WhatsApp Messenger is now Available in Urdu & Bengali

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Today I was checking for updates in Play Store and I came across an important update of WhatsApp Messenger.
WhatsApp is an instant messaging app through which one can send messages and calls over mobile data and Wi-Fi. It is available for Android, iOS, Windows and some other platforms. WhatsApp has over 1 billion users.
Today's latest update (2.12.252) is all about new features and improvements. Some of these improvements are summed up below:
The most important improvement WhatsApp Inc. has made is the support for Urdu and Bengali. As millions of WhatsApp users are from countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh etc., providing messaging services in users' native language will increase the usage it'll become much easier of them to use the app.
If you are planning to reset your phone and wipe off all your phone data, you need not to worry about your WhatsApp conversations because now you can backup your conversations on Google Drive
For safeguard against irritating people (I talked about them in my last post also) who like to message everytime, WhatsApp has made it possible to set special notification tone for a contact or you can even mute a chat so that you get important messages only, in busy hours. You can set different notification settings for different contacts.

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As far as emoji lovers are concerned, they can now use the same emoji in different colors (this is was available in WhatsApp Web only). User has to long tap an emoji and colored options of that emoji will pop up.
Now, you don't have to use WhatsApp+ to hide from people you don't want to talk to because you can mark messages as read just like Facebook.
Other performance improvements include better contact card sending, lower data usage and bug fixes.
You can manually download the latest version here (Android). OR

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Protect Your Private Photos in Android

Most of us love to keep images in phone as golden memories. This treasure can be spoiled by a naughty friend who would borrow your phone to see a pic and then start swiping left and right to see all of your photos. I got something that can be very useful to deal with such people.These two apps can do this job for you:-

1. Focus - Photo Sharing

This simple and light but useful gives you complete control over your photo viewers. You can limit the photos one can see on your phone when you lend your phone to your friend or someone else.

All you have to do is to set a pin code by opening Focus Settings, check all the alarms. To show someone a photo, you have to long tap the photo and tap share and select Focus from the list (multiple photos can also be selected). One can only see the pics you have selected. If your friend hits the back button, this will popup:-

In case he/she hits the home button, a loud alarm will starting ringing notifying you that something is wrong. Awesome, isn't it?

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2. Ninja Snap

Ninja Snap is another photo saving app that takes the picture of the person who swipes right & left from the selected pics just the way Focus shows selected images. You have to select some photos and share them with Ninja Snap and give your phone to whom you want to show photos. As soon as that person swipes towards other pics, this app would take pictures of him/her and those would be saved in your phone's gallery. Thus you can easily identify the culprit.

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Get iOS & Lollipop-like Status Bar in Any Android Version

Technology is getting advanced every new day. More and more new softwares and apps are being developed having better features than the former ones. Google's Android Lollipop and Apple's iOS are very famous for awesome UI design. One of many features is the changing of status bar color according to the app whose UI is opened.

Older (than Lollipop 5.0) Android versions do not support this feature but luckily, there's a method through which you can get this in older version as well (like I in my phone which runs Jellybean). You just need to follow these simple steps:-

1. Your phone must be rooted.
2. Firstly, you need to install Xposed Installer
   (Note: Read the description then decide to install as it can damage your phone if you install the wrong version)
3. Allow SU Permission to Xposed Installer then open it and go to Download and then search for Tinted Status Bar.
   
4. After installing this module, go to Modules and check the Tinted Status Bar. Finally, soft boot your device by going to Framework in Xposed.
5. Congrats, you've done it! The final result will be like this:
   

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You can select the apps for which you want this module to change color. Otherwise, you can simply turn this off in a particular app by tapping its Tinted Status Bar icon in your apps list.

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Deadliest Animals in the World

Life on this planet is full of dangers. Only a few people have the courage to enjoy these dangers while others struggle to find a danger-free zone. Despite the hardships in life, animals (insects & flies also) also make their way to the most dangerous things to exist on the face of the earth. I've sorted a list of most dangerous animals in terms of people they kill in a year (size and venom don't count, life is precious anyway).

