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Paper Boy for News.me — Download Your News in the Background When You Leave Home

• creativityhurts 14y ago
  It would be nice if it let you set your office as well so it downloads the latest news when you're coming back home.
  • jrlevine 14y ago
    Cool idea. For now we just support one location, but you can make that location whatever you want (home, office, etc.)
    • d0vs 14y ago
      I second creativityhurts; You should really implement this feature, guys.
• jrlevine 14y ago
  So the short story is that we're using geofencing to download news content in the background when you leave your preset "Home" location. Super useful for subway commuters. Kudos to @tolar, iOS developer and subway rider extraordinaire for coming up with it and building it in a weekend.
• jalada 14y ago
  I'm guessing this, like other geofencing activities, is heavy on battery? Does it only trigger once a day (in the morning or whatever) and then stop checking your location? Maybe I should just download it and try it...
  • jrlevine 14y ago
    I've been using it for the last few weeks and it's really not bad. Eager to hear your experience with it — jake [at] news.me
  • jrlevine 14y ago
    and here's the smarter answer from @tolar: Geofencing typically relies on cell tower changes, a coarser measure of location than GPS, but one that saves on battery life.