Engadget giveaway: win a Synology DiskStation DS415play!
This week’s giveaway really hits the sweet spot in a big way. Synology, a well known name in networked storage has handed over one of its multimedia-optimized Play series DiskStations for one incredibly lucky Engadget reader. The DS415play is a media server with enough capacity to satisfy even the most ardent movie, music and photo enthusiasts. It features 1080p full HD video transcoding (on the fly) and multichannel streaming to DLNA devices once set up on your home network. As always, DiskStation Manager software serves up files to your computers, tablets and mobile devices wherever you go. This Synology DS415play is already loaded with four 4TB Seagate NAS class drives to let you store an enormous amount of content that you can access 24/7. All you need to do is head to the Rafflecopter widget below for up to three chances at winning this pre-configured media-streaming powerhouse.
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Researchers reduce VR sickness by letting your eyes focus
Virtual reality has unlimited potential, but it could make you sick. Stanford researchers are trying to solve that problem by tapping another new tech, light-field cameras. You see, VR devices can cause fatigue and nausea because of the “flat plane” 3D images they produce. Since those images don’t contain any depth information, your eyes can’t focus on near and far objects like you would in real life. Our brains want physical actions (like focusing) to jibe with what we see, so any disconnect can make us sick. And if companies can’t solve this “VR sickness,” the tech may go the way of 3D TVs.
The Stanford team found a clever way to make your eyes focus inside its device. Using the same principal as a “light-field” camera like the Lytro, but in reverse, they built a headset that has transparent LCD panels stacked in layers, which each layer representing a light field with the correct depth information. As shown in the video simulation (bottom) that helps your eyes to naturally shift focus between front and near objects.
The researchers say their tech could let users immerse themselves in VR experiences for longer periods. (Oculus, for one, recommended last year that Rift users take breaks every 10 or 15 minutes.) They’ve only used 3D rendered images so far, but say that the product could also work with cinematic content shot on a Lytro Illum or similar camera.
Before any of that can happen, however, there’s still a lot of work to do. The extra images required for light-field effects cause “rendering times to grow quadratically,” according to the paper. The stacked display will also need to be brighter and have more resolution to reduce artifacts like diffraction. Still, the idea of using a new tech like light-field to fix a different new tech is intriguing, and we might hear more about it when the consumer VR gold rush starts.
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Road to VR
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Tags: Light Field, Lytro, Nausea, Stanford, video, Virtual Reality, VR
HBO Now finally gets Google Chromecast support
A few weeks after HBO Now hit Android, HBO is continuing to roll out the new streaming service beyond Apple’s devices. Next up is Google’s Chromecast, the company announced today. HBO Now’s iOS app currently lists Chromecast support, and its Android app is expected to be updated today as well. While flinging shows from your smartphone and tablet to a Chromecast might not be as convenient as a standalone Apple TV app, the slight inconvenience is probably worth the gadget’s low $30 price. HBO also plans to add support for Amazon’s Fire TV devices soon. The big missing platform for HBO Now is Roku’s devices, which already support the HBO Go app. A rep from the network couldn’t divulge when we’d see HBO Now on Roku’s wares, but noted that the company intends to bring the service to all of the devices that support HBO Go.
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HD, Mobile, Google
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TechCrunch
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Google
Tags: Chromecast, google, HBO, HBONow, hdpostcross, mobilepostcross
DSCOVR photographs the moon’s journey across the Earth
The DSCOVR satellite has outdone itself: after taking a photo of the Earth in July, it has now captured a series of images showing the moon making its way across the Pacific Ocean. Since the satellite is in orbit a million miles away (much farther than most satellites and the ISS) to measure solar winds for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the images show the dark side of the moon, which we never see from our POV. The photo series was taken by DSCOVR’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) on July 16th between 3:50PM and 8:45PM Eastern time.
EPIC took three monochromatic shots per stage in red, blue and green channels with 30-second intervals per — those shots were then combined to produce each photo. You can watch all the pictures in succession in the video below. By the way, you’re bound to see a new Earth photo taken from the satellite’s vantage point every day starting next month: DSCOVR will be observing the planet from its orbit and posting pictures on a dedicated website.
