Top 3 iPhone Games to Pass Time at Work

If you work all day like us, you will find these iPhone games really entertaining to play in your breaks at work. Every second Monday GA Repair London browses iTunes to bring you a hand-picked list of iOS apps that we really tried and liked or disliked. Here is a list of this week's iPhone games.

Screenshots of the Underworld Empire game-play: Lt. Fox & John Lieutenants

Top 3 iPhone Games to kill time in your breaks at work this week

 

Underworld Empire

Underworld Empire has won many awards, amongst these The Best Online Crime Syndication Game; twice in the previous years.

Millions of players chose their allegiances to the four different criminal empires: the diabolical Cartel, the sinister Syndicate, the ruthless Mafia, or the battle-tested Street Gangs.
This Underworld Empire game is a very engaging game once you learned how to play. We would only recommend this if you are the long-term player, a real game-addict type and  you would invest time regularly to play.

In the game you can recruit your friends as allies to create the biggest empire, while fighting legendary bosses and their crew. You can even execute other live players while growing your character, buildings and empire. The game play is somewhat complicated at first so it will require time to learn the basics. But it's absolutely rewarding on the long run.

The only disadvantage we found is that Underworld Empire is an online game. Users must be connected to WiFi, 3G or 4G internet in order to play this game so it's not the best option to play while commuting on the Tube. Download this app here:

Underworld Empire - iTunes Preview

Screenshots of the Underworld Empire app: Home screen & Nurse Stacy helping you heal

Moonlight Mahjong Lite

This is one of our favourite apps. If you are already familiar with the Mahjong games from PCs you will really love the new Moonlight Mahjong Lite game. This app is completely free to download and requires no time to learn how to play. Simply find and remove the tile-pairs. Highly addictive! 

Moonlight Mahjong is a Mahjong Solitaire in virtual reality 3D, designed specifically for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Intuitive touch control allows you to tilt and turn, zoom in and out to match tiles in 3D.

This free advertising-supported version of Moonlight Mahjong features five complete game modes (the main four, plus 'Lightning Mode'). The full version of Moonlight Mahjong offers a few additional features with no advertisements.

Moonlight Mahjong has been honoured as "The Best Board Game" on the App Store,. We simply love it. Try it.

Moonlight Mahjong Lite - iTunes Preview

Moonlight Mahjong Lite screenshot of game-play in virtual reality 3D

Modern Conflict

Modern Conflict is also simple yet incredibly addictive again. You only need to tap to select units and then tap to send them into battle. Repeat until you win! You’ll keep coming back as it’s so easy to have just one more go!

This is a fun mini-strategy game. It's also very easy to learn to play, plus an interactive tutorial introduces the intuitive and easy controls, while missions gradually increase in difficulty as your abilities and experience increase.

Command tanks and helicopters on the battlefield and use the base level layout to your advantage. Each setting demands a different approach, so use your forces wisely. Powerful bonus abilities include air strikes, reinforcements, communication interception, and many more!

You can find this IOS game's newest version on iTunes, however we recommend to install this older version. We find it much more fun and the controls in the two apps are quite different too. Have a look at it, download it below:

Modern Conflict - iTunes Preview

Modern Conflict: Briefing, Game-play screenshots and Victory screen

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What are your favourite iPhone games? 
Do you like the ones we selected this week? 
Let us know.

Have a great day at work! Take a break and try these apps.

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Top 3 Useful iPhone Apps for Everyday-living

In this ever busy metropolis, in London  where we work, commute and sleep all around the clock, one might find it difficult to sort out simple everyday things that other times he or she would solve in no time. Every second Monday we, at GA Repair London, pick three really handy iPhone apps that can make your everyday life a lot easier. This week's collection of iOS applications follows here:

Top 3 iPhone apps that make your everyday life easier in London

 

London Bus Buddy

It might have happened to you too that you over-slept on the bus in London after an unforgettable party night with your friends. Well, it used to happen to us all the time until we finally found the solution on iTunes: the London Bus Buddy app.

The best functionality of this application is that it can "wake" you when you are getting closer to the desired bus stop, so you won't ever over-sleep again and travel on the bus till it terminates. Trust us, it saves you so much time if you don't have to travel back home from the other side of London after a long night out!

The London Bus Buddy app was originally designed for tourists and Londoners to be able to keep up with the changes of the London Bus network. If you often struggle using buses then this is the application for you! With more than 100,000 downloads, this comprehensive iPhone app includes information on all 19,000+ stops that TFL maintains, but the best features are yet to come:

The LBB app has built in Countdown (powered by Transport for London), which allows you to see when your next bus is coming. You can also set an alarm to go off X minutes before your bus arrives. This feature is great if you want to pop in for a coffee or sandwich before catching the next night bus home.

