News tools //

Summify //

Thursday, March 24, 2011

News You Can Use

If you’re overwhelmed by the amount of links being shared in your RSS reader, Twitter feed and Facebook news stream, Summify can help you sift through them to find the most important stories.

User Interface

4 stars

Usefulness

4 stars

Innovation

3.5 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

3.8

PostPost //

Thursday, February 17, 2011

News Made Social

We keep hearing about how Facebook and Twitter will someday become our primary sources of news. With PostPost, someday is now, at least when it comes to Facebook.

User Interface

4.5 stars

Usefulness

3.5 stars

Innovation

4.5 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

4.2

Echoes //

Friday, November 26, 2010

Stay in the Loop

Need to brush up or stay informed on a specific topic? Echoes pulls content from all over the web to create a custom homepage on the topic of your choice.

User Interface

3 stars

Usefulness

3.5 stars

Innovation

2.5 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

3.0

Storify //

Friday, November 12, 2010

Turn Tweets Into a Story

Tweets and status updates are often touted as the raw materials of tomorrow’s journalism. But how do you organize the real-time chaotic flow of information from social sites into a meaningful narrative? Storify is one solution.

User Interface

5 stars

Usefulness

4.5 stars

Innovation

5 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

4.8

Actual News //

Monday, June 14, 2010

All the Top Headlines

Looking for an easy way to keep up-to-date on the news? Actual News is an aggregation site that pulls together content from a variety of different mainstream news sources, such as the AP and the New York Times.

User Interface

3.5 stars

Usefulness

3 stars

Innovation

2 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

2.8