What news app do you use?

hollboll posted a pic said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 9:59am ET

Currently I'm using the NYT Now app but am considering changing it up.

I like the news alerts from the NY Times app but am kinda disappointed in the variety of articles. I used Flipboard for a while, but it doesn't send you breaking news alerts so... :/

Any suggestions?

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medz said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 10:03am ET:

Google News or Google Now. Whatever it's called.

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kadagan said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 11:15am ET:

I've been using the built in news app from my iphone.. it's ok

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katylava said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 12:13pm ET:

For breaking news... Twitter, duh.

For finding stuff to read, Prismatic and also stuff from Pocket's "Recommended" list.

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- @katylava idk if this makes me lose my millennial card or what, but I just don't get/ like twitter.
  
  hollboll said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 12:36pm ET
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- @hollboll Me neither. I find it difficult to follow news and "events" on twitter. I no longer have an account. Suppose there is an earthquake, how can I see all tweets pertaining to that earthquake? Who decides how to categorize tweets? Is it all done via hashtags? Is it easier if you're logged in?
  
  medz said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 12:49pm ET
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- @medz I think so. It's just too all over the place for me.
  
  hollboll said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 1:10pm ET
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- @hollboll @medz i'll just assume your weird twitter issues mean i have a cooler brain 'cause i can handle it.
  
  katylava said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 1:12pm ET
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- @hollboll I wish the twitter hashtag could get together with Pinterest and go somewhere and die in a murder/suicide scenario.
  
  tightwad said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 5:31pm ET
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DaveInSoCal said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 12:25pm ET:

I mostly go to Google News, but also use Reddit Is Fun.

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readnj said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 1:30pm ET:

Really like Smart News. In addition to what is there, you can add some of your favorite news sources.

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sohmageek said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 2:23pm ET:

@hollboll I don't. They all give me sports alerts when I Say STOP!

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narfcake said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 2:41pm ET:

As a Windows Phone user ... apps? They seem mythical.

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trisk said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 5:54pm ET:

I use feedly (a spiritual successor to Google Reader) to browse articles and posts from news sites and blogs.

The feedly site and the mobile app both have a very clean layout that packs more information than Flipboard and makes it easy to organise things in different categories with tags. It's easy to preview and add any source with an RSS feed.

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lumpthar said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 7:09pm ET:

I use the BBC app. It's pretty adequate.

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ThatsHeadly said Mon, Oct 12th 2015 at 9:27pm ET:

Flipboard. Alerts are kinda annoying.

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