With the huge number of revolutionary changes made to many of today’s Android phones, mobile users have had lots of reasons to abandon thoughts of switching over to Apple and it’s elegant but sync problematic features. Add to that the recent launch of Google’s newest baby, Google Drive, it won’t be long until even Apple users will be giving in to the dark side.

Google Drive promises to be a complete and convenient web based entertainment source that will suit many and all kinds of personalities and lifestyles. Boasting of over 500,000 apps available in more than 100 countries, it offers a convenient and easy to use platform for you to feed your fancy. Here are some samplings of the apps that can be had in this cloud based market.

News readers have become great favorites ever since Android phones made catching up with the latest headlines over the phone possible. One great app that fits this bill is Pulse which is considered everyone’s favorite news reader to date. With this app, you won’t have to access your favorite publications from different web sources. Instead, you can aggregate them so that they are opened using a clean and seamless user interface that beats any other app offering the same purpose. Sharing is also a whiz with Pulse. Add to that the capability of syncing your device so that the publications are available online plus scanning through the headlines twitter style and you have a sure winner all free for downloading.

Another nifty app that you can find from the Google Drive is Read It Later. As the name suggests, it exists for one simple purpose – to save web pages and videos so that you’re able to access and open them later. Whether “later“ means when you’re off the Internet or simply just a few hours after the present moment, Read It Later beats instapaper any given day. Unfortunately, for Internet Explorer loyalists this app will not do you any good as it only syncs with Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

For those who browse the web just for the sake of going somewhere without actually moving a muscle, Stumbleupon is available at your beck and call, day in and day out, anytime, anywhere. This free app does all the hard work for you by feeding your device new web content with just a single tap. By now you should know that this is the mobile version of the widely popular application that goes by the same creative moniker. With this app, you can stalk err follow brands, people and other lifestyle icons as well as choose from more than 500 interests, thus making your random foray into the world wide web actually interesting and relevant.