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Breaking News Android application
Breaking News
FREE
Current Rank:
#18
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App Details
- Category:
- News & Magazines
- Release Date:
- May 20, 2012
- Homepage:
- http://www.breakingnew...
- Publisher:
- MSNBC Interactive News, LLC
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Product features:
* Real-time updates from hundreds of news sources
* Edited by a trusted team of journalists around the clock
* Get push alerts for the biggest breaking stories
* See verified social media reports from breaking events
* Track ongoing stories and topics in the news
* Fully supports the Kindle Fire with a tablet-designed experience
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Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:44:44 UTC +00:00
BreakingNews, the team of curators behind the @BreakingNews Twitter account and Breaking News Facebook page, has announced today that it's going international. The U.K. MSN homepage now features a BreakingNews widget, and the new London-based arm of the team has launched a @BreakingNewsUK Twitter account. The BreakingNews team manages a round-the-clock firehose of the day's biggest stories using a deft mix of automatic and manual curation tools. What results is a feed of the major headlines from around the world right as they happen. The full feeds are available on BreakingNews.com and mobile apps for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 7, while the Twitter feeds offer a tighter stream of the world's top stories. When we first covered BreakingNews, the Twitter account had a little over 800,000 followers. It's over 3,275,000 now, and the startup team is now under the arm of MSNBC's digital network. Using Twitter analytics, BreakingNews determined that
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Reviews
MaximeHg
vicki
nathan
Charlie
Robyn
james
Just headlines, no fluff. Works perfectly on DroidX
Fred
Hands down the best app for concise breaking news. I always know before my friends what's big breaking news. Just got a new phone. Had to get!
Teri
Excellent
Lol push notifications still don't work after all these years, FIRE DEV TEAM START OVER
MrTonk
Needs a widget!
Arrowcatcher
Conflicts with streaming audio applications and had to be uninstalled. Otherwise it works ok.
Daniel
Even with notifications turned off this app still runs as a service, using up your phone's memory and slowing it down.
Darren
Darren
Fastest news app...love it!
Joe
Good app. Let down because it keeps running, even after you force close it restarts so is a big battery eater
Kimberly
Since the last update my cell phone force closes after reading an article every time.
Arrowcatcher
Has a bug Conflicts with streaming audio applications and had to be uninstalled. Otherwise it works ok.
Daniel
Should not run as a service Even with notifications turned off this app still runs as a service, using up your phone's memory and slowing it down.
Teri
Very comprehensive Excellent
MrTonk
Good, but... Needs a widget!
Lol push notifications still don't work after all these years, FIRE DEV TEAM START OVER
james
Great Just headlines, no fluff. Works perfectly on DroidX
the news is mostly garbage, i did not get this app to hear about lady gaga! airmail Never worked!!
Hands down the best app for concise breaking news. I always know before my friends what's big breaking news. Just got a new phone. Had to get!
vicki
Love it but lately can't access twitter articles. Fix and 5 stars!
Robyn
Unistalling slowed my phone way down. Incredible (HTC)
ptownlegend
the news is mostly garbage, i did not get this app to hear about lady gaga! airmail Never worked!!
John
You have twitter - you don't need this. Just Follow @breakingnews on twitter and save some space and battery drain on your phone. Uninstalled.
ne14abeer
Breaking News? Looks more like kids playing on twitter. No direct links to news item.
Fred
An excellent compilation of headlines from many sources. Very useful.
mwm
Breaking News? Looks more like kids playing on twitter. No direct links to news item.
Tom Barrister
Requires additional app downlaod. Thumbnails onlyV must open browser for full text.
ksee
Localized for USA with NO config options to change anything, this app is next to worthless unless you live in the States. Very disapointing.
Charlie
Got this for the push notifications, 5 days later and nothing. Uninstall.
nathan
No way to pick a topic..or keywords
MaximeHg
Too bad that push notifications don't work. Desire 2.2
Tom
Requires additional app downlaod. Thumbnails onlyV must open browser for full text.
onefoot4
Too bad that push notifications don't work. Desire 2.2
Rafi
Every single breaking news of the world , only a click away! Excellent overview! Needs an Improved UI, and integration of news opening direct in app
