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Tips<br />
Tricks Hacks Apps<br />
News and magazines<br />
Get the news you want, when you want<br />
Press<br />
Price: £1.93/$2.99<br />
RSS feeds are<br />
commonplace on many<br />
of the web’s most popular sites, so<br />
having an RSS reader app is pretty<br />
essential. Press is the best of the<br />
bunch, offering users a simple way<br />
to pull together content from their<br />
favourite websites into one place,<br />
without having to trawl through<br />
individual sites. Feeds are saved by<br />
specific and targeted keywords,<br />
so no matter what sort of content<br />
you’re looking for, you’ll find exactly<br />
what you’re after. Ideal for use on<br />
the go, you can also save articles for<br />
offline reading.<br />
Flipboard<br />
Price: Free<br />
This app was built into the <strong>Galaxy</strong><br />
S3 and is ideal for the S4’s AirView<br />
feature, Flipboard takes the best<br />
bits of print and digital media and<br />
combines them. A slick interface<br />
showcases image-driven content<br />
like a glossy magazine would, while<br />
a quick swipe of your finger, like the<br />
flicking of pages in a book, allows<br />
you to move between stories.<br />
All content is drawn in from your<br />
social networks and favourite sites,<br />
ensuring you get breaking news<br />
your interested in, as it happens.<br />
Pocket<br />
Casts<br />
Price: £2.70/$3.99<br />
If you love listening to<br />
podcasts, Pocket Casts is a<br />
great way to manage your<br />
library, with clean up features<br />
and auto-download to<br />
make sure you don’t miss a<br />
shows. There’s also a series<br />
of social features which lend<br />
themselves well to people<br />
who want to see what others<br />
are listening to.<br />
Bacon<br />
Reader<br />
Premium Price: £1.23/$1.99<br />
Above all else, what makes<br />
BaconReader by far the<br />
best Reddit feed you can<br />
download, is just how simple<br />
it’s to navigate through the<br />
multitude of content available<br />
on Reddit’s various boards. You<br />
can use your account to leave<br />
comments on different threads<br />
and also start your own topic of<br />
conversation too.<br />
Instapaper<br />
Price: £1.93/$2.99<br />
This stripped-back app’s sole<br />
aim is to provide a simple<br />
way to store and read any<br />
webpages you earmark for<br />
later while browsing the web.<br />
Each story is formatted to fit<br />
into Instapaper’s design and<br />
users can also customise the<br />
text to make it easier to view.<br />
Download up to 500 articles on<br />
your device, or store as many as<br />
you like in the cloud.<br />
Zite<br />
Price: Free<br />
Despite being a<br />
fairly overlooked<br />
app, this free download is<br />
one of the most intelligent<br />
reader apps on the Google<br />
Play store. For the most part,<br />
Zite is an interactive magazine,<br />
filled with content you’ve<br />
handpicked to be included<br />
within it, but the app soon<br />
begins to predict headlines<br />
you’ll like, analysing millions of<br />
articles to select those that fit<br />
your previous search history.<br />
Apps for hackers<br />
Got a rooted device Then you need to download these essential apps<br />
Titanium<br />
Backup<br />
Price: Free<br />
Titanium Backup<br />
is the one-stop<br />
download to back up,<br />
restore and freeze any apps<br />
and external data stored<br />
on your phone or SD card.<br />
If you’re into the hacking<br />
scene, this is a must-have.<br />
ROM<br />
Manager<br />
Price: Free<br />
For many, ROM<br />
Manager is the<br />
staple application for their<br />
rooted Android device. Not<br />
only can you use it to install<br />
various ROMs, but also use it<br />
to flash to the ever-popular<br />
ClockworkMod recovery.<br />
ROM<br />
Toolbox<br />
Pro<br />
Price: £3.50/$4.99<br />
Avid hackers will<br />
want to explore<br />
ROM Toolbox Pro’s range of<br />
apps and services it includes<br />
in-app to help manage and<br />
tinker with any ROMs and<br />
their installations.<br />
Greenify<br />
Price: £1.99/$2.99<br />
Greenify can<br />
extend your rooted<br />
phone’s battery<br />
life to save you reaching<br />
for your charger by identify<br />
juice-draining apps. It<br />
targets and block apps that<br />
run in the background and<br />
hog your memory.<br />
Voltage<br />
Control<br />
Extreme<br />
Price: £2.07/$3.36<br />
If you’re keen to<br />
overvolt your<br />
device, then download<br />
this simple tool. Voltage<br />
Control Extreme allows you<br />
to get the voltage you want<br />
quickly using sliders.<br />
10 <strong>Samsung</strong> <strong>Galaxy</strong> Tips, Tricks, Apps & Hacks