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Mashable writes about the new MySpace news aggregator called MySpace News, launching in the second quarter of 2007:
It’ll rely on both algorithms and user rating - basically a combination of Google News and Digg. You’ll remember that Fox acquired the news aggregator NewRoo about a year ago, so it’s taken them a long time to get to the product stage. The feature list, via Terry Heaton:
- MySpace News takes News to a whole new level by dynamically aggregating real-time news and blogs from top sites around the Web
- Creates...
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Kenshi 1 year 9 months ago
Google has started a free Japanese-language news site for mobile phones, to expand in a market where more people access the Web via handsets than PCs.
The service displays reports from about 30 media outlets, including Asahi newspaper and state-run NHK, and aims to expand its lineup, Google said in a media release on Thursday.
The service shows a list of headlines and links to news sites that are also designed for cellphones.
"People want to check the news all the time," Angela Lee, Google's senior product manager in Tokyo told a...
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New products from startups and entrepreneurs are advancing news aggregation beyond what Google News offers.
When Google News was launched four years ago, it did the one thing that newspapers refused to do, and that was link to other publications.
The product was a hit with the Web audience, since it offered an easy and surefire way of getting multiple angles on a story from several different publications.
This hasn't made newspapers very happy. Editors often bemoan that aggregators like Google News take traffic away from their sites...
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