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Busy Columbus - News Columbus 23.1

16.7 MB / 10+ Downloads / Rating 4.6 - 14 reviews


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Busy Columbus - News Columbus, developed and published by City Beetles, has released its latest version, 23.1, on 2024-04-17. This app falls under the News & Magazines category on the Google Play Store and has achieved over 1000 installs. It currently holds an overall rating of 4.6, based on 14 reviews.

Busy Columbus - News Columbus APK available on this page is compatible with all Android devices that meet the required specifications (Android 8.0+). It can also be installed on PC and Mac using an Android emulator such as Bluestacks, LDPlayer, and others.

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App Details

Package name: com.citybeetles.newscolumbus

Updated: 10 months ago

Developer Name: City Beetles

Category: News & Magazines

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Installation Instructions

This article outlines two straightforward methods for installing Busy Columbus - News Columbus on PC Windows and Mac.

Using BlueStacks

  1. Download the APK/XAPK file from this page.
  2. Install BlueStacks by visiting http://bluestacks.com.
  3. Open the APK/XAPK file by double-clicking it. This action will launch BlueStacks and begin the application's installation. If the APK file does not automatically open with BlueStacks, right-click on it and select 'Open with...', then navigate to BlueStacks. Alternatively, you can drag-and-drop the APK file onto the BlueStacks home screen.
  4. Wait a few seconds for the installation to complete. Once done, the installed app will appear on the BlueStacks home screen. Click its icon to start using the application.

Using LDPlayer

  1. Download and install LDPlayer from https://www.ldplayer.net.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file directly into LDPlayer.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

App Rating

4.6
Total 14 reviews

Reviews

1 ★, on 2021-04-18
Terrible.. not sure what this actually does, as there's no instructions, but a huge privacy acceptance letter, which explicitly claims it will allow you to opt out, but then gives you no option or way to opt out. Seems like a scam..

5 ★, on 2019-05-04
Excellent!! They have now added The Columbus Free Press!! Awesome!!

5 ★, on 2020-08-22
Great reporting!

Previous Versions

Busy Columbus - News Columbus 23.1
2024-04-17 / 16.7 MB / Android 8.0+

About this app

Read your news or even blogs in a special Columbus, Ohio,app. Busy Columbus will always give you the best recommendations for news sources. It is up to you what you add and choose to read. Busy Columbus is not a news station, it does not produce news, but it is a reading tool. Our app is a news feed reader directed at Columbus area, configured to search the web for reliable local RSS feeds that you may choose to add and read.

You may also enter any website address and the app will try and find if it has a public RSS feed, that you can add.

Busy Columbus offers two reading modes, List mode and Live mode.

In List mode, all sources you add are listed vertically and you may browse news by source.

In Live mode, we will group all news titles from all the recommended feeds that you add and you may read titles as they are published by the sources in one big flow. Even more, the Live mode groups titles by topics.

So, you can read all news and other topics of your interest in one place.

Busy Columbus has a dedicated team that constantly monitors public feeds related to Columbus area and updates and filters our feed suggestions to offer a civilized and comfortable reading experience. We are also monitoring our Live option solution to keep a good flow of titles mix for your selections.

- No intrusive permissions
- News are fetched fast and in real time
- No downloads in the background, while not in the app
- Options to enlarge or reduce texts in real time

Even though we do not offer news, we have journalists in our group to monitor our news reading apps.

New features

23.1 - some adjustments
20.3 - new options for ads
16.5 - bug fix, optimizations; 14.8 - added Live mode, ad options

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.