July 2016

Here's some good news for Android users! Prisma, the sensationally popular iOS photo manipulation app that's been second only to Pokémon Go in terms of summer hype, has now arrived on Android via the Google Play Store. The free app weighs 7MB and would requires Android 4.1 KitKat OS and later versions to run.The Google Play Store has been plagued by sketchy knockoffs of this excellent new app, so it's a welcome relief to have the authentic app now up and running. Prisma's makers say they've ported over all the iOS functionality, so there shouldn't be any difference in user experience or capabilities.

Many people have complained about the app's unresponsive moments, which were caused by server overload due to the particular cloud-based processing that Prisma uses. This app doesn't apply a filter on images the way that Instagram does, but instead rebuilds your photos by combining them with the style of another image, typically a classical artist's signature look, using some clever AI. The big challenge for Prisma now is to take on the Android influx without succumbing to the pressures of its popularity.

Launched on iOS and quickly became a rage because of its hand sketch-like effects. Users can simply click an image from their device's front or rear cameras and choose the effects they want to apply. Users get a total of 36 filters. However, applying the filter on images for the first time might take about a minute. The intensity of the filter can also be controlled.

 Your selfie is your first impression.
It might sound silly, but the pictures you put on your profiles, your website and your social media send cues to others about who you are and what you stand for.

Learning how to pose for a selfie will make a much bigger difference in how you look in the photo than any camera app will.
You want your pictures to be:
  • True to Reality
  • Flattering
  • Authentic
  • Positive
That is exactly what I’m going to teach you how to do in this post!

1. Know Your Angles

Where should the camera be when taking a picture? In other words, when you are holding your camera to take a selfie or you give your phone to someone else to take a picture how high should you hold the camera? Should it be above you? Below you? Straight on? There is a science to the angles of your shots. Camera angles greatly affect your impression of the person.

When someone is viewed from above they are seen as weaker and in need of protection. This makes sense from an evolutionary stand point. Adults see children from above–and they typically need to be taken care of.

The opposite happens when you see someone from below. They tend to look more self-confident, more sociable and more attractive. Why? As children we admired adults. They took care of us and had everything figured out.

Action Tip: Take control of the messages your picture is sending out to the world by thinking about the angle of your camera.

2. To Front or Not to Front?

Fronting is a body language term that describes where your body is facing. If you are fronting with someone you are aiming your torso, head and toes towards that person. This is a nonverbal sign of respect. When you view someone straight on in a picture, We see them as more trustworthy, open-minded and sympathetic. This makes sense because your brain can take in their entire body and get a full mental snapshot.

3. The Real Smile

Do you look fake in your picture? Inauthentic? Too posed? This all comes down to the microexpression.
A microexpression is a brief involuntary facial expression that happens when someone feels an intense emotion. 

Let’s talk about the universal expression for happiness. The only true indicator of happiness is when the muscles along the sides of the eyes are activated and pulled up (crow's feet). However, only 1 in 10 people can consciously activate that muscle. This is why when people smile during photoshoots, they smile, but it doesn’t look real. It is because the smile isn’t reaching their eyes.

The crow’s feet on the sides of the eyes are made when those upper cheeks are engaged. Showing true happiness is essential for making a picture feel genuine, warm and real. Take photos when you are doing something that actually makes you feel good. Think about personal passions or people you care about to bring out that true happiness and make sure your smile reaches your eyes.

4. Beware Contempt

The other microexpression you have to know about is contempt. Contempt is a one sided mouth raise or smirk. It is the universal sign for disdain or hatred. It is the ultimate negative facial expression. Be sure you NEVER have a smirk in your selfies unless you want to tell the world to back away. The smirk grates on us. Celebrities that frequently employ the smirk rub us wrong. When politicians do it, their ratings plummet.

5. Avoid Fear

Fear is the last microexpression. Fear is when we raise our eyebrows and eyelids as wide as they go and open our mouth to scream or take in a quick breath. It looks like this. Sometimes depending on the flash or lighting people can show a small microexpression of fear in their photos! When someone’s eyelids are just slightly wide so you can see a bit of the upper whites of their eyes we think of them as low confident, fearful and anxious–not the signal you want to send out!

