• NEWS FOR NERDS: Read and share the most important stories in the tech world, submitted and voted on by Hacker News users.
Octal is your go-to news feed for breaking tech news, putting the biggest stories of the day with engaging discussion right in the palm of your hand.
Octal has all the features you need, including the ability to vote on stories, submit posts, add comments, and manage favorites.
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• SEARCH STORIES: Search Hacker News stories and sort search results by relevance or date.
• DEEP LINK SUPPORT: You can open Hacker News web links in Octal using other apps such as 'Opener'.
• SUBMIT LINKS: Got a cool story or news link to share to Hacker News? Submit new posts directly in the app.
• JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Log in or register to Hacker News to easily track your karma, activity and favorites.
Stories are constantly changing, and often focus on areas like programming, startups, technology industry and companies (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Uber, etc.), and key technology categories such as mobile, computers, internet, design, coding, and security.
• CUSTOMIZE YOUR NEWS FEED: Tap or swipe between story filters such as 'Top Stories', 'Ask HN', 'Show HN', 'Best Stories', 'New Stories', and 'Jobs'.
• DISCUSS THE NEWS: Read and engage with stories by viewing their discussions with a fast, fully-threaded, collapsible, buttery smooth comments experience.
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