There are two types of news lovers - those who like to dig around and sniff out events happening around the world, and those who would rather get everything served to them on an elegant platter in an easy to read format.
If you belong to the latter category, then Newser is the perfect app for you. Available free of cost for Windows Phone devices, Newser is a small (1 MB) download and works on the simple principle that you want to get to your news as quickly and smoothly as possible. Launch the app and you will be confronted by a tiled layout similar to the one on Windows Phone, only each tile represents a story, with a picture and a headline. On the launch screen, there are four main categories of tiles - Latest, Popular, Superlative and Breaking, with stories/tiles under each. However, it is when you tap on them that Newser’s magic comes to the fore. You are not taken to the full story, but a crisp two to three paragraph summary of it by Newser’s edit team with links to sources carrying detailed versions of the story. And these summaries are very well written too. Succinct, yet stylish.
There are a number of news categories, including the usual (world, politics, money, technology) and the unusual, which are grouped under ‘Superlatives’ and comprise ‘most hilarious,’ ‘most intriguing,’ ‘most depressing,’ ‘ most scary,’ ‘most brilliant’ and ‘most ridiculous.’ There is no playing around with sections, no feeds to select. Just a lot of crisp writing and reading here. You can like, share and comment on stories items. It looks brilliant and works a treat. News at your fingertips. Well written. Free of cost. Just what many of us need.