Top 9 Best Voice/Video Calling apps for Android phones

Most of the apps categories in Google Play Store are overcrowded by thousands of apps vying for attention but there are a few exceptions too. Voice/Video chatting (voice calling over internet) is one such category which has a very limited number of apps. And out of these apps (which have this special function – allowing users to actually “chat”), only a selected few are up to the mark in terms of voice calling quality and hassle-free performance. Voice calling over internet is just like network dependent phone calling, provided you have a reasonably fast internet connection (which most of us have these days). The only catch in these apps is that the app must be installed on both ends (caller and receiver) and both devices must be connected to internet for free calling. Anyway here are the top 9 apps for voice calling (over internet) on an Android phone/tablet –

Skype – is perhaps the most popular app in this category which allows you to make free voice and video calls (Skype to Skype) and cheap international mobile calls (Skype to any number). The best part of Skype is that its a cross platform app available for almost all mobile and desktop OS. You can get Skype free from Google Play

Official Google Voice app – Google Voice for Android is an impressive app with which you can send free text messages and make voice calls all over the world. Download Google Voice free from Play Store

Google Voice

Line – Line is a relatively new entry in this category but in a short time it has become hugely popular especially among youngsters. Line has a feature-set almost similar to WhatsApp and WeChat plus the added advantage of free voice calling. Download Line free from Play Store

Viber – Viber is a popular, cross-platform messenger app allowing users to send free text messages, video messages and to make voice calls. You can get Viber from Google Play

Fring – Besides text chatting, Fring also allows free group voice calling (upto four persons at a time). Download from Google Play

Tango – Tango supports group voice calling (upto 50 persons) and video calling at a time. Get Tango from Google Play

ooVoo – is a video chatting app supporting voice and video calls (upto 12 persons at a time), photo and video sharing, text messaging. Download from Google Play

ooVoo video call

ICQ – ICQ is a messenger app which also supports voice chatting. Download ICQ from Google Play

Kakao Talk – KakaoTalk is another WhatsApp alternative app supporting group chat, voice calling and photo/video/voice message sharing. Download from Google Play

So what’s your pick out of these? and do add any other app you know in this category which I missed here.

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How to play IDM Incomplete Files | IDM Incomplete File Location

There are cases when our download’s stuck in middle at nowhere while using Internet download manager or some other downloading manager but here we are going to talk about only IDM incomplete downloaded files. What is more disappointing is when the downloads stuck at 99% and IDM doesn’t allow to resume those incomplete downloaded files leading to frustration as well as internet data wastage. Going for redownloading the whole file from scratch doesn’t sound well so if you are having the same issue where you are stuck at 90% or above that there is always a hope for playing those IDM incomplete files and that’s what we are here going to try out. So just follow the below given step by step tutorial on How to play IDM incomplete files from IDM incomplete file location.

How to Play IDM Incomplete Files : IDM Incomplete File Location
Open RUN Command box by pressing Windows + R Key and type %appdata% as shown below in the screen shot.


Hit Enter after which you will be navigate to the directory C:/Users/USERNAME/AppData/Roaming
Here search for the folder with name as IDM and then open DwnlData Folder -> Then folder with the User Name

Here you will see lots of folder each for a specific file that has download entry in IDM Dashboard.
Just find the appropriate folder containing the file that you wish to play and it may happen that you may find the file broken into multiple files as IDM breaks the file while downloading and joins them together into single one after full completion but yeah you may also found a single file because some websites doesn’t allowing break up of files.
That’s it just leave the log text file behind and try to run your desired incomplete video or audio files using VLC media player and hope fully you will be able to buffer those incomplete audio or incomplete video files.

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How to Fix Windows Was Unable to Complete the Format Pendrive/Micro SD/USB

If you are having trouble formating your USB Flash drive or pendrive, often encountering “Windows was unable to complete the format error” each time while trying to format your usb pen drive then you don’t need to worry anymore because here I have listed some of the best fixes that will surely fix your formatting issue irrespective of which usb pen drive or flash drive you are using.

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How to Download Facebook Videos to your Windows PC/Laptop

Facing Problem while Download Facebook Videos on Your Windows PC or Laptop ? – Don’t Worry just go through this post and you will be able to download Facebook videos without any problem.No Doubt Facebook is World’s Largest and Most Popular Social Networking Platform where you meet Millions of People everyday of which Some are Your Friends,Family Members and Most of them are Strangers to You.

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3 simple methods to Uninstall programs in windows xp/7/8/8.1

This article shows you how to uninstall programs in windows. After reading this article you can easily remove unwanted programs from your computer. You may need to uninstall programs from your computer, when programs are not working properly. Uninstalling/ removing of useless programs will help you to acquire more free space in your hard disk. It helps to avoid over-clocking of your computer. It will reduce your ram usage thus you will avoid not responding problem of your computer.

