News apps for news junkies.

Now I know last week we spoke about the best news sites on the Internet, but how about the best news apps?

All the news junkies out there would be loving the amount of apps that are available at the push of a button, wherever they go.

It’s amazing how advanced online technology is nowadays with all the news you could ever want on a small device in your hot little hand that can connect to the Internet. That’s all you need.

So what are the news apps to have on these devices?

Well I’ll let you in on the ones that I believe should be at the top.

BBC News

This app has everything that you would want. The variety of stories is great, the amount of stories is great and it has all the different news groups you could want; sport, entertainment, lifestyle and weather. I would give it 4 stars!

7NEWS

This is a great app as it has everything you want and more. The app has a great variety of stories, it is easy to navigate, the weather is right at the top as soon as you open it up, with the latest news story the first thing you see.  A very well constructed news app! I would give it 4 ½ stars!

9 Newsbreak

This app is a pretty good one. As soon as you open it up the first thing you see is the latest news story with video links to watch more. There are more news stories as you scroll down the page. However it does not have an entertainment, sport or weather section. Still an effective news app, but I would only give it 3 stars!

These news apps are only three out of many others. I picked these ones as they are currently on my iPhone and iPad. They are my go to apps when I am catching up on the news. Online Journalism has transformed. You can say goodbye to newspaper and hello to more news apps.  With more and more people becoming technology savvy, I would not be surprised at all if newspaper were eventually phased out.

This would be a huge move and cause drastic changes to not only Australia, but to the World! But this is a whole other topic to discuss.

For now we just have to sit back and watch the power of online journalism rise!