The News I Want but Don't Get
Here's the deal. Al Jazeera went off the air here in the States a little while ago. Unfortunately they were one of the few stations offering unbiased (or as close to unbiased) news you could possibly get, but they're no longer on TV. They do have an app though, which seemed great at first, until I noticed a fair bit of quirks.
Most have worked themselves out, except for one BIG one; the apps logs me out every time I exit or leave the app. It's incredibly inconvenient and it prevents me from getting news updates on the fly.
I'm satisfied with everything else, but I find myself using the app less and less because of this bug. If it can be fixed (and there are no additional issues to deal with), then I'll be one happy camper.
Otherwise, I'm content knowing that I can still get quality news through this app even though I can no longer watch it on the tele.
Most have worked themselves out, except for one BIG one; the apps logs me out every time I exit or leave the app. It's incredibly inconvenient and it prevents me from getting news updates on the fly.
I'm satisfied with everything else, but I find myself using the app less and less because of this bug. If it can be fixed (and there are no additional issues to deal with), then I'll be one happy camper.
Otherwise, I'm content knowing that I can still get quality news through this app even though I can no longer watch it on the tele.
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Bravo! 5 stars and thank you .
If it wasn't for you folks I would be news starved and in the dark. You are the only place these things are being covered. I can catch some stuff on cnn late night and all we get over and over is the gorilla thing and the presidential crap. Thank you for all you do and the people on the ground risking their lives to bring it to us. Thank you
Capt. Andy
Capt. Andy
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Straight and to the point!
I like that news is covered and reported with higher level substance. Where many other agencies gloss over news, AJ gets in and provides greater details. I also like the Global coverage. We work, invest and live globally, and it's important to know what happened, where it happened, and why it's happening.
Now if we could just get Al Jazeera America back on Live TV, or Satellite Radio, that would be awesome.
Now if we could just get Al Jazeera America back on Live TV, or Satellite Radio, that would be awesome.
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Almost great again, live streaming not restored - so lame.
I've been an AJE user for several years. I used to watch for hours daily. Stellar news source on multiple levels. I wish AJE would restore last thing that they had ruined, limited, in their service for the US audience - live streaming. It's ridiculous not to have it!!!! Videos and articles are great for in-depth, prepared material, but NOTHING replaces live coverage of the parts of the world we have no access to otherwise from the US.
AJ has missed the marks so widely it's a wonder they survived. AJ America? It was more US news, which we never wanted or needed. Obviously. You cut us off from AJE completely. And it all failed. Fortunately we now have access to AJE again, except for live steaming. C'MON PEOPLE!!!
AJ has missed the marks so widely it's a wonder they survived. AJ America? It was more US news, which we never wanted or needed. Obviously. You cut us off from AJE completely. And it all failed. Fortunately we now have access to AJE again, except for live steaming. C'MON PEOPLE!!!
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Better than NYT Now for news
I go to Al Jazeera for my news more than even the NY Times. They have greater breadth and depth without any fluff filler. And I find out the good news as well as the bad. I used to use Al Jazeera America before they folded. I'm very sad that we Americans couldn't support them. I'm glad there's the English version to go to now.
My only complaint with this app is that there isn't a way (that I can find) to sort by most recent—they're just jumbled up together, an article from 16 days ago next to one posted 3 hours ago.
My only complaint with this app is that there isn't a way (that I can find) to sort by most recent—they're just jumbled up together, an article from 16 days ago next to one posted 3 hours ago.
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Mr
Aljazeera is 1 of the best news app I've come across all the news on my finger tip aljazeera is different then any other news app and news channel it focus on more reality and current affair I want to thank aljazeera journalist for all there hard work For giving correct information unlike other news channel all propaganda thank you aljazeera keep up the good work
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Great app.
Everything on the app makes it easy to operate as well as understand easily. The only problem is we can't view news which are broadcasted from Doha. Once when they never had broadcasted from the US, they left the broadcast from Doha on the net. Now after they started the US broadcast they don't let us view the Doha version. I hope they'll let us view the Doha once they leave US. Altogether I wouldn't want them to leave. Give yourself some more time. Hopefully your viewership will increase, you are leaving the battlefield of broadcasters when the elections are nearly at the doorstep and your viewership could go off the roofs.
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Downgrade
Interesting articles - latest app version is so horrible, I can't be bothered to use anymore. Visually a messed-up mashup of images with some titles that leave you guessing if it's an article you might be interested in. Really just a pain to sort through. Not clear - trying to be slick in appearance but achieves nothing but a frustrated experience - in addition, the latest version you can not read the stories once in the NY subway system whereas the previous version was easy to do so. What an awful new version of this app.
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Incredible Improvements
I followed the old Al Jazeera app because they had consistent coverage. Though their articles often have bias opinions, seeing another side of an issue promotes understanding. That all being said, one thing that frustrates me with the old application was its poor writing (automatic translation function error it seemed?) and an equally unappealing user interface. I was thrilled when I saw an update for Al Jazeera and upon opening the app, I couldn't have been happier. Beautiful UI and equally concise and direct writing.
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Says I'm not on the internet!
Update May 24, 2015:
Maybe there is something behind Al Jazeera's refusal to live-stream its content in the U.S. Guess how many billion dollars of military hardware Qatar buys from the U.S. military-industrial complex.
Meanwhile, RT, one of the few alternatives to Al Jazeera, is plagued with bugs: infuriatingly frequent crashes and buffering delays. Now, I don't believe in conspiracy theories, but...
Update March 3, 2015:
It's still lousy: when I click on live streaming I get this message: "Content not available from your location."
Well, I'm in Florida; I wonder just what "location" I should go to in order to watch Al Jazeera English on my iPhone; maybe I should go to Qatar, where the studios are located.
Al Jazeera America is still rubbish, too: just articles gleaned from elsewhere on the internet.
Zero stars before and zero stars now. Completely worthless!
Previous review:
Something is wrong with this app: when I try to access the content, a message says that I'm not on the internet! I can't access any content at all.
Then I downloaded the Aljazeera America app, but it's not worth the trouble; it's just a bunch of articles that you can access on lots of news aggregators elsewhere from Yahoo News to Business Insider to Flipboard: no original content, no streaming either audio or video. Don't waste your time.
Maybe there is something behind Al Jazeera's refusal to live-stream its content in the U.S. Guess how many billion dollars of military hardware Qatar buys from the U.S. military-industrial complex.
Meanwhile, RT, one of the few alternatives to Al Jazeera, is plagued with bugs: infuriatingly frequent crashes and buffering delays. Now, I don't believe in conspiracy theories, but...
Update March 3, 2015:
It's still lousy: when I click on live streaming I get this message: "Content not available from your location."
Well, I'm in Florida; I wonder just what "location" I should go to in order to watch Al Jazeera English on my iPhone; maybe I should go to Qatar, where the studios are located.
Al Jazeera America is still rubbish, too: just articles gleaned from elsewhere on the internet.
Zero stars before and zero stars now. Completely worthless!
Previous review:
Something is wrong with this app: when I try to access the content, a message says that I'm not on the internet! I can't access any content at all.
Then I downloaded the Aljazeera America app, but it's not worth the trouble; it's just a bunch of articles that you can access on lots of news aggregators elsewhere from Yahoo News to Business Insider to Flipboard: no original content, no streaming either audio or video. Don't waste your time.
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