A snooze alarm will tell you when you're close to your destination. This is the feature we mentioned above. It also works in the background though special configuration is needed for iOS 5 to allow notifications.

Apart from these, LBB includes Journey Planning, Closest Bus Stop Allocating, All Bus Route Displaying functions, static timetables and the option to favourite routes for easy access when you're offline.

Additionally, it completely integrates with both the Maps app on your iPhone and/or the Google Maps app if it's available on your iOS.

The best of its features is that all of this is FREE! The only disadvantage we found is that the app uses Location Services so the continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. So it's a "No-Go" if your battery is already dying! Download it from here:

London Bus Buddy - iTunes Review

London Bus Buddy iOS app screenshots: GPS Alarm and Static Timetable functions

Shazam

 

We chose this app because the radio, music channel or YouTube is always on while we are working. We can't live without music literally. Does it ever happen to you that you hear a track that you'd really like to get but you don't know its Title or the Artist? The Shazam app will sort this.

Shazam is the best way to identify music around you. Tap the Shazam button to instantly identify, explore, buy and share the tracks you've been just listening to.

Indeed, you can turn on Auto Shazam and the app will keep finding music and TV even when you leave the app as it runs in the background.

This app is free to download and you can use Shazam as much as you like – it’s unlimited though it comes with ads. Check it out here:

Shazam IOS app - iTunes Review 

Shazam iPhone app screenshots: Shazam at work & My Tags functions

CalenMob

The CalenMob app is a very useful calendar and appointments book. When we downloaded this application we have already been searching for a good calendar iOS software which could completely sync with Google Calendar. Unfortunately it seems Google is a bit selfish and has forgotten about the iOS device owners this instance.

CalenMob is a native Google Calendar app with intuitive design. It inherits the simple and clean look of Google web calendar and makes it more accessible, responsive and reliable on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. It can also be used with no Internet connection. All changes will be synced back to your Google account the next time you connected.

It does exactly what it says on the tin. You can view events and the calendar in multiple ways (days, weeks, months, years, etc) it synchronises real-time but it also works fine offline.

Its advanced reminder system will never let you forget your next appointment, just like Google Calendar, CalenMob allows you to set reminders via push notifications, SMS or email for all events.

This application is the comprehensive mobile calendar app solution. We've been searching on iTunes for days to find a Google Calendar substitute. CalenMob works perfectly. And to tell you the truth, we have stopped using Google Calendar, we only use it support the CalenMob app. Have a look at it here:

CalenMob iPhone app - iTunes Review

CalenMob iOS calendar application screenshots: Start-up page & and Calendar Month view

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Are you getting your message across? - The Top 5 Messaging Apps

You must have felt impatient, and nervous waiting for a reply to your email, forget snail mail. After all, communication - exchanging messages- has to be instant to be useful, relevant and effective, especially in this fast-paced world.

The Top 6 Messenger Applications

From post-cards to telegraphs, and the most recent messaging tools like emails & SMS; you always had new tools to fulfill your growing instant needs. Now is the turn-age of smartness! From smart cities to smartphones, everything is getting smart.  To cater for your growing smart demands many tools and applications (apps) have flooded the market!  Here is a sneak peak at some of the features of the best messaging apps:

WhatsApp

The 600 million users worldwide stand testimony to the popularity of this mobile App. It is a platform friendly or a cross platform App, meaning it works absolutely fine with Android, iOS, Windows, Symbian & Blackberry platforms. Also, it is multi-lingual.

You can use this service free for the first year, and from the second year on, you need to subscribe by paying a small fee of US$ 0.99. This is applicable to all smartphones, irrespective of the platform they work on.

WhatsApp logo

Download from here: WhatsApp

Viber

 

Launched in the year 2010 for iPhones initially, but today the App is available for all platforms, such as Windows Phones, Android, Symbian and Blackberry. It works on 3G/4G and Wi-Fi networks, as well. There are about 100 million active users, out of the 280 million users registered worldwide.

Calls between Viber members are absolutely free, but if you call a landline or a Smartphone that doesn’t have Viber installed, then you will be charged a nominal fee, with their service called Viber Out.

Viber logo

Download from here: Viber

Facebook Messenger

 

With this App you can chat with Facebook friends on your Mobile phone, as well as on the website. Like in any other Messaging Apps, using this App enables you to share photos and to share your location at your discretion. The App comes with video call, chat, file sending and image attaching facilities.

This App is available for Android, iOS, Windows and Blackberry OS platforms. Facebook Messenger is a free App, but limited to your friends and acquaintances.

