The Onion Launches Microfiche iPhone App

There was a time when people wrote news online before The Onion, but it was an era of darkness where blogging consisted primarily of would-be authors rolling their faces around on a keyboard and hitting the “Publish” button. The Onion has surely ushered in a golden era of electronic journalism since then, and for that we owe them an eternal debt of gratitude.

There’s now a cutting-edge Microfiche Reader for iPhone that lets you share Onion articles via Facebook, Twitter, or e-mail, browse recent and random stories, as well as view video and listen to audio content. Some of my personal favourites include the debate over robots, the Mac Wheel, and the BlackBerry service shutdown infographic. Grab your Microfiche reader from the .