False Bay Echo app for iPhone and iPad

The False Bay Echo app now brings you their latest news at your fingertips. The app provides enriched multimedia, bookmarking capabilities, offline viewing and easy article sharing.
In this app, you also have access to two unique features, User Generated Content and Augmented Reality scanning capability.

What is User Generated Content (UGC)? --
You as a consumer can now submit stories and content, including videos, audio, images and GPS locations. You can become a journalist on the go! Your stories will be submitted to a secure dashboard, where the newspaper will monitor and review which content they can use.

What is Augmented Reality (AR)? --
An enhanced version of reality where live direct or indirect views of physical real-world environments are augmented with superimposed computer-generated images over a user’s view of the real-world, thus enhancing one’s current perception of reality.

Look out for images in print with the Augmented Reality logo and scan the image for an exciting digital experience.

About The False Bay Echo --

The False Bay Echo (formerly the Fish Hoek Echo) was established in 1953 and re named False Bay Echo in 1986. This long established popular community title includes the key shopping centres Long Beach Mall, Sun Valley Mall and Valyland Centre within its distribution area.

The False Bay Echo is a free weekly community newspaper available in print and digital format, and is distributed to 31 590 readers’ homes every Thursday in the Lakeside, Sandvlei, Muizenberg, Marina Da Gama, St James, Kalk Bay, Clovelly, Fish Hoek, Sun Valley, Capri, Simon’s Town, Glencairn, Da Gama Park, Kommetjie, Ocean View, Sunnydale, Noordhoek, San Michel, Masiphumelele and Milkwood Ridge areas with bulk drops in Scarborough.