Social news-discovery service SmartNews has made its US debut with the release of localized iOS and Android apps. SmartNews first made a name for itself in its home country of_Japan, where it has consistently ranked among the top five news apps on Google Play and the App Store. The company boasts over 5 million users there. _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ On the surface, SmartNews feels like a pretty standard news app, but most of the innovations are under the hood. The app mines social media in order to track which articles are trending. Syncing your Twitter...
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