Google Launches Newsstand App for Android, Promises iOS App in 2014

[haruhiko]

Apple has no exclusivity in using the name Newsstand but it doesn't change the fact that Google is copying this feature. And this also doesn't mean that Apple has not copied Google's features before. Peace.

 

[yanki01]

Will it go in a folder?

that's all I'd care about.

 

[Michael Goff]

that's all I'd care about.

I don't see why it wouldn't.

It's going to basically be an app.

 

[dgMac]

But seriously, what else are you going to call an app that simulates a newsstand?

• Coffee Table
• Bathroom reader
• Living room floor

Gary

Let's see, in under 90 seconds...

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[Renzatic]

Because. Eyeballs for Ads. That's all they really care about. They can claim to be doing the world a good service, but at the end of it, it's pure self-serving greed.

And on that note, Apple should give away their next iPad to everyone. They claim to be making products for people to enjoy, but at the end of it, it's pure self-serving greed.

Or...

OOOMMAAAGGGAAWWDDD! They're making money off software people use! The bastards!

 

[Poisonivy326]

What a filthy, horrible company Google is. I hope they don't release it on iOS, we don't need that copied crap here. Call me a fan boy, but this is just blatant.

You have a choice. It's called not downloading the app.

 

[radiohead14]

What a filthy, horrible company Google is. I hope they don't release it on iOS, we don't need that copied crap here. Call me a fan boy, but this is just blatant.

wow dude.. you need to grow up if this sort of thing bothers you this much.

This is simply incorrect. Just in the 2000's alone, Palm beat them.

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CONSPIRACY!

/sarcasm

^this

Sorry, here you go: (also, according to merriam-webster, the first known use of the word "newsstand" is 1866).

apple has already sued that poor guy out of business

 

[Poisonivy326]

I have a serious question for everyone who calls Google "evil":

For me an "evil" company is a company whose policy blatantly violates labor rules (Walmart), a company that discriminates against people of color, women, and LGBT members (Chick fil' A), a company with well-known complaints of workplace abuse (many famous NY/LA high-end restaurants). I'd also add to this list the companies/banks that engaged in shady financial dealings that contributed to the global economic crisis in 2007/2008 (J.P. Morgan Chase).

Google, AFAIK, is not guilty of ANY of the above. They are simply a tough, cut-throat software company determined to make their products ubiquitous in mobile and computing devices. I don't see how any of this is "evil." Seriously.

 

[kas23]

If anything, Apple should ditch the name Newsstand. It's an obvious skeuomorphism.

Anyways, why did Apple use it? Because the masses already associate it with a place you go to get news and tabloids, not an app.

 

[Renzatic]

Google, AFAIK, is not guilty of ANY of the above. They are simply a tough, cut-throat software company determined to make their products ubiquitous in mobile and computing devices. I don't see how any of this is "evil." Seriously.

They have done some pretty shady things in the past, and they do occasionally got a little too above and beyond to make damn sure everyone sees those ads everyone loves griping about around here so much...

...but you're right, I wouldn't call them evil. At most, they're occasional bastards. Something every Fortune 50 company currently operating is guilty of.

 

[ownamac]

Anything Google just creeps me out. I don't use gmail and recently started searching with duckduckgo. I don't even like having to reply to friends' gmail figuring Google archives, mines and sells the data. Though I've frequented Google News just posting this made me realize I need an alternative. Reluctantly I will try Bing News figuring even if Microsoft's behavior is the same that Google is better at being evil.

 

[Renzatic]

Anything Google just creeps me out. I don't use gmail and recently started searching with duckduckgo. I don't even like having to reply to friends' gmail figuring Google archives, mines and sells the data. Though I've frequented Google News just posting this made me realize I need an alternative. Reluctantly I will try Bing News figuring even if Microsoft's behavior is the same that Google is better at being evil.

Like Bing? Try out Windows Live services! One account grants you access to all of Microsoft's cloud platforms, from Live Mail, to Office 365! Set yours up today!