[Image credit: NASA/NOAA]
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ZTE Obsidian coming to T-Mobile on August 13, costs a mere $4 a month
T-Mobile is preparing to add yet another budget smartphone to its arsenal, the ZTE Obsidian. T-Mobile says the device will be available to buy come August 13 for $99 outright or on a device payment plan for $4/month for 24 months.
The price is certainly an attractive selling point, and for being cheap, the Obsidian is a decent performer on paper. It features a 4.5-inch FWVGA display, a 1GHz quad-core CPU, 1GB of RAM, LTE support, a 5-megapixel rear camera, a 2-megapixel front camera, and the device is running Android 5.1.
What’s particularly fascinating about the device is just how powerful it is on paper for such a low cost. It certainly competes with even many of today’s mid-range performers.
source: T-Mobile
via: Android Central
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Joe’s App Array [August 2015]
Quite a few hours are spent writing guides and reviews on apps to highlight which ones are worth a look. But have you ever wondered what we writers specifically pick out from the vast ecosystem of Android apps to run as our daily go-to’s?
Launcher
The launcher of an Android device really defines the entire experience. Throwing widgets and folders around is useful while lacking personality. To really set your phone apart from everyone else, you need to spice things up! I mean, would you buy a house and never think about landscaping or painting the walls?
Except with launchers, it can go way beyond just painting the walls. You can remodel the entire interior! And all the while never having to do anything like rooting, which you may understandably feel uncomfortable with.
This summer, I’ve been running Xinyi Network’s WP Launcher. I admit that I really like the “Live Tile” user interface on Windows Phone, but I don’t like the lack of apps with Microsoft and I’m heavily invested in the Google ecosystem. Here’s a great example of what makes Android awesome: I can pick a component of something I think is cool and incorporate it onto my phone and create a setup to my liking.
I’m running the free version and it has everything I want. I can modify the tiles to my preferences, like their colors and transparencies, and that’s all I’m really after. On top of that, this launcher animates the live tiles.
Some things missing is the ability to use icon packs, which is a total bummer, and the weather tile only works for residents in China.
File Exploring
One of my biggest beefs with Apple products is that directly reaching a file is virtually impossible. I was raised on Windows, so file exploration is a must for me. Plus, it basically makes your smartphone a portable flash drive! And I’m all about not carrying around a pocket full of thumb drives…
I use Solid Explorer by NeatBytes. I like that there’s a dual screen aspect that allows you to swipe between two different files for easy copy and pasting. Actually, on a tablet, you can view both screens simultaneously.
Additionally, if you do choose to root your device, Solid Explorer can be granted superuser privileges and can modify system files.
NeatBytes has two versions of this file explorer: the classic and the new material design themed explorer. Both are fantastic! Either version comes as a 14 day trial and if you like it, you can buy the unlocker app for $2.99, a one-time purchase for both the classic and Material Design-themed version.
Adding to the Edge
When Samsung announced the Galaxy S6 Edge, we all assumed that the South Korean company had a lot of plans in store for consumers that would make use of the curved edges. Boy, were we wrong (so far). As usual, Samsung just throws stuff out to the market and then that’s pretty much it in terms of support.
If you recall, I didn’t have many nice things to say about the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge. My opinion hasn’t changed. Samsung makes great displays and uses AMOLED, which I’m a total sucker for, and that’s it. If Motorola hadn’t dropped AMOLED on its new Moto X Style, I would’ve bought it immediately.
It occurred to me a few weeks ago that I had previously downloaded an app on my Nexus 5 that would create a side app-drawer that you could pull out by swiping. I didn’t care much for it then because I was rooted and using Slim ROM’s pie controls; however, with the Galaxy S6 edge, that might make for a fine addition.
And it was! SideControl by XDA’s Jawomo works beautifully despite not really being supported anymore by the developer. No complaints so far.
If you opt to purchase the premium version of the app, you may also use your icon packs.
Weather
The weather in the United States this spring and summer has come in one of two flavors: drenching or incinerating. Being from Oklahoma, I pay special attention to the weather during the springtime because we just really enjoy those special moments when we’re huddled underground like gophers with the spiders and snakes while the clouds literally reach down from the heavens to tear us a new one. There’s no better family bonding time than when you’re huddled onto a cot next to your siblings inside a storm shelter with a cat strapped to your chest. Except the cat isn’t wearing a harness, it’s just got its claws dug deep into your flesh. True story.
