Digital Culture

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"Much of today’s deliberate curation services recommend content algorithmically, based on your particular taste in news. But automated suggestions pose the inherent risk that we may only consume stories and angles tailored to our existing beliefs.

 

A budding service that clearly distinguishes itself from its competitors is Ongo, a news curation platform that combines the best of automation and manual curation, thanks to its team of expert editors.

 

Ongo is unique in two ways.

First, it has built its platform based on authoritative sources of news from the New York Times and Reuters. It prides itself on a strict standard of quality for news delivered to Ongo users, while boasting partnerships with the top content providers within each genre of news.

 

Second, Ongo is run using an internal algorithm recommending a selection of 10,000 articles daily for its editors to choose from. The editors will then curate authoritative and must-know news.

 

On the front end, the publications are packaged into “Titles” that users can pick and choose to appear in their news feeds.

 

The caveat is that while some publication Titles are free to read, many other titles require a monthly subscription ranging from $0.99 to upwards of $9.99..."

 

Read full article here: http://j.mp/IKB35C

 

Check out Ongo: http://www.ongo.com

 

Via Giuseppe Mauriello

Robin Good: Idroo is a Windows-only downloadable collaborative whiteboard that works seamlessly with Skype.

 

Key features include:

Real-time collaborative editing Unlimited participants Tools for math tutoring Multiple drawing and writing tools Images upload or paste from clipboard or drag-and-drop directly into the IDroo window.

 

N.B.: The software if free for personal and home use, but you’ll need to pay a fee for commercial or educational use.

 

Download: http://www.idroo.com/download (Win only)

Find out more: http://www.idroo.com/  ;

Via Robin Good

RT @nextbigfuture: IMEC: 60-GHz transceiver offers 7-Gbps short range data rate: Imec, in collaboration with Panasonic, has develop...

TwitChimp.com is a web application that leverages the Twitter API to provide curated lists of Twitter users. The application is still in a beta testing period but is open to any who would like to try it in this early stage of development.

 

The purpose of TwitChimp.com is to enable any Twitter user to create and curate directories of Twitter users. 

Curated lists are important because they can help reduce the signal to noise ratio in Twitter.

 

Here are some features:

- An ability to easily create and curate feature-filled lists of twitter accounts on any topic you desire.
- Summation of top concepts/words and hashtags in tweets for an entire list, and a hotlinking of those words to Twitter searches.
- Generation of statistics for lists and users in lists.
- An ability to discover lists by category.
- Search tools enabling lists to be found by keywords in the list or by bios of users.
- User profile pages with stats, bios and links.
- An ability to embed lists on any site on the Internet..."

 

Read more here: http://twitchimpblog.com/2012/04/latest-twitchimp-list-curation-search-and-discovery-features-announced/
 

Try out it now: http://twitchimp.com

Via Giuseppe Mauriello

Mimi Ito - DIY culture is creating a larger digital divide.

An infographic comparing the internet when it first arrived to that of 2011.

Via janlgordon

2 billion people are online. 85% of customers expect businesses to be active in social media. Word of mouse = word of mouth.

 

Here are 7 reasons - http://bit.ly/JrexbQ - and some thought provoking questions to get you loving Facebook, Twitter, emarketing, blogs and more...

 

#1. 80% businesses are NOT passionate

Show you’re human. Business is built on relationships. Your web presence must show you are passionate

#2. 55% more web visitors & 67% more leads for businesses that blog

#3. 68% Email subscribers & Twitter followers are likely to buy

#4. 20-30% Emarketing response rate

#5. 30% customer questions & compliments get no reply

#6. 77% customers read brand posts but don’t comment

#7. 71% complaints on Twitter are NOT responded to

 

Download / Embed: http://bit.ly/JrexbQ ;

Via maxOz, janlgordon

Personal Branding With Social Media Infographic via Chris Voss

 

Why having the right social media tools matter:

 

"Social media tools have the tremendous power to put you in contact with thousands of people in order to build your online brand you need to know all of the possibilities, as well as how all of your activities are working together.

 

It's important to be consistent so that each part of your social media network is contributing positively to the brand you are trying to build.

 

Selected by Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Busines and Beyond"

 

See full infographic here: [http://bit.ly/JMXlS0]

Via janlgordon

Robin Good: Let's CC is a specialized search engine that can find any image, sounds, video or text that has been published under a Creative Commons license and is available for re-use.

 

Free to use.

 

Very useful. 8/10

 

 Try it out now: http://eng.letscc.net/ ;

Via Robin Good