Facebook Messenger logo

Download from here: Facebook Messenger

Skype

 

Now owned by Microsoft, Skype is the undisputed leader of VOIP providers across the globe. It is platform independent, it work on almost all the platforms available today such as Windows, Android, Blackberry, Symbian, Linux, iOS and Windows Phones.

Skype, though known to be a freemium VOIP client, it has to be noted that only calls between Skype members are free. If you have to call a landline or a mobile number which is not linked to Skype yet, you have to subscribe by paying comparatively low fees than what you pay for such services in the domestic market. For example, you can call worldwide for a nominal fee of US$ 13.99 a month.

Skype logo

Download from here: Skype

BlackBerry Messenger & Google Hangouts

 

Although our title says Top 5, we could not decide which Messenger Application should stand in our 5th place in the five best and most popular messaging apps. Hence we shared the fifth place between two major and up-coming applications: the BlackBerry Messenger and GooglePlus Hangouts. So instead of the Top 5 messaging apps, here are two more sharing our 5th place, making them Top 6 best instant messenger applications altoghether.

 

BlackBerry Messenger

 

Blackberry’s instant messaging and video phone services are available for Blackberry, iOS, Android and Windows Phones, too.

It is a free to download App, and if you do not have access to internet through 3G/4G or Wi-Fi, your suppliers' normal data transfer charges apply.

BlackBerry Messenger logo

Download from here: BlackBerry Messenger

Google+ Hangouts

 

Google is continuously growing. So we cannot ignore its great Messenger App: Google+ Hangouts from Google is another instant messaging platform, with the usual options from video chat to file sending and photo sharing. It is available for Mac iOS, Windows Phones and Linux.

Although calls to US / Canada are free, for other international destinations there is a nominal fee to pay.

Google+ Hangouts logo

Download from here: GooglePlus Hangouts

Conclusion

 

With so many options, it is difficult to make a decision and choose the only one which will suit you in most situations.  We could not decide which one should be used or ignored either. To make our repair services easy and accessible to our customers, we installed all the Top 6 in our list.

If you’d like to check out all of these apps, find their download links below:

• WhatsApp

• Viber

• Facebook Messenger

• Skype

• BlackBerry Messenger

• Google+ Hangouts

If you have any computer problems, broken phone screen issues, damaged smartphones or laptops with computer virus, you can reach GA Repair Services in London through any of them.

Feel free to get in touch through any of the above messaging apps.

Please, find our contact details below:

WhatsApp, Viber, Facebook Messenger:

+447842 316 225

Skype:

GA-Repair-Services

G+ Hangouts:

GA Repair Services

BBM: 7C7BEBA7

www.GArepairservices.co.uk

Smartphone, computer & laptop repair 

in North London (Wembley & Haringey) 

Safety tips for paying with mobile apps

Are you using your Banking App on your mobile for banking transactions, payments, transfer of funds, etc.? Or are you leaving your credit card info with various e-commerce apps while making purchases? Ever wondered what if you lose your mobile and such sensitive info gets into the hands of unscrupulous elements?

Safety tips for paying with mobile apps

Here are a few safety tips for using these mobile apps:

• Install applications from reliable app developers only: There is every possibility for fraudulent app developers to wreak havoc on your phone once you have installed their app.  If you inadvertently download an app from a lesser known, possibly a fraud team, company, they may hack into your mobile take control of the phone and the data in it.

TIP: Always download Apps from well-known companies.

• Consider ratings: A good rating generally means the seller is more reliable. Also you may have children under the legal age, and you may not want them to watch violence or any explicit content on such platforms. Well, you can always look at the content ratings provided, too.

TIP: Download apps that are G rated, and are suitable for use by all the members’ of the family.

• Grant permissions’ carefully: Apps require your permissions to save your passwords, to mark your location/ region, to store your credit card information, etc. Such permissions have to be given carefully after understanding the terms and conditions, the purpose for seeking such information, etc.

• Never give permissions to save passwords & card information, etc on mobile Apps.

• Regular clean-up of apps and your mobile phone: Check for apps that you do not use or need much, and delete such apps.  Having apps that you do not use, not only eats up disk space, but also slows down the performance leading to frequent shut down, hang up, etc of the mobile. Such instance may lead to loss of data.

TIP: Clean-up your mobile of unused apps and data regularly, so sensitive info is either deleted or kept safe.

The dominance and importance of Smart phones is increasing in our day-to-day lives. They are no longer just tools and means of Data exchange, but they provide infotainment, and can help complete many business related and personal tasks with just the tap of your fingers. As such they contain very sensitive information. It is very important that you keep your data, and the phone very safe.

Some of the most reliable mobile banking and paying apps and solutions:

Paypal | Zapp | Elavon | PayByPhone

Or for a longer list of pay-by-mobile apps, visit this blog article on thenextweb.com