
Reviewed Aug 4, 2011
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Bitly, Inc.
Age rating: 4+
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4+ Applications in this category contain no objectionable material.
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Compatibility: Compatible with iPad.
Requires iOS 3.2 or later
News.meCurrent Version: 1.1.1
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★ “News.me is pushing the edge of what a social news stream looks like” (TechCrunch)
★ “An Eye Opening App...Seeing the online world through different peoples' perspectives is a remarkably unique way to experience news consumption.” (ReadWriteWeb)
By allowing you to read a full, clean, continuous and ad-free stream of articles right inside the app, News.me offers a fresh, uncluttered, and compelling way to get your news via the luminaries you already follow on Twitter. News.me includes a free trial and is 99 cents per week after that.
Features:
- Explore others' News.me streams to see the news through their eyes
- Explore your own News.me stream based on the people that you follow
- Experience News.me streams of notable users such as Steven Johnson and Nicholas Kristof
- Read full articles ad-free from major publishers like the New York Times
- View full text, images, and videos in an elegant and streamlined layout
- Save stories for later in your News.me reading list (or add to Instapaper)
- Personalized relevance filters using bitly data
- Browse and read the news offline
News.me also offers a daily email digest that shows you what your friends have read, along with the most interesting news flowing through your Twitter stream, in the past 24 hours. Sign up for free at News.me.
News.me charges a subscription fee to cover the costs of licensing great content from publishers such as The New York Times, AP, Business Insider, Gawker, and more.
How News.me Subscriptions Work:
- You can purchase a one-week subscription to News.me through the in-app store for $0.99 or a one-year subscription for $34.99.
- The payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase.
- Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period, and your account will be charged the same price you paid initially ($0.99 for a one-week subscription or $34.99 for a one-year subscription).
- You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your iTunes Account Settings after purchase
- Subscriptions cannot be cancelled during the active subscription period
- Any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription to News.me.
News.me was developed by bitly in collaboration with The New York Times.
News.me FAQ: http://www.news.me/faq
News.me Privacy Policy: http://www.news.me/privacy
News.me Terms of Use: http://www.news.me/tos
Questions? Please email us at support@news.me
News.me Review
Twitter-based news aggregator too limited to be of use
News.Me is either a really limited Twitter client or a really limited news aggregator. Either way, it’s the limitations that define this iPad app from Bit.ly and The New York Times.
Somewhat like the much-lauded Flipboard, News.Me takes the links posted by the friends in your Twitter feed—no other social networking service has input—and displays it in a more attractive summary form. The app also offers a few additional feeds from select celebrity Twitter users like Arianna Huffington and Jeff Jarvis.

Twitter Feeds of the Rich and Famous: In addition to showing you links posted by your Twitter friends, News.Me also offers additional feeds from celebrity Twitter users.
News.me’s user interface is attractive and easy to use. You can use your thumb and forefinger to stretch a story in the list, seeing more of it, or you can tap to see the entire story in a clean, readable, ad-free format. You can share the stories to Twitter, Facebook, or Instapaper, or open them up in Safari.
So what’s wrong? News.Me doesn’t give you access to your Twitter lists. And unlike Flipboard, it doesn’t let you add additional feeds within the app. If you like @BreakingNews but don’t want it cluttering your main Twitter feed, you’re out of luck: There’s no way to access it from News.Me. That makes the app clunky both as a Twitter client and a news aggregator.
Those limitations are compounded by this: While free to download, News.Me is a subscription-based app—$1 a week or $35 a year. It’s not worth it. You can use Flipboard for free and have substantially more flexibility in choosing your news sources. Why would you pay for a lesser service?
[Joel Mathis is a freelance journalist and political columnist for Scripps Howard News Service. He lives in Philadelphia.]
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