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The best London Mobile Pone apps you need in your life

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I’m not going to lie, if it wasn’t for a select number of phone apps, I don’t think I would have made it this far in my London journey. I probably would have got lost one night and never found my way back. Not only do I use apps to find where the hell I am half the time, I use them everyday to get myself home/to work/to the pub, hail cabs, find the best happy hour deals and book my gym classes.
Here’s a list of my favourite London phone apps that you should get your hands on:
(most of the links I’ve used are for IOS but loads of these are avail on Android too)

Citymapper – I talk/write about this one a lot. The only app you need to find your way anywhere in London – whether you’re using transport, walking or cycling. They’ve just updated the app to include Boris Bikes too which is amazing – it shows you where the closest Bike Hire station is and how many available bikes (or empty bike spots) there are at each station.

WhatsApp – If you haven’t already got it, get it. No one uses real texts in London, it’s all Whatsapp and group chats.
Hailo – The best way to hail a black cab when there are none around. Although more expensive, black cabs are much better and more reliable than Uber, which seems to be getting more unreliable as the weeks roll by. In saying that, there’s always a time and a place for Uber too.
Lloyds – If you bank with Lloyds, they have an amazing internet banking app.
Deliveroo – Last weekend I ordered Honest Burgers (my fave burgers in London) and they were delivered to my front door within half an hour on a Saturday night. It was totally brilliant. Deliveroo pretty much go to loads of restaurants who don’t deliver and pick up your take-away for you, you’ll notice their motorbikes all around town these days.
Skyscanner – One of my favourite ways to pass the time is going through this app and finding ridiculously cheap flights to cities I’ve never heard of before. It’s so easy to use, it compares all the airlines to find the cheapest and also lets you monitor flight prices if there’s anywhere in particular that you need to go.
Met Office – What I consider to be the most reliable weather app. I check it every night before bed and again in the morning to know whether I’ll get away with cycling into work or not.

Spare Room – Best app to use when looking for a new place to live. Super easy to lose track of time and spend hours scrolling through potential flats and crying into a glass of wine about how little space you get for such massive chunks of money.
Bus London – For all the bus stops that don’t have live boards showing when the next 10 buses are coming, this app has all the info for you. It’s perfect if you catch buses regularly (though the ads can be quite annoying sometimes)
ASOS – A dangerous one but I love scrolling through the endless stream plus the mobile version remembers which things you look at most and learns your style, so it can order the items in a way that brings your favourite styles to the top. Technology ey. I also recently downloaded ‘Grabbie’ which is like Tinder for high street shopping – swipe right if you love it, left if you don’t, and you can set alerts if the things you love go on sale, and also buy directly through the app with free shipping. I haven’t bought anything yet but I’m enjoying all the swiping.
Happn – Speaking of Tinder, Happn seems to be where it’s at. All the single ladies (all the single ladies). It finds the people you’ve crossed paths with, so you’re more likely to have things in common and it’s a bit less sleazy than Tinder.
Dojo – Lists the best things to do in London & ‘finds hidden gems’. I only downloaded this recently and always forget to use it, but the concept is great, especially if you’re new to London and want to discover as many new spots and possible. It’s also very easy on the eye…

Which apps can you not live without in London?
Author - Cattelya Angel
Editor - Himaloy Himu

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Bloggers DMCA Badges to Protect Your Blog Contents from Copying

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Need protection for your blog or website? Here we go..

How does it feel when you find that someone has copied your site’s contents without any permission?

It feels terrible. A few days back, I found a blog on which someone copied all posts of mine. He even copied images from my blog. Before taking any action, I thought I should add a DMCA Protection Badge to my blog.

If you are not aware about DMCA, here is some information for you. DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) is a United States copyright law that controls to copyrighted works. The aim of DMCA is to protect the right of intellectual property online.
You can add a DMCA Protection Badge to your blog to deter content thieves and protect your content. It will make content thieves hesitate when they try to copy your contents. Here is an example of DMCA Badge.

Why DMCA?

File a DMCA Takedown if your content is stolen.
Monitor your pages through DMCA.com’s secure Portal.
Get a DMCA.com Protection Status Certificate to deter content theft.
Pro plan to Perform DMCA Takedowns, scan for copies of your content, find out who is ripping you off and much more.

How to Add DMCA Badge to WordPress Blog

It’s very easy to add a DMCA badge to your blog. It won’t take more than five minutes of you.
At first, go to DMCA Badges page and register your account by filling your First Name, Last Name, Company Name, Email Address.
If you want to create a free account, then just click on ‘Submit’. I would suggest you to start with free account. Later you can upgrade to Pro if needed.

Once you’ve logged to your account, you will find DMCA Protection Badge there. Though there is a WordPress Plugin that lets you install protection badges on your site, but I won’t suggest you to install a plugin just to add a badge where you can do it by adding a widget.
Now you need to select a badge and copy the code. Add a text widget in your blog sidebar/footer and paste the code there. (Quick Guide: Login to WordPress > Appearance > Widgets > Arbitrary text or HTML > Paste the Code > Add it to Sidebar/footer).

That’s it. You are done. DMCA bot will crawl your site soon and your contents will be protected under DMCA act. DMCA badge cannot stop someone to copy contents from your blog. But this badge will discourage content thieves to copy your content. If you find someone has copied your content, just ask DMCA to take action.

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