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Top Alternatives Apps for Freshbooks Zoho Invoice & Invoice2go for Android App

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I recently started shopping for new invoicing software because some aspects of my business had changed. I evaluated a number of Invoice App in Android packages before finding one that fit my needs. Here are five of the better options I came across. 1.Invoice & Estimate on the Go Invoice Simple is an easy and convenient invoice maker app to send invoices & estimates to your customers. The free version can be used to create a limited number of invoices, you can upgrade in-app to be able to create an unlimited number of invoices. With Invoice Simple you'll be invoicing customers in no time, sending them professional PDF invoices with ease. Installs : 500,000 - 1,000,000 Requires Android  : 2.3 and up In-app Products  : ₹ 34.99 - ₹ 6,499.99 per Download Invoice & Estimate on the Go 2. Moon Invoice & Estimate App Moon Invoice App is free Invoices & billing Manager Application for Small Business Owner & freelancer. You

Top 7 reasons why your SEO ranking suddenly dropped

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Here are the top 7 reasons for a sudden ranking drop, with a list of symptoms, recovery tips, and prevention methods for each. 1. Manual search engine penalty. Manual actions are imposed by human reviewers at Google when they determine that "pages on your site are not compliant with Google's webmaster quality guidelines". There are various reasons for manual actions; the most common are: hacked site, user-generated spam, unnatural backlinks, thin content, and cloaking. 2. Algorithm update. First things first, an algorithm update can hit your site in two ways. First, it may be a new algorithm (or a major update of an older algorithm) released by Google. Second, it may be one of the continuous refreshes of the known algos. Now that Google's Penguin algorithm is real-time, and Panda's part of the search engine's core algorithm (and thus likely refreshes more frequently than before), Penguin and Panda are the major updates to look out for, regardless of you

All Hidden Features in Apple’s Latest iOS 10.3 Update

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Apple just launched its latest iOS update, 10.3, and quietly added a few features that should make your current iPhone (or iPad) feel like it's moving a bit faster. Alongside a slew of Siri tweaks and AirPods support, iOS 10.3 marks Apple's move to a new Apple File System. According to Business Insider's Kif Leswing, this changes how the device stores and locates data. With the upgrade from HFS+, the new Apple File System is expected to help iPhones and iPads run "more smoothly going forward." Apple engineer Renaud Lienhart tweeted Monday that the new iOS feels "snappier" because many animations had been slightly altered "for the better." For at least one early adopter, non-old phones equipped with the new update now feel "slightly more responsive" than before. The Verge's Tom Warren added that users shouldn't expect to notice an increase in speed immediately, but apps requiring high amounts of data writing may seem faste

Google Play Store gets a ‘Free App of the Week’ section

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Google has now added a new section in its Play Store app marketplace. The new section is called the ‘Free app of the week’ and will now highlight one free app every week. One detail to note is that the new free apps section only appears the US storefront for now. As pointed out by Android Police, accessing the Free Apps section is fairly simple. If you are on your desktop, simply point your browser to the Google Play Store and then click on the Apps section. Once in there scroll down right to the very bottom (Yes, its an odd place to showcase something that’s up for free) to find the ‘free app section”. If you are on your smartphone, simply tap on the Play Store icon and then scroll down to the same section. The section is expected to feature a free app every week. This week’s free app, is Card Wars – Adventure Time by Cartoon Network. The Free App feature has just been introduced and this comes after Google recently started testing new sale features on the developer console. The

Facebook starts testing GIF support in Comments

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Facebook is all set to begin testing a GIF button that will allow users to use services such as Giphy and Tenor for posting GIFs as comments. According to a report by TechCrunch, Facebook stated, “Everyone loves a good GIF and we know that people want to be able to use them in comments. So we’re about to start testing the ability to add GIFs to comments and we’ll share more when we can, but for now we repeat that this is just a test.” Initially, the GIF comment button will be available to a select group of people and later, will be rolled out to everyone. It will work similarly to the GIF button spotted on Facebook Messenger, allowing users to both browse trending GIFs and search for specific reactions too. Interestingly, Facebook may also add a new reaction called "Dislike" for Facebook Messenger. In February this year, the social-media giant celebrated the first anniversary of “Reactions” and recorded 300 billion “Reactions” on posts and the “Love” reaction was used

Facebook to remove Messenger support on Windows phone at the end of March

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Facebook has recently made to headline by testing GIF support on their comment section. Now, again some reports are claiming that the company may soon deprecate its instant messaging service and software application on few Windows phone. According to the reports, the company will change the status of Windows Phone 8.1 version of its Messenger to deprecated by this March. It is not just the Windows phone users, but also the Android and iOS phones with an older version of messenger app will not be able to use this app in near future. That is, the app is going to be obsolete and no more usable. If you are a Messenger lover, then you have to upgrade your phone to the latest operating system or update your current OS to the latest available one soon. It may not be a surprise for Windows user because the company has already started emailing them regarding this major drop. This mail speaks about the incapability of older version of Messenger app which is said to take place by the end of

Top SEO Tips For Mobile App Developers To Improve Search Ranking

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SEO or Search Engine Optimization is an activity that optimizes separate web pages or the whole website to make them amiable to obtain the higher ranking in the search results. All the vital search engines rank web pages or websites on the basis of certain factors that influence its ranking; thus, Search Engine Optimization aims at producing the perfect signals on the websites or web pages. The core technique used in SEO is all about improving both related coding and content of the website to enhance its importance and visibility in organic searches by the search engines. Those websites acquire better rankings, and consistently get an increased number of visiting audience. The research is done on the basis analyzed optimization methodologies for individual web pages or the website in order to make them search engine friendly. Additionally, this study critically reviews and summarizes the key methodologies suggested in the contemporary literature. Due to some recent developments

