Community-based Q&A site Stack Exchange unveils Android app

Community-based question and answer website just unveiled an Android app that centralizes over 120 communities on its network. Android users can view everything relevant to their network, regardless of what site they participate in. You can get customized recommendations of questions you can answer according to the tags or sites you visit. It also updates you when you get upvoted or have your answers accepted. And you can view all replies in one timeline. Of course, you can also ask and answer new questions, comment, and flag or vote to close items. There is also support for reply notifications.

The Next Web reports that an iOS alpha is reported to be coming soon. Interested users can sign up here for updates.

See only the posts you want to see with new Facebook iOS app update

Facebook has updated its iOS app to allow users to select which updates they want to see in their News Feed. While the News Feed generally measures different parameters to show you what they think is relevant for you, it isn’t always accurate. Now, the social network is giving you more control over what you want to see. iOS users can also now view videos a user uploaded in one album. 

Source: Ubergizmo

Cut down YouTube videos to 20-second clips with Bloop It

While there are those short video creation apps such as Vine and Instagram, Bloop It stands out of that crowd by providing a service that cuts down YouTube videos to clips that are 20 second or less long. The iOS app doesn’t just trim down the videos but lets you share the video through Facebook, Twitter, and email. An Android version of the app is reportedly coming in the next week or so.

Source: The Next Web

Apple reportedly creating service for mobile payments

A new report from the Wall Street Journal claims that Apple is hoping to penetrate the mobile payment arena to help customers who use their credit cards to pay for items on iTunes. Jennifer Bailey, an Apple executive that works on the company’s online stores, is supposedly developing the service at the moment. Meanwhile, iTunes and App Store head Eddy Cue and a “key lieutenant” of CEO Tim Cook are meeting with industry executives to discuss this possible new venture. How this will affect the existing mobile payment industry or compete against the other services is yet to be seen.