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5 tips for using Blogger on your Android phone Posted: 17 Feb 2011 11:04 AM PST Earlier this month, we announced the first version of the Blogger app for Android on the Blogger Buzz blog. Today, we'd like to share some tips on how you can use the Blogger app to quickly publish posts when you're on the go. 1. Attach photos as you compose Take photos using your phone's camera and instantly add them to your post while you draft. You can also insert photos from your phone's gallery, all within the Blogger app. 2. Include your current location With your phone's GPS, you can let your readers know where you're blogging from by selecting your current location, no additional typing needed. 3. Share to Blogger Share videos, products, photos, links and other interesting things you would like to include in your blog via the share button that's available in many apps, including Google Maps for mobile, YouTube, and your web browser. After you share an item to your Blogger, it will be inserted into new post that's automatically created for you so that start can composing right away. 4. Switch across multiple Blogger accounts If you're an author of more than one blog, you can easily switch between your different accounts by tapping on the orange arrow next to the title of your blog. That way, you can publish articles for each of your blogs to keep your all of your readers up to date. 5. Keep track of published posts and saved drafts See what you've composed in an easy to read list by tapping the list icon located on the top right-hand corner. We hope that you enjoyed these blogging tips. If you haven't done so already, you can download the free Blogger app for Android 2.1+ devices from Android Market or scan the QR code below. As always, we would love to hear what you think so please feel free to share your thoughts with us through our feedback form. Happy blogging! Posted by Shaun Seo, Product Manager, Blogger

Updates to the Google Reader app for Android Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:39 PM PST (Cross-posted from the Google Reader blog) Today we're excited to announce some updates to the official Google Reader app for Android. Over the last couple of months, we've added some of your most-requested features: Unread count widget - choose any feed, label, person, or "all items" and get the unread count on your home screen. Clicking on the widget takes you to straight to that stream. News ticker widget - if you prefer a bit more information, you can add a larger size widget that cycles through items on any stream you want in Reader. Clicking any headline will take you to the article, while clicking the folder will take you to that stream. Mark previous as read - if you've used the mobile version of Reader before and missed this feature, it's now back! As you scroll down your reading list, hit "Mark previous as read" at any time to only mark things above the screen as read. In addition to these new features, we now have an official Russian translation as well. We hope you enjoy the update - give it a try! You can download the app in all countries from Android Market. The Google Reader app is available for devices running Android 1.6 or higher, with widget functionality available for devices on Android 2.2+.  Posted by Brian Shih, Product Manager

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