From the category archives:

News

Review: Newsprint 1.0, a gorgeous iPhone RSS reader that just isn’t ready yet [iPhone App Reviews]

March 4, 2010

Google Reader has been my main portal to the web for a while now, and although no newcomer has usurped the Greader web app’s throne on my iPhone, I’m always up for trying something new.
Newsprint from HashBang Industries is the new feed reader on the block, and the App Store screenshots show a very promising [...]

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Review: iGovernment – News and Politics to Go on your iPhone [iPhone App Reviews]

March 3, 2010

UPDATE: iGovernment has fixed the picture viewing issues previously mentioned in the review.
iGovernment features a collection of news, videos, and pictures from various government agencies and departments. The “Featured News” section, offers a news feed section reporting on various government agencies and departments. The stories are organized and listed by date. When you find an [...]

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Newsy.com brings bite-size nuggets of news from multiple sources to the iPhone

November 3, 2009

There are plenty of iPhone apps available for catching up with the news, especially from individual newspapers and news broadcasters. But what if you want to gain a broad and unbiased as possible overview of the latest events and issues in just a few minutes each day?
This is where the Newsy.com app comes in, which [...]

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KATU News Delivers iPhone App for the Portland Area

September 24, 2009

KATU TV (the local ABC affiliate, owned by Fisher Interactive), located in Portland, Oregon, has announced their recent addition to the iPhone App market. The KATU News iPhone app takes the best features from KATU TV and KATU.com, and rolls them into an intuitive and pleasant mobile experience.
You can get the latest local and national [...]

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Quick Look: Time.com Mobile for iPhone

September 3, 2009

Time Magazine now has a full native app in the iPhone App Store. It’s called Time.com Mobile and features a good range of content from one of the top news magazines in the US.
I have to admit I don’t read Time as often as I’d like to, as I don’t subscribe and just [...]

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Who wins the battle for the news on iPhone?

May 9, 2009

My name is Alicia and I am news junkie. Thankfully, I have an iPhone that feeds my addiction.
In the olden days, we bought newspapers. I have fond memories of Sunday mornings fighting over the crosswords and comics.
The olden days are gone. This is the iPhone age. Our schedules make TV or Radio news [...]

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Review: Newsflash – All The News You Need on the iPhone, And More …

May 4, 2009

Newsflash is a new iPhone app – produced by students at the University of Missouri – that may just be the best iPhone news app I’ve seen yet – and I’ve seen, and liked, a lot of them.

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Review: The Wall Street Journal Mobile Reader for iPhone

April 16, 2009

This is one of those iPhone apps that’s going to broaden my horizons a bit – because I can see myself becoming a much more regular – and deeper – reader of the WSJ because of it …

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Review: Newsstand for iPhone

February 25, 2009

If you’re after a standalone RSS app for the iPhone, then Newsstand is a decent option. For standalone purposes, it has a good feature set, and a nice set of default feeds to get you started if you’re just getting into RSS …

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Review: smartRSS 2 for iPhone

February 18, 2009

I have to conclude that this app is no longer supported or viable. Especially since it is not produced by a one-person outfit …

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New: iPhone App for UK’s Telegraph Newspaper

February 2, 2009

It’s a definite keeper for me. I’m hoping that some of my favorite UK titles will follow The Telegraph’s lead and get their native iPhone apps going soon.

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