Wednesday 17 February 2010

BBC to Launch News & Sport Apps for iPhone    [ 17-02-2010 16:48 ]

Author: Serge Novikov   Source: BBC     Translation by: Administrator     

When it comes to apps the iPhone is most definitely king (for the moment at least) and from those apps news and urrent affirs are a big draw. Indeed there are many popular apps that serve up news including the much praised apps from the New York Times and the Guardian. However, there has been one news organisation conspicously absent from Apple's app store; the biggest news organisation in the world ... the BBC. Well all that is set to change after the Beeb announced at MWC in Barcelona that they have two apps soon to launch, a news app and a separate sports app. You can check out an interesting interactive demo of the news app on the BBC website and I must say that it looks pretty swish. Print, photos and video are blended together and the interface, whilst perhaps a little cluttered looking, looks functional. Satisfyingly there is an option to share content you find interesting your chums and of course you can submit news directly to the BBC through the app. April is being touted as a release date so not too far off.

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