There are actually two weather apps that I use for my storm paranoia: 1Weather by OneLouder Apps and Global Can of Worm’s Pro Weather Alert.
1Weather is an all-inclusive weather app that delivers current conditions, forecasts, alerts, and, my favorite, a radar map. Additionally, because, you know, I like to customize stuff, the app is feature-rich in settings to change the aesthetics.
Pro Weather Alert is not anything glamorous to look at it. It’s a very basic app but it does its singular purpose very well: it tells you when stuff is getting real. I suggest setting this app to follow your smartphone’s GPS location and placing a very loud and annoying ringtone as your alert notification for extreme weather events. I have a ringtone that could raise the dead, so it’s perfect when a stealthy twister decides to come visit in the middle of the night.
My only complaint with this app is that there’s no warnings for Quakenados and Tigernados…
Play Store Download Link (1Weather)
Play Store Download Link (Pro Weather Alerts)
Google Opinion Rewards
I wasn’t quite sure what to name this category. ‘Free Play Store money’?
For just a few moments of your time, you can periodically answer extremely brief surveys from Google for Play Store credit. Most of the time, it’s about $0.10 but when most apps cost one dollar, ten cents adds up to something meaningful fast.
The app runs in the background and when you’re eligible for a survey, you’ll get a notification. Select the notification, answer 1-3 questions, get money. Simple enough.
It’s always nice being able to randomly rent a movie for free on Google Play Movies, right?
Watch Faces
I’ve talked about the Minimal & Elegant watch face before, but the developer deserves to be mentioned again because of all the additions done since. Not content with what they’ve started out with, Studio eXtreme has added two major customization changes to their Minimal & Elegant watch face.
If you’re an owner of a Moto 360 and want to make an interesting use of that flat tire at the bottom of your watch face, M&E has a customization called “Little Worlds”. This allows you to add like a city skyline or an African plain to the top of the flat tire giving the it an almost purposeful aesthetic design appearance.
Most recently, M&E now lets you add a picture of your choosing to the watch face. Placed smartly behind the numbers, and allowing you to control the transparency to your wishes, this addition is why I run M&E daily.
Downtime
What would any list of apps be without a brief mention of something… less productive? We all experience those frequent moments of downtime, so why not fill it with something more fun than Facebook?
I’ve been playing a lot of Deep Silver’s Galaxy on Fire – Alliances lately. It’s a fun space-based multiplayer game that allows you to join alliances of other players in order to take over the galaxy. Collect resources, build ships, train troops, and take over planets. It’s basically that simple yet very time consuming, but come on, no one said interstellar travel was fast.
Play Store Download Link (Galaxy on Fire – Alliances)
Finally, this app is a newcomer to my lineup and I don’t know how I ever used the restroom without it before. A very cute and hilarious close friend of mine knows just how much I like the bad joke eel meme, so she figured I’d enjoy other similar types of humor and turned me on to the 9GAG app. She was right, of course. So if you enjoy memes and all of the other questionable brilliance that only the internet is capable of producing, then you should check out 9GAG’s app for Android. Be warned, there’s a good bit on there that is NSFW but they’re pretty good about giving you a heads up before letting you view that.
Play Store Download Link (9GAG)
I’m done
This list is just a sample of my assortment of apps that I run on a daily basis that makes my life a little more complete. I hope to do a list like this periodically as new things are always hitting the store and sometimes, like with SideControl, old things become more relevant again.
What about you? Sound off in the comments some of your favorite apps that you use daily!
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Jimmy Iovine Talks Apple Music, Competing Services, and Apple’s Reaction to Taylor Swift’s Letter
In a new interview with Evening Standard, Apple Music executive and Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine sat down to talk about everything from the launch of Apple Music to the company’s dramatic reversal of its free trial royalties policy following Taylor Swift’s public dismissal of the service in an open letter.
Iovine depicts a conversation between himself, Eddy Cue and Apple CEO Tim Cook that ultimately resulted in the support of Taylor Swift’s — and many musicians backing the pop star — opinions on the service.
