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Google readies social news magazine app

Google is working on a social-news magazine that will be accessible on the iPad and Android devices, according to reports.

"Mind-blowing good," is how digital pundit and blogger Robert Scoble said a source of his described it in a post late on Wednesday on Google+.

Google representatives did not respond to a CNET request for comment. However, AllThingsD confirmed the news from several sources and reported this evening that Propeller is the name of Google's attempt at making a "Flipboard killer."

The news comes at a time when the social-publishing arena is heating up, with … Read more

HP to bring back the TouchPad

Samsung unveils the Galaxy S II and Epic 4G Touch smartphones, Google offers free calls to the U.S. for American soldiers through Gmail, and HP will bring back the TouchPad for one final, short production run.

Links from Wednesday's episode of Loaded:

AOL launches Editions, a magazine for the iPad

The tagline for AOL's just-released Editions iPad app is "The magazine that reads you," a nod to the concept that Editions builds a daily "magazine" based on your reading tastes. But in an effort to drum up a little buzz for the app, several weeks ago the folks behind Editions posted a YouTube video jokingly referring to the tagline as the "The app for when you crap."

Sol Lipman, senior director of AOL's Mobile First division in Palo Alto, Calif., and star of the video, says that it was all in good … Read more

Zite adds Instapaper integration

If you build it, they will come. And in droves.

In the world of top-notch iPad apps, that certainly seems to be the case, and this week the new iPad magazine Zite has been one of the hottest things around.

In this space, evolutionary change comes fast. And to many, Zite is already being seen as the next step past what applications like Flipboard have been able to do. Flipboard became Apple's top iPad app of 2010 because it gives users a lovely presentation of personalized news based on their Twitter and Facebook accounts, as well as other custom-selected … Read more