[Android Apps and Games] JayChou2016:
Hotoday is an app which simply gets you in trend and updated by providing precise news. This app fetches news from top rated news sources locally as well as globally. Hotoday takes care of its users by providing customized and a unique aggregation platform. So let us take a look at "Hotoday".

Installation

The app is lightweight and easily downloadable from Google play store. Once the app is installed, it welcomes you with an attractive splash screen and allows you to select a language i.e. English or Hindi.

Once you select your language, the app will ask you to select your interests like Headlines, India, world, business. Etc. The smart app then prepares your home screen as per your interests. This doesn't mean that you can't modify your interests later on. They can easily be changed anytime.

The home screen basically provides you with four main tabs being news, poll, newspapers and me. News aggregates several media platforms from the Internet.

What makes Hotoday unique?

•	Poll: This feature displays the latest and the trending polls on hot topics. You will come to know what other people think about that particular topic/news. This eventually makes a difference to the country, how the youth of this country thinks and acts.

•	Customized newspaper aggregator: Hotoday actually provides you customised newspaper aggregator functionality. The "newspaper" tab will display news as per your selection. For example, if you have selected “NEWS_ABCD” as a news source, then you will be updated with its latest news.

Not only this, you can further choose the categories and only the news falling under those categories will be displayed to you.

Graphical User Interface:

Hotoday supports social media signup like Facebook, Twitter and Google thus providing easy login feature for the user. The interface is simple but elegant which means this app can easily be used by people of any age.

The app provides rich user experience with easy navigation from one screen to the other. It is lightweight and smooth in execution. You can also subscribe to your favourite news resources. Social interaction, unique waterfall stream interface, content personalization is all provided.

News not only from the private newspapers but also from magazines is featured in Hotoday.

How authenticate are the news?

Hotoday makes sure that its users are reading legitimate and accurate content. News which is just to create a public hype is avoided and this is the only reason why Hotoday focuses on its abundant media resources from US, India, Russia.etc which are highly relevant.

Another important aspect of Hotoday is that it focuses on customized news. It follows the concept of providing good news by combining suitable time, suitable location and suitable information to the suitable person. So everything is delivered at the right moment.

Scope for improvement:

The application needs to take care of certain things where there is a scope for improvement.

[1] Country-specific: The application is currently focused on Indian masses and would definitely excel as a successful application once introduced on the global platform.

[2] Polls: Poll is one of the most interesting features of this application. The poll experience can be improved by providing more options and not just yes/no. The format of a poll can be made more interesting.

[3] Categories: Currently, there are categories like headlines, India, tech, cricket .etc. These categories can be expanded as there are many other categories which can be included considering future expansion of the application.

[4] Newer options: Options like positive and inspirational news will help the application maintain its uniqueness.

News according to your preference is what Hotoday strongly believes in. What else? Hotoday App version 2.1.x is currently available on playstore. The app is a free download.