“Eddy [Cue, Apple senior VP] woke up on Sunday morning,” says Iovine. “He called me and said, ‘This is a drag’. I was like, ‘Yeah, maybe there’s some stuff she doesn’t understand’. He said, ‘Why don’t you give Scott [Borchetta, Swift’s label boss] a call? I called Scott, I called Eddy back, Eddy and Tim [Cook, Apple CEO] called me back and we said, ‘Hey, you know what, we want this system to be right and we want artists to be comfortable, let’s do it’.”
Later in the interview, Iovine mentions an aim for more personality in the Apple Music experience, attempting to avoid the use of numbers and algorithms curating music for its users, and hiring experts for the job of building the playlists that fill out each Apple Music user’s personalized “For You” section. Still, the Apple Music executive mentions a “numbing” amount of music streaming services available to customers — from Spotify to Rdio and the newly-launched Tidal — as a definite hurdle for the new streaming service to clear.
“There’s a lot of [them],” he says, disdainfully. “Music deserves elegance and the distribution right now is not great. It’s all over the place and there are a bunch of utilities. That’s the best you can find. It’s basically a really narrow, small, inelegant way to have music delivered. So it’s sterile, programmed by algorithms and numbing.”
As Iovine says: “Algorithms don’t understand the subtlety and the mixing of genres. So we hired the best people we know. Hired hundreds of them.”
The entirety of Evening Standard‘s interview with Iovine is worth a read, as it touches more on his background with Steve Jobs, his early-industry struggles with competitors like Napster, and the difficulties of hiring Zane Lowe away from the BBC and into Apple Music’s 24/7 Beats 1 DJ position.
HTC is struggling and will continue to struggle
HTC delivered its Q2 2015 financial results, and, as expected, there’s nothing to smile about.
The embattled Taiwanese company announced it’s back in the red, with an operating loss of NT$5.1 billion ($161 million) and a net loss of NT$8.0 billion ($252 million) at a revenue of NT$33.0 billion ($1.04 billion). The difference between the operating loss and the net loss is due to “idled assets” related to the production of the One M9. Basically, HTC had to pay for unused production capacity, to the tune of $92 million, following lower than expected demand for its flagship phone.
HTC provided a couple of graphics that really illustrate how deep the quagmire it found itself in is.
HTC revenues over the past 5 quarters
HTC operating profits over the past 5 quarters
Consider that Q2 2015 was the first full quarter of availability for the One M9. It was the time for the M9 to show its mettle and really help HTC return to growth. Instead, the device actually held back the company.
It’s going to get worse before it gets better. HTC estimates revenue of NT$19 billion to NT$22 billion ($600 million to $695 million). Put on graph, that would look like this:
HTC CFO Chialin Chang outlined the three areas the company will focus over the next months on in order to return to profit:
- HTC intends to implement further “company-wide efficiency measures to reduce operating costs across the organization and ensure resources are appropriately allocated to future growth.” We say “further” because cost-cutting is what allowed HTC to remain profitable (even if barely) in previous quarters. It remains to be seen from where will HTC cut costs next. The company already outsourced parts of its manufacturing, though higher-end models are still made in-house.
- HTC said that new devices that are more “trendy” are coming by the end of the year. These devices will “address premium segments” but they won’t be flagships. This sounds a lot like more Desire phones, which HTC has been billing as “premium mid-range.”
- HTC hopes to capitalize on new segments like VR, where it boasts a “first mover advantage.” But VR is still uncharted water, and we’re skeptical it will provide HTC the deliverance it needs.
See also: The biggest 3 challenges facing major Android OEM’s
HTC is not, by any means, the only Android OEM that’s suffering right now, but its bout of sickness appears to be the result of a chronic disorder. CFO Chiang said that the measures the company is now taking won’t bear fruit until at least early next year. Expect another grim report in Q3.
How to install a tablet in your car
One of the best things about the Android OS is that its reach isn’t just limited to our smartphones and tablets. While we’ve seen some unique devices that use the operating system, its capabilities are finding a more mainstream application over the past year or so on our wrists, with Android Wear, and in our cars, courtesy of Android Auto. While the latter is making its way to a growing number of vehicles by 2016, you of course, have to be in the market for a new car. You also have the option to manually install a third-party in-dash unit, but those can prove to be quite expensive.
