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• Gleaner MyReport - Sumfest 2015 Assignment
• Star App for Android Launched
• Share your stories today!
• In the Blogs

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The Jamaica Star recently launched its news app for Android devices, tablets and phones.

The Jamaica Star news app brings you latest news, the popular feature Dear Pastor, entertainment and sports to your fingertips.

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The Gleaner recently made another leap in interactive media in Jamaica with the launch of the user-generated Internet portal, myReport.

The site, available at www.jamaica-gleaner.com/myReport, allows users to upload text, photo and video content simply after logging on and signing up.

Once the content is approved by our social media moderators, it goes live on the worldwide web.

"This is an exciting addition to our online offerings," said Damion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online.

Read more about this offering here http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20150529/see-it-snap-it-share-it-gleaner-launches-myreport

If you have missed them here are some interesting Gleaner Blogs

Caribbean Dev. Trends Plus: Turning Caribbean Islands into “Climate Smart Islands”
As a climate change adaptation consultant living and working in a small island developing State like Jamaica, I would like to reflect about some particular challenges that SIDS are facing today when it comes to sustainable development.

Motor Sports: Drag Racing: Test the beast this Sunday!
We will never admit the amount of time and scarce financial resources required to get a machine performing at the level we aim for. The figure (dollar amount) if revealed, may provide sufficient grounds for some wives to file for divorce!

Social Impact: The Language of Politics
It is almost magnetic. What is it about that simple instrument, the microphone, which drags those words out of us, like the pull of a magnet? Those words that one is likely to regret afterwards, but can never fully retract?

IConsumer: Summer Meal Ideas on a Budget!
Have you ever noticed that children eat more when they are home on summer vacation? It's almost as if they have built up more appetite because of the long hours spent indoors which is where some children spend their summer.

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