We’re excited to debut as one of Facebook’s launch partners for Notify , a new app that “delivers relevant and timely notifications that matter to you from the sources you love.” But th...
Breaking News is bringing our lightning-fast alerts to two new messaging platforms, one that’s up-and-coming and the other an old mainstay. If your company uses Slack , the popular messaging ...
Push it: How Breaking News notifies users of news stories before they become big
We’re happy to share that Breaking News is a finalist for an Online Journalism Award in technical innovation. It’s for proximity alerts , a first-of-its-kind feature that notifies you when...
We believe in news alerts that are faster, smarter and more relevant to your life and work. Today, we’re launching a new kind of alert for those of you who enjoy being the first to know. Ev...
Our lightning-fast push notifications are no longer just for phones and tablets. If you have a Mac, you can now get our big story alerts on your computer, too. Just visit BreakingNews.com in S...
We just released a big update to the Breaking News Android app with one of our favorite features: instant-play live video. When a live event is underway, just tap and watch. No ads. It jus...
We just noticed we surpassed a big milestone and set a new record. We now offer more than 50,000 topics and stories you can follow in the Breaking News app . We made a topic cloud showing so...
In an industry that works hard to optimize Facebook referrals, it might seem a little crazy for us to send referrals to everyone else – especially now that we surpassed 2 million likes on the B...
You may have noticed some new names in the “editors on duty” bar at the top of the app. We’re excited to announce three new additions to our growing editorial team in New York and Seattle...
When the ground shakes, you want to know what happened. The Breaking News app has always been lightning-fast to report significant earthquakes, and now we’re expanding our coverage to surface ...
(We’re looking for an iOS developer and Android developer to join our growing mobile team, and Breaking News’ John Jacecko explains in this blog post why working with us – a startup owned...
You’ll have to wait until April 24th (or later) to get your hands on the Watch, but Breaking News is ready a few days early. We just released an update to our iOS app with a Watch experience...
At first it was Tweets, Instagram photos and YouTube clips. Now live streams are also appearing from the scene of breaking stories, thanks to the increasing popularity of live video apps like Per...
Apple Watch will launch on April 24th. Watch for us on your wrist.
As a large storm envelops the Northeast, we’re taking a novel approach to covering a big story that spans a wide geographic area. In a first for a news organization, we’re targeting breakin...
For an app named Breaking News , it’s always seemed a little strange that we haven’t streamed live video of breaking news. Sure, we link to streams on other sites, but they’re often very ...
It’s one thing to see Breaking News around the world, but now in our new Android app , you can see breaking stories that are happening near your location right now, wherever you go. Just slid...
A NEW MILESTONE OF #BREAKING TIPS: Three and a half years ago, we created the first news-tipping network on Twitter. By whitelisting their Twitter accounts with us, news organizations alert our...
NATIVE TWEETS COMING TO BREAKING NEWS - Twitter announced its new mobile platform Fabric today, and we’re happy to announce we’re one of the beta partners. One of the key features of Fabri...