Gone are the days when the only source of news was the morning paper. Information comes in from every direction now, and Bundlr is a tool that people can use to keep everything straight. Whether a person is gathering information for a presentation, a research report, or an investigative article, the reality is that information can come from all different types of sources. Bundlr has created a way for individual users to gather online articles, ...

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Finding information about a particular topic online is easy, it’s cutting through the clutter and drilling down to the useful and insightful content that can sometimes be a challenge. That’s where Curated.by comes into play. The continually evolving web-app lets users collect and organize various forms of online media into curated “bundles.” Users can then search by bundle, person, or topic to go directly to the best articles on the web. (more…)

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Outside.in is an application that wants to tell you what’s going on in your neighborhood right now. Billed as a “hyperlocal” news site, Outside.in scours newspapers, magazines, blogs, and discussion boards and delivers up-to-the-minute news about what’s going on in more than 57,000 neighborhoods across the United States. Users can search for stories by neighborhood or subject, and get updates on their favorite items delivered to them instantly via a continually updated RSS feed. (more…)

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Need to know the latest sports scores? How about breaking news in your local area, or recent job openings that fit your qualifications? Greg’s Pulse is an application that can get the news to you fast, by delivering text messages to your phone the moment new information is updated online. In addition to delivering RSS feed updates via text message, Greg’s Pulse also scours the online photo galleries and blogs of your friends and family and notifies ...

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Fwix is a web-app that aims to be the go-to destination for up to the minute, breaking news in your local area—wherever that local area may be. Unless you live in a major metropolis, it can often be difficult to filter out the national news and find out what’s going on in your specific town. Now, Fwix does that for you. The application distills the news about your city and lets you choose which updates ...

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Topix is a local news aggregator that brings all the latest information about what’s going on in your community right to your computer screen. The site searches through more than 50,000 news sources and 360,000 online forums for news that directly relates to your city or town. It then brings those articles directly to your Topix local news page as soon they come in. More than just an RSS feed or a series of Google news alerts, ...

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