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Title: Facebook said to be prepping Twitter-like news app for mobile Post by: HCK on August 14, 2015, 03:00:13 am Facebook said to be prepping Twitter-like news app for mobile
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Facebook wants to get deeper into the news business. The company reportedly plans to roll out a separate news app that lets users curate their own feed of breaking news items from partner sources. Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-mobile-notification-breaking-news-app-2015-8?op=1), which broke the story, describes the new app as "Twitter-like."</p><p>To start, a user downloads the new app and chooses the participating publications and news topics to follow, according to BI. Presumably topics will include everything from Supreme Court rulings to the latest Jets player to get punched in the face (http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/13416881/geno-smith-new-york-jets-6-10-weeks-broken-jaw).</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2970124/apps/facebook-said-to-be-prepping-twitter-like-news-app-for-mobile.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Facebook said to be prepping Twitter-like news app for mobile (http://www.macworld.com/article/2970124/apps/facebook-said-to-be-prepping-twitter-like-news-app-for-mobile.html#tk.rss_all) |