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Top Apps of 2016 to cater to Millennials’ daily needs

by MN4U Bureau
December 22, 2016
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Whether you’re a shopping freak, a cartoon lover, news watcher or fitness fonder, today you have all the possible apps to satisfy your needs, without paying a penny… The smartphone market has seen a mega boom in 2016 and we have shortlisted some useful apps which got maximum mileage this year:

SHAREit – The world’s most preferred cross-platform sharing app and the choice of over 700 million users across 200 countries. SHAREit supports cross-platform sharing for phones, computers and tablets across Android, iOS, Windows, Windows XP and Mac. Through applications CLONEit, CLEANit, LOCKit and LISTENit, SHAREit aims to create a product matrix that center on users and concentrates on the full ecosphere of content obtaining, sharing and application.

UC News – a perfect solution, providing relevant, local, community-centric content. UC News, part of UCWeb India and Alibaba Group Company, has been developed exclusively for India and is powered by the company’s big data technology that tracks and matches the trending keywords on social media and decides on the trending topics before recommending them to the user. UC News brings together both traditional and new media content creators to a single place and introduces them to millions of Indian users who already enjoy a faster browsing experience on UC Bowser. Within 5 months of its launch, UC News became the most downloaded news apps on Google Play Store.

9apps – another useful app from the Alibaba Group – 9Apps is India’s most popular third-party Android app store. In 2016, the company launched a new Shopping Feature – 9Apps Comparison – a price comparing hub inside 9Apps where users are able to compare prices and get discounts across 8 leading e-shopping platforms including Flipkart, Snapdeal, Paytm, Myntra, Jabong, Askmebazar, Voonik and Shopclues. Not just that, it also tied up with Disney India’s Interactive business to host and promote over 300 popular mobile games from its gaming catalogue.

Snapchat – The image messaging and multimedia mobile application has been massively popular with teenagers and youngsters. In 2016, celebrities increasingly used Snapchat to appeal to a wider fan base. There is a private post option as well to send your videos only for selective people.

Ludusz – One of India’s first service quality-based sports opportunity platform with aims to bring about a lifestyle change among people across age groups with a focus on delivering health through sports. Ludusz is set to revolutionize the market with its 3-pronged approach – convenience, accessibility & affordability. The operating model of the product is based on enabling opportunities via Geo Located Sports, with a list of certified coaches and venues. This is supplemented by a Personal development tracker/ manager
along-with a combination of convenience features which will guide the customer to make the optimum choice.

Saavn – Play What You Want,When you want – Saavn become the go-to app for music lovers in 2016.. A streaming music service, Saavn is reinventing how people listen to and share music, in India and around the world. Best of all, Saavn is unlimited and free on mobile, tablet, and the web.

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