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Our monthly pick of apps for tablets

Our monthly pick of apps for tablets

Among the most popular games of 2012, Temple Run now has a sequel. But the sequel seems to be a bit better than the original with more obstacles and scenarios.

Temple Run 2
Free (Android & iOS)
By Imangi Studios, LLC
Among the most popular games of 2012, Temple Run now has a sequel. But the sequel seems to be a bit better than the original with more obstacles and scenarios. However, the new environments can be a bit disorienting at times as the graphics are not all that great. Still, this game is real fun and as addictive as the first one. Like the first, this one too has lots of tempting in-app purchases.

NewsWhip
Free (iOS)
By NewsWhip
We haven't seen a good news aggregator app in a while. So this came as a pleasant surprise. NewsWhip lets you troll through news reports according to region, topics and even your favourites. It also you share stuff from the app itself. We loved the sections tab with sub sections - there is even one on gossip. On the downside, it opens the webpage of the story and does not let you read within.

CloudMagic Free
(Android & iOS)
By CloudMagic
CloudMagic lets you harness the power of the cloud to its best. This app can search keywords across almost all popular cloud services like Google, Twitter, Facebook, Dropbox and Evernote. Just the ability to search across all your e-mail accounts makes this a great app. It also searches through your contact lists and docs, even better. Up to 50 uses a month are free.

Documents
Free (iOS) By Readdle
Opening documents on you iPad can be a pain. Hence an app that lets you open and manage different types of files is always welcome. Documents lets you open most file types, including .txt, .zip and .pdf. It is actually a software as a service app, for it also links to your cloud services to let you access and open files saved there. Plus, the app also lets you play media files. There is also an in-built browser fo good measure.

Free downloader plus plus
Free (iOS)
By zezhen dai
Here is an easy way to save a video file that you loved. This app is actually a browser that lets you download embedded video files. The homescreen has tabs of all popular video sites. Once you are on a page with a video that can be downloaded, a memory symbol on top of the browser will jump around. Click it to download. Downloaded files are saved within the app.

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