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Introducing “News near you” on Google News for mobile Posted: 13 May 2011 10:21 AM PDT (Cross-posted from the Google News blog) Google News for mobile lets you keep up with the latest news, wherever you are. Today we're excited to announce a new feature in the U.S. English edition called "News near you" that surfaces news relevant to the city you're in and surrounding areas. Location-based news first became available in Google News in 2008, and today there's a local section for just about any city, state or country in the world with coverage from thousands of sources. We do local news a bit differently, analyzing every word in every story to understand what location the news is about and where the source is located. Now you can find local news on your smartphone. Here's an example of a "News near you" mobile section automatically created for someone in Topeka, Kansas: To use this feature, visit Google News from the browser of your Android smartphone or iPhone. If this is the first time you are visiting Google News on your phone since this feature became available, a pop-up will ask you if you want to share your location. If you say yes, news relevant to your location will appear in a new section called "News near you" which will be added at the bottom of the homepage. You can reorganize the sections later via the personalization page. You can turn off the feature at any time either by hiding the section in your personalization settings or by adjusting your mobile browser settings. Please visit the Help Center for further details. So, go to news.google.com from your smartphone and get the latest news from wherever you are. Posted by Navneet Singh, Product Manager, Google News

New ways to discover great apps on Android Market Posted: 13 May 2011 01:56 PM PDT We've seen tremendous growth in Android Market lately. With over 200,000 apps supporting over 300 Android devices, we've had 4.5 billion applications installed to date. But with so many apps available, how do you find the ones you really want? Whether you're looking for the most popular apps, hot new apps, or just the very best apps available, we want to help make sure that you find what you're looking for. Today, we're excited to announce 5 new features for Android Market focused on helping you find apps you'll love. New top app charts - We've revamped our top app charts to be fresher and country-specific, so you get the most current, relevant results. We've also added top new free, top new paid, and top grossing lists, all right on the Android Market home page.    Editors' Choice - These are some of the very best apps available for Android, as chosen by the Android Market staff. They span everything from games to productivity and beyond.    Top Developers - We're also recognizing those developers creating the highest quality, most popular, and most notable apps available on Android Market. They'll get a special icon on our Android Market website, appearing wherever the developer name is shown, starting today for an initial set of over 150 developers. Better related apps - On the left side of an app page, you'll now see two groups of related apps: apps frequently browsed by people who viewed this app, and apps that people tend to install alongside this app. For example, people who view ScoreMobile, my favorite sports score app, often also view other sports score apps, while those who install ScoreMobile tend to also install apps for specific sports leagues or teams. We'll also show you related apps once you decide to install an app. Trending apps - Finally, we've added a new section to the Android Market homepage showing trending apps – those apps that are quickly growing in daily installs. Look here to stay ahead of the curve and find new apps as they get hot. We hope you find these features helpful as you explore the many greats apps available on Android Market. These new features are available now on http://market.android.com, and will be coming soon to Android Market on phones and tablets. Posted by Fernando Delgado, Product Manager, Android Market

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