6. Expansion

There are universal power body language moves. If you want to show confidence, power and charisma in your photos you have to know these rules:
  • The more physical space someone takes up with their body, the more confident they appear and feel.
  • Strong body language is when the forehead and chest are pointed up and shoulders are rolled back.
  • Powerful, confident people aren’t afraid to open up their body especially their torso and chest so that they are free of barriers—uncrossed arms and legs.

7. Professional vs. Casual

Depending on the level of professionalism you want in your shots you can use nonverbal cues differently.

Flirty, Fun, Casual:
  • More movement
  • Open mouth
  • Gazing away from the camera
Professional, Serious, Direct:
  • Fronting
  • Eye Contact
  • Less Movement

8. Colors

The colors you wear and use in your photos send all kinds of signals. This is called color psychology. 

9. Get Feedback

If you need a dating profile picture, business headshot or website photo that a lot of important people are going to see, be sure to get feedback on it. Ask people you know and trust like friends and family and try to get feedback from people you are trying to reach.

Bonus: The Art of the Perfect Selfie

Check out this awesome interactive guide to make your next selfie flawless! This includes tips for prep, gear, environment, posing and editing. Here’s a few of our favorite tips:
  • Never underestimate the importance of fit. Choose a top that will flatter your best assets like a graceful neck or pretty décolletage. Dress to reflect your unique style.
  • Your charging dock — coupled with a timer — can give you really interesting angles, with the added bonus of being hands free.
  • Keep an eye out for texture. Curtains, wood panels, or even a bare brick wall will make your picture dynamic.

Twitter Verification Now Open To All

How To Complete Verification Process Form And Get Your Own Blue Check Mark

If you’ve always wanted one of those blue check marks next to your Twitter handle that verifies you’re not only truly legit, but also someone Twitter recognizes, you may be in luck. Twitter has just opened its verification process to the public – provided you’re willing to provide some very deanonymizing information.

Earlier, the Twitter verification was only given to celebrities, business accounts or other highly noted individuals. Now it seems, the company is looking for ways to allow any user to get their account verified with a blue check mark.

So how does one get themselves verified by Twitter? On paper, the process seems fairly straightforward. If you head over to Twitter’s account support page while signed into your Twitter account, you’ll find a section that allows you to request account verification.

The form is fairly simple to fill out but does require you to do a few things to your twitter account before you fill it out.

How To Complete Twitter Verification Process Form

First, you need to make sure you’ve added the following items or toggled the proper settings on your Twitter account. You can do all of these things by visiting the settings (gear icon) of your twitter account.
Phone number
Email address
A Bio
A Profile photo
A Birthday (for accounts that are not company, brand, or organization accounts)
A Website
Tweets set as public in Tweet privacy setting

If all these things are in place, then you are ready to fill out the verification request form found here. Again, don’t attempt to fill out the form before you’ve done these things or it’ll just kick you out.

Besides having those things in order, you also need to collect two or three websites that can confirm your identity. For example, a link to your Facebook page, Instagram or Tumblr would probably work. Or if you have a personal blog or other published material online. In addition, you will be required to submit a picture of a photo ID. If you aren’t super comfortable with Twitter having your driver’s license info or some other sensitive identification material, hang up your verifications dreams, because they definitely ask for it.

If you are cool with all that though, then you are ready to fill out the verification form. The form is very simple and will take only a few minutes. Once you’ve completed it, it then goes into a review queue.

There’s no indication of how good one’s chances are of actually being verified, but at least if you are interested, it gives you an opportunity.

Remember the hidden basketball game in Facebook Messenger? It was deceptively hard, yet so much fun. Facebook updated its Messenger app for iOS and Android. In the change log, the company practically dares you to test out a new hidden game within the app: Soccer.


As with the basketball game, once you have the update installed you simply need to send someone an emoji Soccer Ball to activate the hidden game. With the message sent, tap on the Soccer Ball to launch the game. The goal of the game is to keep the soccer ball in the air for as along as possible. Tap on the ball to start, keep tapping to keep it going.


