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6 Best Android Applications for Couples

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LOVE! This is what we’ll be talking about today. It’s a tech site but there’s no harm in giving some space to Lovers out there. Nobody can disagree that every person in this whole universe falls for someone once in his/her life. We wish to spend our whole life with that person keeping him/her in our arms and giving a warm hug, a little cute kiss on lips and whispering slowly that you love him/her so much. But of course we can’t stay together the entire day. We got a lot of other things to do.

So while you are out there at office or somewhere else away from your partner, what can you do to bring a smile on the face of your love? Of course there are a lot of things you can do like you can send gifts, roses etc. In many cases, some couples wish to hug each other but they can’t because they are far away from each other. Many times we wish to dedicate a special quote or poem to our lover but we can’t due to the lack of any means of finding the best quote and of dedicating it. There are a lot other things we wish to do, but we can’t due to some reasons.Heart Android

But if you have an Android device then it’ll be lot easier for you to do so. Below is a list of “6 best Android Applications for Couples” who want to strengthen their bonding with their partners and wants to bring more love and closeness in their relationship.

1. Couple:

Couple is like a private social network for couples. It allows you to share your personal stuff with only one person (your partner) instead of sharing it to the hundreds of people on other social networks. The most attractive feature of “Couple” is “ThumbKiss” (explained below).

Couple Android AppFeatures:

  • Private Timeline
  • Private Chatting
  • Private sharing of Videos, Voice messages and Pictures
  • Varieties of Fun Sticker Packs are available
  • Send Secrets: Upload photos for limited time
  • ThumbKiss: When both the partners press the same spot on their android device simultaneously, phone vibrates.
  • Sketch together in real-time: Draw pictures simultaneously.
  • Play Games with each other
  • Make phone calls and Facetime from inside the app
  • To-do list
  • Calendar Reminders
  • Instant Location sharing
  • Cross Platform support

Average Rating on Google Play Store:

3.9 out of 5 with 1,431 “5 Star” Ratings.

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2. Avocado:

Similar to Couple, Avocado is also a private and secure app for couples to stay connected with each other. The most attractive feature of “Avocado” is that you can Hug and Kiss your partner.Avocado Android App

Features:

  • Private Chatting
  • Share Photos
  • Sketch: Sketch doodle on photos or a blank canvas
  • Shared Lists: To-do list or any other customizable list
  • Shared Calendar Reminders
  • Hugs and Kisses: Give a Hug to your partner by placing your Android device on your chest and give a kiss by simply kissing your device.
  • Advanced data encryption and security features
  • Keeps Complete Archive
  • Available on Web

Average Rating on Google Play Store:

4.0 out of 5 with 2,163 “5 Star” Ratings.

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3. Love and Romance Quotes:

Love and Romance Quotes is a collection of beautiful and quality love quotes. This application is what you’ll be using to find the romantic quotes to send to your partner.Love and Romance Quotes

Features:

  • Browse from a big collection of quotes
  • Mark Quotes you like as Favorites
  • Categorize Quotes as Favorite
  • Gesture Control: Right Swipe for Next, Left Swipe for Previous and Double Tap to Send.
  • Shake your Android device to see a Random Quote
  • Publish a Quote on Facebook
  • List View Options
  • Romantic Background Music

Average Rating on Google Play Store:

4.5 out of 5 with 2,953 “5 Star” Ratings.

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4. Love Photo Frames:

Love Photo Frames is a nice application which allows you to add romantic love frames to your photos. Choose a photo from the gallery or take new one, select a frame and generate a sweat framed photo of your loved one.Love Photo Frames

Features:

  • Very easy to use
  • Add Color Effects to your Photos
  • Share your Photos on Facebook, Twitter or by Email and SMS.
  • Over 60 HD Frames

Average Rating on Google Play Store:

4.5 out of 5 with 8,333 “5 Star” Ratings.

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5. 101 Relationships Tips:

101 Relationship101 Relationships Tips is an application with 101 ways to build, strengthen and improve the relationship. So these 101 ways will help you to overcome all the problems and obstacles you face in your relationship and will enhance your bonding with your partner. There’s nothing much to mention under the features of this applications. Just download this app on your Android device and see if reading one tip everyday brings any positive change in your relationship. It’s like a sort-out app, means sort-out the problems in your relationship.

