With Newsstand, I can use a Classic Mac application on my PowerBooks and stay up-to-date with what's happening. I created Newsstand in Mac OS 9 using tools only available at the time. Their browsers can't load https websites, and vintage hardware can't keep up with the dynamic pages that make up the web today. I have a two Apple PowerBook G3 computers, but older machines don't work very well on the modern web. I created Newsstand as a fun way to access the news on my vintage Macs. Daring Fireball 'Someone created a great new app for reading Google News RSS feeds, called Newsstand. Newsstand's exquisite 3D icon is a jarring reminder of just how boring today's flat icon aesthetic is.' As a sidenote, this is the best new app icon I've seen in years.
New in Newsstand 1.1: Add your favorite RSS feeds