Facebook expanded its 'Like' icon to a full six-pack of 'Reaction' emoji characters showing Like, Love, Laughing, Wow, Sad, and Angry emotions for comments and statuses. This eliminated odd situations where people used to 'Like' statuses with a sad message and gave them flexibility to react in a more appropriate way.

However, thanks to a developer named Rodney Folz, there is now a more fun way to use Facebook's emoji Reactions as you can now swap them with Donald Trump faces, Pokemon characters, or other icons of your own. Folz is calling it Reaction Packs.

Here's how you can now change those regular inbuilt reaction emoji characters on Facebook with other characters on the Chrome and Firefox desktop browser versions.

1. Open the Web browser (Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox) on your computer.

2. Download and install 'Reaction Packs for Facebook' plugin for Firefox or Chrome.

3. Go to the Reaction Packs website and choose the pack you want to see on Facebook.

Open your Facebook account in the same browser and hit refresh. Once done, you will then see the new reaction packs on Facebook instead of those original Reaction emoji faces.

1. Polish those pores

Exfoliation is key to prepping your skin for makeup application - the smoother the surface, the more even it can be applied and therefore the longer it lasts. Twice a week polish away dead surface cells with a good exfoliator.

2. Use a clever moisturizer

Ever noticed that your makeup starts to collect into fine lines and creases come mid-morning? Hydration levels and sebum production fluctuate through the day causing your skin to look more uneven, but there are moisturizers that respond to 'over-day ageing' to aid this. It smoothes and firms skin while you wear it.

3. It's about prime

Primer 'seals in' your moisturizer and provides a smooth, even surface for makeup. Not only this, it keeps your makeup from being absorbed, giving it greater staying power.
If you have oily skin and feel like your makeup 'slips off', try an oil-free formula for an all-day matte finish, however if you feel your makeup fails to wear well because you're battling dry patches try a Hydrating Foundation Primer which seals in moisture for hours. Use a different primer for the delicate eyelid skin, which intensifies your makeup, ensuring it doesn't crease, slip or shift.

4. Layer it

Building up your makeup products in light layers will make it last way longer than applying one heavy layer, and it always looks more natural too. This rule applies to your base, eye makeup and lipstick.

5. Set with powder

For longevity, always seal your makeup with powder to help it stay put. While people remember to set foundation on the t-zone, concealer in is often neglected but a gentle sweep to set your under-eye makeup will keep bags at bay longer.

6. Learn to lip-map

The secret for long-lasting lipstick is sandwiching in the color. First frame your lips with a lip liner, mapping out your cupids bow and the corners, which will give structure and grip for your lipstick. Then apply your lip color with a brush, building it in fine layers and finish with another coat of pencil to set it.

7. Make setting spray a must

Makeup setting sprays are specifically designed to prevent makeup meltdown so you hardly have to touch it up day to night. Like a hairspray for the face, a mist of this should be your last step before leaving the house. Find the perfect one for you with our review of the best makeup setting sprays below.

8. Stop the touching

We're all guilty of touching our faces without realizing - spreading those germs, viruses and allergens around and while we're at it we're ruining our makeup. You can spend the earth on high performance products but if you're habitually picking your spots and rubbing your eyes you might as well not bother. Consciously find another activity to replace it with, like interlocking your hands or clenching your fist.

9. Blot, don't reapply

While it's tempting to top-up your makeup throughout the day, go easy as too much powder can look cakey and leave a heavy finish. Build-up can also increase you pore size and surface dehydration in the long run, so focus on the prevention (above) rather than the cure of your makeup's disappearing act.


There are many colleges that maintain a strict dress code. So, after completing your school you might again need to wear uniform to your college. So, if you had planned to wear all those stylish dresses to your college now, you might need to keep them aside only for occasions and casual days. However, you can look stylish even in college uniform. You really need not to make your dressing boring only because you need to wear a uniform to your college. Just follow these simple easy steps and you can look more stylish even in your college uniform.

Get your uniform tailored to be fit

This is the first and most important point to look stylish even in a college uniform. Do not opt for a ready-made uniform, buy the material and ensure that the dress is stitched according to your body shape and size. Spend on a good quality material, because quality is something that always shows.

