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Nov 20

Google Play Newsstand Merges Currents And Magazines Subscriptions

Google today launched the Google Play Newsstand application for Android tablets and smartphones which merges the previous Google Currents and Magazines app. The new app lets users bring together all of their favorite newspapers, blogs and magazines under one single proverbial roof. It is also the first app from Google which lets customers subscribe to newspapers through the Google Play Store, available newspapers include Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. In all, over 1,900 free and paid full length publications are available for users.

When the app is launched, it puts breaking news and trending articles from subscribed publications front and center. It will also present stories based on the user’s reading history, “the more you read the better it will get,” says Google. The app allows articles to be accessed even when there’s no internet connect and users can also bookmark them to read later. For now, the Currents app will exist but in due time it will start redirecting to the Newsstand app whenever its launched. Subscriptions will be automatically ported from Currents to the new app. Google is working on a Newsstand version for iOS, so for now Currents for iOS will remain available for download. Google Play Newsstand is available as a free download from the Play Store.

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Google Play Newsstand Merges Currents And Magazines Subscriptions original content from Ubergizmo.

Jun 27

Google demos Currents for Nexus 7 plus Horn and Dead Trigger

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Google has demonstrated some of the high-performance games owners of the new Nexus 7 tablet will be able to enjoy, as well as a new version of Currents, the company’s news app. Currents has been updated specially to suit the Nexus 7 slate, complete with page formatting to suit the 7-inch screen together with instant translation.

As for the games, Google played titles Horn and Dead Trigger on the big Google IO screen, demonstrating the capabilities of the Tegra 3. That includes the sort of graphics you might usually expect to find on a regular console or PS Vita.

We’ve already seen those Tegra 3 abilities on other Android tablets, but Google is particularly pushing the Nexus 7 as a content consumption device. The tablet’s HDMI output means that you may be able to replace your PS3 or Xbox 360 by hooking the slate up direct to your TV.