News tools //

Presslift //

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Give Your Press Releases a Facelift

Presslift is a service that lets you give your press releases a much-needed face lift by including multimedia like pictures, videos, audio files and more.

User Interface

3.5 stars

Usefulness

4.5 stars

Innovation

4.5 stars

Cost:

Free to sign up, must buy credits to publish

Overall Rating:

4.2

Genieo //

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Create a Personal Homepage Without Lifting a Finger

Want a personalized start page without the hassle of constantly adding feeds and gadgets? Genieo is a desktop app that monitors your browsing history, figures out what you like, and then creates a personal start page just for you.

User Interface

3.5 stars

Usefulness

2 stars

Innovation

4 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

3.2

ReadFresh //

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Stay On Top Of The News

Not everyone wants a feed reader full of unread articles staring them in the face each morning. If you only monitor a small number of sites and just want to know when they’ve been updated, ReadFresh might work better for you.

User Interface

4 stars

Usefulness

2.5 stars

Innovation

3 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

3.2

ThyNews //

Monday, September 21, 2009

RSS Made Easy

Aside from creating an iGoogle page, ThyNews is probably the easiest way to set up a custom news page using RSS feeds. Just log in using Google, Facebook or another similar service, and then use ThyNews to search for your favorite websites.

User Interface

3 stars

Usefulness

3.5 stars

Innovation

3 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

3.2

Thoora //

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Get Your News Fix

Are you looking for a better way to sift through the overwhelming amount of news and information available online? Thoora brings together content from mainstream news sources, blogs and Twitter.

User Interface

3.5 stars

Usefulness

3.5 stars

Innovation

3.5 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

3.5