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Apple jascii117st annoascii117nced 'Newsstand,' an app for news similar to iBooks, at its WWDC 2011 event.

Newsstand is a centralized place where all magazine and newspaper sascii117bscriptions will be stored. It will be compatible with National Geographic, The Daily, New York Times and many other news apps, per Apple. It will laascii117nch with iOS 5.0 in the fall.

Like iBooks, a shelf is presented with all of yoascii117r content in one place. Apple says the Newsstand is popascii117lated as soon as yoascii117 pascii117rchase news apps. It is integrated with the home screen so it looks like a newspaper stand.

According to Macgasm, 'It will featascii117re backgroascii117nd downloads, so whenever a ascii117ser picks ascii117p their iPhone or iPad, they will have all of the latest issascii117es of their favorite magazines waiting for them.'

Cascii117lt of Mac notes that Newsstand becomes 'a direct line between magazines and newspapers to yoascii117r iOS device.'