If you’re a fan of Flipboard and planning to grab an iPad 2, you’re in luck. Flipboard is launching an iPad 2-friendly update this Friday, in time for the new tablet’s arrival in the US. Flipboard 1.2 includes lots of new features…
Tagged ‘Google Reader’
We thought we’d give you a timely reminder of the best Android Apps available during the month of December, as the year draws to a messy, snow-bound conclusion. Armed with this topper selection of pocket-sized smart phone bliss, you’ll find that the usual monotony of the family Christmas meal simply glides by, and the typically painful observance of the Queen’s Speech will be nothing more than a mild inconvenience.
The Flipboard iPad app caused quite a storm when it was released earlier this year and has even nabbed Apple’s approval as App of the Year for 2010. Now the Flipboard iPad app has had a serious upgrade too with the addition of Google Reader support, Flickr integration and the ability to fling status updates, photos and Flipboard pages straight from the app to Twitter and Facebook. Flipboard says: “Google Reader was by far our most requested feature.” Google Reader entries are shown in Flipboard the same way as links shared via Twitter and Facebook with a headline and a brief summary plus a relevant photo. You can download the latest version of the Flipboard iPad app from the iTunes App Store now.Out now | £free | Flipboard
This week’s best Android apps have a festive twist. The arrival of December doesn’t only allow folks to put up the decorations guilt-free and developers to churn out Christmas shovelware. It also robs the rest of us of our right to complain about all this non-denominational Winter Festival nonsense.
That November joy of complaining as mince pies and overpriced selection boxes start appearing on supermarket shelves disappears. Do the same thing in December and your true identity will be revealed – as a miserable old so and so. It’s a good job we got more than our fair share of moaning done last month then…
It’s the middle of the day, stomachs are rumbling and the only cure is a doorstep-thick technology news sandwich. One that won’t give you indigestion – merely a feeling of satisfaction that might cause you to fall asleep in front of the telly. I think you get the point: it’s lunchtime lowdown time!
Finally! RSS addicts rejoice, Google Reader Android has just been released by Google. We’re confused that it has taken so long but Android phones now have a native Google Android app. It’ll support multiple accounts, sync preferences with the full-fat web version and, best of all, allows you to sling links to other apps like Twitter, Facebook and Gmail. What else do you want from us? Get over to the Google blog and download the Google Reader Android app now.
Out now | £free | Google
Pulse for iPad and iPhone is now free. The ultra-cool RSS reader previously cost a couple of quid but in the effort to grab more users the price has been slashed to our favourite cost: £0. Pulse lets you search for publications, hook up with Google Reader or share articles with other iPhone users with Bump. It’s a seriously pretty app, especially on the iPad and well worth grabbing to play with. Click the headline and hit the comments to let us know what you make of it. And make sure you check out our best iPad apps and best iPhone apps lists for other great downloads.
Out now | £free | iPad iTunes link/iPhone iTunes link
Google Reader Play is an iPad ready version of Google Reader, the search giant’s RSS app. The Official Google Reader Blog says Google Reader Play is for people who “aren’t interested in taking the time to get Reader set up” but it’s also ideal for viewing on a tablet like, for instance, the iPad.