With trap.it a new content discovery and research tool has been launched. The service uses artificial intelligence and works in real time. Using and setting up the service is most simple. After logging in by using Facebook or Twitter account data a brief tour starts introducing the service in three steps. Popular topics already are [...]
Digg, one of the first social media sites specialized on sharing of technology news, has introduced a new function called Digg Newswire. Opposed to the already existing Top News function working near realtime the newswire is bringing up information in realtime. Additionally there are various functions to personalize the service. This may happen by topics [...]
Currently the Disrupt 2011 happens, a startup event organized by TechCrunch, where new applications and services are introduced. These new services are most interesting, but almost all are still in private beta. An already available application is the mobile citizen journalism service Meporter, which like most of the introduced apps has a very own subject [...]
