Pune based company Juhu Labs, launched JuhuLive, a social news reader for Facebook, at SXSW in Austin (Texas, USA). The app allows users to read news across various genres like Politics, Business, Sports, Entertainment, based on their interests, location and likes on Facebook. It also allows users to share stories and browse through stories shared by their friends via the Facebook Ticker, News Feed, and Timeline. How does it work? On installing the Facebook app, one is redirected to a generic app interface, which provides the top stories, aggregated from various media outlets such as the Times of India, NDTV, Hindustan Times and others. There is a navigation bar on the top that allows users to head over to specific sections such as Business, Technology, Entertainment, Sports and an editor's pick section which offers a curated list of stories. Interestingly, it also claims to recognize the user's location and offers news around that specific location. For instance, it recognized we were in Bangalore and provided news around the city. Strangely, it did not offer the same feature for Delhi. Users can also add any topics of interest or public figures to read stories related to them or view relevant YouTube Videos and tweets through an embedded Twitter search widget. All stories also have Facebook comments integrated and one can like or send any specific story to their Facebook friends. Alternatively, users can also browse through the related stories section at the bottom. One can also view their profile to browse through their…
