News & Books Software for Web
WordPress
WordPress powers roughly 30% of all web pages online. It's a free and open source CMS designed and developed for self-hosted publishing by Automattic, Inc. The software is written in PHP and utilize either MySQL or MariaDB as a database, and is compatible with most web hosts. Wordpress includes a plugin architecture and a templating system that can be used to extend and customize your website. These are commonly known as WordPress plugins and WordPress themes and make up a whole open source and commercial eco-system where anyone is free to create products for the platform.
Kitsu
Kitsu is an Anime catalog and platform where people can share experiences and througts with anime and manga shows and books. With Kitsu you can get real recommendations from actual people who love watching and reading mange and anime.
Nooshub
The app that unclutters the daily news jungle. With Nooshub, you can make sense of the news stream thanks to algorithms that find similar articles in your rss feeds. Especially for news feeds with a high rate of new articles this helps to discover important content and lets you read about a topic from different sources.
Flipboard
Flipboard is a news and social network aggregator. The application allows you to create your own personal magazine of news stories and posts and shares from friends on popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Customize your Flipboard to include your favorite news sources, people and topics.
Audible
Audible is an application and platform that sells digital audiobooks, radio and TV programs, and audio versions of magazines and newspapers. With Audible, you own all the material that you buy. However since 2008, Audible is owned by Amazon and if you are an Amazon Prime you get any 2 titles free with an Audible Premium Plus trial.
StoryWorth
StoryWorth is an online story-sharing site where each week, they send grandpa (or grandma, or dad, or mom) a question you've never thought to ask. Grandpa fills it out or records it and everyone in the family can see it. The collection of these events can then be turned into a hardcover book or gift cards that can be purchased by family members
Inoreader
With Inoreader, content comes to you, the minute it's available. It allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds, blogs, podcasts, Twitter searches, Facebook pages, even email newsletters. Inoreader is avalible for your mobile Android and iOS device and as a web-based application avalible in any browser.
LBRY
LBRY is a decentalized free and open content platform powered by the blockchain. With LBRY, publishers and content creators can interact directly with their fans without the risk of being banned or demonitized. Since LBRY is a protocol and not a proprietary service or network you can be sure that what you create will be published and not censored, while retaining the ownership of your creation.