Breaking news app with push notifications

[harlenmm77]

So, the breaking news app, which is owned by NBC , is being discontinued at the end of this year. I use the app and follow them on twitter. Its a great non partisan news source. Now I need a new news app that will push breaking news(and hopefully one that has its own alert tone and doesn't use the stupid iOS tritone sound).

Anyone have any recommendations?

 

[harlenmm77]

Please don't suggest apple news , I didn't care for it as it rarely alerted me to what was going on.

 

[Yptcn]

I was going to advise you about that one ! I had no idea it was NBC ;-) I've been using it for years .
Now I'll be looking for a replacement too ....

This is quite good :https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/newsflash-breaking-news-world/id472447733?mt=8

There is also i24News you could try that on , it has push notifications .

 

[OzyOly]

Associated Press is non-partisan isn't it? I think this was the first push enabled application.

 

[harlenmm77]

I have ap installed. So far it's ok. At first I wasn't getting any alerts. There was a notification, but no sound or vibration.

Also, if you click on a notification it doesn't go to the story, just opens the app.

 

[Yptcn]

I just heard about an app called Nuzzle ,it aggregates links shared by people you follow on Twitter over a specific period of time. It's free on the app store and worth giving a try ... that's what I'm doing now.
EDIT : Not good for breaking news

 

[harlenmm77]

The last few notifications from AP have not given me a sound alert or vibration, don't understand why it's so inconsistent