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Google says Evernote allows you to turn your Android device "into an extension of your brain."

The 12 best* Android apps of the year

*At least according to Google

 

Instagram reportedly loses 25 percent of users: What's going on?

The New York Post alarmingly reports that users left the photo service en masse on Christmas, but that's not the whole story

 
Don't forget to download The Week's iPad app!

Got a new iPad for Christmas? 11 must-have apps

Confounded by the App Store? Don't worry. We've got you covered

 
Netflix went down on Christmas Eve — and customers FREAKED OUT.

Netflix goes down on Christmas Eve: 9 panicked reactions

The company's streaming service temporarily fails, and thousands of horrified Americans have to actually interact with their families

 
Acer is reportedly unveiling a $99 tablet (not pictured) next year.

Acer's $99 tablet: Just what the world needs?

The PC maker reportedly plans to unveil a gadget that will undercut the gadgets that undercut the iPad

 
On Nov. 6, President Obama tweeted out this photo with the message "Four more years." It was retweeted more than 800,000 times.

The 17 most memorable tweets of 2012

This year we sent a rover to Mars, re-elected President Obama, and endured the storm of the century — and Twitter recorded all of it

 
The internet was all over the apocalypse that wasn't.

The week's best of the internet

The 7 best memes, videos, and more to emerge from the great digital playground — from indisputable proof of the apocalypse to George Takei reading Fifty Shades

 
If your mantel isn't full of cards this holiday season, don't worry, you probably still know what's going on in your friends' lives.

Is the Christmas card dead?

Author Nina Burleigh says the holiday photo is dead — and the internet killed it

 
WATCH: The paralyzed woman who moved a robotic arm with her mind

WATCH: The paralyzed woman who moved a robotic arm with her mind

Jan Sheuermann can't move her arms or legs. She can, however, feed herself

 
How would the Seinfeld crew, shown here during their prime, look different if the show took place in 2012?

The week's best of the internet

The 7 best memes, videos, and more to emerge from the great digital playground — from the Ikea monkey to the best Seinfeld parody account ever

 
Parents pick up their children near Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., after Friday's deadly shooting.

Connecticut massacre suspect: How the media IDed the wrong guy [Updated]

The lesson: Tweet, but verify

 
After Apple's own maps app infamously failed, Google has made its Maps app available again for Apple's iOS6 operating system.

Why does Google build apps for its rival Apple's iPhone?

Why help a key competitor? Two words: Advertising and data

 
Kenshiro

Meet Kenshiro: Japan's creepy boy robot with an aluminum skeleton and 160 muscles

Watch the most realistic humanoid machine in action

 
Apple Maps failed. Google Maps to the rescue!

Google Maps returns to the iPhone: 'Free, fast, and fantastic'

It's finally here!

 
The new Flickr photo app has hipster-friendly filters and works seamlessly with Twitter.

4 reasons to give Flickr's beautiful new photo app a try

In the wake of Instagram and Twitter's messy split comes a new old contender worth checking out

 
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