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Running a country? There's an app for that, almost

Britain's government says experts are considering developing a bespoke iPad app that would deliver key data straight to Prime Minister David Cameron's tablet computer....

 

Google Currents, Rival to Flipboard, Finally Debuts

Google‘s long-awaited answer to Flipboard, the “social magazine” exclusively on Apple‘s iPad and iPhone, just debuted today. Google Currents offers a similar appearance, except it works on Android devices as well as iPads and iPhones. It’s the latest in a long string of applications, most recently Yahoo‘s Livestand, that seek to turn online content into something resembling print magazines, but without all those dead trees and with 20th century innovations like, say, video.

 

Kindle Fire Will Feature Netflix, Facebook And Thousands Of Apps

Kindle Fire Will Feature Netflix, Facebook And Thousands Of Apps

When Kindle Fire customers across the country open their boxes next week, they will be able to choose from several thousand of the most popular Android apps and games, including Netflix, Rhapsody, Pandora, Twitter, Comics by comiXology, Facebook, The Weather Channel and popular games from Zynga, EA, Gameloft, PopCap and Rovio. Kindle Fire customers will be able to download these apps and games without having to register multiple times and using Amazon’s simple and secure 1-Click payment technology. Plus, all apps are Amazon-tested on Kindle Fire for the best experience possible, customers can get a great “paid” app for free every day, and once you’ve downloaded an app from the Amazon Appstore, it’s available on Kindle Fire as well as your other Android-based devices.

Senh: Nice. I briefly looked through Amazon's App Store, and it doesn't look too bad. There are free and paid apps. Plus, you can download a free app each day on Amazon. Not bad.

 

CNN buys Zite, iPad magazine app maker

CNN announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Zite, a Canadian tablet software developer.

 

Twitter Launches HTML5 Version for iPad

Twitter has started gradually rolling out a new, HTML5-based version of Twitter.com for the iPad.

 

Galaxy Tab 10.1 Review: The best Android has to offer

Galaxy Tab 10.1 Review: The best Android has to offer

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is available in stores across the country today, and it seems the company has offered the best Android tablet on the market. The hardware on the tablet is great; it’s sleek and light with a great screen and is easily the best Android tablet I’ve played with so far. But what I — and non-Apple manufacturers, apparently — keep running up against is the iPad question. With the number of applications designed for tablets on Android, there’s just no comparison.

 

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