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Updated Google Currents app on the MOTOROLA ATRIX™ HD

March 28, 2013 : BY Motorola

The free Google Currents app has plenty of great features as outlined in a previous blog post, including free publisher editions of popular titles such as Forbes, The Guardian, TechCrunch, PBS and Saveur; the ability to fast scan so you can quickly swipe vertically to discover unread stories within an edition; breaking stories using Google search technology to deliver the latest news in categories you choose; linkability to your favorite blogs and feeds; and translate capabilities of your favorite content into 44 supported languages.

As if that wasn’t enough, Currents now supports editions that include audio by adding a media bar which allows for easy playback of such files within the app. The audio media bar has controls for stop, start, next, previous. The update also allows you to build playlists to retrieve at a future date for those times you can’t listen. And when you add the 4.5-inch HD ColorBoost™ display of the MOTOROLA ATRIX™ HD to the mix, you’ll have a great viewing experience as well.

And if you’re like a lot of people that go between smartphone, tablet, desktop and even more devices, Google Currents has enhanced Android syncing between devices, so you can start a story on your phone on the train into work, pick up at work on your desktop (during lunch of course) and finish in the evening on your tablet, all without having to find where you left off. .

Keep current on everything you’re interested in with the newly improved Google Currents app in the Google Play store.

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Google Currents on the DROID RAZR HD by Motorola

December 19, 2012 : BY Motorola

Solitaire and other mobile games can be great time fillers, but you can only move so many cards, or kill so many falling stars, before your brain yearns for something more.

Enter Google Currents, the one stop shop for everything you could want to read, watch, and enjoy in a mobile experience. There are breaking stories, sports, science and tech, entertainment, business, lifestyle, and the ability to customize all these categories to suit your unique tastes. Publishers such as Forbes, The Guardian, TechCrunch, PBS, Saveur, and more have produced hundreds of editions including full length, in-depth articles, videos, fine photography, and slideshows. And with the 4.7″ high resolution HD display delivering vibrant visual clarity on your DROID RAZR HD by Motorola, you’ll be doing your eyes a favor too.

In the latest update, the user experience has gotten even better, with a fast scan navigation mode that lets you quickly swipe vertically to discover unread stories within an edition, swipe horizontally to move to the next edition within a category. Or, use the “sidebar” to jump ahead to a specific edition. If you see a story you find fascinating, but don’t have the time to read now, simply “Star” it, and it will be saved for later reading in you personal saved stories edition. And on top of all the great content built in, you can add your favorite blogs and feeds, to make Google Currents, Your Currents, all with the look and feel of a beautifully produced magazine.

Each edition is available for high speed offline reading as well, and has quick-touch sharing, so your friends can be as enthralled as you were reading about the twin NASA probes readying for a Moon crash Monday on Space.com. Google Currents self-adapts to differently sized phones and tablets, with subscriptions synchronized across devices.

Google Currents – a reading experience not to be missed. No wonder it was named a top ten Android app by the New York Times, The Next Web, SlashGear and others.

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