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A New Way to Discover the Day’s News – Headslinger

sree — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:33:23 +0000

What it does:
headslinger allows you to create a custom news list by news source, with categorization by folder. Its unique algorithm also suggests news sources based on your news consumption habits. Plus, you can see what everyone else is reading.

How it beats the competition:
News browsers are creatures of habit–vising a select group of the same front pages to scan headlines several times per day. There are tools that aggregate and highlight news on a single-link level (digg, stumbledupon, facebook wall postings), but there is a gap for aggregating and connecting people on the source level. Additionally, RSS readers are too complex to set up for the average news browser and they don’t provide a level of social interaction or an easy way to discover new content sources. Headslinger aggregates content beyond the RSS feed, bringing in twitter and facebook activity, to act as a “dashboard” for thew news junkie.

Site:
http://www.headslinger.com

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/headslingercom

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/headslinger

Breaking News, Hand Picked from Across the Web – Explow News

sree — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:27:28 +0000

What it does:
Explow is the only one of its kind website where the homepage offers hand picked news from across the web while the interesting part is that you can get information on all kinds of topics using the search box.

How it beats the competition:
It offers Real-time Information with latest news, where you can enter a topic title and instantly get related digital contents from multiple sources (e.g. Wikipedia, Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Books, Newspapers, Magazines) all at once. All this for free in a professional , clean design. Here is an example URL - http://explow.com/UFO

Site:
http://explow.com

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/explow

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Explow/193723294039765

Less Noise. More News. – Retickr

sree — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:53:05 +0000

What it does:
retickr is an application focused on personalizing and organizing your news. retickr creates a completely customizable stream of news RSS and social media in a ‘stock ticker’ format for easy viewing. Share instantly, stay productive, and always be in the know.

Currently available in the Mac App store, retickr’s public beta is striving to innovate your news by personalizing it to you.

Less noise. More news. retickr.

How it beats the competition:
Many services aggregate news. Aggregating sources is great, but if it is not personalized – then you are still drinking from a fire hose. retickr’s personlization algorithms will change that.

Also, users want to share. retickr’s instant sharing allows a user to quickly send that hilarious blog post or incredible story with ease.

Site:
www.retickr.com

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/retickr

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/retickr

Simply Good News – EC News

sree — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:45:18 +0000

What it does:
Curated news without noisy commentary

How it beats the competition:
Other sites offer news as an artifact of their sideshow of comments. We want news to take center stage and believe that the comments belong with the news instead of the site the brought you there.

Site:
http://news.everclassify.com

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/everclassify

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/EverClassify/109141422511197

Metaskim.com – Update Yourself

admin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:06:45 +0000

What it does:
metaskim is a news aggregator that keeps you updated on local and world news along with the popular links, videos, tv shows, movies, books and food.

How it beats the competition:
Unlike other news aggregators, metaskim comes equipped with a slick content viewing system that doesn’t require you to open dozens of tabs. In addition, metaskim also has better content and localization.

Site:
http://www.metaskim.com

DesignNe.ws – Design News

8minutes – How Many Comments Can You Get in 8 Minutes?

admin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:00:24 +0000

What it does:
Everybody can break the news and expose it to the world in 8minutes, but time is running out on these items. Actually, an item has only 8 minutes to live. Only the people can keep items alive through social engagement. 8 responses will extend items’ live duration by 8 more minutes. In this way the community takes part in creating an exciting content stream and shapes our daily agenda.

How it beats the competition:
8minutes delivers social news like a conversation among friends. In addition, news that makes it to front-page is determined in real-time from social interactions, allowing everyone to take part in the race to keep news items alive.

Site:
http://8minut.es

Joinbox.com – All of Your Social Actions, Emails and Online News on One Sweet Website

admin — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:16:45 +0000

What it does:
joinbox is an advanced social aggregator. It unites information on one website with only one login. It is an easy to use inbox which allows you to keep track of all the news you care about. Updates are being pushed to you in real time resulting in the most recent information always on top.

joinbox allows you to share information across different services with only one click; no matter if it is email, Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn, or even your own blog.

How it beats the competition:
The best about joinbox is, we keep it super simple. joinbox provides:

one, repeat one, filterable stream with latest messages on top

one login for all your logins

ability to include not just IMAP but also POP emails

Site:
http://www.joinbox.com

MyVoterNation.com – Vote. Match. Unite.

admin — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:30:36 +0000

What it does:
Users can vote on current issues in the news and match to people who feel the same way!

How it beats the competition:
No other website has a private voting record that users can use to match to similar people.

Site:
http://www.myvoternation.com

Keewl.com – 2.0 Real Time Search Engine

admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:00:41 +0000

What it does:
Keewl is a new 2.0 Search Engine that lets you search in the Web, photos, videos, blogs, social buzz, shopping and news. Now it’s in beta, but we are going to tweak each section to have a more sociable feeling.

Having the most popular trends of almost any topic in the Internet is necessary right now. Kewl offers you the trending sections and the ability to search anything related to them, whether you want to find photos/videos, or even the most blogged stories of the day.

Why did I start the website?
So the users can take a really fast look at the most important stuff in each section very fast (Current popular searches/Photos of the day/Videos of the day/Most blogged stories/Social Buzz/Most popular news at the time/Best Sellers of the day) and search them in an easy way

We are accepting financial aid at the time.

How it beats the competition:
We know we have competitors, but the main difference is the “trends buzz” feeling we offer.

Site:
http://www.keewl.com

WPnewz – The Top WordPress News And Articles

admin — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:00:22 +0000

What it does:
WPnewz is a resource which allows you quickly check for WordPress news and updates from some of the webs top WordPress blogs and sites.

How it beats the competition:
It shows all the latest news in one place!

Site:
http://wpnewz.com/