Windows 8 guide: How to use the News app

Let's take a look at the News App. Click on its tile on the Start Screen.

The main Bing story of the day fills the screen, scroll to see other sections and stories or click on the minus symbol on the bottom right to see the different categories.

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You can also set up more personalised new. Right-click and click on My News.

By default there is only one source, Microsoft. Click on the Add a section button and enter a news topic. Click on Add and a section with news matching your interest will be displayed.

To read news from a particular source, right-click again and then click on Source. A list of sources will be diplayed. As with the main news page, click on the minus at the bottom-right to see the different categories.

Finally, you can used the Charms to search for particular news. Return to the News main screen and press Windows and C. Click on Search, enter what you are looking for and press Enter to see the results.