While putting on your uniform always make it a point to ensure that it is clean and in the best condition to wear. A threadbare, dirty uniform can never give you a stylish look. So taking care of your uniform is important.

Wear the right shoes that match your college uniform

Well, even if your college has a uniform, it is most expected that you do not have a shoe code. So you can put on just any shoe that goes well with your uniform and also make you feel comfortable and confident. Putting on high heels can be a great boost for looking stylish even in your uniform, but they are not actually comfortable enough to wear for the whole day. So, get into a shoe that is stylish, matches with your uniform and is comfortable as well. Stylish sneakers, canvases and even stylish belle shoes can be your best choice for college.

Accessorize it to look trendy

One of the coolest ways to get a stylish look in college uniform is to put on some accessories. Pick some earrings that look stylish and trendy. Another accessory that is quite compulsory for college is the wristwatch. Do not opt for the boring metal watches; rather, spend on some cool ones that look stylish and trendy on your hand. Also make it a point to carry a stylish bag to your college.

Get the right hairstyle

This is something really important. If you are willing to look stylish in your college uniform make sure that you have a trendy and stylish hairstyle that also suits with the shape of your face and other facial features. Getting the right hairstyle can give a big boost to your overall appearance. So, spend on a professional hair stylist to get the right hairstyle.

Highlighting your hairs is the other thing that can make a lot of difference in your total appearance. So, try out coloring and highlighting your hairs and you can actually go on experimenting till the line it suits your looks.

Also ensure that your hairs are clean and are not dry or brittle; because no matter how cool a hairstyle you have got, it will not look good unless your hairs look healthy and are kempt.

You can use different types of hair accessories to look more stylish. Starting from different types of clips and pins to hair bands, there are a lot of varieties and you can try out all of them on different days to add freshness to your looks.

Experimenting with your hairstyle can also be a good option. Do not wear your hairs in the same fashion always, try out new things, but keep in mind that they should look good on you.

Get a perfect skin

If you are trying to look stylish even in your college uniform, having a perfect and healthy skin can surely help. At this age, you have naturally beautiful skin; all you have to do is to take care of it in the best way so that it stays the way it is. Wash your face at least twice a day with a light facial cleanser, tone your skin with a natural toner, like rose water and moisturize it at regular intervals depending on your skin type. Exfoliate your skin 1-2 times in a week.

If you have acne, you can opt for home remedies; but if it is severe, consulting a dermatologist is best suggested. The other skin problem that you might have at this age is dark circles. Use a home treatment like a potato or cucumber to remove those dirk circles completely and to get that fresh look.

Taking care of only the skin of your face is not sufficient. You need to take care of the skin of your hands and legs as well look stylish. Clean, exfoliate and moisturize the skin of your hands, legs and neck regularly. Also wax your hands and legs at regular intervals to ensure that they are really smooth and soft to touch.

Shaping and maintaining your eyebrows in the right way is important to get that stylish look. Decide the right shape of eyebrow according to the shape of your face and always make it a point that they are well maintained.

Get the perfect body

To look perfectly stylish in your school uniform having a well-toned figure is a must. Take up a healthy lifestyle and include proper nutritious food in proper quantity in your daily diet along with daily exercises and active sports to get that toned body which looks beautiful in any dress, be it the most unflattering college uniform or a beautiful party wear.

Maintain proper self-hygiene

If you smell of sweat or you have yellow teeth or a bad breath, no matter how beautiful you look otherwise, you can never appear stylish. So, always make it a point to maintain the best self-hygiene. Maintain the best oral hygiene and use a deodorant.

Wear the right makeup

Wearing makeup in the right way can actually make you appear very stylish even in a college uniform, but always make it a point that you do not go overboard with makeup, because in that case it will give you an artificial look which will not make you look stylish but made up.

Face touch ups

Just use a concealer for covering any spot on your face and a light foundation to give coverage. If you are not using a foundation with SPF, make sure that you wear a sunscreen underneath. You can also use a light stroke of a natural color blush to give your skin a healthy glow, but you should abstain from layering it up. Just a light touch will do.