A relatively cheaper way to enjoy Android Auto-like features in your vehicle is possible however, as long as you have Nexus 7, or any other 7-inch to 8-inch tablet, handy, and apart from the tablet itself, the remaining tools and requirements will set you back at most $150. The entire installation doesn’t take a whole lot of time either, and you can have the setup up and running in just a few hours. Curious to find out how this is possible? Here is our quick guide on how to install a tablet in your car dashboard!
Tools and items required
The first thing you’ll need is a small head unit amplifier. My choice was the Alpine KTP-455U 4-channel power pack, because it is relatively cheap, and is also perfect for the job, being compact enough to fit inside the dash without any problems. You’ll also need a 12V socket, a two-port USB car charger, and a fuse tap with a 10A fuse. As you can see, these are already connected because I had performed this installation on my previous vehicle as well, and you can find the details on how to do so here. Also required is an RCA to 3.5 mm adapter, a Bluetooth adapter, a wireless charger, a handful of zip ties, and a wiring harness that is compatible with your car. Several cable splicers are also needed, and any option, such as using wire nuts, soldering, or the crimp method, will all do.
The Bluetooth adapter is technically optional, but is something I used to be able to connect to multiple devices without needing to open up the dashboard every time to plug it in.
Finding the appropriate wiring harness for your car can be either extremely easy or very cumbersome, and I was unfortunately in the latter group. Of course, there will be some differences between your car and the one seen in this video, the Ford F150, and some research and planning of your own is not only recommended, but will actually definitely be required. For the most part though, this is a very easily adaptable tablet installation process.
As far as the tools you’ll need is concerned, remember to keep handy a pair of scissors, a small screw driver, wire cutters and strippers, a crimping tool if you already have one, needle nose pliers, and potentially some wrenches and a multimeter, depending on the make and model of your vehicle. Once you’ve got everything you need, you are ready to begin the installation process.
The installation process
For starters, you’ll want to find the proper wiring map for you car, and this information can be found from several great resources, including Wilson Auto Electric, Wiring 4 Cars, and The 12 Volt. Before you do anything however, it’s definitely a good idea to open up the dash, unhook the currently installed radio, and familiarize yourself with what you are dealing with. First and foremost, make sure that wiring harness you’ve purchased matches up with the connections inside your dash, and if they don’t match, you have the wrong wiring harness. As mentioned, I had quite a bit of trouble in this regard, and with very little documentation available on the exact configuration I had, I ended up having to install an factory amp and splice the factory wires to make it work. That said, there is a very good chance that you won’t have to do this, but there is a workaround if needed as well.
If everything is a match, you are ready to start splicing. Use the color codes on the wiring harness packaging to match the wires from the head unit, and it is very likely that they are all the same colors. For example, yellow to yellow for power, green for left rear speaker positive, green with black for left rear negative, and so on. Once all the wires are connected together, remove the pins and wires from the plastic connectors, which can be done pretty easily with a small screw driver. Then take the wiring from your car that you found and re-pin your wiring harness to match up with the wires inside the vehicle, with left front speaker positive to left front speaker positive, and so on and so forth. This task does require your full attention and can be pretty daunting at first, but will get easier as you go along. A useful tip here is to cross-reference the color codes with a picture you can take of the wires in the dash. Of course, this will result in a complete mess of wires coming out of the amp, and this where some of the zip ties, to keep things clean and tangle free, come in handy.
Now will be a good time to check whether you’ve succeeded in your wiring attempts. Remove the stereo for the car dashboard, disconnect all the hookups, and attach your new wiring harness and amp. Connect the RCA to 3.5 mm adapter to the amp input, and plug in the Bluetooth adapter into this as well. Connect a phone or tablet to the Bluetooth adapter and play some music. If you’re now hearing that music through your car speakers, you are on the right track.
