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Labyrinth Lite for Android - free labyrinth game

Labyrinth Lite by illusion Labs is one of the most downloaded Labyrinth games for Android. It has 10 Easy levels and 10 Hard levels in it's free version.

You can install this game from the Play store in your Android phone. Search under the Games menu for "Labyrinth". You will find several names in the search results. Look for the one shown below in the picture.

The Jungle Book by Fox & Sheep

The Jungle Book by Fox and Sheep is a free to download multimedia storybook. It tells us the story of Mogli in 12 slides each lasting for one minute each. The pictures, animations and background narration is great. The size of this App is 50 MB.

Pinball Pro for Android

Pinball Pro by TerranDroid Board is one of the most downloaded Pinball games for Android. It has five different themes. Each theme offers a refreshing different pinball playing experience. There are great sound effects and also there is vibration feedback. Once you select a theme the game begins. You can press and release your finger anywhere on the screen to launch the ball. And you can control the flappers by touching anywhere on the left and the right portion of the screen. You will find it quite engaging game. This is one of the well made games than other ones in it's category.

Scrutiny of movie ticket booking apps

Are you willing to give this level of access to an App on your smartphone just to book a movie ticket?

If you want to book a movie ticket to watch a show at the time of your convenience you would like to book the ticket from one of the apps on your smartphone. Right?

In the past when you went to watch a movie, there was an intrinsic air of anonymity in the movie watching experience.

That is how it should be. But wait, have you ever looked at the permissions your movie booking app makes you to agree to when you were installing it. Now look at permissions list of the most downloaded movie booking apps.

BookMyShow

You can read the details given on the permissions pop up on the App's page
under Additional Information > Permissions - view details

Scrutiny of Gas booking Apps for Bharatgas Indane and HP

Does the official HP Gas App really need to have so much access to your smart phone?

Look at the following images of the Official lpg cylinder booking App by HP (Hindustan Petroleum)

In this mobile security awareness series I will look at different categories of Android Apps and scrutinize the permissions an app seeks during installation on your smartphone. I hope this scrutiny will bring awareness among Android smartphone users to determine essential and non-essential permissions that an app may ask for in a particular App. I will also compare these permissions among most popular apps in that category.

Fruits Photos by Wordex Team

Today we will learn about an Educational App that introduces names of Fruits and Vegetables to kids. This app is developed by Wordex Team. This app includes flash cards of 18 Fruits, 17 Vegetables, 8 Dry Fruits, a Memory game and a matching game

You can install this App from the Play store in your Android phone. Search under the App menu for "Fruit Photos". You will find several names in the search results. Look for the one shown below in the picture.

Fruits and Vegetables by Premium Software

Today we will learn about an Educational App that introduces names of Fruits and Vegetables to kids. This app is developed by a company named "Premium software". This app includes flash card of 48 Fruits and 42 Vegetables.

You can install this App from the Play store in your Android phone. Search under the App menu for "Fruits and Vegetables Premium". You will find several names in the search results. Look for the one shown below in the picture.

If you touch the App's name in the search results, its introductory installation screen looks like the one below. Here you will be able to read more info about the App

Good thing about this App is that it does not require any special permissions during installation. This is a matter to be noted, because quite often you will find that some Apps ask for a number of permissions which are really not necessary for the functioning of the App itself. The developers may have some other motives in it, particularly to exploit the installation on your smartphone to its maximum to gain advertizing revenue. in some cases someone maliciously may be able to steal your personal and confidential information form your smartphone. So one can not stress enough about the need to scrutinize the Permissions sought out by an App during installation.