Average Rating on Google Play Store:

4.5 out of 5 with 877 “5 Star” Ratings.

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6. Countdown Widget:

It’s very important that you remember days like your anniversary, first date, first kiss, your partner’s birthday and other special days. Countdown Widget helps you to remind about those important events of your life. Of course you would not like to lose your relationship because of forgetting the anniversary or birthday of your partner.Countdown Android app

Features:

  • Add Multiple Events to Countdown
  • Beautiful HD Themes
  • Share Graphic-rich Event update on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ or via email
  • Three Countdown Widget Sizes:
     1×1 (Small): Simple Graphics and Days Left Timer
     2×1 (Medium): Moderate Graphics and Days Left Timer with 4 Digits
     3×1 (Large): Rich HD Graphics and Days, Hours & Minutes Timer

Average Rating on Google Play Store:

4.2 out of 5 with 7,826 “5 Star” Ratings.

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These were 6 Best Android Applications for couples which will definitely bring a positive effect on a relationship. So what you guys think about these apps? Do you think any app is missing in this list? Share your precious views below in comments.

Ways to Save Android Battery with Root Access

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Android Battery TipsAccess to Root is great for modifying your system to work faster, smoother and pretty much work like a beast. You can use Root to change boot animations, add customizations and even improve data handling and speed.

There are many ways you can abuse your root access to tax the hardware of our beloved smartphones. Unfortunately, this does tax the battery as well, which leads to one of the most common problems of rooted users – their battery doesn’t last long enough to matter.

Fortunately, there are also things you can do with Root that will help you to improve the battery life of your android phone and making sure your smartphone is smart enough to last a whole day. These tweaks and apps are simply meant to help you on the software side. If you have a hardware battery drain problem, then you need to look elsewhere.

Manage CPU Speed

There are several apps in the Play Store that helps you manage CPU speed. Most of the time, these apps are associated with overclocking, which is making the CPU run at speeds faster than it was set by the manufacturer. This obviously provides a great boost in performance, but it also forces the CPU to drain more battery.

In situations where speed is not an issue, and you can work without the excessive power of your overclocked device, then the best thing you can do is to lower the maximum speed instead. By using the CPU speed manager to lower the actual speed, the CPU will consume less battery in the long run and allow you to keep the phone running for longer periods of time.

Manipulate Active Cores

To further augment the speed and power necessary to run Android to its fullest, manufacturers have baked in multiple core processors with every new generation of Android. We now have dual core and quad core processors in the market and pretty soon, it would seem that an octa-core processor will be added to the fray.

When you plan to keep your phone idle anyway, you can have an app like CPU Sleeper to turn off a core or two to make sure that your CPU can still perform its tasks, but consume less power due to the reduced number of active cores.

Force Deep Sleep

Deep sleep is a state where your phone is at its lowest setting, keeping the phone alive but barely. When in deep sleep, your phone consumes the least amount of battery since it only gets up on a periodical basis to check for SNS and Mail. The rest of the time, it keeps the sync and data use to a minimum.

During deep sleep, the phone stops multitasking or any running background app. This ensures that your phone won’t be consuming battery during that duration of time. Normally, our smartphones enter deep sleep on its own after a set amount of time when the screen is off. With apps like Dee Sleep Battery, we can force the phone to go to Deep Sleep immediately and even modify how long it will be in that state. This is perfect when you yourself have to sleep, or you don’t plan on using the phone much but still want it to be able to receive calls and messages.

Force the Screen Off

Now you may be wondering, why in the world would you want to force the screen off? There are certain situations where the screen is forcibly kept on even if it was not necessary. Situations like when you are connected to a TV to relay video or play games.

In these situations, pressing the power button to turn off the display also locks the screen and forces the running app to come to a halt. With root access, you can minimize the battery drain during these situations by keeping the app alive and working, while forcing the screen to be off. In case you didn’t know, the screen actually is one of the biggest battery drainers in an Android smartphone.

