Top 7 Apps For News Reading
What are the apps that best filter the news for you?
With smartphones and tablets accompanying our every move, and information sources on the Internet being virtually infinite, everyone requires some applications to undertake the difficult task of filtering the news, adapting them to our liking.
So, behold eight unique newsreader apps worth having in your mobile device.
1. Paper
Paper is the official Facebook entry in the arena of news reading. Apart from the usual links sorted by topic, the application provides a new way to read and interact with your Facebook feeds. The app’s design is not only attractive, but also gives you an idea of how future apps will look like.
Download Paper for iOS here.
2. Flipboard
Flipboard was one of the first news reader apps that appeared in the era of smartphones and tablets, and still remains one of the best. The app not only classifies the news of the day in categories, but identifies links from your social networks or allows you to access your favorite websites. The end result is to get all the content you want, in a manner compatible with your device.
Download Flipboard for Android here.
Download Flipboard for iOS here.
3. Yahoo News Digest
Yahoo News Digest is the result of the acquisition of the news summary app Summ.ly by Yahoo! This application was created by teen developer Nick D'Aloisio. Yahoo’s editors choose the top nine stories and send a collection of links to the app’s central brain. The app, in turn, provides a summary of these top news, two times a day. You will have a hard time finding a more beautiful news reading experience on the iPhone.
Download Yahoo News Digest for Android here.
Download Yahoo News Digest for iOS here.
4. Digg
Digg exists for a long time now, and is based on the participation of readers to submit links and select the most important news through voting. However, after it was acquired by Betaworks, the app became clearer and faster.
Download Digg for Android here.
Download Digg for iOS here.
5. Google Play Newsstand
Google Play Newsstand was launched on 2013, through the merging of Google Play Magazines and Google Currents. Essentially, Google Play Newsstand does the exact same thing with Flipboard. The really unique feature of this application is that it collects all your subscriptions to digital magazines.
Download Google Play Newsstand for Android here.
Download Google Play Newsstand for iOS here.
6. Circa
Circa is different from its “enemies”, due to the fact that it has an editorial team, which researches and writes new stories. The application is based, regarding its appearance, on the idea that a user should be able to read pieces of news in just a few seconds. That’s why any news in Circa appears as a series of smaller pieces. And if you are interested to get a complete and detailed story, you can choose to read its longer version in the app and receive notifications when new and relevant news are published.
Circa, after shutting down and removing its app, resurrected again after a while, but hasn't released its new app yet. However, its website is optimized for the best mobile news reading experience.
Visit circa here.
7. Safari Saved Links
Ok, you got me, this last app that's not really an app, but it's something that you might not know. Hidden in Safari’s bookmarks section in Apple’s iOS, there is an option for viewing a feed with all the links shared all the people that you follow on Twitter. It is not fancy, but it is an easy way to see what people in your social network are discussing any time.
