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    Google Picks 12 Top Android Apps of 2012

    By Emily Price | Mashable – Thu, Dec 27, 2012

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    Google has released its list of the top Android apps of 2012. This year’s list includes not only apps that were released this year, such as Pinterest’s Android app, but also apps that saw significant updates during the past calendar year.

    Ranging from an app to help you monitor your finances to an app to help you book your next vacation, the chosen apps all sport a clean and easy-to-use design, representing what Google feels are the best of the best in Google Play.

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    Almost all of the apps on the list are also available for phones and tablets, so whether you have a Galaxy S III smartphone, or a Nexus 7 tablet, you can likely take advantage of everything they have to offer.

    Check out the full list of apps in the gallery above. Did your favorite Android app make the list? Tell us what Google missed in the comments.

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