5. Aggregating popular tweets about the day’s most topical
stories, Hash is a simple, visual way for everyone to catch
up on global events. With Hash, you can:
+ consume news easily and quickly in bite-sized highlights
+ receive a personalized video round-up every morning
+ follow stories to get new development on the stories
+ access background information for each and every story
+ get the best out of Twitter, even if you don’t use Twitter
+ discover influential people’s opinions about global topics.
Introduction
(iPhone only)
6. Open the APP and click
the video button
Watch the summary video
of what’s happening
today in 3 minutes
The video is followed
by the world map
Each story is reported
in a brief way
7. Click to get more
information on each stories
Stay informed by a variety
of news organizations
Get influential people’s
opinion on global topics
Click on different media
to read full articles
8. Follow stories which you’d
like to know the new
development
Receive a summary of a
week’s talking points txt
before the weekend
Adjust the App according
to your preferences
9. Why good for
online Journalism
• let users use the least time to catch up the
news worldwide by trending stories list
• let users compare the opinions from
different news agencies easily
• provide the video which makes the news
more interesting than mere characters
• take advantage of the trend of journalism
on popular social media
10. My thoughts
• User friendly– it is really simple to use and let you get the information quickly. Before I discovered this
APP, I sometimes have to open 4 to 5 news APP in case I miss something. Hash gather information
together
• Well designed– Flat design makes pages look comfortable and artistic
• Rich sources– News agencies’ official accounts and celebrities’ accounts provide opinions on same topic
from different angles, which makes me easily spot the political stance of different media
• Social networking– Hash connects to your twitter account directly so that you can reply or retweet
conveniently
• limited news topic– Hash tries to make people use less time to catch up what is going on in the world,
therefore the global events it provides a day are limited. Normally, it presents around 10 topics a day.