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APP OF THE WEEK
App Of The Week
PressReader
K
eeping up with the world news
can be a strenuous affair. There
are plenty of politically motivated
newspapers, news channels and so on,
as well as countless other independent
sites, papers, magazines and individual
blogs to view. Getting to them all can be
hard work.
Obviously, we could bookmark
dozens of different sites and subscribe
to a plethora of newspapers and their
respective electronic versions, but there’s
an easier way.TheNetflixOfNewspapers
PressReader, a Canadian tech company,
offers users the ultimate platform for the
latest news stories from around the world.
You’ll get unlimited access to more
than 5,000 premium newspapers and
magazines without having toregister
with each individual publication. From
the app or the site, you’ll get content
from the likes of theWashington Post,
the Guardian, USAToday, the NewYork
Post, the Daily Mail and countless others.
Regardless of what you personally
think of each individual publication,
PressReader is designed to help you
quickly find the mostrelevant stories andheadlines, trends and opinions froma
long list of countries.
By drilling down through the available
publications, you can further enhance
your home feed to concentrate on certain
categories, such as animals and pets,
entertainment, current affairs, computing
and technology and so on.You’ll even
find Micro Mart in there.
The app is well laid out, with
the main home feed taking up the
majority of the screen space, witha
section to furtherread or move on to
another story.You can also customise
your selections at any time, change
languages and take a moment to look
into a free preview of a magazine
or paper, buy an individual issue or
subscribe to a monthly plan.
The website version of PressReader
works in much the same way, acting as
a virtual broadsheet where you’llreceive
the latest feeds according to your own
personal tastes or through a default view
based on the most popular trending
articles at that time.
Additionally PressReader improves
its service by allowing you to translate
news items and by enabling an audio
commentary of the news item or acrossall the current news stream as configured
by your personal preferences.NewsOfThe World
Despite the rise in social media inrecent
years, you can’t beat getting your head
around a well-written and exposing
news piece.
So whether you’re interested in what
DonaldTr ump is currently up to or you
want toread about the latest wearable
technology, you can bet you’ll find
something you like within PressReader.
It’s a great app and site and
available on Android, iOS,Windows
Phone, BlackBerry and through any
modern browser.iThe tech section from the UK offers a selection
of decent magazines, along with the rather brilliant
Micro MartiKeep up to date with the latest news via the browser versioniIf you’re on the go,
PressReader has you
covered for every
mobile OSThisweek,DavidHaywardkeepshis eyes on thelatest news
Features AtAGlance
- Configurable news stream.
- Easily discover content from
around the world. - Download full newspapers and
magazines for offline reading. - Instant translation in up to 16
languages. - Listen to articles via on-demand
narration.