#nwplyng is an social music sharing application that allows users to share music based on context with their friends and family. The app is available on Android Smartphone handsets and can be download at the Google Play Store. It will be available on iOS device soon. Design: We checked the app on our Android smartphone (Micromax A90S) and found the app to be aesthetically pleasing: it follows Android's Holo UI guidelines and sports a clean layout, something which most Indian apps do not seem to follow. Features - Social Signing In: To use the app users need to Sign up on the app using either of the three social logins: Facebook, Twitter, and Foursqare. The process was simple enough and involved connecting to social networking site and choosing a username. - Music Timeline: Like any other social networking platform, users can follow #nwplyng users or follow their friends from Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare that are already using the #nyplyng platform. The Home tab features the activity timeline from the accounts one follows, and users can either like or comment on the activity. They can check-in to music by clicking on the #nwplyng icon on top right. With each check-in, users can add context through a YouTube video, their location, a picture and a comment. - Shazam-like music detection: The app scans the music from the users stock music player to make it easier for the user to share a song. Apart from that, user can manually search for a song or use the audio…
