What Is Smart Calling?

On your Android phone (mine is an Alcatel One Touch Inspire 2), you might possibly encounter the Turn on smart calling option under Call settings > Other settings. But what exactly does this feature do?

Smart calling allows you to initiate a call with just a simple gesture of waving your finger or hand at the front-facing camera of your phone. You can trigger it from the Messaging app (it will call the number on the active SMS thread), or while accessing your Address Book (it will call the first number of the contact being displayed).

But should you turn on smart calling? Chances are you'd trigger this accidentally more than the times you'd trigger it intentionally. Could be quite a hassle. I suggest you keep it off.

Six Essential Flappy Bird Tips

I'm a Flappy Bird silver medalist. I've spent some time playing, but unlike other games that get easier once you get through its learning curve, this game is just frustratingly difficult to have a consistent high score. It takes a lot more than your normal gaming skills to master it. Here though are six tips, however contradicting some may be, to help you play this game that's currently talk of the town:

1. Play on your own device. This guarantees that should you throw your device in frustration, friendships will be intact as you won't hurt the owner's feelings by your actions.
2. Do NOT play on your own device. This will make you think twice about throwing the device in frustration, as it is not yours in the first place. This will make you have more control with your emotions.
3. Play on an inexpensive device. This should give you peace of mind, that should you throw the device in frustration, it won't hurt your pocket too much.
4. Play on an expensive device. Use a brand's current flagship phone to play, so that you'd stop yourself from throwing the device. You won't want to destroy something that cost you a lot when you bought it.
5. Play when you wake up. Play not just until you're frustrated, but keep playing until you run out of frustration. This way, nothing else can get you frustrated anymore - and that means the rest of your day will be great!
6. Let your friends play it too. Share the fun, share the frustration. Plus, it consoles you a bit when you watch your friends also get frustrated like you!

With this game, you must be very careful as there is no room for error. One wrong tap and the game is over. Don't worry though, no real birds are harmed when that happens, and you can always try again. Flappy Bird is available for free on Android and iOS devices. 

Smartphone Review: O+ 8.31z Android

The O+ 8.31z is an Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean entry-level dual SIM smartphone. It has a dual core 1 GHz processor, a 256 MB RAM, a dual camera, and a 3.5” capacitive touchscreen with a 320 × 480 screen resolution. It’s got the usual 3G and wi-fi connectivity, GPS, as well as Bluetooth 3.0. You have three colors to choose from: white, black and dark blue. 

How to Fix: Phantom Unread Message Notice on Android

The problem: Your Android phone's stock Messaging application says there is one unread message, even though all the messages in your SMS inbox have already been read.

The solution: Install AVG Memory & Cache Cleaner from AVG Mobile. Open the app, go to Calls & Messages, tick the Received (unread) checkbox under Text messages and press the Clean button. Tap OK when it tells you that your device is looking cleaner.

When you go to back to your Messaging application, the phantom notice will already be gone.