News Follower
by Antonio Wells
May 13, 2010 10:00 AM –
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News Follower allows you to follow news on any topic from Google News and Twitter. The app is the best experience for Google News on Android. It also provides similar functions like Google Alert w/o requiring an account. An ad-free pro version is coming with supports for: Sharing, Notification, Archive News.
Price: Free
AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:
Pros & Cons:
Pros
- Simple news aggregate on choice topics from Google News & Twitter
- Google Alerts feature… No Google Account required
- Save/Remove search topics
Cons
- Very basic app, Pro features will make it more enticing
Features:
News Follower Android App is a simple news aggregate from topics you search via Google news. It is not an RSS reader app. However it finds all top news articles based on your search with option to more articles similar to the lead topic. Think of it as the Google Alerts feature with signing into your Google account. Plus you can save and remove search topics. Tapping on a article sends you to the content authors website to read more.
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News Follower on Google News
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News Follower on Twitter
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News Follower Search
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News Follower Android Apps News
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News Follower Similar News Toggle
Usefulness:
New Follower can be very useful to those who like to keep up with top news topics of their choice, especially those fond of Google News aggregated service.
Ease of Use:
The app is simple to use; search your topics, save them, browse the results, off to reading.
Frequently Used:
User dependent. An avid user could launch the app multiple times daily.
Interface:
The user interface is basically a search and results list; results can have more related articles and revealed by toggling the arrow.