News Republic Updates to v4.0 & Wins Semifinalist for Mobile Apps Showdown [CES 2014]

News Republic is a tiled news reader app that personalizes your news experience. You pick your favorite topics and it learns what you read and fills your feed based on this. Full articles are pulled from hundreds of sources and are in real-time (when you refresh the feed). Well, this great app just got better.

Yesterday, News Republic received a revamped UI and new layout with its fourth release. Per the Play Store description regarding the changes:

-Discover a fresh new look for News Republic including a new icon and a revised layout with more space for browsing and reading the news.
-Experience the new “One Feed” view, a unique reading experience with all your topics and the latest important news in one place.
-Build your personal news profile and let the app learn from your reading history. It will recommend articles which are most likely to interest you.

Additionally, News Republic won as a Semifinalist for the Mobile Apps Showdown during CES this year. This means that it was in the top 25 apps as chosen by the judges.

The Mobile Apps Showdown is a fast-paced contest where you’re asked to weigh in on the apps you think have what it takes to make it… By the end of this year, nearly 50 billion apps will have been downloaded.

It’s quite the honor to be on this elite list considering how many apps there are out there.

If you haven’t checked out News Republic yet, try it out for yourself. News Republic’s new look and fluidity make it the perfect companion to feed anyone’s information addiction.