iOS: Social news reader FLUD has been around for a while, but this week the app unveiled a major overhaul that puts a bigger emphasis on getting you involved with the news that interests you in addition to bringing you stories you’ll enjoy. With FLUD 2.0, you can build and join communities around topics you like and discuss them with friends. More »
iOS: Flipboard is one of the most popular news-reading and magazine apps for the iPad. Now, the team behind Flipboard has unveiled a new iPhone app that has all of the good looks of the iPad version and a new “cover stories” section that gets you right to the top stories of the day. More »
Chrome/Firefox/Safari: Social RSS reader Feedly has received an update with new views, infinite scrolling on feeds and Evernote-like tagging and organisation to its saved articles. More »
Firefox/Chrome: If Google Reader’s new layout is too cluttered or busy for your taste and you’d prefer a layout that’s a little cleaner and well arranged, this Mac OS-themed userstyle looks at home on a Mac, but offers a clean and attractive reading experience on any system. More »
Chrome: Reeder for Chrome is inspired by Reeder for Mac OS and iOS, but it’s not from the same developers. Nevertheless, it retains the clean and easy-to-use look and feel of the original, and completely re-skins Google Reader into a clean and attractive three-paned feed reader that looks just like the desktop and mobile app. More »
iOS/Android/WP7/Playbook/Web: Previously mentioned News360, one of our favourite curated, personalised news services, aggregates the top news of the day based on your likes, interests, Facebook profile, Twitter stream and other social services. Today’s update now allows you to tie your preferences in news content to a News360 account on all of your devices so they’ll follow you when you stop reading on the web and pick up your smartphone or tablet. More »
Android: When you’re driving or otherwise have your hands and eyes busy, you can still keep up with your favourite websites by listening to your news feed with the free WebTalks app. More »