SAN FRANCISCO, June 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- With summer
travel quickly approaching, Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE: CMCM), the
world's leading mobile applications provider and the innovative
makers of the free Clean Master utility app for Android, announces
the Top 10 Travel Apps that are least likely to slow device
performance, and tips to keep phones running smoothly all summer
long. Cheetah Mobile surveyed the most popular travel apps and
ranked them based on the amount of junk or cache files they leave
behind in a person's phone, revealing that not all travel apps are
created equal with Travelocity, Orbitz and Yelp as top
performers.
These Top 10 Travel Apps, along with the Clean Master app, can
keep smartphones secure and junk free, helping everyone go the
distance this summer. Some travel apps can leave behind more
megabytes of junk than the size of the app itself. Junk files take
up memory and slow phone performance.
The list below detail apps that aren't heavy packers, keeping
travel light:
Rank
|
App
|
System
Cache
|
1
|
Travelocity
|
187 KB
|
2
|
Orbitz
|
320 KB
|
3
|
Yelp
|
389 KB
|
4
|
Priceline
|
1.96 MB
|
5
|
Expedia
|
3.84 MB
|
6
|
Travelzoo
|
4.57 MB
|
7
|
Kayak
|
5.80 MB
|
8
|
TripAdvisor
|
7.85 MB
|
9
|
Airbnb
|
12.50 MB
|
10
|
Hotels.com
|
16.90 MB
|
"Across the U.S. people are preparing for their summer
vacations, and chances are they'll be using travel apps when
booking hotels, checking flight status or to find a place to eat
while visiting a new city," said Ruimin
Huang, product manager, Cheetah Mobile. "Being aware of
which apps are best for a phone can make a big difference, giving a
person more storage room for vacation pictures, longer battery life
and faster data processing to play games and connect with friends
on social media."
Clearing junk files and stored data regularly frees up phone
memory and deletes any vulnerable personal information. The free
Clean Master app for Android does all this, improving device
performance by cleaning cache files, optimizing device memory and
providing complete protection against viruses, Trojans and
malware.
To ensure smartphone users everywhere are safe and can get the
most out of their phones this travel season, Clean Master offers
the following tips to help ensure device performance.
- Disable automatic time zones/time and set the clock manually.
This stops a device from constantly requesting location/time
data.
- Reduce the push frequency of email, weather and social media
apps.
- When finished with an app, manually shut it down instead of
pushing it to run in the background.
- Disable giving location based information to apps unless
necessary (i.e. maps, dating, etc.)
- Turn off GPS when it's not needed.
- Use Clean Master's ranked Top 10 Travel Apps that leave behind
less junk than other travel apps.
Download Clean Master and CM
Security for free in Google Play.
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About Cheetah Mobile
Cheetah Mobile, Inc. (NYSE: CMCM)
is a leading mobile Internet company that provides mission-critical
applications, including Clean Master, Battery Doctor, CM Security,
and Photo Grid. As the top mobile app provider in both Google Play
and Apple App Store, Cheetah Mobile's vision is to offer a speedy,
simple and more secure mobile experience for users everywhere. An
international company, Cheetah Mobile has offices and RD centers in
San Francisco and
Beijing.
SOURCE Cheetah Mobile Inc.