As an unabashed news junkie I've probably tried all the Win News Apps and this really is my favorite general news app/aggregator. However after almost 2 solid years of daily use across multiple Windows systems, I've become increasingly convinced that I'll never see a stable version of the App. It crashes and freezes. A lot. And the platform doesn't matter, desktop, tablet, hybrid, x86 or RT. Would be a 5-Star App if it worked for more than 24 hours at a time. However given that News360 has literally had years to work on this, I feel I just have start knocking stars off.
13 February 2013
Very nice app, highly customizable and recommendable. On Windows 8, it sometimes crashes when adding certain categories. Also, when searching the results are completely irrelevant. For example, if you search "North Korea Nuclear Test", there are no articles related to North Korea, only articles such as "Brazil's booming beauty market...", "Kekalainen becomes NHL's first...", "Melting permafrost cause of concern", and a whole assortment of articles completely unrelated to my search terms.
10 December 2012
Great app, but I do have a suggestion... You should load the web page preview AFTER the main content area has loaded, better yet provide an option to turn it off. Currently the main content area is unresponsive while the page preview loads.
30 March 2013
I am a huge fan of News360 and use it on almost every platform everyday. However, on Surface RT there is one distinct problem. Every time you go into a news article the page you go onto freezes until it has loaded the thumbnail of the full web page. This is so annoying as browsing becomes really slow and laborious. So much so I had to give up and use the browser version which doesn't have this problem.
Separately, it would be great if the app could adjust layout according to your screen size.
11 February 2013
News360 is usually my go-to app on my WP7, and I really like how the apps works on that platform. On the Windows 8 edition (this one) it took me a little while to figure out how filter articles by topic. Once I figured that out, I am thoroughly enjoying News360 on "the big screen." Good job on the app! (And thanks for supporting WP7!)
10 February 2013
When I click on the live tile, it should take me to the story displayed on the live tile.
20 August 2013
If you like reading about Apple, Google and liberal leaning news this app is for you!
4 August 2013
Nice topics, but far too slow loading a selection on an RT, and no speed demon on a Pro, either!
We really DON'T need the web page preview, which seems to be the cause of the glacial response time.
Please make this effective, not a demo of programming prowess...
It could be sellable, otherwise. I've paid for Discourse, and I'd pay for a more responsive 360 with a different choice of feed/sources.
Aug 2013: Just uninstalled AGAIN due to response time on RT.
11 February 2013
The tiles are accurate and beautiful. The news are timely delivered. Nice app! The way Windows 8 apps should be.
16 May 2013
What happened to this app? My bet is that more and more users learned to appreciate and use it until its performance started to degrade. I hope the issue gets fixed soon because this has been on top of my most used app list.
25 April 2013
I liked the Android version, but this is pathetically inferior in every aspect. Just a half-hearted attempt by the devs. Really bad.
5 March 2013
Must have app for Windows and iPad. Best for latest news.
18 February 2013
I've had such fun looking at the pictures of places to visit!! Great job Microsoft!--Lots of love--Tina
16 February 2013
Better than iPad version.
15 January 2013
Even after create a user and select the type of news you like every day it will loose your selection...I created 4 times and then give up...
29 December 2012
after the last update, scrolling stopped working...
2 November 2012
Great app!
25 October 2013
This is by far my favorite app on my iPad 3. But the implementation has never been as solid on Windows 8. And now with the latest release features have disappeared. I can't scroll with the mouse and I can't flip story blocks on the main screen to scan initial copy. I'm disappointed in the update.
Update 10/25/13: Still waiting on seeing improvements with Windows 8.1 on the market.
1 August 2013
By far the best news app I have found yet. And it's available on almost any platform
1 August 2013
I've been a fan for a couple of years now. It's a smart way to find the news you want, but the windows app is lagging behind. We need better performance and what about the sharing options?
6 July 2013
This app lets me decide what I want to watch without putting every thing in my path to have to search to fine what I want to fine.
11 May 2013
Hasn't worked in two days..just loads and loads
30 March 2013
No discernible bias towards any political or ideological view. Wide variety of sources pulled from. Eclectic mix of subjects. allows the reader to make her own evaluation of the legitimacy and accuracy of a given story by checking other sources. Easy to access. Works quickly. Unexpectedly good.
20 March 2013
I loved this app for while, but the lag from the mini page view is way too to deal with now. Guess I'll go back to the win 8 new app. What a shame...
17 February 2013
Because this app allows you to dictate exactly what content that you see headlined is fantastic and the UI is solid. I don't understand why they don't just let us scroll over, but it doesn't overwhelm the user with content which is very helpful. The setup process was also very simple and easy to use. All around, it's very good news app. I definitely recommend it.
10 February 2013
Has performance issues
31 January 2013
Nice design, easy to use. Needs to improve the experience to include other sources.
7 January 2013
A cool app in a long-ish line of FlipBoard wanna-bes. The embedded web page widget is far slicker than the way News Bento does it, but the app is unresponsive while the web content loads into it. What makes it worse is that it gets stuck usually when ad content is loading. Not very "fast and fluid" at all... please fix that for 5 stars.