Kill or Freeze Unwanted Apps

For some people, some apps are just plain unnecessary. Still, the manufacturer figured it would be good to have some apps around. Unfortunately, some of these apps that we call “bloatware” are also draining your battery since the manufacturer likes keeping the app running in the background.

With root access, you can effectively kill and freeze these apps so that it won’t run on your phone again until you really wanted them to. This can help keep the battery alive by reducing the strain that the CPU and wireless communications have to exert in keeping these useless apps alive.

Author Bio: Michael Hansomme is an Android writer who focuses on all things root. When he’s not tinkering with the latest new smart phones, you can find him writing about at RescueRoot.com

How To Make Your External Hard Drive Last Through The Ages

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4 Tips For Extending The Lifespan Of Your External Hard Drive

So your external hard drive probably isn’t meant to last for a thousand years—its technology will be long obsolete by then anyway—but that doesn’t meExternal Hard Diskan you shouldn’t do what you can to extend the life of your external drive. After all, whether you use it to back up important files or to store precious pictures, you don’t want your drive going bad before it has to, especially not when you’re unprepared for it. Here are a few simple tips you can use to keep your drive healthy for longer.

Remember an External Drive’s Intended Purpose

Your external hard drive isn’t meant to replace your computer’s internal drive. Rather, external drives should complement them, so don’t use external drives for primary storage. What does this mean? When you are working on a project, such as editing a photo or writing a paper, complete your work and save the changes on the internal drive before moving the finished file to an external drive for back-up and storage. Continuously saving files on your external drive while you are working on them forces the drive to complete the saving protocol multiple times—something external drives aren’t usually built to handle, which keeps them warm and the internal cooling fans running when they normally do not need to. Check out Dell.com for more information about external hard drives.

Earth, Wind, and Fire—Great for Music, Not Your External Drive

In this day and age, it’s pretty unreasonable to think that you don’t expect your tech to go the distance with you. After all, what is portable technology for if not to be taken wherever you go? However, just because your smart phone, netbook, or MP3 player is mobile doesn’t mean that it’s invincible. No, you buy covers and carriers to make sure these items stay protected no matter what your plans. The same principle applies to your external hard drive. Avoid letting it bang around in your bag, briefcase, or backpack. Keeps cords and accessories out of harm’s way, and maintain a safe distance from food and beverages. The more your shield your drive from the elements, the more likely it is that it will live longer.

The Proper Ejection Method

When you’re in a rush, it can be so tempting to just physically remove your external hard drive from your pc because let’s face it: you have done it before and no harm was done, right? Wrong. Continually detaching your external drive from your computer without going through the ejection protocols puts your data at risk and can result in damage errors popping up on the drive, making it harder and harder for you to access your data in the future. Always, always right click, control click, or whatever else your operating systems requires you to do to access the ejection menu when removing your drive so that the computer and the drive can correctly disconnect.

Proper Placement

The most common cause of drive failure is due to knocked over drives. Many drives are designed poorly and often stand up on your desk making them an easy object to tip over. Place your drive in a position that it cannot be tipped over and organize cords in a way that they will not be pulled on when getting up or maneuvering around your desk.

A Final Caution

While external drives may not be meant to last through the next millennium, saving files to your internal drive before moving them to your external hard drive, protecting the drive from physical stress, and properly removing the drive from your computer will all protect it from wearing out before its time, letting you maintain access to important data for longer. Take the time to change your habits today and get the most from your external drive.

Author Bio: has professional and personal interests in technology. As an employee of Dell, he has to stay up to date on the latest innovations in large enterprise solutions and consumer electronics buying trends. Personally, he loves making additions to his media rooms and experimenting with surround sound equipment. He’s also a big Rockets and Texans fan.

Best Practices To Get Better Battery Life For Your Android Phone

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Smart phones have one dumb problem: they run out of power very soon. When you buy a new smart phone it gives you a “using time” of around 8-10 hours. When I say using time, it means using it frequently for calling, playing music and surfing internet. Everything seems fine as 8-10 hours are more than enough for you to survive the day. But as your Android phone grows older, its battery life gets diminished.

I have talked about improving the battery life in laptops earlier. In this post we’ll see the best practices to get a better battery life for your Android device.

