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GET /api/v3/apps/1582306019
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"notes": "Welcome to Big News! This update contains a few little tweaks so we're ready for our App Store debut. If you have any feedback please send us a message to [email protected] – we'd love to hear from you!"
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"notes": "Welcome to Big News! This update makes some minor tweak to the way we handle subscriptions. We've also made loading channels just that little bit snappier. Found a bug? Or maybe a suggestion for a new feature? Send us a message to [email protected] – we'd love to hear from you!"
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"notes": "Welcome to Big News! In this update we've improved the share experience with the addition of \"Smart Links\". Now when you share a story with someone, they can view the story inside of Big News too, even if they don't have the app installed. Smart Links also make it possible to share newsletters that have been sent to you. Want to go back to sharing the original story link? No problem, just turn off Smart Links in Settings. We also added a \"Bookmark\" quick action to story notifications. Just tap to save the story for later – neat! Finally we also made some tweaks to the way subscriptions are synced as we know some of you have had difficulties restoring on other devices – we're really sorry about that. As always if you have any questions or problems please get in touch [email protected]."
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"notes": "In this update we've fixed an issue where you could sometimes by logged out if you don't have an internet connection – sorry about that. We've also fixed an issue where some iPad users may see \"Request Timed Out\" when returning to the app. As always, if you have any feedback or questions please get in touch at [email protected]"
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"notes": "This release contains some minor bug fixes and improvements."
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"notes": "In this update we've increased the maximum number of lines a story title can show before it becomes truncated."
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"notes": "We've added an all-new theme called \"Big Newspaper\", which uses serif fonts and a crisp black and white colour scheme. Head to Settings > Style to try it out. We've also made sharing articles even easier when inside the reader. We always love to hear your feedback, so send us a message at [email protected] and tell us what you think."
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"version": "1.0.8",
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"notes": "Bonjour! Hola! Ciao! Hallo! Big News now speaks even more languages. Plus, we've added all-new interactive notifications. Just pull-down or long-press to read the full story from any notification – neat! This release also contains some other minor improvements and bug fixes. As always, we love to hear what you think. Get in touch at [email protected]."
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"notes": "New: Group Channels together with Collections. Collections show just the stories from the Channels within them. Your Collections appear in the Today and the Following tab. New: Hide stories you've read with the new Filter button on the Following tab. This release also contains some other minor improvements and bug fixes. As always, we love to hear what you think. Get in touch at [email protected]."
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"notes": "This update contains some minor bug fixes and improvements. Plus, incase you missed it: New: Group Channels together with Collections. Collections show just the stories from the Channels within them. Your Collections appear in the Today and the Following tab. New: Hide stories you've read with the new Filter button on the Following tab. As always, we love to hear what you think. Get in touch at [email protected]."
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"notes": "NEW: Open stories directly in Safari reader mode. Head over to App Settings to set your preference. NEW: Notifications are now grouped by Channels, making it even easier to see the latest stories from your favourite sources NEW: Discover new Channels to follow with the \"For You\" section in the Directory We've also renamed \"Sent to You\" to simply \"Newsletters\" (don't worry, it works exactly the same as before). And as usual we've fixed some bugs and polished up a few things here and there. We hope you enjoy this release of Big News!"
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"notes": "NEW: Shared With You. Now stories that have been sent to you in Messages will appear in the Today tab NEW: Lock screen widget. Get the latest stories right on your lock screen. As always we love to hear what you think. Get in touch at [email protected]"
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"notes": "Fixes an issue where your text zoom setting may not have been respected on iPadOS. We've also made Big News for iPad available on M1 enabled Macs. As always let us know what you think of Big News by emailing [email protected]."
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"notes": "- Fixes an issue where tapping an anchor link in an article would cause Big News to crash - Fixes an issue where stories wouldn't be marked as read if you choose to open them in Safari"
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"notes": "Bug fixes and improvements"
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"notes": "New: You can now open a story in Safari from the reader. Just tap the share icon, and tap \"Open in Safari. Alternatively long press on the 'reader' icon in the toolbar, and tap \"Open in Safari\". New: You can now copy the original story URL even with Smart Links enabled."
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"notes": "- Fixes an issue where widgets may have had incorrect margins. And just in case you missed it: New: You can now open a story in Safari from the reader. Just tap the share icon, and tap \"Open in Safari. Alternatively long press on the 'reader' icon in the toolbar, and tap \"Open in Safari\". New: You can now copy the original story URL even with Smart Links enabled."
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"notes": "Hello! It's been a minute, hasn't it? We've been working on some improvements to Big News that we think you'll really like: - A new redesigned app icon that supports iOS 18 tinting and dark mode. - We completely reworked story thumbnails to support even more feeds; more thumbnails for even more stories. - You can now quickly filter stories and channels in the Following and Bookmarks tab. We've also made a number of changes to improve feed refresh times and overall service reliability. Thanks for using Big News!"
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