Stay informed with breaking local, national and global headlines directly from the world’s definitive source for news.

By downloading the BBC News app you can view:
News stories by geographical region
News by category including business, technology, entertainment and sport

Cost: Free
Popular way to catch up on the news, read stories from around the world and browse the articles, videos and photos friends are sharing.

Navigate with ease through all of HuffPost’s stories, blog posts, photos, and breaking news from the site’s wide array of sections, including politics, entertainment, comedy, tech, business, sports, books, health, and much more

Requires subscription to The New York Times. A subscription is available to UW students for free, see this link: https://learn.library.wisc.edu/accessing-nytimes/

Unmatched source of global news. Catch up on what’s happening in the world 24/7 with Reuters News.

Experience The Wall Street Journal's award-winning coverage, blending the best of print and digital. Get everything you love about the Journal including: What's News, Opinion, Marketplace, Money & Investing, Greater New York, Personal Journal, Journal Reports, WSJ weekend features and WSJ Magazine. Plus: videos, slide shows, touch-enabled graphics, 360 panoramic photos, market data, quotes and a customizable watch list.

A subscription is required.

Official iPad app of NPR.

Cost: Free
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RottenTomatoes supports this Movie App, good for browsing movies, watching trailers, reading movie reviews, and checking showtimes.

Cost: Free

THE PLACE TO ABSORB GREAT CONTENT.

Use Pocket to capture the content that comes at you all day long, and curate your own space filled with only the topics you care about. Save the latest stories, articles, news, sports and videos from any device, and any publisher or app. Then fuel your mind with a reading, watching, and listening experience designed for calm eyes, free hands, and
fresh focus.

Cost: $1.00
Tells you the best time to go to the bathroom during the movie and tells you what happened while you were gone, really useful if watching the Titantic while drinking a supersized soda.

Discover great new places to eat. See what's nearby in your neighborhood, or browse a comprehensive list of restaurants.

All the offerings of the Yellow Pages and the White Pages at your fingertips.

The free encyclopedia in App form.