Top SEO Plugins For Any WordPress Website

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Search engines such as Yahoo, Bing, and Google are a major source of traffic for a lot of websites. That’s the reason most people ask for tips and plugins that can help them boost SEO of their WordPress websites. If you are looking to increase your search engine rankings, you will need to use some of the best WordPress SEO plugins. Fortunately, there are a plethora of SEO plugins to help you get that higher search traffic that you are dying to achieve. In this guide, we shall share with you some of the best SEO plugins that will improve SEO of your WordPress website. 1. WordPress SEO by Yoast Yoast SEO is the most popular and wholistic SEO plugin on WordPress. To date, it has more than 4.5 million downloads with an average rating of 4.7-star over five from 1,418 users. Developed by SEO specialist Joost de Valk, this plugin has features that ensure optimal success for your site when it comes to SEO. The plugin is used by some of the most famous online magazines and websites su

Top 5 Useful Collaboration Tools for Design Teams and Freelancers

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There are various Online Collaboration Tools are available in the market that can simplify the life of your design team, and ensure that everyone is focused on achieving the same objective. Marvel It is a popular Cloud-based design, prototyping and collaboration tool. With Marvel, you can create designs either directly or sync it from your Cloud storage. The prototyping feature helps you to create prototypes that look real and can be easily viewed across multiple devices. The collaboration feature enables easy sharing of project info and feedbacks. Pricing – It comes in Free, Pro and Company versions. While the Free package is for single user covering 2 projects, the other packages cover more features, more users, and unlimited projects. Wake Wake enables your designers to share their work directly from their design tools without having to leave them. Prototypes and animations can be easily shared, and you can also track how different ideas evolve into projects or products. W

Five WhatsApp hacks you should know

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WhatsApp is undoubtedly one of the most downloaded applications on Play Store or App Store. Currently, the app boasts a user base of over a billion as per the reports from last year. The instant messaging app is aggressively pushing out updates and features after it was taken over by Facebook. Here are a few useful WhatsApp tips and tricks that can change your messaging experience. Keep your chats invisible One can save/hide chats within the app by archiving them.  To access this option, go to the chats section, tap and hold on the chat you need to archive. Once the chat is selected, a button with down-arrow will appear on the top left screen, tap that and the chat will get archived. To access the archived chats, you can scroll down to the end of the Chats page and click on the 'Archived chats'. Doodle on images WhatsApp recently started offering features similar to that of Snapchat. Before sending any picture, the user can doodle, use various stickers, overlay text or cro

How to Watch YouTube Videos Not Available in Your Country

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YouTube Videos Blocked in your Country You could be staying in a country like US, UK or India but may not be able to watch every video on YouTube – that’s because the content owners have allowed access to that video only from certain countries or geographic regions. If your computer’s IP address falls outside that geographic region, YouTube will display an error saying “This video is not available in your country” – this message has nothing to do with censorship, it’s the owner of the video clip who could be limiting access. YouTube Filters in Action For instance, a video uploaded to YouTube by Warner Brothers or Sony Entertainment may not be available outside US. Similarly, BBC videos on YouTube can only be watched from UK. BBC has mentioned the reason behind region filtering on their official BBC Channel – “Because of the way that the BBC is funded in the UK through the license fee, we cannot make videos available outside of the UK”. Similarly the Olympic Games channe

Google built a new app so your kids can have a Google account, too

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Google is making a play to capture the family market. Today it announced its new Family Link app, which lets parents create a Google account for their kids. This account is completely controlled by parents, so that means they can manage the apps their kids use, monitor how long they’re staring at their device, and set a designated “bedtime” for the screen. They can remotely lock it, too. To create this account, parents just have to get their kids a device that runs Android Nougat, download Family Link, and then create an account through the app. Family Link is now available through an early-access program. Yes, you’ll have to request an invite and your kids also have to be under 13 years old. It isn’t clear how freely Google is giving out these invites. The new app certainly seems like an obvious attempt to steal some of Amazon’s share of the tablet market. Amazon offers great kid controls on the Kindle. The company even released a kids-only Fire tablet that provides child-friendly

WhatsApp to bring back text status in both Android, iOS

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A few weeks ago, WhatsApp replaced the ability for users to set a text-based in-app status with a Snapchat Stories clone. Now, after user backlash, the company is re-adding the ability for users to set an availability status through the About section of the messaging app. Like Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and Facebook’s regular app, the WhatsApp version of Snapchat stories allows users to post pictures and videos that disappear after 24 hours. WhatsApp hoped that the picture and video stories would serve a similar function as the text-based statuses, but apparently users felt differently. Per WhatsApp, new About Status “will appear next to profile names anytime you view contacts, such as when creating a new chat or looking at Group info.” There’s probably a lesson here somewhere about sticking to the things that users like about your app and not just running after the current popular thing that you’re competitors are doing, but given the industry’s pace of copying features from e

Top SEO Tools you must try in 2017

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As online marketers, bloggers, and small business owners, SEO is important. Some may even call it critical. A make or break type of thing. Which brings us to this post. In this post, we’ll be looking at 5 SEO tools that are either for keyword research, competitor research, rank tracking, and link building. These tools helps you to improve your website's SEO . SEO Tools for 2017 There are many SEO tools out there. We have 10 that are worth trying first. #1: Ahrefs Used for: Research and Analysis Pricing: Freemium Out of all the SEO tools out there, thousands of online marketers, small business owners, and SEO’s prefer to use Ahrefs to help them improve their search rankings. Their Site Explorer is the best among backlink analysis tools. They also have the Content Explorer, which searches the web for the most popular content for any topic or keyword. The pricing starts at $99 per month with annual options. But you’re allowed to have a free account with limitations. #2: Seobility