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Flipboard on android

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  Flipboard offers recently been understand being the very good press intake app about the iPad for your very long time. This enables customers to be able to search through personalized information in a minimalistic magazine-like design. The particular application became in existence on the apple iphone far more recently, and today, is usually out at this time there in Android gadgets by way of the Yahoo Play store. Kindle Flames and also Space Tablet proprietors can furthermore download that by way of their particular private app merchants. Flipboard logoAlong coming from the actual brand-new Google android version from the iphone app, Flipboard for apple company ipad and iPhone furthermore acquired improvements. All designs from the app now support the particular social networking Google+. Inside previous, a user could link Twitter as well as Myspace, and also information via those feeds would seem in Flipboard. With this new update, users can connect their own Google+ account abo

Samsung Galaxy S III

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The latest and greatest Android device has hit the US, a little less than a month after it reached Europe. The Samsung Galaxy S III is now available for purchase through T-Mobile . Other carriers will start selling the device within the next few weeks. Samsung Galaxy S III - Marble White The S III is an Android smartpho ne running the latest version of the mobile operating system, Android 4.0, or Ice Cream Sandwich. It features a large 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED touchscreen, an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera, a 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera, 16 gigabytes of internal memory, 4G LTE service, and a quad-core CPU. Samsung provides in addition developed in many exciting features, including Smart Continue to be. Smart Stay will not likely let the screen to darker in case you usually are nevertheless browsing at it. Another enjoyable element is known as Direct Call up. Consequently if the individual can be sending a person some sort of text concept and determines to call the perso

Review: PressReader brings 2100+ Newspapers Directly to You

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The world is moving away from traditional mediums. Fast. Mail have become email. Phone calls have become Skype. And now newspapers are slowly going digital. But going to each newspaper or magazine's website or app can be difficult and inconsistent. That's where PressReader comes in. PressReader is a multi-platform service that brings over 2100 newspapers and magazines directly to your iPhone. Or any other platform you could think of. PressReader offers apps for Android ( Gingerbread or Honycomb ), the BlackBerry Playbook , the Apple iPad and iPhone , and both Windows Phone and Windows 7 Slate PC . They also offer apps for both Windows and Mac , as well as legacy versions for both BlackBerry phones and Windows Mobile phones. So, yeah, they've got an app for any device you'll ever use. And all the devices you'll never use. And they're all free apps. But what exactly does PressReader do? It allows you to subscribe to and read specific newspapers and magaz

Instagram finally available for Android

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Instagram, the quite well-known photo sharing app, has finally been released on Android. As we reported earlier, the Android version of this well-liked app has been from the doing to your while, but hit Google Play (formerly known as the Android Market. Confusing, right?) today. This app brings the same photo-sharing functionality as the iOS version did. It allows you to eat or import a photo, a cool retro filters, and share it out for your globe to see. The app has been so popular, in fact, that Kevin Systrom, CEO of Instagram, stated that it have been logging 2 , 000 new sign-ups a minute. Not bad. The app can be downloaded for free from Google Play here . More information can be found at instagram.com . Will you be downloading the free new Android app? Why or why not? Answer in the comments.

Instagram coming to Android

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Instagram is a popular iOS app that allows you to share photos with friends and followers, as well as add cool retro-looking filters to the photos you share. Click this link  to read more about Instagram.  Android users have never been able to use Instagram, as it is an iOS exclusive. Well, was an iOS exclusive.  At South by Southwest, a geek conference in Austin, Texas, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom announced that Instagram would be coming to Android pretty soon. He says that currently, the Android Version is in a private beta testing stage, and will be "coming soon". "In some ways, it's better than our iOS app. It's crazy", said Systrom. In addition, he announced that the iOS version of the app, which was featured as Apple's iPhone App of the Year in 2011, had reached over 27 million downloads. Although we still don't know exactly when Android users will gain access to this great service, as Instagram co-founder says, it's coming soon. So

