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Get the best of Application Developers through the Application Launcher Android phone has earned its name for its customizable and open-ended nature. The customization can be done to such an extent, that even the user interface can be manipulated at will of the user.  Android Application Developers  burn their midnight oil to come up with unique apps. Tools like launchers are one of them. As an introduction to launchers, these are the basic interface of the device. The launchers take the responsibility on how apps are placed, from where the widgets are accessed. It also helps in rearranging the app on-screen. This lens would be taking up some of the best launcher there is and elucidate on them. Some of the Best Launcher There is For Android Phones in 2013 2013 has been quite an eventful year for the mobile application development. There have been ground breaking achievements in every field of mobile OS including iPhone and Windows phone. But the year also witne...

Just like other Google apps, the Google Reader is a very useful tool as this web-based aggregator allows you to read and build a reading list on Atom and RSS feeds, regardless if you are online and offline.  However, due to the decline of use in recent years, Google has decided to kill it, so here are the best alternatives to Google Reader so you will not be left out hanging. 15.  Flipboard For those who use iOS to check out their RSS feeds, Flipboard offers an extensive array of features. A revolutionary social news app, it collects the content from social media and other websites into something that looks like a magazine with fun and unique layouts, so you can enjoy browsing them. 14.  The Old Reader While the Old Reader was designed to look and operate a lot like the Google Reader, it is, however, a much better option as it allows you to browse your contents, share it with your friends, and add some notes and comments as well. 13.  Newsblur Also a...

There was a time when porting apps between the two major Smartphone operating systems i.e. Apple’s iOS and Android was a tough and lengthy process because of the fact that their development environments that are Xcode and Eclipse were very different.  Apart from that, their programming languages, Objective C and Java also differ a lot. Another thing that makes porting tough is the fact that there has always been the fragmentation of devices and screen resolutions on Android devices to deal with. All these things combined made porting apps between the two OS quite time consuming and irksome. But now – thanks to all the latest cross platform development environments – developing apps for both iOS and Android simultaneously has become quite an easy and quick process. We have for you some of the  Best Cross Platform Mobile Development Tools  available out there. So check them out and pick the one you like the best. Unity 3D As the name suggests, this app is particula...

GIMP The GNU Image Manipulation Program should be at the top of every web developer’s list who can’t afford or do not desire to use Adobe products. Of all the free image editing software on the market GIMP is far and away the best, offering powerful web tools with an intuitive interface that should be instantly familiar to Photoshop users. Good images will set you apart. GIMP saves you hundreds on expensive software and is the only image editing program you’ll need. Google Adwords Keyword Tool The Google Adwords Keyword Tool is free to use; you don’t need to be an Adwords partner to take advantage of this indispensable service. The keyword tool shows you which exact terms and phrases users Google most. A second metric shows how much competition you will face when choosing given keyphrases. Yuuguu Yuuguu turns your desktop into a multi-user interface, allowing developers at remote locations to work on the same project at the same time. Just initiate an instant ...

Google Chrome Experiments, a project by Google.Inc, is gaining popularity day by day. It is the display hub of latest web technologies and a playground of techno-artists. And while taking time off from making games and playing with visualizations, these artists sometimes create stunning tools that are highly useful for artists and designers like us. There are more than 550 web browser based experiments and projects on the Chrome Experiment site and less than 20 of them are usable by designer. Well what can I say, artists–cum–programmers are fickle creatures. They make what they like, when they like and atleast I am grateful for the tools that they have made. So going by this glass-half-full spirit, I present to you top 7 Google Chrome Experiments tools useful for designers Paint brush Paint brush, just like the simple paint software of operating systems, is a drawing tool. But that’s where this similarity ends. This is a little generative art tool that gives the impression o...