Microsoft News launches on Android and iOS as rebranded MSN app
Microsoft is launching rebranded Microsoft News apps for both iOS and Android today, alongside using its news engine to power news across a variety of Microsoft products.
While the MSN name is going away on Android and iOS, the site itself will remain branded as MSN.com, a portal for news that the software maker launched back in 1995.
Microsoft News is the new name for our news engine that powers familiar sites like MSN.com, and our newly redesigned Microsoft News app for iOS and Android, explains Rob Bennett, editor-in-chief of Microsoft News.
Microsoft News also powers news on Microsoft Edge, the News app in Windows 10, Skype, Xbox and Outlook.com.
Microsoft is combining curated news from more than 1,000 “premium publishers” and 3,000 brands with human editors a...