[LINK] Whatever happened to Fairfax?

[Antony Barry]

On 20/06/2012, at 12:34 PM, andrew clarke <mail at ozzmosis.com> wrote:

> News aggregator apps (for both desktop & mobile) have existed for
> several years. Google Reader (launched in 2005) is very popular.

I'm particularly impressed by the Zite app for iPad. Just released for Android too.
http://www.zite.com/

It comes with a set of subjects you can subscribe to

You can build your own

It can monitor your, Twitter, Facebook and Evernote activity as well as your google reader feeds to adapt to your interests.

In viewing an article you can indicate that you would like more similar material or more from that source.

You usually get a simplified format of the article with a link to the full version

Each article offers a link to social media and cloud services and email.

There is a potential trap in the adaptability I suspect. You could easily feed your own confirmation bias into what you see by being too aggressive in your choice of sources.

Tony