There is a new app available from Facebook this morning, titled Notify, but Android users should not hurry over to Google Play just yet. Notify brings you notifications from a multitude of sources such as Bleacher Report, FOX Sports, CNN, Fandango, Vogue, and The Weather Channel, allowing you to get all of your information from a single source, not a variety of apps.
Inside Notify, you decide which sources you want to receive push notifications from, all from an easy-to-view list. At this time, Facebook is still working to bring additional sources to the application. Notifications you receive can then be shared with friends via text, email, or on Facebook, or you can save notifications for later viewing.
Facebook's case for Notify, goes like this:
"People have different ways they want to consume information," said Michael Cerda, product director at Facebook. "Search is one way. Social is another way. And we think push notifications might be yet another. We see that as an evolving medium and want to be a part of that." In its official blog post, Facebook describes its "stations" of notifications for 11 paragraphs before mentioning that "if you want to see more" than the sentence or two on your lock screen, you can tap the notification to load it (for eight seconds!) inside an in-app browser. Or you can just sit back and rely on this evolving medium to keep you informed.
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