
Interestingly, the app opens stories via Edge irrespective of your default web browser preference. Meanwhile, the real-time news stories are being delivered from over 4,500 publications. The app also provides users with customizable stock information.
#Digg newsbar windows#
If you recall, it bears striking resemblance to scrolling news bar apps we used to play around with while using the 90s for Windows computers. Well, this is not the first time Microsoft has come up with scrolling news app for Windows computers. “If you want to focus, don’t worry, you can minimize the News Bar at any time and then bring it back when you’re ready for it again.”

You can customize the background whether you want the scrolling news bar to appear transparent or match with the Window theme you might have configured on your PC. If you select Image, you need to hover over images to preview the story headline and a short description. You can choose from the following set of options: Top, Bottom, Left, and Right.įurthermore, it enables visual customizations so that you can decide the format in which you want the news to appear on your screen. You can always customize the position where you want the news to appear. For example, as soon as we opened the app for the first time, it started showing the scrolling pictures on the right side of the screen. It was launched in its current form on July 31, 2012, with support for sharing content to other social platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. Once you’ve installed the app, you can decide where you want the news to appear and in what format. Digg, stylized in lowercase as digg, is an American news aggregator with a curated front page, aiming to select stories specifically for the Internet audience such as science, trending political issues, and viral Internet issues.
