Fragmentation, Filter Failure, and Startup Opportunities

Recently I’ve been very focused around content accessibility and the information overload that is occurring online. It’s clear that the natural progression of the Internet has produced a normal fragmentation of the web. More simply put, there are more and more online...

A blog about technology from BBC News

"Do we really need another news aggregator to follow in the footsteps of Google News, Digg, Reddit, Netvibes and the rest? Well, the founders of NewsCred have decided we do - and they reckon they've got two killer angles which will make their service, launched today, into a...

Peter Gabriel Launches Entertainment Aggregator

Recommendation engines, aggregators, filters, selectors, DJs, friends, and algorithms: all are tools to help us find more relevant, cool stuff, by selectively narrowing the infinite entertainment choices available...

Is Facebook One Social Network Or An Aggregator Of Social Networks?

"Last week The Economist took Facebook and other social networks to task, questioning their real value and their potential to scale. Is Facebook headed for a brick wall?"

Zude -- if it isn't vaporware, it's a breakthrough

I blogged the other day about HP printing and Tabblo and how business that HP is in is the content business, not the paper and ink formatting business. This is a news video about a software, Zude, that is going to be available on May 1, 2007.Zude video storyZude is going...

Newsmap

"Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. A treemap visualization algorithm helps display the enormous amount of information gathered by the aggregator. Treemaps are traditionally space-constrained...

Google and Associated Press deal makes sense

"The agreement between Google and Associated Press (AP) in which the search leader and online news aggregator will pay AP for its content has raised eyebrows in many quarters. Yet it is undeniable that the deal makes sense because of the unique way organisations like AP sell...

Great List Of Trend Aggregators

Here is  an extensive list of trend aggregators. They show what is hot on media, shopping trends, lifestyle and changes in digital lifestyle. The list is helpful especially for agencies, brand planner, trendsetters, coolhunters and anybody like to see what’s hot.

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