News.Me: Here’s The NY Times’ Answer to The Daily [Media]

Feb 2nd 2011
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TechCrunch has an exclusive analyze News.me , a new social news iPad app that keys you into what your pals are reading/linking to, while allowing you share the inside track you’re reading in addition. Will it compete with The Daily ?

Co-developed by betaworks, who are chargeable for the link shortener bit.ly, Erick Schonfeld likens News.me to Flipboard. For incoming news, News.me means that you can link your Twitter account and examine friends’ individual news streams, or you can still combine them by tapping their avatar on a bar which runs across the head. For outgoing updates, you possibly can share via Facebook, Twitter or email, and you may save stories to Instapages for later viewing. Schonfeld doesn’t think the app might be free, since it’s going to make use of premium news content, but it surely will likely be curious to peer how much in direct competition News.me and The Daily might be. [ TechCrunch ]

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