Called "Mosaic, " the app offers a visually stunning, multi-touch screen designed to enable consumers to personalize and read all of their news via one reader and offer advertisers an innovative digital advertising model to target audiences.

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Without a viable RSS reader, I would dramatically reduce the sources of news I consult, probably by 90% or more.

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The Livestand news reader app is launching with a number of publications and outlets.

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Reader apps are taking over news consumption thanks to a new cadre of consumer and b2b platforms.

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"The whole city is a mess, people are calling each other, the operators can't cope with such a huge number of calls at a time, " said Olga, a BBC News website reader in Moscow.

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The irony of a former News Corp company having privacy issues may not be lost on the reader.

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Throughout these readable paragraphs, there are opportunities to provide links to landing pages, connect the reader to past blogs or newsletters, refer them to other web site pages or bring news of the area to them.

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