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Google merges Currents and Magazines into a new Newsstand app
Android / Google / mobile apps / mobiles

Google blends Currents and Magazines into a new, all purpose Newsstand app

Wednesday, Nov 20, 2013 - by Lee J.

Google has unveiled its new consumer-friendly news app,  Newsstand, which mixes up the functionality of the Play Magazines app and Google Currents.

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Flipboard releases flipping great Android App
Android / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Flipboard releases flipping great Android App

Friday, Jun 22, 2012 - by mike s

We’ve been feeling the love for this fabulous social news reader ever since we got our hands on an early beta, and now all Android users can get their hands on …

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Flipboard is coming to Android - sign up for the beta program now
Android / mobile apps / mobiles

Flipboard is coming to Android – sign up for the beta program now

Thursday, May 31, 2012Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - by mike s

It’s been a monster hit on the iPhone and iPad and now Android owners will soon be able to frolic freely in the open meadows of the social newsreading app Flipboard.

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BBC website goes tablet app style with added swipability

Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011 - by Lee J. - 2 Comments.

Anyone visiting the BBC’s homepage today will be in for a bit of a shock, with the familiar interface being completely transformed, courtesy of a hefty, tablet-friendly makeover.

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Android / mobile apps

Beeb finally breaks out a slick BBC News app for Android

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - by Pete Railton

It’s long overdue, but the folks at the BBC have finally got around to spreading the love Android’s way with the release of their  BBC News for Android app.

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Android / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Pulse 2 Android/iPhone RSS reader packs in more features

Monday, Mar 28, 2011Monday, Mar 28, 2011 - by Lee J.

The visually sumptuous mobile RSS reader Pulse has enjoyed a fresh sprinkling of fairy dust and emerged a little bit shinier for Android and iPhone users.

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iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Instapaper hits v3 for iPhone, iPad, goes super social

Friday, Mar 11, 2011 - by mike s

The ‘save now, read later’ Instapaper app has long been a fave of ours, and the latest version has just been released, bringing with it a new social recommendation system …

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles

Read It Later comes to Android – Instapaper fans rejoice!

Thursday, Mar 10, 2011Thursday, Mar 10, 2011 - by mike s

This is an app that may be warmly welcomed by news junkies, commuters, students and folks who want a handy way of keeping webpages handy to read later, even without …

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Apple / hardware / iPhone / mobiles / portable

OMG! White-hot Apple iPhone 5 and iPad 2 news, direct from an industry insider

Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011 - by mike s - 7 Comments.

As part of our job, we’re tasked with rummaging around finding interesting nuggets of information, hot news and exciting launches to share with you, but when an Apple product launch is due …

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Christchurch Quake Map reveals relentless earthquake activity

Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 - by mike s

With Christchurch still in turmoil after today’s devastating earthquake, Paul Nicholls of the University of Canterbury, N.Z.  has created a fascinating – and rather disturbing – animated map plotting seismic …

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Google / web

Christchurch earthquake: Google Crisis Response page goes live

Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

A Google Crisis Response page has been created in the wake of Christchurch’s deadly earthquake, which hit New Zealand’s south island with a magnitude of 6.3 at 1251 (2351 GMT) on 22 February, …

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business / web

Daily Telegraph set to follow the same pay-to-view model as Murdoch’s Times

Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 - by mike s

The Telegraph Media Group (TMG) – publishers of the Tory-lovin’ UK newspaper, The Daily Telegraph – is reported to be readying a pay-to-view website model.

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Apple / business / Google / web

Google One Pass trumps Apple with a far more flexible subscription model

Thursday, Feb 17, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Slammed down on the table just 24 hours after Apple launched its controversial App Store subscription service, Google has announcing a similar service for its Android platform.

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business / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Guardian shuns Android and slams down iPhone subscription charges

Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

UK newspaper the Guardian continues its love affair with all things Apple, and has launched a shiny  new version of its newspaper app  for the iPhone and iPod Touch platforms, while ignoring the …

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Apple / portable

Unholy alliance of Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch spawns The Daily

Tuesday, Jan 11, 2011Tuesday, Jan 11, 2011 - by mike s

With fat dollar signs in their eyes, Apple head honcho Steve Jobs and union-crushing News Corporation supremo Rupert Murdoch are set to reveal an iPad newspaper called The Daily.

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