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<metaname="description"content="You’ve been bugging us for two years about it, and now it’s finally here: NewsBlur’s expansion to mobile is complete, with our first-ever official Android app ready and waiting for your device. Thanks to the gifts of money and time from Y Combinator and the programming prowess of Papermill creator Ryan Bateman (otherwise known as @secretsquirrel), you can now join your iOS brethren on the couch with your daily dose of RSS goodness. Level of accompanying smugness is up to you."/>
<metaproperty="og:description"content="You’ve been bugging us for two years about it, and now it’s finally here: NewsBlur’s expansion to mobile is complete, with our first-ever official Android app ready and waiting for your device. Thanks to the gifts of money and time from Y Combinator and the programming prowess of Papermill creator Ryan Bateman (otherwise known as @secretsquirrel), you can now join your iOS brethren on the couch with your daily dose of RSS goodness. Level of accompanying smugness is up to you."/>
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<p>You’ve been bugging us for two years about it, and now it’s finally here: NewsBlur’s expansion to mobile is complete, with our first-ever <ahref="http://www.newsblur.com/android">official Android app</a> ready and waiting for your device. Thanks to the gifts of money and time from Y Combinator and the programming prowess of Papermill creator Ryan Bateman (otherwise known as <ahref="http://twitter.com/secretsquirrel">@secretsquirrel</a>), you can now join your iOS brethren on the couch with your daily dose of RSS goodness. Level of accompanying smugness is up to you.</p>
<p>The Android app has all the features of the iOS app, including:</p>
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<li>All your sites, folders, and friends’ blurblogs</li>
<li>Speedy downloading of sites and general alacrity of use</li>
<li>The ability to share and comment on stories on your blurblog</li>
<li>Direct imports from Google Reader: download the app without ever having to hit the Web to set up an account</li>
<li>Follow new people, read their shares, and generally expand your knowledge, worldview, and personal magnetism</li>
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<p>Plus, it has that delicious Android flavor, with half the calories.</p>
<p>Download the official <ahref="http://www.newsblur.com/android">NewsBlur Android app</a>. Tell your friends! Tip your waitstaff. Try the veal. Floss twice a day. Call your mom, she misses you.</p>
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