Next up is wiring the new 12V socket into the internal fuse box of the car, which usually resides underneath the steering wheel. Remove the cover, and using the owner’s manual as a reference, find a 10A fuse that is only powered when the key is turned. This is required, as your tablet and Bluetooth adapter will otherwise constantly be a drain on your car battery, even when the car isn’t running. To do this, first ground the negative wire from the 12V socket, by using any exposed frame. Then remove a 10A fuse from the fuse box, insert it into one of the empty slots on your fuse tap, insert an additional 10A fuse into the fuse tap, plug the fuse tap into the empty slot, and plug in the car charger. Now turn the key in the ignition and look for any signs of life. If the car charger continues to work even with the ignition off, look for another fuse to tap.
After you’ve found the right fuse, permanently ground the 12V socket’s negative lead by screwing it into the frame, and then find a nice, convenient, and hidden location to attach the new power source. Luckily, I have a covered panel in the floorboard that was close enough to the head unit to just leave it there. Drop the two USB cables for the wireless charger and the Bluetooth adapter through the hole in the dash, down to the car charger, and plug them in. It has to be mentioned here that I was able to use a wireless charger because the Nexus 7 allows for it, but if you are using another tablet, you can directly plug its charging cable into the car charger as well. Finally, find a place to semi-permanently attach the Bluetooth adapter. I was able to do so by drilling a hole in the side of a small unused compartment under the steering wheel, and using velcro to attach the adapter.
Secure the amp inside the dash with some zip ties, and attach the wireless charger to the Nexus 7. While I originally planned to use velcro to do this, it proved to be too thick and not allow for charging through both sides, and so I ended up using some foam mounting tape instead.
The final step is to mount the tablet inside the dash panel. I am using Sugru to do so, and while it isn’t the most polished option, it is a nice temporary solution until a more permanent fix is available. This does also let me remove the tablet easily when required to do any upgrades or changes overnight. Remove the dash and apply Sugru to either side of the tablet and near the bottom, let it sit, and re-install the dash, now with the tablet inside. The concern that the Sugru isn’t going to be firm enough proved to be somewhat true, as the tablet does move slightly when tapping on it, and a more permanent fix will certainly be necessary. That said, it does work well enough for now, and the whole setup does look fantastic.
Finally, to be able to enjoy the Android Auto experience on the tablet, I used AutoMate beta, which emulates the Android car system perfectly, without sacrificing the true nature of the tablet. AutoMate also keeps the screen on when the tablet is charging and automatically turns it off when it is not, so with the current setup, if the truck is running, so is the screen.
So there you have it for this closer look at how to install a tablet in your car! The process can be a bit time consuming and does require your full attention, but the final result more than makes up for it, allowing you to enjoy the Android Auto experience in your vehicle, without needing to spend on a far more expensive third party Android Auto head unit, or having to buy a new car.
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Keep track of your unread Feedly articles with Google Now
As someone who needs to keep track of the news, I have a few different ways of doing so. While at my computer, I use the web interface for Feedly, as it organizes everything the way I like, and I have been using Feedly since Google Reader went buh-bye. On mobile, I use Palabre, to read the content due to its Feedly integration, and I keep Feedly on my device to add new sources on the fly.
In addition to using Palabre and Feedly, Google Now also will inform me if there is new content from a website that I recently visited. Now, to enhance that portion of an RSS Feed, Feedly has announced integration with Google Now.
With feedly Now cards, feedly will find the trending stories in the publications you follow and surface them to you throughout the day through Google Now. And you can personalize this experience even more: If you have favorite publications or blogs that you’d love to see in Google Now, you can tell us to follow these stories more closely by marking those sources as must-read in your feedly.
Now if you use both Google Now and Feedly, there is a really simple way to get the Feedly Now cards into Google Now on your device. Be sure you have updated the Google App to the latest version, download the latest version of the Feedly app, and you’re good to go. The cards will begin showing in Google Now, and will update as new stories come in.
Once the cards have started to populate, tapping an article will take you directly to Feedly. So if you’re like me and use a third-party app to read your Feedly content, you will just have to deal with using the official app if you want to take advantage of this new feature.
Let us know what you think about Feedly integration with Google Now in the comment section below. While you’re at it, let us know what apps you use to keep track of your RSS Feeds and news while you’re on the go.
Source: Feedly Blog
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