PGe Original 4+

Im a Pittsburgher away from home for the winter months. I love being able to keep in touch with what's going on at home while I’m enjoying the warm weather. The PPG app makes this possible as I read the PPG every morning on my IPAD as I drink my coffee. Sometimes it jumps pages when I don't want it to but still provides me a taste of home any time I want it.

Just started using PGe app to read through the daily Post-Gazette. Tap to zoom the columns as I read them, highlighting words to look them up on internet and keeping earlier editions to refer back to all easier than an actual newspaper. I am nostalgic for the traditional page layout than seeing what comes on NewsSlide app and will use PGe when I want the view of the old newspaper.

Despite the PG’s offensive advertising which mocked those who prefer a true newspaper, the app is dreadfully inadequate at delivering news. Often stories are cut off. Links do not open. And god help you if you want to read something from an earlier edition of the paper. Oh sure, they give you the option of loading the paper from earlier in the week. It is great fun to watch a spinning circle for hours as it claims to be downloading. In total, the app is garbage. Unfortunately the reporting in the paper isn’t much better. It’s sad because the Post Gazette used to be a great newspaper.