We are entering the last month of 2014 and what better way to start than by knowing what the 63 essential applications for any smartphone user are for Google.
We have selected some of them and we want to go deeper so that you know what their usefulness is and what each one offers.
Shazam: application that allows music identification. With the microphone built into smartphones and their database, they make the name of the song, the artist, the album and links of interest such as iTunes, YouTube or Spotify available to you in just seconds. Thanks to Shazam we can enjoy that song that was playing on the television commercial but we didn't know its name or the name of the new single by our favorite artist that is playing on the radio.
Telegram: It is the fashionable application and one of the alternatives that aims to dethrone the almighty WhatsApp, which currently has 430 million users around the world on its servers. Comparisons are odious and at the same time familiar and essential when choosing one or the other. So let's briefly break down what the strengths of this application are compared to the leader in this sector.
– Security: one of the negative aspects surrounding WhatsApp is the accumulation of numerous security problems that make it easier for hackers to intercept our messages. Telegram was born under the motto "Recovering our right to privacy" and they have made that phrase one of the basic guidelines from which to work.
– Temporary and secret chats: both applications offer the exchange of messages but Telegram has captivated its users by giving them the possibility of sending said messages in a set period of time.
– Free and free: the famous "boom" that WhatsApp has generated when €0,89 appears after clicking download does not happen with Telegram, whose company assures that they will never introduce advertising nor will it cost money.
– Chats in groups: even if the maximum number allowed is not reached, the larger the number of members allowed, the more the user values it. 50 on Whatsapp and 200 on Telegram. If you add to that the possibility of sending photos, audios, videos and documents of up to 1 Gb, the company transmits good feelings.
– Free software: another advantage over WhatsApp is that the software is free, that is, the application allows you to modify the source. An insignificant detail for many but important to take into account for others. The more an application offers and the more needs it covers, the greater the number of downloads.
These are five of the main differences that classify Telegram as the main alternative, who knows if in the future it will stop being an alternative and become the benchmark for instant messaging.