List of Deadliest Animals
Rank	Animals	Kills per year
15	Sharks	10
14	Wolf	10
13	Lion	100
12	Elephant	100
11	Hippopotamus	500
10	Crocodile	1,000
09	Tapeworm	2,000
08	Ascaris Roundworm	2,500
07	Freshwater Snail (Schistosomiasis)	10,000
06	Assassin Bug (Chagas Diseas)	10,000
05	Tsetse Fly (Sleeping Sickness)	10,000
04	Dog (Rabies)	25,000
03	Snake	50,000
02	Human	475,000
01	Mosquito	725,000

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10+ Tips to Get Makeup Free Good Look

Everyone of has a desire of looking like a magazine poster hero or heroine. A lot find it difficult because it can hurt monetarily. With these tricks, you can get a fancy look with very low expenses. Get a healthy, fair and fresh look and  be the hero/heroine you've ever dreamt of......

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Here's how:-

• Healthy diet with more fruits
• Plenty of water
• A good night's sleep
• Drink hot water with lemon in the morning
• Give skin a boost: Ginseng, Mint & Rosemary in a topical cream
• Groom your brows to frame your face
• Exfoliate
• Gentle cleanser mild toner moisturizer with SPF
• Accessorize your outfit & hair
• Curl your lashes
• Apply lip balm
• Don't pick or touch your skin

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Reasons: Why You Should Eat More Fruits

Allah Almighty has created plenty of stuff for the mankind. For our welfare and for our luxury. Fruits are also among this stuff. Fruits being enriched with multi-vitamins and protein are crucial for maintaining our good health. Fruits ensure correct working of our body organs.This post is all about the benefits of eating fruits and you'll find many reasons of eating more and more fruits.

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• Cherries: Cherries help calm your nervous system
• Grapes: Grapes relax your blood vessels
• Peaches: Peaches are rich in potassium, fluoride and iron
• Apples: Having existence in 1,000 types, apples help your body to develop resistance against infections
• Watermelon: Being more than 90% water, helps control your heart rate
• Oranges: Oranges help maintain great skin and vision
• Strawberries: Strawberries can potentially fight against cancer and aging
• Bananas: Bananas are very good for athletes because they are energy carriers
• Pineapples: They help fight against arthritis
• Blueberries: They protect your heart
• Kiwis increases bone mass
• Mangos: Act as a shield from several kinds of cancer

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Hot Water vs Cold Water

Most of us really had a problem taking bath when we used to be kids regardless of whether it is summer or winter. Some were afraid of cold water while others hated hot water. Today I got some interesting facts about water. Water, whether hot or cold, is very beneficial for our health even if used externally.

This little comparison comprises of surprising advantages of using cold and hot water.

Hot Water

You must take hot showers because hot water:-

• Relaxes the body muscles
• Lowers body tension
• Reduces anxiety
• Improves blood circulation
• Alleviates Migrane
• Reduces swelling
• Helps the body in removing toxins from our skin
• Weight Loss
• Helps better food digestion
• Opens pores and cleans the skin
• Acts as a nasal decongestant

Cold Water

You might prefer using cold water because it:-

• Stimulates immune system
• Increases alertness
• Prevents colds
• Stimulates anti-depression hormones
• Burns calories
• Frees up the mind
• Accelerates metabolism
• Tightens the skin
• Prevents hair fall
• Also improves blood circulation
• Gives you a glowing look

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List of Top Educational Websites

It is rightly said, "Technology is a neutral tool between good and evil." If you've decided to use it for good, you're doing absolutely the right thing. Millions of people, especially students, refer to the internet to get any type of help. Most of the people fail to find a website which can provide information only according to their needs. Wikipedia has always been our heart favourite. I've sorted a short list of some educational websites which can serve as the treasure of words just as you want and would let you think out of the box.

