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this episode of the Android apps weekly show is brought to you by tangram productivity browser hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android authority Afghan welcome back to the 107th episode of the Android apps weekly show let's get right into it google has released three applications aimed directly at android marshmallow two of them deal with midi sounds and the third one is a direct share application they're not in the Play Store but are more like examples for other developers google has also announced that they're now selling google play gift cards in india while this doesn't necessarily fix the problem of not allowing people to use debit cards it should help alleviate the problem a great deal they're available in select retailers and online at snapdeal.com earlier this week the Russian Federal anti-monopoly Service decreed that google must unbundle google apps from devices so that it only ships with Google Play this would ostensibly allow users to choose their own applications instead of being pressured into using google services the long awaited minecraft story mode game from Telltale Games now has an official release date and it's October 15th of this year we've seen trailers and tell tale has a good reputation for making awesome games prepare your wallet folks because this one is going to be awesome Mark Zuckerberg announced this week that Facebook will be getting a dislike button unfortunately it won't be used to show distaste but rather to show sympathy because Zuckerberg doesn't want Facebook to turn into a site like reddit it's in testing now so it's not far away from being released before even more Android apps and games news updates and new releases don't forget to check out this week's newsletter which is linked in the video description below there will have all the stuff we didn't have time for here if you're so inclined you can also sign up using your email address in the written companion which is in the video description below as 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exclusive game laughs Order & Chaos Online was one of the most popular MMORPGs to grace the google play store and now order and chaos to us out there are a lot of the same elements as the first one with co-op game play pvp battling and plenty of hero combinations to choose from game Ops has expanded on the campaign mode with a metric ton of things to do and the graphics got a slight boost as well it's free to play with in-app purchases and has favorable reviews so far nibblers is the latest game out of romeo and the first since they laid off about a third of their employees a few weeks ago this is a candy crush style match 3 game with a combat component where you must match 3-2 defeat bad guys it follows a simple story of fish battling lizards much like the birds battled the pigs and angry birds the graphics are colorful in this game is good for kids as well as adults it's free to play if you're interested oh ho boy Apple released their first application to the Google Play Store and surprise surprise it's an application aimed to get people away from Android the application works pretty much as the name implies without too much of a hassle so if you actually need it for its intended purpose it does work well most of the time hilariously the android community has responded in kind if a bit predictably with a sea of 1 star ratings making this the most hated application since Facebook home welcome to Google Play Apple enjoy your stay last up this week is a new application out of Microsoft called send this is an email application that tries to treat emails like instant messages to give it more of a natural quick and ergonomic feeling this is similar to an application we looked at a while back called we mail so if you've used that you kind of know what this is like unfortunately it's invite-only right now so if you want to check it out you'll have to get in line thanks again for watching the show everybody but let's get down to some serious business this week's Android apps weekly is sponsored by tangram productivity browser this browser features a sleek and clean interface where you can browse the web unencumbered by the traditional features that tend to bog down the other browsers included is a web section that shows you the sites that you have open you can then swipe those over to your stack to save them for later or further organize them and then you can swipe them over one more time to the bookmarks to save them for good it features some material design elements along with features to annotate sure highlight organized and group websites together for a better browsing experience it really is honestly very good so give it a shot and show your support for the Android apps weekly show once again I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guidewire here why not subscribe to the android authority youtube channel if you're hanging out for a minute we have a couple of Awesome videos for you to watch right over there and they're also linked in the video 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