HTC attempted to redefine the smartphone homescreen by introducing Blinkfeed with the HTC One. It's basically a content aggregator which pulls updates from a variety of sources, including some of the phone's built-in apps. Out of the box, Blinkfeed is set to be the default homescreen in the HTC One, One mini and One max smartphones...
Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-to-disable-Blinkfeed-in-Sense-5.5_id48713
Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-to-disable-Blinkfeed-in-Sense-5.5_id48713