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Mobile Minutes: Washington Post app; T-Mobile offers free tablet; Apps compete with Snapchat; Wine-selecting app

Washington Post launches new app with help from Amazon Fire
The Washington Post unveiled a tablet app targeted toward a national audience, the latest example of the publication?s attempt to reinvent itself and boost readership under owner and Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bezos.
Read more on Wall Street Journal

T-Mobile offers free tablet in pre-Black Friday deal
T-Mobile US Inc., the fourth-largest U.S. wireless carrier, is offering a free 7-inch Android tablet to existing customers as part of an early Black Friday sales promotion.
Read more on Bloomberg

Apps to compete with Snapchat in temporary messaging
Not all messages need to live forever. And with the right smartphone app, it is simple to deliver text messages, photos or videos with a short life span.
Read more on New York Times

Next Glass app makes wine and beer selection a snap
A bad wine recommendation led to the creation of Next Glass, a new app that predicts whether that next wine or beer you buy will taste good to you.
Read more on USA Today