App showdown: The best apps for getting the news first

LIKE TO BE THE FIRST IN THE KNOW? THESE ARE THE BEST APPS TO GET PLUGGED INTO THE ZEITGEIST.

IN SOME SOCIAL circles, highlighting stale news can be considered a high crime [The TechLife office being a great example - Ed] and in the age of the internet and social media, the window in which news is considered ‘timely’ has been shrinking by the day.

Nothing beats Twitter when it comes to breaking coverage, but it does require you to manage your own sources — and the volume of stories that it presents you with can be overwhelming. Thankfully there are more than a few news alert apps that’ll collate news sources and prioritise important stories into a single easy to digest feed. Some of the better breaking news apps will even send you push notifications when the most important stories of the day are surfacing, so you’ll never be the last one to hear about them. If you factor in the minimal setup time, news alert apps are really a no brainer for anyone who values getting their info in a timely fashion.