NewsMix, Magazine Style News Updates For Facebook Users

Social software maker, Sobees, released NewsMix — a social magazine specifically designed for Facebook. The NewsMix for Facebook application provides updates from the Facebook Pages you like in a magazine-like fashion.

The said application joins Sobees’ other NewsMix application for web and iPad. The company’s goal is to create a digital newsstand which is relevant to each user and appropriate for each platform.

In the Facebook application, collected stories represent the articles, photos and videos as posted by Facebook Pages. The user can also check out Facebook friends’ magazines and like pages they discover as they browse.

The said application will be great for users who want to have a unique and different pleasing way to discover news items from their favorite brands, media companies and celebrities on Facebook.

The association between “likes” and news stories in NewsMix may be a bit troublesome for others. Often, users “like” a Page just to get a temporary glimpse at its content or earn some fleeting reward. Thus, clicking the “like” button does not always indicate a genuine interest. So, while NewsMix does a decent job at the presentation piece, it may not be showing users news they actually want to read.

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