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How to disable Google Chrome Automatic Update

Google Chrome performs automatic updates every few weeks in order to make Chrome browser more secure and stable. But sometimes these new versions are not very stable or they present compatibility problems in their use. For these reasons, it's better to disable the automatic update procedure to avoid such problems.

How to prevent (STOP) Chrome to Auto-Update.

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Windows 7 Desktop Icons and Shortcuts Disappearing

So your desktop shortcuts are missing?

If they are all missing, chances are they might have been deleted or somehow, either you or a program, has disabled desktop icons. See Method 1 below. If some of your icons look funny, are missing thumbnails, or the desktop doesn’t “refresh” when you’ve placed new items on it, try Method 2 as your icon cache may be corrupted.

If your desktop icons are missing and they are all network, broken local shortcuts, or shortcuts to files on a removable USB drive, system maintenance is to blame. There are two methods to help with that:
Method 3 is the easy way. The downside is that it disables all system maintenance. I would only recommend this as a way to test if that is indeed the correct solution to your problem.
Method 4 is the recommended method, as it is less of a band-aid solution. It involves increasing the threshold that Windows will have before it starts cleaning up broken shortcuts.



Method 1: All Icons missing from Desktop
Right-Click on an empty part of the Desktop.
Hover over “View” and make sure “Show Desktop Icons” is checked.



Method 2: Rebuild The Icon Cache

Open notepad, paste the following code, and then save it as IconFix.bat. Go to where you saved the file and double click it. As an alternative, you can type the lines one-by-one in the command prompt (Start -> Search -> cmd -> Right-click and select “Run as Administrator”).
taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe
cd /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local
attrib –h IconCache.db
del IconCache.db
start explorer.exe



Method 3: Disable System Maintenance
Go to the Start Menu -> Control Panel -> System and Security -> Under “Action Center” click on “Troubleshoot Common Computer Problems” -> Click “Change Settings” on the left side.
Under “Computer Maintenance” select “off” and under “Other Settings” remove both checkmarks as shown in the screenshots below.



Method 4: Modify The Scheduled Task Files

Try this when your network shortcuts or broken shortcuts disappear from your desktop. Windows 7 has a broken-shortcut threshold of 4. Some people recommend deleting the script file, but modifying it to increase the threshold to a higher number is a safer way to do it, while still allowing system maintenance to run (unlike Method 3). This method does require a bit more work, and there is a greater risk to system damage than the previous methods. There are some screenshots below to help you along with the steps.
Double-click on “Computer” on the Desktop, or right-click on the Start Menu and click “Open Windows Explorer.”
Go to: C:\Windows\diagnostics\scheduled\Maintenance.
Right-click on TS_BrokenShortcuts.ps1 and select “Properties.”
Click on the “Security” tab.
Click on “Advanced” near the bottom.
The Advanced Security settings dialog will pop up. Click on the “Owner” tab.
The Current Owner will show TrustedInstaller. Click “Edit” near the bottom.
Under “Change Owner To:” select your username.
Click “OK” to close the dialog. Click “OK” to the warning.
After returning to the Advanced Security settings dialog, it will show your user as the current owner. Click “OK.”
Now that you are back in the Security tab, click “Edit.”
The Permissions dialog will pop up. You are now free to select a group or user and modify the permissions on the file. You will likely be part of the “Users” group. Select “Users” and under permissions select “Modify.”
Click “OK” to return to the Security tab. Click “OK” again to exit the file’s properties.
Right-Click on TS_BrokenShortcuts.ps1 and select “Edit.”
On line 44, find “-gt 4))” -> Change this to “-gt 25))” to set the threshold to 25 broken icons. If you feel there may be more than 25 broken network icons on your desktop at a time, adjust accordingly.
If you wish to use the same method for preventing the removal of unused icons, edit theTS_UnusedDesktopIcons.ps1 file following the steps above, find “-gt 10” on line 50 and change it to a higher number.

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The Best Android Phones of 2014

It’s coming to that time of the year when you might want to grab a new smartphone either for yourself, or as a gift for someone during the holiday season. Most of the phones that will be coming out this year have been announced or launched, so if you want to make up your mind about upgrading, this is as stable as it gets in the smartphone world.

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How to Fix USB Device Not Recognized in Windows

Are you getting a “USB device not recognized” error whenever you plug in a USB mouse, keyboard, or other USB device? I love USB and have 5 ports on my computer so that I can connect my mouse, keyboard, camera, phone, and printer to it all at once!

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Become A Google Maps Boss With These 6 Crucial Tips

It’s been a long time since Google Maps had some real competition. Nowadays, Bing Maps offers some level of adversity but it’s not quite there yet. Remember when MapQuest used to be the Big Thing? We’ve all been using Google Maps for years now (if you’re an exception, then I’d like to know what you’ve been using!), but did you know that there are dozens of tips and tricks that you can use to empower your mapping experience?

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