An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- March 5, 2024
- March 4, 2024
- March 3, 2024
- March 2, 2024
- March 1, 2024
- February 29, 2024
- February 28, 2024
'Inside' News App Prioritizes People Over Algorithms
Inside, the latest venture from entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, is trying to change people's perception of how news apps should work. The app, which launched Tuesday, takes a different approach to content curation — one that emphasizes humans over algorithms
See also: Use These 10 Apps During Downtime
At the heart of the app is a team of human curators who are constantly pulling in stories culled from what they consider the best and most reliable sources. The stories are aggregated into the app where they are then organized by topic.
Users select the topics that interest them to create a personalized feed of stories based on their interests. But unlike other news apps, the feed doesn't simply display the stories. Each headline appears with a 300-character "update" specially written by one of Inside's curators. The updates are brief, fact-driven summaries of the stories. Read more...
More about News Apps, Ios, Tech, Apps Software, and Apps And SoftwareOriginal Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/DaBOSDomCQw/
Mashable
Mashable is the top source for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture.More About this Source Visit Mashable