News tools //

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

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