I very much like Newsy.com, a news destination website that collects and analyzes perspectives from multiple sources and wraps these views into snack-sized videos.
I particularly dig their iPhone app (iTunes link), which is perfect for quick and easy news consumption on the go.
Since yesterday, you can also check out the fledgling media company’s custom-made iPad application, which suits the device format really well.
People can use the iPad app to watch high-quality Newsy videos, which highlight the differences in how global media outlets report a story, an experience particularly compelling in landscape mode. Users can flip through videos in a nifty cover flow type fashion, which should be familiar to anyone that uses Apple’s iTunes interface.
The app allows users to drag and drop videos and build customized playlists, easily share videos through email and social networks like Facebook and Twitter, read and post comments on the fly and drill down deeper into a news story by exploring the sources Newsy analyzed.
Like the iPhone app, the iPad app is offered free of charge. A must-download.
Newsy is a multi-platform, multi-source video news service that monitors, analyzes and presents the world’s news coverage. Through short video segments available on the web and mobile devices, Newsy accelerates the understanding of how a news story is being covered differently by media outlets from around the world. A news analyzer, not a news aggregator, Newsy is the only multi-source video news service producing daily videos - in 2 to 3 minutes, users understand the nuances in coverage - offering...
The Apple iPad, formerly referred to as the Apple Tablet, is a touch-pad tablet computer announced in January 2010, and released in April 2010. It has internet capabilities running on either WiFi or 3G, and offers an optional dock with a full size mechanical keyboard. The 3G is provided by AT&T, but comes unlocked with microsim cards on the GSM network. The 3G does not require a long-term contract. The iPad is a line of tablet...
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