NewsHog: Google News & Weather 3.1.4

WINNER of 2013 Google Play Player's Choice Awards! http://goo.gl/GbiI1DNewsHog is the most comprehensive, feature rich, free news aggregator on Google Play. NewsHog gives you the most news on any topic or location of your choice, aggregated via Google News! NewsHog has many advanced features such as summarization, reader mode, text to speech, offline reading and translation that take the Google News experience to the next level. NewsHog is a worthy replacement for Google Currents or the News and Weather app.

NewsHog is a news reader designed for avid news readers who want the latest news on their fingertips. Whether you are sitting down comfortably to read, or on-the-go, or even sleeping, NewsHog is there for you! Designed around the concept of channels (topics) rather than individual sources, NewsHog currently has more than 100 preconfigured channels (top news, business, technology, sports, etc.,) aggregating thousands of sources via Google News.

NewsHog also includes Google News Regional Editions for many countries, custom channels for any keyword, and even local news for any state, city or zip code. NewsHog is optimized for both phones and tablets (especially 7″ and 10″ tablets like Nexus 7 and Nexus 10), with a list layout for phones and optional grid and tile layouts for tablets, similar to Flipboard or Google Currents.

Key Features:

* 100+ preset channels (tech, business, etc.), aggregated via Google News.

* Read full articles formatted beautifully for the mobile/tablet screen.

* Consume news faster with a 100 word summary of articles.[1]

* Use Text to Speech to listen to news when you are on the go.

* Create custom channels for any keyword (eg. Olympics), or location.[2]

* Get instant access to articles pre-downloaded to save you time.

* Articles are downloaded automatically for offline reading.

* Choose between list, grid and tile layout for 7″ plus tablets.

* Choose between four color themes, including a night theme.

* Use Text to Speech Alarm to wake up to the latest news.

* Save articles for reading later within NewsHog or save to Pocket.

* Automatic country detection for Google News regional editions.[3]

* Share to Twitter, Facebook, Google+, email, Blogger, Tumblr, etc.

* Easily change font size in article view by pinching in article view.

* Shake phone/tablet to easily pause/play Text to Speech.

* Easily translate articles via Google Translate service.

* Swipe to easily change channel or read next article.

* Filter out read articles to only see unread articles, mark liked articles.

* Find articles containing any keyword using search option.

* News widget (home and lock screen) for easy access to the latest news.

* Shake device to bypass lockscreen and access NewsHog (optional).

Like NewsHog on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/newshog
Follow NewsHog on Twitter: https://twitter.com/newshogreader

Coming soon: New side drawer UI, ability to add individual sources such as CNN News, BBC, USA Today, etc., Reader mode for custom channels, and more!

[1] Summarization is in beta and available only for a few US channels currently. It can be disabled via Preferences.

[2] Full articles in reader mode are not available currently for custom channels. However, website mobilization of custom channels is available.

[3] Region can also be selected manually from Preferences. Some channels may not have regional editions. Google News Regional editions currently available for USA, UK, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Philippines, Singapore, Ireland, Israel, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Italy.

Note: Please email newshog@ymail.com for bugs or other feedback instead of commenting on the Market, as we cannot contact you there to resolve your problem.

NewsHog is NOT an official app of Google News and is not affiliated with Google.

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