Newsstand (application)
 |
|
Screenshot of Apple Newsstand on an iPhone 4
|
|
| Developer(s) | Apple Inc. |
|---|---|
| Initial release | October 12, 2011 (iPhone 4S) |
| Last release |
iOS 8.4.1 (12H321) / August 13, 2015
|
| Development status | Discontinued |
| Operating system | iOS 5–8.4.1 |
| Platform | iOS |
| Available in | English, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish |
| Type | Digital distribution |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | itunes.apple.com |
Newsstand was a built-in application on Apple Inc. iOS devices such as the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. It was dedicated to downloading and displaying digital versions of newspapers and magazines. It was replaced by News in iOS 9.
The application is selected by screen and when opened is a visual shelf, directly on the home screen, similar in style to iBooks. It emulates a newsagent's shop with virtual shelves that hold and present each newspaper and magazine that has been downloaded in to view and read, in one place. The app icon updates with the latest front covers with a notification indicator of new editions.
There is a Store button in the lower right corner, to go directly to the Newsstand category in the App Store, where after a newspaper and magazine is downloaded for free, in-app subscriptions or per individual periodicals can be purchased with an iTunes account, to download and deliver in the background the most recent edition of news automatically.
The most popular and largest printed newspaper and magazine names now publish digital content specifically designed for mobile devices and tablet computers, often including interactive content that is unavailable in printed form.
...
Wikipedia