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The fellas at Microsoft are constantly at work especially with the number of projects in the Android department.  The developers at Microsoft recently released an Android lock screen app that almost doubled as a second home screen. This android app is known as Pictureesque Lock Screen.  Picturesque Lock Screen feels almost like a second home screen. It features multiple screens that you scroll through and adds a Bing search bar, a customizable news feed, weather reports, device notifications, shortcuts to frequently used apps and settings toggles. It also pulls in the daily Bing homepage image to use as a background and lets you swipe through images from the past week to use.  Although the app may be carrying so much information on the lock screen for those that have loaded widget on their lock screen, it may still be useful in one way or the other. It will be suited mostly for those that want to quickly have access to their apps and informat...

Few weeks back, we talked about an Android intelligent lockscreen app called Cover. The app is a smart lock screen that would display apps on your locked screen based on where you are at the moment. For example, if you are driving, your locked screen would contain apps like Google Maps, Email app and maybe Phone app to allow you quickly get things done. However, if you are in a different place, your locked screen would contain other set of applications relative to where you are located. Cover is able to this by noticing the app you use most frequently in certain places and adapts to it. It learns location and gives you the best lockscreen that would fit that environment. Also, Cover doesn't drain battery at all. In fact, the creators had to work tirelessly to make sure that battery usage is kept to the minimum. Accurate motion sensing helps Cover to determine when you are in a car driving or moving on feet. This accuracy helps it to position apps that are necessary ...