How to make your eyes look bigger with kajal, liner, and mascara

Wearing a thin line of  Kajal or liner can make your eyes appear bigger and more prominent, which can add heavily to your overall looks. However, do not opt for cat eye or any other party style of eye makeup. You can highlight the inner corners of your eyes with a white eye pencil to make your eyes look bigger. Instead of using mascara on your eyelashes opt for curling them up. Do not go for a detailed eye makeup; however, you can use a light tint of single natural color of eyeshadow on your eyelids, so that it looks natural.

Lips for a natural look

Ensure that your lips are exfoliated and moisturized. You can wear a lip gloss or a natural color lipstick. Make sure that it does not appear too bold. Stay away from colors like red, deep chocolate to ensure that you land up in a natural look that makes you look stylish and not made up.

Get the right attitude

The key to look stylish even in college uniform is to adopt the most stylish attitudes. Have a pleasant personality, get a confident walk and always walk with your head held high. Carrying yourself in the right way is very important to look stylish, and if you can do that, appearing stylish in college uniform is not a difficult thing to achieve.

Make up is the most important for every girl

Every girl wants to be better and brighter to attain all eyes towards her. The best way is simply maintaining proper selected suitable outfits with makeup. To look pretty quickly, you need to pinch, light lipstick, concealer, and mascara. This is the plus advantage to be more beautiful.

Learning to program can be difficult for many, but it's awesome. You can make yourself think in very different ways. Plus, it’s fun!

We all know the significance of C++ in the world of programming. C++ is an object-oriented programming (OOP) language that is viewed by many as the best language for creating large-scale applications. C++is a superset of the C language.
There are plenty of programs on desktop computers for writing and compiling code in C++, but what about on Android?
Here is an app by the name 'Learn C++' that will hopefully make your life easier while programming even if you are just a beginner.

Learn C++ is another FREE programming course by SoloLearn.
Whether you've had any prior programming experience or not, this app will help you learn all you need to know in order to start creating and compiling your own programs. Learning with SoloLearn has proved to be fast, effective and fun. This app will show you how easy it is to become a programmer.

Learn C++ includes over 80 lessons split into 8 levels that cover basic concepts, data types, arrays, pointers, conditional statements, loops, functions, classes and objects, inheritance & polymorphism, templates, exceptions and files. Unlock new levels, quizzes, collect points and compete with your peers around the world.

Most importantly, learn while having fun because engaged learning makes a difference.
Good luck!

You can download this app from the link given below:


There was a time, not that long ago, when copy and paste functionality was still a headlining feature on a smartphone. You were lucky to have a phone with a functional clipboard, and were even luckier if it worked worth a damn.
There are so many clipboard apps in Google Play Store, but not every app provides the conveniently easy and reliable way to access all the relevant information on the clipboard.

I too have used so many clipboard apps but those apps were not up to the mark. Here's an app by the name 'Native Clipboard', this app is user friendly and makes a full history of your clippings accessible and easy to manage, and it doesn't take up any space in the UI until you need it.

Native Clipboard can keep everything, and gives you tools to easily manage it all. Native clip board provides easy and seamless access to anything you copied by simply double clicking the desired text field. Then choosing a clip will automatically paste it.
The clips can be :
• Swiped away to delete them.
• Long clicked to view the whole text.
• Pinned to prevent deleting (Using the 3-dot menu).

How to use
•Accessibility - Double tapping edit fields (other option available under Advanced)
•Xposed - Long pressing the Paste button OR from contextual action bar which appears when you select some text

Floating layout
The clipboard can be moved to show the keyboard, for example adding a space or a new line.

Add and Edit
Adding new clips or editing existing ones.(long click on clip, then either double tap or open the 3-dot menu)

Themable
The colors of the clipboard can be easily changed though the app. Or choose one of the predefined themes

Sizes & limits
• The height of the clipboard can be changed (set it to match the keyboard for a better look).
• The limit of how many clips can be stored can also be changed (default is 25).
• The text size in the clipboard can also be changed.
• The number columns in the clipboard can be changed.

