Powerful new platform enables local bloggers to reach mainstream audience
Singapore 17 July 2012 – Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (Singtel) today launched NewsLoop, a ground breaking e-Reader app for iPad that offers the largest selection of Singapore news, blogs, lifestyle articles, photographs and videos. The app also includes content from a wide range of leading international sources.
From business headlines and technology news, to restaurant reviews and health tips, NewsLoop offers articles from more than 230 local and international media sources and blogs in 25 categories. Users can browse through local favourites such as TODAY, The Online Citizen, Channel NewsAsia, publichouse.sg, ieat.ishoot.ipost, Chubby Hubby, CNet Asia, Techgoondu, Tech65 and Lady Iron Chef. Internationally renowned news sources such as Reuters, Bloomberg, BBC and ESPN are also available through the app. (Please refer to Annex 1 for a full list).
Mr Cheong Hai Thoo, Singtel's Head of Multimedia, said: “NewsLoop is designed by Singaporeans for Singaporeans. It differentiates itself from other news apps by being the first to cater specifically to the needs and interests of local readers. It also provides local media and bloggers with a powerful new platform to reach a wider audience and earn additional revenue for their content.”
“Studies have shown that 30 per cent of consumers who read news on a tablet spend more time reading news than they did before they purchased their tablet (1). With NewsLoop’s unique mix of content sources, we hope to provide these users with different perspectives of news and events in Singapore and around the world,” he said.
NewsLoop renders articles in a fresh and easy-to-read magazine-style format. Readers no longer have to scan through long lists of posts and click on link after link. Instead, they can enjoy quick access to all stories and images with a few swipes, making it simpler and more entertaining than ever to discover, view and share content. They can also view the latest headlines in one glance by selecting the carousel mode.
Readers can customise the categories and news sources that they access according to their needs. The app allows users to add news feeds and timelines from Facebook and Twitter. Over time, NewsLoop learns the interests of users and helps them to discover articles that will appeal to them.
Mr Cheong said that NewsLoop is an important addition to Singtel’s growing suite of multimedia offerings, which includes the award-winning AMPed music service, skoob eBook service, deF!ND digital concierge and mio TV.
“Singtel is transforming from a provider of traditional telecommunications services to a multimedia solutions provider. We are constantly developing new apps and services that make the most of our networks and mobile technology to enhance the lives of our customers,” he said.
NewsLoop is available for free download from the Apple App Store. For more information, please visit www.newsloop.co.
ANNEX 1 - NewsLoop local and international content sources:
| Singapore content sources
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| A Table For Two Andy Lee Anncoo Journal Appetite Asia Bagaholicboy Beauty Fool Bonjour Singapore Channel NewsAsia Christine's Recipes Chubby Hubby Cooking in the City Cuisine Paradise D for Dot Danny Santos Delicious Asian Food DestinAsian Dominique Desk DOPE.SG e27 EA Singapore Esplanade Expat Living Ezyhealth & Beauty Fash-Eccentric Fever Avenue Giving It Forward |
Eco Beauty Secrets Eco Walk the Talk Great Deals Singapore Great New Places Green Future Solutions H88 Home Rejuvenation Honeycombers Humble Bean iCarsSingapore IDA Singapore ieatishootipost Indochine Kitchen inSing iProperty IS Magazine JUICE Keropokman Kids and Parenting Kiss My Culture Lady Iron Chef Lifestyle Asia Little Green Dot Low Carbon Singapore Makeup Stash! |
Maybe Baby Mio Stadium Miss Tam Chiak MoneySmart MoneySmart.sg Moshin' Mag Mr Brown MsGlitzy MTV Asia Music Services Asia My Auto Blog My Cooking Hut Nasi Lemak Lover NewsSingapore No Recipes Noob Cook Notatourist Nylon Singapore OneShift Our EM Renovation Experience Plussixfive Poisepolish Power of Pop Property Report PropertyGuru Publichouse.sg Rediscover Singapore |
RightClicka Roseannetangrs SG Entrepreneurs sgCarMart Sindie Only Singapore Arts Fest Singapore Business Review Singapore Motherhood Smitten Kitchen SOFT SG SPH Razor TV Steamy Kitchen Tech65 Techgoondu The Health Guru The Little Teochew The Mad Scene The New Age Parents The Online Citizen Today Online Viona Wang Virtual Worlds for Kids Viva Woman Voucher Wow Wild Rice Zero Waste Singapore |
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| 2point6billion Al Jazeera All Day I Dream About Photography Allure.com Appolicious Arkive Blog Asia Today Asianbite Asians On Film AskMen Autobiography.net Avid Mystery Reader BBC BestAppSite Blogfathers! Bloomberg View Buttons in the Bread Camemberu Chicago Tribune CinemaOnline CNET Asia Coffee & Cliffhangers Cookbooks We Love Cosmos Magazine CPopAccess Craig Hickman (Tennis Blog) Crime Fiction Collective Curbly.com DA MAN Design Milk desire to inspire Diet.com Digital Photography Review
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Digital Science Fiction E! Online Earth Shots Eco-Business Economist's View Engadget England Team Videos EPL Talk ESPN Soccernet ESPN.co.uk EW.com eyecurious F Movie Mag Fantasy Book Critic Fodor's FOX Singapore France 24 Frommer's GameSpot Asia Gamezebo Gizmodo Glamour Goal.com Graeme's Fantasy Book Review Great New Places Green Drinks Singapore The Guardian Haymarket HealthCastle.com Hollywood Reporter HOPE & ANCHOR ITN News Jalopnik Japan Cinema JayneStars Jim Rogers Channel
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Josh Daniel Photography JpopAsia Junk Online Kill Screen Daily Kotaku Lambda Literary Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf Literary Treats LushHomeMedia Mashable Michelle Phan MovieWeb Mr & Mrs Smith My Yoga Online NBA on YouTube New Books in Biography NLB High Browse Passport Chop PDN People.com Photoshop User TV Phototuts+ PictureCorrect Pioneer Woman Photography Pitchfork Publishing Perspectives ReadWriteWeb Republican Reuters Road & Track SAM Telly Serie A Weekly Shape Magazine Shutter Sisters Soccerlens
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Sports Illustrated Sugar Inc Tech in Asia TechCrunch Telegraph Teleread The Book Muncher The Compulsive Reader The Discarded Image The Hackers Paradise (Golf) The Hollywood Reporter The Next Web The Paris Review the style files The Travel Magazine The YA YA YAs Threadbangers TIME TMZ.com Touropia VEVO VR-Zone WildGrounds Xinhua YA Book Central YA Reads Young Adult Book Review
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(1) Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism in collaboration with The Economist Group (Oct 2011) (http://www.journalism.org/analysis_report/tablet)
