Interested? You can download the beta from BlueStacks. BlueStacks also plans an even more impressive growth with partners AMD and ASUS, as TechCrunch noted, where the software would be pre-installed on over 100 million devices. Upcoming features include an App Discovery system in the Mac app to make it easier for users to find apps. BlueStacks reminds us a lot of Parallels or VM Ware, and it definitely becomes more useful with the added apps.Īs of earlier this month, the Silicon Valley-based company passed 5 million installs on both Windows and Mac.

Some may be puzzled at the need to run a mobile application on the desktop, but it does come in use for apps like Instagram and Flipboard that have no desktop equivalent. It now allows users to run every Android app that the Google Play store has to offer. As Venture Beat first noted, BlueStacks has moved into beta this morning. The alpha only officially supported 17 Android apps, with Pulse and Words with Friends being the two of the more notable apps at launch, but the application has improved immensely. It is a tool that allows Android apps to run on a Mac. Improved navigation for Google Reader RSS folders Tap item’s share icon, then “Save to Camera Roll.” Share magazines and stories with friends and family via SMS text messaging. Select a social network and access options more easily in the improved share menu. Discover magazines by friends quickly in new Friends category in the Content Guide. Get a window onto your readership and curation activity with new profile pages. The updated app, version 2.0.2, also includes “Improved navigation for Google Reader RSS folder,” making it easier for those making the switch from Google Reader to find their content. A big update today for the Flipboard app for iPhone and iPad brings new profile pages that will allow content creators to get info on their “readership and curation activity,” a new Friends category in the Content Guide, improved sharing options including SMS, and the ability to save to your camera roll by tapping on an image.

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