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Google News: New Tablet Layout

December 13, 2012
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Google has been very busy updating its apps to support tablets which makes sense since the release of the Nexus 10 tablet. Yesterday we saw Google Currents get updated with a brand new look and much improved experience. Although there isn’t a Google News app, the webpage has a new look and navigation when viewing [...]

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Google Currents: Updated to 2.0 with new UI Improvements

December 12, 2012
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Since the release of the Nexus 10 tablet, Google has been updating their apps to support the 10 inch form factor. Today, Google Currents was updated with a brand new interface. The old app was pretty stale and very unappealing, specially compared to the newer magazine apps like Flipboard and Zite. Google Currents version 2.0 brings [...]

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NYTimes for Android: Updated with Tablet Support

December 12, 2012
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It seems that lately many apps are being updated with tablet support. I’m sure this is in part due to Google since the introduction of the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablet. Finally, the NY Times decided to update their app with tablet support incorporating different layouts based on screen size. This is way overdue [...]

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PostTV: A New Washington Post Nightly Newscast

October 8, 2012
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The Washington Post has released a new app in the Google Play Store that is a bit unique. The apps flagship program is the The Fold which brings you the day’s news in short videos of five minutes or less. There are about four to five video segments each day and you can skip to [...]

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BBC News: Get the Latest International News

February 17, 2012
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Although the BBC News site has been available to any Android device with a browser for some time, it has taken a while for the app-based version to get officially launched in a tablet-friendly format. Thankfully this drought ended in January 2012 and the BBC News app is available in all its big-screen glory for [...]

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gReader: Best Google Reader RSS Client on Kindle Fire

January 12, 2012
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RSS is a great way to keep up with the immense amount of websites and information on the web. I couldn’t imagine trying to keep up with all the Android and tablet news without a good RSS client. Google Reader is by far one my most used Google apps besides Gmail. Unfortunately, one lacking feature [...]

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USA Today: Kindle Fire Edition Has Arrived

January 4, 2012
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USA Today has been available on Android for a while but now it’s arrived on the Amazon Kindle Fire. I have previously included this app as part of my Top News Apps due to the great design and clean interface. It seems that USA Today has not missed a beat in the Kindle Fire edition and [...]

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PressReader for Honeycomb: Read Full Newspapers on Your Tablet

December 16, 2011
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Reading a newspaper is its own experience that some just won’t give up. Personally, I like the content of newspapers but don’t want to deal with the paper anymore. Books have gone digital with a successful model of e-books but newspapers aren’t there yet. Many are attempting to bring newspapers to tablets and mobile device [...]

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Google Currents: Consume the Web with Magazine-like Editions on Your Mobile Device

December 9, 2011
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Google Currents, a Flipboard competitor, was just released for both Android and iOS. The app brings publisher editions of the web or your blogs and feeds on your phone and tablet. It features magazine style UI in a clean format with offline support and syn across devices. Publishers can customize their editions and bring unique [...]

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Read It Later: Save Articles Offline with Sync Across All Devices (Update)

December 6, 2011
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Read It Later now called Pocket Tablets are great way to consume news and browse the web when you have internet access. If your like me, then you have a WiFi only device since I could never understand signing a contract for a tablet. You save a lot of money, but there is the pesky [...]

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