With that feature, users passively received news alerts on events near their location, but in the new version of the app users can actively seek out local news. June 12, 2014The function builds on a feature that Breaking News released in June that sent users push alerts, called proximity alerts, for news thatвЂ™s breaking near them. The distance is customizable - you can go from a 1 mile radius to a 100-mile radius. In addition to interactive notifications and a widget in Notification Center, the Breaking News app has added a вЂњnearbyвЂќ section to the app to show users news thatвЂ™s happening near wherever their phone is located. The app also takes advantage of the widget feature in iOS 8 and will send users a daily Recipe of the Day. Users can also curate their own recipe box to save favorite dishes or recipes theyвЂ™d like to try out. The app includes a thorough search feature that lets users search by ingredient as well as by keywords like вЂњeasyвЂќ or вЂњvegetarian.вЂќ ItвЂ™s multimedia-heavy and includes videos that can teach cooking basics. Hey, iPadders, the #NYTCooking app is live for you. вЂњWith the introduction of this product and the anticipated rebrand of our Dining section front to Food later this fall, readers will see even more cooking, restaurant, food and wine & spirits content from The New York Times, delivered in a convenient package across platforms,вЂќ Times food editor Sam Sifton said in a press release.

The Times launched its cooking site in beta in May, but itвЂ™s being fully rolled out this week with the release of the app and a responsive web version for desktop and other mobile devices thatвЂ™s also open to all users. May 14, 2014In addition to updating its main Times and NYT Now apps with Handoff, widgets, and interactive notifications, the Times also released a new cooking iPad app that includes more than 16,000 recipes from the TimesвЂ™ archive. (If you stay with top stories, that button just takes you to more headlines.) The New York Times If you choose to personalize the widget, itвЂ™ll also include a button that takes you to the top stories in the app. The default setting in the widget is to show a short list of The GuardianвЂ™s top stories, but users are also able to personalize the widget to show the top stories from any of the GuardianвЂ™s other verticals - from opinion to tech to soccer. The Guardian also utilizes the new widgets in Notification Center. The appвЂ™s layout has been tweaked and images are now viewable in fullscreen. The GuardianвЂ™s newly released iOS 8-compatible app includes Handoff integration to let stories move from device to device. HereвЂ™s a partial list of outlets that have already made their apps iOS 8-enhanced and the features that theyвЂ™ve included. The Wall Street Journal, for instance, today released a revamped iPad app that emphasizes those functionalities. September 17, 2014Two of those features prominently in many of the updates: increased functionality in Notification Center, which allows for widgets (a long-time feature on Android) and more interactive push notifications, and Handoff, part of AppleвЂ™s new Continuity feature that lets users start an action on one Apple device and finish it on another.

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