Android Battery Problem

Never over charge your phone:

In our busy life, it often happens that we kept charging our phone for hours. Nothing harms the battery as much as the over charging. Newer phones might have smart charging systems that disconnects the circuit once the battery is charged, but it is better not to take chances. So if charging crosses 90% marks, remove it to avoid over charging.

Don’t wait for your battery to discharge completely:

If you think you should charge your Android phone battery (Li-Ion) only when it is about to die, you are wrong. According to this study, if a battery is charged after 50% of use, it will perform better in a long run i.e. over the time of usage, it still will be as good as a new one. So when you have resources available, charge your phone when the battery goes down below 50%. This frequent charging is termed as “partial discharge”

Discharge your battery (almost) completely once a month:

This might sound contradictory to what I just stated above. But there is reason for it. With Lithium-Ion batteries, it is a good practice to discharge the battery fully once a month. Experts believe that “continuous partial discharges create a condition called digital memory, decreasing the accuracy of the device’s power gauge”. This is why you should “almost” completely discharge your battery (say) once a month.

Heat is the enemy of battery:

Battery performs better when it is kept at room temperature (20-30 degree C). Don’t expose the battery to high temperature. Avoid putting your phone in the sun or near cooking stove or any such hot place.

Always use original charger:

Each manufacturer puts great effort and research in its charger. Replacing the original charger with any cheap charger might save you some bucks on the charger but it will harm your battery in long run. I had a dreadful experience with my laptop when I used a universal charger instead of original Dell charger and as a result, my laptop battery died within three months.

Try reset to factory default settings:

If your Android phone suddenly started running out of battery really quickly and it happened after an update, it means there might be some issues with installed apps’ compatibility. The tedious but best solution is to reset your Android phone to factory settings. After the reset, avoid auto-install of the apps from your Google account. Instead try installing them one by one again as you did first when you bought it.

I hope you find these tips helpful. Do you any tricks up your sleeves? Do share it with us.

Why is Social Media Optimization so important?

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Internet is no more a luxury once it used to be; it has become the means for many people on this planet to earn their bread and living. Some are even making handsome money by working from home and being their own boss. With the increase in web users’ population, internet has seen many revolutionary changes.

First came the revolution of search engines thanks to daddy ‘Google’! Then came the social media and social networking sites, thanks to ‘Facebook’(the biggest of them all!). Now, there is no more a definite distinction between offline and online businesses as the two have been merged by many small and big brands; all thanks to social media.

It has become important for everybody on web to make their presence felt by beating others in the same genre. Thus came the concept of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and everybody were in the battle field trying to optimize their sites, content and products sources so that they were ranked better by search engines. To this date, SEO best practices are being followed by webmasters and companies.

Promotion is always a necessary evil to businesses. Promoting products and stuff by paying for advertising or by word of mouth i.e. the free publicity is all good for business. This means you want people to spread the word and social sites are here to make it happen. As always you need to do your bit to make that happen, tada- SMO (Social Media Optimization) jumps into the picture.

What is SMO?

Social Media Optimization is the process of making your content reach as many people by means of social media. This process of publicity or advertising on social media is done by two ways:

  1. Making your content easily sharable by giving the right options to share in the right places of your business sites. For example: Adding Twitter share button to your content will make it possible for people to easily share your content to their followers.
  2. By providing number of options on your site to connect with you on various social media so as to easily reach your followers and people directly with your content. For example: Your facebook fans get your updates directly in their timeline so must be able to allow people to easily like your fan page by giving them a visible link on your site.

To make it precise, SMO is nothing but making your content easily sharable!

Types of social media that many businesses are making part of their marketing campaign

  •     Social Networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, etc.
  •     Social News and bookmarking sites like Digg, Reddit, etc.
  •     Blogs like wordpress, blogspot or dot com, etc.
  •     Wikis, Magazines and Article submission sites like WikiHow, WikiPedia, EZine, etc.
  •     Videos
  •     Content creations through sideshows, etc.
  •     Podcasts
  •     Forums
  •     RSS Feeds
  •     Email and Instant messaging
  •     Photo sharing sites like Flicker, Picassa Web, etc.

Why is SMO important for businesses?