Google Currents: News made Beautiful

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Google recently announced their new news-aggregation application, called Google Currents . Currents allows users to browse many content providers (magazines, blogs, etc.), and add them to their Currents, where they would have easy access to their articles, as well as a beautiful way to browse what might interest you. Currents is available as a free app for iPhone and iPad, as well as both Android phones and tablets. To add a publication, called by currents an "edition", you simply search for the content you want, or find it using the "featured" section, or from any of the categories, and add it to your currents. However, as this is a fairly new service, don't expect to find every publication that you read. Once you have added all of your desired editions, you can tap on any of them to view the content in a beautiful, minimalist design.  Publishers can add content via a simple webpage , and can choose to add more than just simple articles. Publishers can add an u

5 Android Apps you Need: App 5

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This is the final post of a five part series. Read the fourth post here . So we've been pretty productive with our first four apps, and it's time to have some fun. If you follow sports of any kind, this free app from ESPN.com , is a great download. Called ESPN ScoreCenter , the app puts sports news, videos, scores, and more, in the hand of the user. The app allows you to what's going on in tens of different leagues, including the big ones like NFL, MLB, and NBA, and the smaller ones, like Formula 1, NCAA Water polo, and Cricket. The app offers live scores, news, videos, and more for free, ad-free, from ESPN. LauncherPro for Android Although the design's not the prettiest, it's definitely a lot better than many other apps, making this sports-lover's app a sure download. It can be downloaded for free from the Android Market , or ESPN.com . Now, I promised in the App 2 post that App 5 would contain a special bonus app. So, here goes. Everyone knows that User Inter

5 Android Apps you Need: App 4

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This is the fourth part of a five part series. Read the third post here . Check back next Monday for the last part of the series. The only thing you really can't live without is food, and grocery shopping is never such a fun experience. Make it easier with Grocery iQ , a free app from Coupons.com , which allows you to create personalized shopping lists, get free coupons, and much more. Coupons on Grocery iQ When starting with Grocery iQ, you make a list of all of the stores you shop at, and then personalize the aisles in each store, so you know which store has which aisles. Although this is a slightly tedious process, when you're done with it, it's worth it. You then add grocery items to your list, and add each item to one or more of the stores on your list, and specify which aisle each item is located in. When you then go shopping, you simply click the name of the store, and you see the list of all of the items you need at that store, and which specific aisle it's loca

5 Android Apps you Need: App 3

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This is the second part of a five part series. Read the second post  here . Look out for more every Monday and Thursday. Welcome back to 5 Android Apps you Need. Now that you're reading and chatting , it's time to get some watching done. Netflix , a free app from Netflix.com , allows users to stream thousands of movies and TV shows, with a small monthly fee. We've talking about Netflix a few times before , but never really in detail. Also, we've never talked about the mobile app, so here goes. With a $7.99 a month Netflix subscription, users can choose from thousands of movies and TV shows to stream, ad-free, immediately. Although Netflix has a lot of movies for those who like less popular stuff, it also has it's fair share of the more popular content as well, including Mad Men, Super 8, and Secretariat. There's also plenty of stuff for the kids, including, SpongeBob SquarePants, Toy Story 3, and Blue's Clues. Netflix is also available on, well, almost any

ASUS Announces the Padfone, A Tablet/Phone Combo

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For a few days, there has been some rumors and speculation about ASUS' new tablet device, thought to be called the Padfone. All rumors were wither denied or confirmed at today's official unveiling of the Padfone. The Padfone was announced earlier today during the first day of the Computex exhibition in Taiwan.  The idea of the Padfone is that it will sell as a tablet/phone combo running Android. When one needs a bigger screen, say, for watching a movie or playing a game, you can just slide the phone into a slot in the back of the tablet, and your screen is suddenly magically bigger. The tablet also has a bigger battery in it, so when your phone is low on juice, you can just pop it into the back of the tablet, and it will start charging.  With the Padfone, there is no need to buy a separate data plan for both the phone and tablet, because the tablet can just use the 3G data connection built into the docked phone. Although it is unclear whether the tablet part of the Padfone will