Videos

The following list contains the websites that can help you getting educated with infinite amount of videos:-

• TED: Ideas worth spreading**
• Khan Academy*
• AcademicEarth.org
• edX
• The New Boston
• Or you can browse through millions of videos on YouTube

Life Hacks

This is the list of resources which will teach you to do some amazing stuff in your daily life:-

• Zen Habits
• Lifehacker*
• The Art of Manliness
• Lifehack
• Psychology Today*

Mathematics

Maths lovers' paradise list comes here:-

• MathRun - game
• Project Euler
• WolframAlpha
• Mathway
• Desmos Graphing Calculator
• Symbolab

Cooking

Here comes the interesting part for cooking lovers (women perhaps). Let's see:-

• Cooking For Engineers
• how2heroes
• Cooklet
• UrduPoint Cooking (Urdu)

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Learning Languages

Learning foreign languages has always been my craze. Here are my picks for you:-

• Duolingo**
• Livemocha*
• Verbling
• busuu
• BBC Languages
• Memrise
• Oxford Dictionaries (Vocabulary)

Programming

Learn programming and create something really awesome whether a website or an app from here:-

• Codecademy*
• W3Schools*
• Code.org
• Learn Code The Hard Way
• Mozilla Developer Network**
• CodingBat
• LearnCode.academy**

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Books

If you love to read books, you're not alone. Get your favourite books from here:-

• Gutenberg
• LibriVox
• Bookboon
• Google Books
• Bartleby.com

Documentaries

• Top Documentary Films
• DocumentaryHeaven

Random Knowledge

If you are among the most of the people like to just wander through the internet to read whatever they come across just to improve their general knowledge, this is for you:

• Wikipedia**
• Encyclopedia Britannica*
• mental_floss
• Sporcle -  game
• F***ing Homepage
• snopes.com
• Everything Simplified
• The more you Know, the more you Grow (From our team)

DIY & How To's

Geeks' corner:-

• wikiHow**
• Howcast*
• Instructables
• WonderHowTo
• HowStuffWorks

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Courses

Some might like to attend a course to master a specific subject or a section of it. Following sites are for those:-

• Coursera*
• Udactiy
• Udemy
• edX

*: personal picks
**: favorites ♥

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Origins of Names of Some Popular Animals

Many of us love animals, some make them their best friends. That's great, these lovely creatures do deserve to be loved. As for their names, not all the English names of animals came about the same way. Some are just the English word for a name that already existed in another language while others are combinations of words that describe the animal. Let's consider the names of some animals and see how they originated.

 A Fox and a Cat

     Bull comes from the Anglo-Saxon belkan, which meant to "roar". Similarly, deer was originally deor in Anglo-Saxon, and meant "a wild animal".
When we call a cat, a puss, it goes back to the Egyptians. They called a cat pasht, meaning "the moon", because cats were active at night. This became shortened to pas, and that's how we got puss.
Hippopotamus is the Greek for "river horse". Hippos meant "horse", and potamos meant "river". Rhinoceros is a Latin term derived from two Greek words. Rinos mean the "nose", and the keras, was a "horn", and the rhinoceros has a horn on its nose!
Leopard comes from the Latin leopardus, which meant a "spotted lion". Lion comes from the Latin leon.

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Camel is derived from the Arabic gamel, which was camelos in Latin.Porcupine comes from two Latin words: porcus, a "swine", and spina, a "thorn". So, it's a pig with thorns!
The name poodle comes from the German pudel, which meant a "puddle". This was because it was a water dog and the word dog itself is a contraction of the Icelandic doggr.
Wolf is a modern spelling of Anglo-Saxon wulf, which goes back to the Latin vulpes, meaning "fox". Our name fox, comes from the Icelandic fax, which meant a "hair-mane". The name opossum comes from opassum, which is what the Indians of Virginia called this animal.
These are only a few names of animals, but you can see how, they originated in many different ways.

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