Effects of Online News Applications for Android: A Critical Analysis

Abstract

A mobile news application, most commonly referred to as a news app, is a type of news application software that run on a mobile phone, such as a smart phone, tablet and I pad. Mobile news applications available on android phones frequently serve to provide users to news related to breaking news, entertainment news and other various genres. Android Apps are generally small in size, individual software units with limited function. This use of software has been popularized by Google play store, which sells thousands of applications for the smart phones.

The purpose of this research paper is to find that using android news application that are available on android phone and easily available on Google play store at free of cost are good or bad for the mobile users. People are using this mobile application for gaining current updates, breaking news and other purposes. But the question is that these apps are really useful for the users. For this research paper we are using focus interview method of 50 research scholars to know that are these apps are really helpful for them or not.

Keywords: Mobile news application, News apps, Smart phone, Google play store, breaking news, Entertainment News, Android Phones