Top 10: Business News reading apps

2018. Microsoft launched AI-based news reading app Hummingbird



Microsoft has recently introduced a new AI news app for Android called Hummingbird. This app allows users to create an account using their Hotmail or LinkedIn email address. By logging in, users can benefit from personalized news items that are curated with articles tailored to their interests, thanks to Microsoft's intelligent algorithms. Similar to other AI-powered services, Hummingbird improves its understanding of your preferences the more you engage with it. When you click on an article, it will open in its original site, but you will still have access to the Hummingbird title bar when in reading mode, allowing you to easily return to the app's main page. The app also offers options to mute specific genres of news sources, ensuring that your feed remains focused on your interests, such as technology reviews or books. Additionally, you have the option to share content on social media platforms if there's something you're particularly enthusiastic about.


2018. Google News gets AI-redesign



Google has introduced a new and improved version of Google News that combines the functionalities of Google Play Newsstand and incorporates artificial intelligence (AI). This redesigned service merges elements from Google's digital magazine app, Newsstand, and YouTube, offering users features like "newscasts" and "full coverage" to provide both concise summaries and comprehensive perspectives on news stories. The updated version presents a briefing section at the top of the page, highlighting the five most important stories at the moment, along with additional stories tailored to the user's interests. Leveraging AI technology, the feature analyzes web news content to gather the key information you need to know, including local news and events specific to your area. As you continue to use this personalized version of Google News, its performance will improve over time, thanks to the underlying "reinforcement learning" technology.

2015. LinkedIn redesigns its news app Pulse



LinkedIn has introduced a revamped edition of its news app, Pulse, for both iOS and Android platforms. This update marks a significant shift in the app's approach to delivering news, adopting a more curated methodology. Unlike the previous version, which followed an RSS-like model presenting an endless stream of stories from all the publishers you followed, the new Pulse showcases a cleaner design that aligns with LinkedIn's other applications. The app's home page now features a personalized feed of stories tailored to individual users based on data extracted from their LinkedIn profiles. Utilizing information such as job title, industry, company, and connections, Pulse endeavors to surface stories deemed most relevant to each user. Moreover, the recommendations on Pulse also consider the publishers that were previously followed in the app's earlier version.


2013. LinkedIn acquired Pulse. Wants to become the primary source of business news


News-reading has become the hot topic after Google's announcement about the death of Google Reader, and it's likely that in the coming months we'll hear a lot of loud news from this market. The first has come from the business-oriented social network LinkedIn that is buying (for $90 million) the mobile news reader Pulse. If you don't know how Pulse works - watch the video. When you first start it - it asks to choose your topics of interest, and then immediately shows you the top news on these topics from the most popular sources. Then you can configure your own news pages and add the sites you want to track. The feed selection is not so flexible as in RSS-reader, but you'll get more pictures and have to think less. Pulse generally takes the news from the same RSS feeds, which it finds on the sites. Pulse alternative news apps are Flipboard, Instapaper and Google Currents. And of course, the question is - why LinkedIn needs it? ***