{"id":3877,"date":"2011-04-21T23:19:58","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T06:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bspcn.com\/?p=3877"},"modified":"2011-04-21T23:19:58","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T06:19:58","slug":"the-5-best-ipad-apps-for-consuming-the-news-that%e2%80%99s-important-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/21\/the-5-best-ipad-apps-for-consuming-the-news-that%e2%80%99s-important-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Best iPad Apps For Consuming The News That\u2019s Important To You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Jessica Roy<\/a><\/p>\n

With the recent release of the iPad 2, the Apple App Store is swarming with new and updated apps tailored for interactive news consumption. Some of the most compelling news apps are those that take a familiar concept\u2013such as the simple act of reading a newspaper\u2013and adapt it to the iPad\u2019s unique platform. These are the apps that remind us that reading the news can be a fun and social experience. Here are five of our favorites:<\/p>\n

1. Instapaper<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Though many of us may spend all day on our computers, we don\u2019t always have the time we want to devote to reading the interesting news stories that crop up throughout the day. Luckily, Instapaper<\/a>exists for just this reason. The easy-to-use \u201cRead Later\u201d bookmarklet allows you to keep track of and aggregate all the stories you want to return to later, effectively allowing you to create your own personalized, well\u2026 instant paper<\/em>. The iPad app easily integrates with the articles you\u2019ve saved through your browser so that you can read through them at your own leisure. With version 3.0.2, updated just last week, the app boasts plenty of impressivecapabilities<\/a> including offline dictionary integration, a built-in web browser, and full-featured, native sharing on Facebook and Twitter.<\/p>\n

2. Flipboard<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Glance once at Flipboard\u2019s innovative UI and it\u2019s not hard to see why its initial release last year<\/a> caused quite a stir in the online journalism community. Flipboard is a fully customizable news app that pulls in articles from your favorite news organizations or specified beats and makes them look like a fresh-off-the-printer glossy magazine. This app is just plain beautiful, and as Wired<\/em> put it<\/a> back in December, Flipboard turns \u201cweb noise into iPad gold.\u201d And with Google Reader integration, keeping up with your favorite blogs has never been so aesthetically pleasing.<\/p>\n

3. SkyGrid<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"With a nonstop 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to stay on top of real time, breaking news. SkyGrid\u2019s<\/a> iPad app aims to make this task much easier, particularly when it comes to the news you care about. The app\u2019s patented algorithm scavenges the web for the stories that are spreading the fastest worldwide, culling them into easily customizable categories. By enabling notifications, the app will also alert you with real time updates on any topic you designate.<\/p>\n

4. Pulse News Reader<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Designed by two Stanford students frustrated with the look and feel of mobile news apps, Pulse<\/a> uses the iPad\u2019s sleek design to display the news you care about in an elegant way. The app culls stories from your favorite blogs and websites and pieces them into a visually stunning mosaic of photos and text, with simple swipe functionality and built in sharing capabilities.<\/p>\n

5. Taptu<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Originally a player in the social search market, UK-based Taptu<\/a> has pivoted to focus more on social news consumption. Their newest app,released<\/a> just last week, takes the concept of mashing up your own music library and applies it to the way you read by inviting you to \u201cDJ your news.\u201d By using their StreamStudio, Taptu allows you to integrate news, social networks and more into an unlimited number of easily-navigable streams. As their CEO writes, \u201cWe\u2019ve aimed to make your life less complicated and solve filter failure by putting all of your interests in one place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bonus: Not trying to discourage anyone, but…<\/h3>\n

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