Assuming you know the importance of SEO (Search Engine Optimization), I begin to share my views on how important it is to start SMO for better business.

SMO is different from SEO and yet it is an integral part of SEO.

As search engines are increasingly utilizing the information (recommendations by users which is believed to be non-profit and honest recommendation!) on social media like Google Plus, Facebook, etc to rank the site and pages. The more you reach your audience through social media the better SEO advantage you get by the way of social search.

Not to mention other advantages like:

  1.      increase in your sales as you reach more potential audience,
  2.      increase in traffic to your blogs or sites by which you can make more money,
  3.     increase in social networking and contacts which may open up more business in future,
  4.     it has great marketing and brand building advantages,
  5.     builds live customer relationships and allows to address any issues thereby gaining the reputation for customer satisfaction,
  6.     an excellent way to make any announcements directly to your customers and followers,
  7.     the stronger the fan base for you the better social influencer you are considered,
  8.     the huge fan following you build, the more likes and votes you get it implies the more trusted you are on web!
  9.     your strong online presence means more business offline.

With so many advantages at hand there is no doubt why big brands and individuals are buying sponsored reviews for their products, sponsored tweets to spread the word, etc. SMO is also an important part and strategy for Online Reputation Management (ORM) and also you can to some extent measure Return On Engagement (ROI). Therefore, make your content easily sharable and also make your presence on social media so people can connect with you for more content.

Just a Tip: There is no way out to beat the great content people always want to share. Content is king and it will always be so no matter what. So create great content and amazing products so that your prospects and potential customers are instigated not only to buy or invest in you but also recommend the same to their friends and followers by sharing it.

Are you Social Media Optimized? Share more tips with us.

10 Things What Not To Do On Twitter

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What not to do on twitter?

Twitter is an amazing stress buster for some and it is the most effective business and marketing tool for others. This microblog which allows you to tweet your thoughts in 140 characters looks clean and simple. People learn about what can be done and how it needs to be done. But just like everywhere else in this world, twitter is bound by it’s own etiquette. It’s not enough to know ‘what to do with your twitter account’, it is equally important to know ‘what not to do on twitter’?

10) Do you Tweet every moment of your day:

       7:00 a.m.  What a lovely sunny day? Good morning

       7:01 a.m.   I am in loo with iPad in hand!

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      12:30p.m.  Lunch looks good, I love my meat!!! Here is the pic…

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     11.00p.m    I am dead, off to bed!

We all know that. Each one of us on this earth or atleast people on twitter do the same through out the day. Eat, sleep and pass! Why do you think other person is interested in knowing stuff like this?

9) What’s that #junk filled #jargon of #tweets with all the #possible and #impossible #hashtags in a #single tweet???

Hashtags and trending topics on twitter are important notes to be hit to make your tweets visible and come alive to the audience outside your list of followers. This will help you gain more friends (!) on twitter. But, you cannot just ask your current followers to jump into the ocean of hashtags and swim against the current of trending topics. They will just ignore your tweet or worse click the unfollow button against your twitter handle.

Using hashtags wisely and effectively is the key to success. Relevant and important two hashtags per tweet is fine, so relax!

8) The oh so desperate tweets begging to follow all live on twitter!

@YouKnowMe @YouDoNotKnowMe please follow me!

Stop being a desperate kid asking for Halloween candies! Prove yourself, be creative and bring some waves to catch the attention. People wants to follow interesting people and tweets with stuff.

7) RT if you agree tweets are yet another way of begging for ‘please I want followers so retweet mine’!

“Ain’t the politics sucking, RT if you agree?”

 If your tweets are irresistible then your followers will automatically retweet them, so chill.

6) Found fun tweets in your feed which says- “@#&ing and **(^ing with blah blah….LOL” or loved a quote in your feed?

Wait, think before hitting retweet. This may be fun for you but the same may be disgusting for your followers especially if you are trying to build followers for your business or for the sake of some strategy. Always tweet and retweet what interests your audience (followers) not the ones that inspires.

5) Amazingly annoying tweets are the ones that are sequels and carry the story for 2, 3 …. tweets!

 @IamIdiot I have a lot to say and I want to say it all on twitter…..

