AJ+

Al Jazeera, traditionally known for being a television news organization, has today launched its first apps for its mobile-first news platform called AJ+ in a bid to better engage its audiences on a range of different devices. Available today for iOS and Android (provided you’re happy to join the beta program), the platform arranges content into different types of ‘cards’. So, Video cards provides new in video form, naturally, and Art cards use an infographic style to display news updates, for example. The Conversation and Debate cards are home to conversations about broad questions and allow the AJ+ community to have…

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