Finally, Google announces the new android 5.0 Lollipop formerly announced as android L, which would make it's immediate debut on Nexus 6 and Nexus 9. Not just the Nexus latest smartphone would roll out this update, but also, the HTC co-operation also made it known that the update would be rolled out on there HTC M7 and One 8 devices. This time, android 5.0 lollipop comes with some great striking schemes to the operating systems of smartphones, smartwatches, tablets and many more. And that pretty shows how great the Google designers have been performing recently.
What's New? Things You Need to Know
The Android 5.0 Lollipop is released with some exciting features in it.
Image credit: www.google.com
  • Advanced Security
The android 5.0 lollipop updates comes with the SELinux, which really enforces all applications, which simply renders us a better protection against malwares and vulnerability. The security is also smartened up, that is, also works with your smartwatches, that is, if your pin or screen pattern is connected with it.
  • Lock screen and Notifications
The android 5.0 also let's you host notifications on the lock screen, and also let's you setup the amount of notifications you wish to host and let's you setup what sensitive contents in the notifications you wish to hide. This time around, android users is likely to have more controls over the notifications that comes in and out there device. And with the volume button, you can easily set the sound level of the notifications coming in, which avoids you from some certain distractions, a the case may be.

5 Best Smart Phone Insurance and Warranty Programs

Do you think a smart phone worth being insured? Maybe you purchased a tablet for your kids, and the tablet worth $400 and you spend $5 monthly to insure the tablet, and at the end of 3 yrs, not even a scratch on the tablet, isn't that a waste of money for insurance. But remember that in the other hand, if the tablet issued was faulty within few months, don't you think the insurance worth it.


Insurance is very beneficial to most individuals and business because it serves many purposes. With insurance of any of your property, like Smart phones (Key topic) you get to have peace of mind because it's being insured, depending on the programs insurance policy. You also get to have an asset protection, that is, any damage or loss on the smart phone would be replaced by the insurance program.
Insurance programs for smart phones help to lift the limitation of the warranty of the device, and doing that, some factors are being considered in which the insurance policy is likely to cover.

§  Insurance policy is likely to cover accidental damage of your smart phone
§  Insurance policy is also likely to cover theft or burglary of your smart phone
§  Insurance policy is also likely to cover loss of your smart phone and many more.

But like I initiated previously, factors are to be considered while choosing an insurance program, like considering the monthly bill from the insurance program, compared to the price of your smart phone.

Read also: Do’s and Don’ts of a Smart phone Dropped into water

Today's stroll, I would review the 5 best insurance or warranty programs to go for.

·         Square Trade
Sqauretrade is known to be one of the coolest aftermarket insurance program for smart phone. It's really affordable with lower price and deductible. Square Trade has the regular plan with price $6.99 per month or $125 for 2 years with 25% discount. While the deductible is $99. It's coverage length is up to 1-5yrs, and this is depended on plan purchased. As for plans to be covered, plans like, accidental damage, electrical malfunction, mechanical malfunction, battery, water damage and many more. But plans like theft and loss can't be covered by the insurance program. From the program's insurance policy, the type of replacement is that, you would be given new or refurbished product of that smart phone insured, cash settlement is also included in there terms.

·         Apple Care
Apple care is another great after-market insurance program for smart phones. It's cost goes for $99 for 2 yrs, that is, $4.13 monthly, but there policy don't accept monthly payments, it's a one time payment which lasts for 2 yrs. The deductible goes for $49 with a coverage length of 2yrs, and maximum of 2 replacement of the product or smart phone being insured. You can opt-in for the program after 30 days of purchase of the smart phone.
About plan covers, it covers plans like, accidental damages, water damages, drops, mechanical malfunctions, electrical malfunctions, battery (that's if the battery don't last as long as it's being specified, 50% depletion) and also service cost. But loss and theft isn't included. It's type of replacement is very reliable with new and suitable performance of the device.


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