This document summarizes the Quartz news app for iPhone and iWatch. It provides news in a conversational format like text messages. Users can click on messages to get more details or move to the next story. Stories come from Quartz and other sources and may include text, images, charts or GIFs. While the app provides an easy way to access important news, it only pushes stories and users cannot search or choose specific topics. It also is only available on Apple devices currently. Overall, the document evaluates the app as a creative way to deliver news in a more engaging conversational format.

1. For iPhone and iWatch
By Li Xizi 1155087468

2. What’s Quartz app ?
• It’s a news app for iPhone .
• It’s an ongoing conversation, like
texting with someone.
• It will provide the most
important and interesting news
from around the world.

3. Introduction
When you first open the
app, the messages
show like this.
You touch on the
bottom option, the
conversation will go on.

4. Introduction
If you want to know more details
about the news, click “tell me
more”, or if you want to see
other news, click “next” .
Here you click “the what”
for further information.
Then it will show like the
right picture.
You can click this little arrow to
read the news on the original
website.
e.g. This is from www.ft.com.

5. Introduction
You can select what
alerts you want to
receive.
It will only buzz you
when it’s really
important ; otherwise,
your phone will just light
up quietly.
Some of the news are
from Quartz itself, some
are from other news
organizations like CNN,
BBC, FT etc.
Sometimes there will be
not only the words, but
also some pictures, chart,
emoji or GIFs.

6. My Thoughts
You cannot choose and
search for the news you like,
you just only wait for the
push.
Sometimes the chat is
slow.
It’s for iPhone and iWatch
only.
It’s a really cool, creative and
interesting design for reading news.
Simple operation and interface.
It’s very convenient. You don’t
have to choose the pages. You just
open the app, the news comes out.
If you don’t like it you can skip to
the next news. Whenever or
wherever you have a spare moment
you can catch up on the news just
like chatting with your friends.
All of the news are in English. It’s
easy to understand and you will
quickly get the most important news
today with a bit of the content and
improve your English skill as well.
• It is a creative way to
illustrate news.
• Text messaging is the most
popular smartphone feature
and Quartz is text-based
interaction.
• It will lead a brand new
direction for presenting news.
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