Time for another round of apps that cover the spectrum of your beloved mobile device, be it iPhone, Android or Windows!

The Weekly App Smack is the best of design and productivity apps (and maybe a couple of fun ones, too) for the busy design or engineering professional and this week we have a list sure to make you more efficient.

This week we saw the release of a slick news reader app, an update to the popular OmniGraffle platform, a new way of controlling your Office presentations via your smartphone and more…

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