 @IamInsane …. but the twitter is not allowing me to complete my words….

 @KillMe …. it says the maximum limit to number of characters is 140…..

 @spareme …. omg, I need to take a restroom break but will continue once I am back….

 @OMG….. but I am not done yet……

Wow! This is amazing, isn’t it? Twitter is specifically designed to convey the message in short and you are trying to write blog posts on it! I think you need to sign up for tumblr and try writing your heart’s content on it! All the best.

4) Etiquette is everywhere, so don’t be under the notion that twitter is different. One such is Followback etiquette.

Are you one of those who follow people only with a hope that they might follow you back? Or, you follow back people only because you think they might unfollow you if you do not follow them? Then don’t worry you are not alone who do so to get or retain followers. Following back people is like an old and traditional etiquette of twitter. Many individuals and even big brands and companies do the same. But believe me, this is not really going to help you.

You may take pride in looking at the figure against the word followers on your profile but then that is the only false advantage you will get out of it. I have tried doing it but soon realized I was just another fool among others! The moment I unfollowed all the possible followees, I lost as many as 80 followers in hardly 10mins! Such followers are not at all interested in what you have to say, sell or give them.

Stop yelling at people through direct messages for not following back. Rather try and be interesting so that people are forced not just to follow you but also listen and act to your tweets.

3) Integrating social media with one another has become a need for many social media experts, PR personals and niche people.

Facebook integration for automated updates of tweets on your facebook profile or fan page is little tricky and at times becomes messy!

While you have an option to update your profile status with your tweet automatically by doing the needful, you may however screw it up if undone with appropriate reasons and methods. You may have followers who follow you both on twitter and facebook. By integrating the two medias you are providing them duplicates for every tweets. However, if you feel the need to save time and you think your audience will appreciate then go ahead and do it the right way!

2) Without a complete profile on twitter you are nowhere! Never under do your profile.

Whenever people come across your twitter account they are interested in knowing about you, your whereabouts and what-abouts. So tell them and let them decide if they want to follow you or not. Let them relate to your business or affiliates. Let them know if you interests and theirs match or not. Make the right connections through your complete profile for the right benefits.

1) Beware, Dogs on board! Never react or entertain them.

Like a place elsewhere on road and internet there are dogs everywhere always waiting for that one opportunity when you might fall prey for their bullying! Spam, hoaxe and automatic bolts are active and alive in your direct message boxes. This one is recent where you see a message saying “OMG, what do you think you are doing in this video —link—?”

Are you on your toes to click and see your video? Then hold on. It’s a spam and the moment you click on it, your followers would have received the same message in their direct boxes which is sent by you!!! Care the least when you are public on medias like this so that you save your reputation with your followers by not spamming them knowingly or unknowingly. Also, retweeting rumors is one of the biggest mistakes you may do on twitter.

Do you have more to add to the list of things not to do on twitter? Let us know your good and bad experiences.

Best practices to get better Battery Life for your laptop

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With the time the performance of Laptop battery changes drastically. A new one gives a backup of around 3 Hrs easily but in a year only it comes down to 1.5 Hrs or may be low. That makes one think how to get better battery life for laptop. Its always good to use the best practices to get the best out of your Battery. These are some of tips to extend the battery life:

  • A laptop battery’s health deteriorates the more you charge and discharge it, running it from a power source will make your battery remain in a state of charge/recharge. Instead, when your battery gets to near 100% charged, unplug it from the power and plug it in again when it is low.
  • Avoid frequent full discharges because this puts additional strain on the Li-ion battery. While on the other hand for nickel-cadmium batteries, discharge the battery completely at least once in a month.
  • If you are using your laptop more as a desktop, I would suggest you to remove its battery and use directly from power supply.
  • Never use your laptop directly on bed. If you have to use it on bed put some hard stuff under it.  If you look closely on the back of your laptop, it stands on four miniature legs, which allow the heat to pass from it. When you put it on bed or some other surfaces like it, there will be no space for heat to pass and it can harm your computer and the battery in long run.
  • Try cleaning your laptop battery contacts at least once every few months. This can be done by using a cotton swab and alcohol.
  • It is also a good practice to charge the battery when your laptop is turned off.
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