Sorting
•Sort by the time (newest first)
•Sort by state (pinned first/last)

Material Design
The app follows the guidelines as close as possible.
-Snackbar for Undo, and floating labels for the text fields will be added soon.

Browser support
Access the clipboard in Chrome using the floating circle. (only 5.0+)

Xposed
• The app will work on 4.0+ (ICS+)
• Blacklisting : Choose the apps that will not be monitored for copied text (ex. Password managers).
• Browser support (Chrome,Firefox and System built-in based browsers)
• Can edit and add clips
•This app is Open Source 

https://github.com/DHM47/Native-Clip-Board

For a detailed comparison see (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62089779&postcount=2) 

• Accessibility |vs| Xposed module
•Works on:- 4.3+ || 4.0+
•Xposed:- No || Yes
•Usage:- Double tap || Long Click paste/Selection menu
•Browsers:- No || Yes
•Blacklist:- No || Yes
•Clipboard:- Bottom || Top/Bottom
•Keyboard:- Stays Open || Closes
•Move Cursor:- Yes || No
•Speed:- Faster ||
•Compatibility:- Wider ||

Permissions:
-Run at start up: Used for xposed users with incompatible built-in Clipboard managers.
-Draw over other apps: To show the clipboard.

You can download this app from the link given below:

Click Here to Download Now

Tips to Get Glowing Flawless Skin in a Week

Clear glowing skin is a dream for every person. No one likes pimples, zits, dark spots, baggy eyes or dark circles. But stress, hormonal imbalances, dehydration, sun damage, etc can do a whole lot of long-term harm to your skin. There are different skin types and different problems associated with them. Dry skin can get itchy sometimes and needs to be hydrated often to keep it glowing. Oily skin is prone to pimples and has a greasy texture. Some people have normal skin, which is God’s gift, and then there are people with combination skin who have to face the problems of both dry skin and oily skin. Perfect skin is not too oily or dry but needs to be taken care with regular toning and cleansing.

Take a look at these simple skincare tips that will result in gorgeous looking clear skin.

1. Follow a skincare regime: 
A skin care regime even if it's as simple as just washing your face, is extremely important. Ideally you need to follow the CETM process, which is Cleansing, Exfoliating, Toning, Moisturizing.

2. Protect your skin: 
Protect your skin from sun and pollutants that can affect it. Use a good SPF when you get out in the sun. Make sure to clean you make up well and use a proper make up remover too. These little steps will go a long way in keeping your skin healthy.

3. Cleanse your face more than once a day:
This is extremely important. You need to clean your face more than once a day because all the pollution and dirt will get collected in your pores developing into pimples. So wash your face whenever you get a chance.

4. Sleep, sleep, sleep: 
Clock in those eight hours in bed as it's extremely necessary for your body and skin to be healthy. When you are snoozing, your skin works double time to repair those damaged skin cells to make your skin glow the next day.

5. Sleep with a clean face:
Always, always make sure you sleep with a clean face as most of the repair takes place only at night. Moisturise if possible and make sure you use a product that suits your skin.

6. Pamper your skin: 
While you spend time at home, make sure you pamper your skin with proper moisturisers and masks that help speed up the healing process, which is needed because of external environmental factors. Apply a homemade face pack once a week if you'd like to go the DIY route.

7. Keep yourself and your skin hydrated: 
Drink a lot of water to keep your skin hydrated. Dry skin is more prone to wrinkles and other signs of aging. Hydration is important to improve the texture of your skin. Even a green nutrition-rich smoothie made of fresh fruits and juices will even help a great deal.

Get Prisma App for Android

Few days ago, Niantic launched a mobile game 'Pokemon Go' which became an overnight sensation. Pokemon Go might be the most popular game right now but now an editing app 'Prisma' is making headlines for its unique and amazing filter effects. Initially, the app was released for iOS and it was supposed to released for Android by the end of this month. Viral photo app sensation has just unveiled its beta version for Android users. But the app is still not available in Google Play Store.

The Prisma team is currently giving this app on a free invite basis. A few people have subscribed to their email list and got a link in their inbox for early beta testing. But you can download an APK file from here:

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