HTC recently started showing promotions in its BlinkFeed home screen reader app. It's a somewhat controversial move that sees BlinkFeed starting to show ads alongside news and social content in some countries. Fortunately it's easy to opt of ads out altogether.
BlinkFeed lies at the heart of HTC's Sense UI, bringing news and social updates to your home screen Information snacking HTC BlinkFeed was first introduced on the HTC One in 2013. A novel (and somewhat controversial) feature at the time, BlinkFeed introduced a vertical-scrolling list of news updates, social feeds, tips, calendar appointments, task reminders and other items on the...
BlinkFeed, HTC Service Pack and SenseTV listed on Google Play, complete with screenshots We're just hours away from the expected arrival of the new HTC One (M8), and we're starting to see signs of the final preparations being made for the phone's launch. HTC has this morning released three new HTC Sense apps onto Google Play — HTC BlinkFeed, HTC Service Pack, and HTC SenseTV. Update:...
It's one of the more controversial moves a smartphone manufacturer has made in recent memory. HTC has pared down the out-of-box home screen experience, instead going with a single traditional Android panel, while opening up a world of news, updates and features, that's just a single swipe away. This is BlinkFeed. You could say BlinkFeed looks a lot like Flipboard -- and you'd be right....
The meat of HTC's new home screen experience in Sense 5 is the BlinkFeed -- a vertical-scrolling feed of news, social updates and other relevant info. This includes content from leading news organizations, and today the Financial Times has confirmed that it's onboard with BlinkFeed support on the recently-announced HTC One. As is the case when reading on the web, selected FT content...