...and there you go. I just explained to you exactly how Google searches through your emails. It's not looking at the body of text and advertising to you based on the subject of your email, it's just looking for words you've typed without even attempting to understand anything else.

Is it creepy? A little bit, yeah. Is it harmless? Pretty much. You could send an email about wanting to blow up the US with all your guns, and the only thing you'd have to worry about is seeing advertisement for cheap ammo from Wal-Mart pop up in Google on occasion.

 

[nextdimension]

Does anyone remember the original Newsstand?
http://omz-software.com/newsstand/

It was the #1 selling RSS reader the first couple years of the AppStore. Then Apple told the developer a 3rd party filed a trademark complaint and asked him to change the name so he changed his Newsstand app to NewsRack. Apple would later release their own Newsstand.

 

[bitkahuna]

Anything Google just creeps me out. I don't use gmail and recently started searching with duckduckgo. I don't even like having to reply to friends' gmail figuring Google archives, mines and sells the data. Though I've frequented Google News just posting this made me realize I need an alternative. Reluctantly I will try Bing News figuring even if Microsoft's behavior is the same that Google is better at being evil.

lol - you do realize google has already analyzed and cached your post here, can correlate your username with other things. resistance is futile.

 

[daveathall]

Apple doesn't create software for Android. Why must Google create software for iOS?

Because Apple invite outside agencies to produce apps for their app store, if they didn't, it would be a pretty crap app store. No?

I have had iPhones and think they are superb, I don't at the moment but would not even consider buying another one if the YouTube, Maps and Gmail apps were not available as would happen if your wishes were observed.

 

[Tech198]

Google's actually using the term 'Newstand' ??

prepare for a lawsuit....

I honesty reckon now companies know what they are doing .. the have to, no one can be THAT dumb... I mean not even checking first ?

They actually want a lawsuit, because it makes the news .....

 

[rmwebs]

I was under the impression we were referring to names!

In that case we were arguing at each other about different things

 

[Oletros]

2011 Apple Newsstand
2013 Google Newsstand

Shameless

2011 January NOOK Newsstand application

2011 Apple Newsstand

2013 Google Newsstand

Shameless

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Correct. I didn't mean to imply that Apple had a trademark on the term "Newsstand." I was sloppy in my post but by "trademark," I was making reference to trade dress which is protected in the same way trademarks are. If Apple has a mobile app for electronic delivery of periodicals, it's hard to see how it's not infringement of trade dress laws for a competitor to introduce an app for the same purpose with the same name.

Are you saying that Apple is infringing on B&N IP?

 

[fermat-au]

2011 Apple Newsstand
2013 Google Newsstand

Shameless

This is the "problem" of using descriptive terms that are in common use for product names, other companies can also use them for similar product.

 

[Renzatic]

This is the "problem" of using descriptive terms that are in common use for product names, other companies can also use them for similar product.

You just managed to nail the root of the issue far better and more succinctly than anyone else in the previous 4 pages.

 

[kuwxman]

This thread is a great example of why this site annoys me at times. A competitor releases a product and it is automatically bad because it wasn't made by the overlords that are Apple. Grow up. Both companies make great products. To ignore that fact just makes those individual posters look like ignorant pricks. Now, excuse me while I get back to fiddling with my Nexus 5 after hitting 'submit reply' here on my MacBook Pro.

 

[mattbaar26]

Awesome!! I loved google play magazine on android and since I'm going to give iOS 7 a try with an iphone 5 and an iPad mini, this, along with google's play music also just being released for iOS is a huge plus! This is really great because now users not totally immersed in one ecosystem can have subscriptions which work between devices!

 

[osx11]

What an amazing Mac rumor.

 

[Todd B.]

"Oh boy, a Google app! I can't wait for this!" --- said nobody ever.

 

[InfernoShade]

It's called, "Flipboard." Good app.

Flipboard isn't just a good app, it's a great app!

It's great on the iPhone but it really shines on iPad - IMO the best reading experience on any tablet.