Kolkata is making a "smart" move as its peak tourism season opens with the Durga Puja on September 26, to be trailed by the Fifa Under-17 World Cup finale in October.
West Bengal's Tourism Department is sprucing up the city's image at airplane terminals and railroad stations, and has launched a portable application to enable travelers to do some genuine pandal-hopping amid the festive season. informations about High-Profile Durga Pujas in the city and how to arrive are incorporated into the application.

This Mobile App will make the pandal hoping easier to help the visitors to a great extent in addition to many useful information at the fingertip.

Around two dozen major Pujas go topical every year in Kolkata, displayed after such things as Buddhist temples and terracotta symbols, and before, paid tribute to Satyajit Ray and the Ambassador car. This time, the idol in one display features ornaments seen in the film Baahubali. Guests can get information not simply on such shows, but rather realtime traffic updates. The Sharodotsav (Durga Puja) application launched on 5th Sept. also has interactivity built-in to engage the fan.

“We launched the mobile application keeping in mind the convenience of the large number of tourists during Durga puja, and also Kolkata’s people. It has transport and police links,” the State Tourism Minister, Gautam Deb, said.

The individuals who need to appreciate the merriments without swimming into swarmed lanes can select to simply see trending photographs of the celebrated Pujas on their phones.

Smartphone photographers can send their two best puja shots to the Tourism Department for an opposition. “Users can send photographs to us using the ‘share pujo’ option. After the puja, the three best photos will be awarded,” said Manish Jain, secretary, Tourism Department.

The photograph challenge will open along the puja on September 26 and entries can be sent till September 29.

As India's football capital, Kolkata is additionally held by Fifa Under-17 World Cup fever. The Tourism Department wants to draw in expansive footfalls including foreign tourists when the matches are played.

The city's image is to get a lift through expanded promoting at Kolkata and Bagdogra airplane terminals and at Railway stations, for example, Sealdah, Howrah, and New Jalpaiguri.

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Get the APP on Google Playstore.

Apple presented their new MacBooks with a Touch Bar, which has been viewed as a trick by many, yet well, it can do some exceptionally cool things. A standout amongst the most remarkable features of the Touch Bar is the Control Strip, which essentially gives the user access to fast toggles for controlling different settings.



XDA Developer alecot18, has developed an app dubbed TouchBar for Android, which is similar to Touch Bar’s Control Strip on Android devices.

Inspired from TouchBar for iOS (by @LaughingQuoll on Twitter) , TouchBar for Android is a powerful bar to quickly control:
- Wifi (ON/OFF on single click)
- Bluetooth (ON/OFF on single click)
- Auto-rotation (ON/OFF on single click)
- Brightness (Autobrightness ON/OFF on long click) and its Level on single click
- Music (set to 0 on long click) and its Level on single click
- Ring mode (on long click) and its Level on single click
Also, TouchBar integrate a Google Search button (on long click opens Google App) and a text field for quick search on single click and Music Controls (Previous, Pause and Next) UPDATE: from 1.2 Alpha Version 2 you can choose preferred payer between Stock/Play Music or Spotify.
TouchBar appears with a swipe from the bottom UPDATE: from 1.2 Alpha Version 2 you can choose handle height and disappear when you touch outside of it UPDATE: from 1.2 Alpha Version you can also swipe down from the handle to hide it, but you can control delay with which this operation must take place. Its also lightly customizable as for now, but in the next future I hope to improve settings!
MAKE SURE TO GRANT ALL THE SPECIAL ACCESS PERMISSIONS (API >21)
TouchBar for Android is a totally free project, if you want to support me: https://www.paypal.me/touchbar

This TouchBar app is completely free and doesn’t require root access.

How to:
1. Enable installation of third-party apps. Head over to the Android Settings and tap on the “Security” option. Once there, make sure the “Unknown Sources” option is checked.
2. Download the “TouchBar for Android” app and install it.
3. After installing the app, make sure to grant it all the permissions (Screen Overlay, Write System Settings and Do Not Disturb Access).
4. Tap on “Activate TouchBar” to activate the Touch Bar.
5. Now tap on the bottom region of your screen (above the navigation bar) to display the Touch Bar and interact with it.

The TouchBar app for Android allows you to change your WiFi, Bluetooth, Screen Rotation, Brightness and Sound settings. The app also allows you to control your music with on-screen buttons.

Source: xda

Facebook just released a new app that aims to compete directly with Snapchat, but it's only officially available in Brazil at the moment. The app, called "Flash," is so much like Snapchat that it's not even the slightest bit of a stretch to call it a clone.

Welcome to Flash!
Share all your everyday moments with friends! Take selfies, send videos and chat.
Easily add fun face masks, draw and send disappearing messages.
It's fast and works great on most phones.
Get the new app now on Android and send flashes with friends!

Flash on Google Playstore.

Even though Flash is only officially available in Brazil, you can try it right now on any Android device in any country. All you have to do is enable "Unknown sources" in Settings, then download and install the following APK.

Download Facebook's Flash app from APKMirror (.apk)

Once you've done that, just sign in with your Facebook account, then you'll be ready to try it out. If you've ever used Snapchat, you'll feel right at home here—there's a chat screen on the left, a "Your Story" screen on the right, and a camera interface in the middle.

Really, the only difference between Flash and Snapchat are the filters, which are so outlandishly terrible that they're actually pretty funny. In one, a flock of birds stands on your head and picks at your hair, while Flash's face-tracking algorithm applies bird crap to your face in real time. Others show a marked Brazilian flair, with Carnival-style whimsy and colors.

Facebook's making absolutely no effort to hide its motive here: They're coming for Snapchat. There's no news yet on an official worldwide rollout for Flash, but once you've got the APK installed, there aren't any restrictions on using the app.

Prisma photograph editing application, which as of late was propelled on iOS and rapidly turned into a wrath in view of its hand sketch-like impacts, has now been made accessible for Android, as well. The application (for the present) is in its beta form.

To apply for the beta adaptation on Android, interested users just need to go to the website, the choice seen at the bottom of their website. Users should simply to present their names and email IDs. After the sign up methodology they will get a welcome to utilize the application.

The application fellow benefactor advised to The Next Web that the firm additionally has a few new components in the pipeline, for example, the Prisma Video highlight, 360-degree Prisma pictures, and a rundown of various "styles" to change genuine pictures into computerized expressions.


If you are already using Prisma app, you have to chance to get featured on our blog. Check out the official post.

For those unconscious, the Prisma application "changes your photographs into fine arts utilizing styles of popular craftsmen: Van Gogh, Picasso, Levitan, and additionally world renowned adornments and examples." Users can share them on informal organizations too. The photograph altering application intends to rival a portion of the other photograph altering applications in the business sector like Instagram, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Photo Editor Pro, Airbrush and that's just the beginning.

UPDATE: Prisma is now available on Android Platform. Here you can find it on Google Playstore.