The world of IT and business has us going nonstop at a\r\nbreakneck speed, so we need to be able to get our news on the run. One of the handiest\r\nways to get that news is by subscribing to a newsfeed (or 12). You can easily\r\nkeep tabs on technology, world events, finance, politics, and much more (from\r\nmultiple sources) in a single app.
As you might expect, tons of news-centric apps are available,\r\nmaking it tough to narrow the field to the best ones. Let’s see what mobile\r\napps top the charts for feeding you the news you need.
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When\r\nyou tap a story to view, it will automatically open in the built-in Feedly\r\nreader. You can open a story in a web browser, save it to Evernote, share it to\r\na social feed, email it, and more. Feedly is available for Android and IOS and\r\nis free.
Articles\r\non the Play Newstand offer text, audio, and video, depending upon the piece.\r\nYou can also save articles for offline reading, open articles in a browser, and\r\nshare articles via the Android built-in sharing system. Play Newstand is free\r\nand is available on Android. It’s rumored to be coming to IOS in late 2014.
Digg is still one of the largest\r\nnews aggregators on the web. The Digg app offers a straightforward interface\r\nthat gives you instant access to the Digg feed. You can search for content and\r\nadd feeds (by searching or adding URLs). To save a feed, you must allow Digg to\r\nsign into a Google, Facebook, or Twitter account. (NOTE: Digg has trouble with\r\nGoogle accounts that have two-step authentication enabled.)
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