September 10th, 2012

With A Major Redesign On Mobile, Feedly Becomes A Social News Magazine

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Feedly, as its name implies, is a service that started out as a better way for users to read their RSS feeds. But RSS never caught on in the mainstream, although it powers many of the social news-reading platforms we now use, such as Flipboard and Pulse. Today, Feedly is taking a big step toward joining the “in” crowd of magazine-style applications, with a dramatic redesign of its mobile apps for… → Read More

July 23rd, 2012

NetworkedBlogs, 750k Blogs Strong, Adds Panorama News Reader To Expand Beyond Blogger Services

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NetworkedBlogs, the popular platform that lets bloggers syndicate their work to social networking sites and embed social widgets on their blogs, is changing focus. From today, it will be relaunching its homepage to focus around a new, panorama news reader that lets you follow news on other blogs and the rest of the web, pin articles for reading later, and follow individuals — moves that it’s… → Read More

August 10th, 2011

Personalized News Aggregation: News360 Launches Version 2.0

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Cross-platform newsreader application News360 launched into version 2.0 today, a significant update that introduces its new personalization features. The news reader now learns from your activity on social Web services, including Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader and Evernote, in order to present you with stories that fit your interests.

But unlike some of its competitors, which there are now… → Read More

April 13th, 2011

News Reader FLUD Raises $1 Million From Cavs Owner, Others

FLUD, a news reader app for the iPad and iPhone, announced today that it has raised $1 million in seed funding from a flock of notable angel investors. The round was led by Quicken Founder and Cleveland Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert and ePrize Founder Josh Linkner, through their new venture fund Detroit Venture Partners. Other investors included Ludlow Ventures and Behance Founder Scott Belsky→ Read More