Wednesday 8 May 2013

Best News Reading App on Windows 8



 
Windows 8 says no to icons and tiles are in now. There are different apps specially being designed for windows 8 but one of the best news reading apps is News Bento. Shackles of desktop PC are being shredded by Microsoft and now apps for touch friendly devices are here to stay.

Filpboard prior to News bento is not like RSS feed which is more like digital news magazine filled with heavy texts. The concept of this app is similar to flipboard. Some of the features of this particular app are: beautiful magazine view, optimized for touch, Google reader integration, personalized news, tile support live and secondary. It is fluid and open pages seamlessly. The design is awesome you love to go through news pages. 

In the mornings, you might read news by going to varied sources. But through News bento there isn’t any need to open all such news sources from which you are habitual to open and read. Your all interested sites will open at one place which in turn saves your time as well. 

News bento is a news reader for the windows 8. It can be used for subscriptions of the news feeds or you can access to feeds through a Google reader. Are you new to this app? If yes, it will serve you to get to know about this type of app. When you are done with installing, you will be presented some news feeds to add up. These feeds could include entertainment, tech, sports or any other concerning to your world of interest.

The tile interface is really good to see visuals as each tile will represent latest stories. The app looks and works same like the way start screen of Windows 8. These tiles can be re-organized by simply dragging and then drop at your place of concern. The options of basic customization are there due to which you remove any of the tile by right clicking on it if you are not interested in particular anymore. 

Moreover, you can show tiles in different size or shapes as you might want some sites to look bigger but some to appear small in tile’s display. Also, you can have your favorite feed pinned at your start screen which is ideal for tablets but could also be done on desktops. The images display is heavy and you may not determine much about feeds or posts but as soon as you click on any of the feed you can read all latest news stories as display would be wider.  

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