Google recently launched “Google Play Newsstand”, a new application for Android enabled devices ( also knows as Google  Currents for IOs devices) that allows you to read all your favorite news sources in one experience. Newsstand puts the news you care about most front and center and presents stories that interest you based on your tastes.

With this news application users can subscribe to magazines, newspapers, blogs and news sites and the newsstand will  format and optimize them all for an enhanced reading experience on their tablet or phone.

In that being said I would like to let you all know that "The Collective Loop" is now on Google Currents and Google Newsstands.  It took a little bit of work but it's so worth it.

Please click the link below to Subscribe to: The Collective Loop.  

Now take TCL wherever you go!

If you are a website/blog owner and you want to add your content to Google Newsstand you can via Google Producer tool.

UPDATE 07/20/18: Google Current and Google Newsstand has been replaced by Google News now.

Check out the new Pebble Steel model($250).Smaller and thinner than the original, this new model is made from forged and CNC-machined stainless steel in a brushed or matte black finish, but retains the ePaper display and app compatibility of its plastic sibling. Each one ships with a metal and leather strap, giving you the choice to dress it up or dress it down.

• 5-7 Day Battery
• Apps
• 5ATM Waterproof
• Notifications
• Daylight Readable Display
• Tri-Colored LED

If the watches are not doing it for you in the mobile sector then how about a ring? The Smarty Ring ($275) free you from searching for you phone all the time, just to find no new notifications. The average person reaches for their phone 150 times a day. This decrease it by 60%. Its Bluetooth 4.0 technology lets you always control your phone remotely and get real time updates.  It is compatible with iOS and Andriod and comes with it's own app to control your features.  Check out the video below for more information.

- Real time updates from your phone -- not just phone calls, and texts, but all social media!
- Program which alerts you receive (Facebook, Twitter, Skype, etc).
- Control your phone without ever touching it (silence calls, play music, etc).
- Simple plug and play setup.
- Suitable for day & night use.
- Not only will it control your phone but it has a clock, countdown, alarms, and more!
- Waterproof.
- 24 hour run time.
- 3 year battery life.
- Unisex.
- Comes in multiple colors.
- And more!

I don't have an iPad but if I did I would be jumping on this app to check it out. With this app you can remotely access any software on your Mac or PC as if it were a native iOS app from your iPad with Parallels Access (FREE). No matter where you are in the world, so long as you have an active internet connection, you can use software from your home or office machine, and access files. Features like tapping, swiping, pinching, and scrolling make it feel like you are working on an application meant for your iPad, while select, drag, copy, and paste let you seamlessly switch between remote apps and iPad apps. A built-in app launcher and app switcher keep you as productive as you would be on your full-size machine. So would you use it?



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Google just made an announcement introducing Keep, it's a new and simple note-taking service. Google Keep (accessible here) is supposed to solve the issue of placing stickies, writing down thoughts and checklists for sorting out priorities.  The new note-taking service includes the ability to add photos and a color stripe to the header of each task grouping. It also automatically keep everything synced up by storing them on Google Drive, so you can access your notes from anywhere. Give it a try today.



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So your still not sure if you want to pick up a GoPro yet? Do you have an iPhone 4/4S? Then a Mophie Outride ($130-$150) might be a better alternative. This rugged, waterproof mount for the iPhone 4/4S keeps your phone protected inside a polycarbonate housing, while a wide angle lens ensures you get the whole picture, and a modular mounting system ensures you'll be able to use it no matter what sport you're in to. You will even be able to share your epic adventures with the application that comes with the Outride.



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Talk about a beautifully designed weather app to give you what you need in looks and information. David Elgena is the creator behind the Braun/Dieter Rams inspired weather iphone app called Wthr. The app is very nicely done and I’d say it would be cool to have although after reading the comments it still has an issue with turning off and on the GPS, I'm sure they will get it fixed quick.



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The Table Drum Augmented Audio App allows iOS devices to turn that constant finger drumming into digitized drum sounds, in real time. The app works like a drum pad instead of the other apps out there where you have to tap the screen to trigger a sound. All you have to do now is tap away anywhere you like and the app uses the microphone to listen for the taps from your fingers. It can distinguish between 4 different sounds. So the sound of your finger tapping your desk at work could be the bass, while tapping on your coffee cup could be your high hats.

If I had an iPhone I would definitely get this app so I could annoy my coworkers around me with my sweet drumming skills. This apps is now http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifavailable at the iTunes Store for $3.99, so if you have an iPhone get this app today and start virtually drumming away.

Your into making music but your looking to take it further. Well if you have an iPad then be ready to bring your sound to the next level with the Performer ($24.99). An app that was made by Konkreet Labs. It allows you to control your music with a unique and intuitive multi-touch interface that let's you reshape your music on screen and in real time. There is one catch though to using this app and its that you have to actually have musical instruments for Performer to control (it connects to "anything that receives OSC or MIDI inputs," according to Konkreet).

So if you have the equipment your in for a fun surprise of making peoples jaws drop. As Creative Applications breathlessly writes, "The heart of Performer is the control object, an abstract graphic element, made out of up to 10 nodes. Zoom, turn, throw, distort and reshape it across the screen," and listen as your synthy symphony bursts into being from your fingertips.




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