News Republic
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| developer | News Republic |
| Current version | 8.5.0 (iOS), 10.5.3 (Android) (January 8, 2019) |
| operating system | Android , iOS |
| German speaking | Yes |
| www.news-republic.com | |
News Republic is a news aggregation - App that for Android and iOS is available. The system is based on artificial intelligence and uses over 3000 news sources to offer users personalized news.
history
Founded in Bordeaux in 2008 as Mobiles Republic, the company was renamed News Republic in 2012 and has since been the most successful app in France, where it was first available as an app since 2010. From 2012 it was also launched in other European countries and in the USA. In May 2013, the company has 6 million US dollars muster - and using XAnge , Intel Capital and Creathor venture - an association that the company had supported from the outset. After a successful run-up on HTC phones worldwide and further pre-installations on Samsung , Huawei , Wiko and Acer , News Republic became a global news aggregator available in 32 languages in 40 countries. The company was acquired by Cheetah Mobile in June 2016 for $ 57 million and sold again to Bytedance , the owner of Toutiao , the world's most popular news aggregate , in November 2017 .
Range
News Republic currently has 12 million active users worldwide with main offices in Italy, France, Germany, the United States and Taiwan.
Features
- Comprehensive media selection: Complete articles with photos and videos from the most important sources of the current press and news landscape are offered to users.
- Personalized feed: News Republic personalizes news feeds with the information that interests users most. The feed is largely based on AI technology.
- Follow, subscribe: If you are interested in reports from certain sources and media, you can follow or save their posts and receive regular updates on special topics and headlines via so-called “subscribe”.
- Category selection: You can follow national and international news, reports from politics, business, technology, entertainment, sports and more.
- Push notifications
- Surveys: Users can leave their opinions on special topics in the form of mini-surveys, on which they can also read a number of related articles.