9 August 2014
As an unabashed news junkie I've probably tried all the Win News Apps and this really is my favorite general news app/aggregator. However after almost 2 solid years of daily use across multiple Windows systems, I've become increasingly convinced that I'll never see a stable version of the App. It crashes and freezes. A lot. And the platform doesn't matter, desktop, tablet, hybrid, x86 or RT. Would be a 5-Star App if it worked for more than 24 hours at a time. However given that News360 has literally had years to work on this, I feel I just have start knocking stars off.
13 February 2013
Very nice app, highly customizable and recommendable. On Windows 8, it sometimes crashes when adding certain categories. Also, when searching the results are completely irrelevant. For example, if you search "North Korea Nuclear Test", there are no articles related to North Korea, only articles such as "Brazil's booming beauty market...", "Kekalainen becomes NHL's first...", "Melting permafrost cause of concern", and a whole assortment of articles completely unrelated to my search terms.
10 December 2012
Great app, but I do have a suggestion... You should load the web page preview AFTER the main content area has loaded, better yet provide an option to turn it off. Currently the main content area is unresponsive while the page preview loads.
30 March 2013
I am a huge fan of News360 and use it on almost every platform everyday. However, on Surface RT there is one distinct problem. Every time you go into a news article the page you go onto freezes until it has loaded the thumbnail of the full web page. This is so annoying as browsing becomes really slow and laborious. So much so I had to give up and use the browser version which doesn't have this problem. Separately, it would be great if the app could adjust layout according to your screen size.
11 February 2013
News360 is usually my go-to app on my WP7, and I really like how the apps works on that platform. On the Windows 8 edition (this one) it took me a little while to figure out how filter articles by topic. Once I figured that out, I am thoroughly enjoying News360 on "the big screen." Good job on the app! (And thanks for supporting WP7!)
10 February 2013
When I click on the live tile, it should take me to the story displayed on the live tile.
20 August 2013
If you like reading about Apple, Google and liberal leaning news this app is for you!
4 August 2013
Nice topics, but far too slow loading a selection on an RT, and no speed demon on a Pro, either! We really DON'T need the web page preview, which seems to be the cause of the glacial response time. Please make this effective, not a demo of programming prowess... It could be sellable, otherwise. I've paid for Discourse, and I'd pay for a more responsive 360 with a different choice of feed/sources. Aug 2013: Just uninstalled AGAIN due to response time on RT.
11 February 2013
The tiles are accurate and beautiful. The news are timely delivered. Nice app! The way Windows 8 apps should be.
16 May 2013
What happened to this app? My bet is that more and more users learned to appreciate and use it until its performance started to degrade. I hope the issue gets fixed soon because this has been on top of my most used app list.
25 April 2013
I liked the Android version, but this is pathetically inferior in every aspect. Just a half-hearted attempt by the devs. Really bad.
5 March 2013
Must have app for Windows and iPad. Best for latest news.
18 February 2013
I've had such fun looking at the pictures of places to visit!! Great job Microsoft!--Lots of love--Tina
16 February 2013
Better than iPad version.
15 January 2013
Even after create a user and select the type of news you like every day it will loose your selection...I created 4 times and then give up...
29 December 2012
after the last update, scrolling stopped working...
2 November 2012
Great app!
25 October 2013
This is by far my favorite app on my iPad 3. But the implementation has never been as solid on Windows 8. And now with the latest release features have disappeared. I can't scroll with the mouse and I can't flip story blocks on the main screen to scan initial copy. I'm disappointed in the update. Update 10/25/13: Still waiting on seeing improvements with Windows 8.1 on the market.
1 August 2013
By far the best news app I have found yet. And it's available on almost any platform
1 August 2013
I've been a fan for a couple of years now. It's a smart way to find the news you want, but the windows app is lagging behind. We need better performance and what about the sharing options?
6 July 2013
This app lets me decide what I want to watch without putting every thing in my path to have to search to fine what I want to fine.
11 May 2013
Hasn't worked in two days..just loads and loads
30 March 2013
No discernible bias towards any political or ideological view. Wide variety of sources pulled from. Eclectic mix of subjects. allows the reader to make her own evaluation of the legitimacy and accuracy of a given story by checking other sources. Easy to access. Works quickly. Unexpectedly good.
20 March 2013
I loved this app for while, but the lag from the mini page view is way too to deal with now. Guess I'll go back to the win 8 new app. What a shame...
17 February 2013
Because this app allows you to dictate exactly what content that you see headlined is fantastic and the UI is solid. I don't understand why they don't just let us scroll over, but it doesn't overwhelm the user with content which is very helpful. The setup process was also very simple and easy to use. All around, it's very good news app. I definitely recommend it.
10 February 2013
Has performance issues
31 January 2013
Nice design, easy to use. Needs to improve the experience to include other sources.
7 January 2013
A cool app in a long-ish line of FlipBoard wanna-bes. The embedded web page widget is far slicker than the way News Bento does it, but the app is unresponsive while the web content loads into it. What makes it worse is that it gets stuck usually when ad content is loading. Not very "fast and fluid" at all... please fix that for 5 stars.
30 December 2012
No scrolling support = bad upgrade!
27 December 2012
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