As we near the end of 2011, I thought it would be nice to share some of the Android apps that have retained my attention this year. My phone has seen plenty of apps come and go, but there are a few that I doubt will ever be threatened by my compulsive need to uninstall more »

Google released two applications on Wednesday. The first was a Gmail app for iOS which didn’t turn out so well. The second is the promised update to the Google Reader application for Android. The new Google Reader features swiping gestures for moving between stories, Ice Cream Sandwich widgets and more focus on Google+ for sharing.

That’s it folks. Whether you like or not, Google has pushed out updates to its Google Reader service. In fact, Google seems to be in a hurry to push out this update as it might be pushing the new update to your account right now. The user interface is now aligned with other Google online more »

In about a week or so, Google Reader will look nothing like it is today. Google will be redesigning Google Reader to bring it in line with its other recently redesigned products such as Google Docs, Google Calender and the Google sign-in page. The final design promises to be a cleaner experience with features that integrate it with Google+.

Own the BlackBerry PlayBook? If you’re looking for a nice Google Reader app to use on your tablet, you might want to check out Newspile. Currently available from the BlackBerry App World, Newspile is pretty good RSS reader featuring a beautiful user interface and yes – works well with Google Reader. One great feature of more »

Google has rolled out the latest update in terms of the Google Reader app for Android. This latest update brings the version up to 1.0.1 and it remains available for Android devices running version 1.6 or later. But that being said, while almost every version of Android can run this app, this latest update will more »

It looks like Mac users are in for a treat, specifically a Google Reader treat. That’s because one of the best third party Google Reader application for iOS has just made its appearance in the Mac App Store. I’m referring of course to Reeder which has been launched for Mac. For the unaware, Reeder is more »

Google has rolled out some changes for their Google Reader app on Android. According to Google, these are some of the “most-requested features” and they include a widget for the unread count as well as a news ticker widget and a mark previous as read. And as it had been, the Google Reader app is more »

Not resting on their laurels after their app was named App of the Year by Apple, the good folks responsible for the cool iPad news reader app – Flipboard has just issued an update to their app. The updated Flipboard now supports Google Reader and Flickr, plus improved Facebook integration. The app also sports a more »

Being one of Google’s most popular products outside of Search and Gmail, it was always a bit surprising that users have to find third-party apps to use Google Reader on Android phones. The only other option was to use Google’s web version which could be frustrating. Finally starting today Android users have an official Google more »