Runtastic Altimeter Pro: Find Your Altitude, Weather Info & GPS Bearings [iPhone]

For anyone who’s a sports and fitness enthusiast, and a smartphone user at the same time, runtastic can’t be an unfamiliar name. The company prides itself for creating numerous fitness apps catering to a multitude of smartphone platforms, including iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone 7 and Bada OS. What makes runtastic apps stand out above their competitors, is their finesse and usability, not to mention reliable reporting. We even reviewed Runtastic Pro back when it went free in January, and have kept a keen eye out for any similar deals. Well, thankfully, we’re in luck, for Runtastic Altimeter Pro for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad just went free in the iTunes App Store, and we’ll explore what the app is all about just next. Read More

Spontacts: Socialize With Like-Minded People In Your Location [Android]

You may have never noticed, but your city might actually have plenty of joy, excitement and adventure to offer. It’s all about exploring the fun, and you’d be hard-pressed a better means that can serve said cause than the famous cross-platform Android and iOS app, Spontacts. The app’s name is a mixture of two terms, spontaneous and contacts, and its purpose is exactly the same as the name suggests. Spontacts is all about spontaneously exploring like-minded people/contacts in your vicinity, and indulging in various fun-filled activities with them. The app lets you explore public events, places and activities in a location of interest, and helps you find people whom you can share your thoughts and time with. Based on the user interests and preferences, the app also suggests various people and events that enliven your social life. Can’t find enough attractive content? May be it’s time for you to announce and share your own personal events with the nearby residents, and invite them to be a part of the fun. With Spontacts, you can make friends with new people from your vicinity, and closely follow their activities, likes, dislikes et al right from your mobile device. Initially available only to iOS users, Spontacts services are now ready to be availed by Android users, too. Read More

Diagnosis: Monitor Real-Time Resource Usage By Individual Android Apps

There are lots of system and activity monitoring apps in the Android Market, such as Cool Tool, Elixir 2 and Android System Info, but not all display real-time statistics pertaining to consumption of various system resources by individual apps, and that too via a customizable, persistent on-screen panel. Enter Diagnosis; developed by XDA member Dark3n, Diagnosis helps you find exactly how much system and network resources are being consumed by the operating system in general, and each running app. In addition, the app keeps a close tab on all the core components of your Android device, including battery, CPU, memory, network traffic and apps, maintains a statistical usage history of each, and provides you with a chance to customize and select from as many as ten different styles for the on-screen panel. Read More

Exclusive: How To Create A Computer Activity Monitoring Software For Free

Editor’s Notes: Sometimes it is better not to pay for a software. We at AddictiveTips do our best to find out ways to solve a problem for free without having to pay for a commercial software. One tool alone cannot quite accomplish a task, this is why we are going to use multiple tools to create our very own Computer Activity Monitoring Software. This method can be followed by almost everyone, since it does not require even a single line of code to be written. ;) By definition, a computer activity monitoring software means a tool that can monitor the activity without the person knowing that he is being watched. Auto Clicker Typer is not a monitoring tool, but we will convert it into one by making some clever modifications.

Installing and Setting Up Auto Clicker Typer

To begin, first install Auto Clicker Typer. Once done, open it and check the Record Cursor Movement checkbox. Read More

Record Keyboard Activity And Mouse Movement/Clicks

Auto Clicker Typer is a free tool for Windows that records all keyboard and mouse activity and then let’s you reply it later. In my opinion, it can come handy if you have a friend fixing your computer and you are not near him, then what you can do is to start this tool before he begins the repair work and watch it later when is leaves. In this way you can know how he repaired the problem. ;)

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How To Monitor MSN Messenger Chat Activity In Your Entire Network

Do you have a network at home and want to monitor all chat activities of your family members? Sometimes one must monitor the chat activity of their kids to keep them safe. There are many other uses of monitoring chat activities. I have found few software that do such jobs, but nothing comes close to Unipeek MSN Monitor. It is a powerful free monitoring tool designed to both monitor and save chat messages instantly.

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Monitor Or Track Your Computer Activity With Super WinSpy

All computers are trackable but monitoring them requires expensive and clunky software. If you are looking to find history of a user activity on your computer but don't want the hassle of having to search them manually in all places, you will find Super Winspy to be a nice little tool that gets the job done. It is a computer activity monitoring utility that is both powerful and free. It has some basic features that lets you monitor your computer’s basic activity such as URL history, Address Bar, Recent Documents, Search History, and more. Read More