silobreaker news portal
11 February 2008
an impressive online search service for news & current events that delivers meaning & relevance beyond traditional search & aggregation engines, which is communicated via several exploratory information graphics.
"Silobreaker provides relevance by analyzing at the data: it recognises people, companies, topics, places & keywords it understands how they relate to each other in the news flow, & puts them in context for the user. the graphical search results enables users to quickly & easily understand connections, trends & topics or navigate deeper into the most relevant stories for them."
be sure to check out some of the interactive visualizations include network graphs of topics like elections, epidemics or political meetings, geographical 'hotspot' maps depicting crime frequency, disaster or organization locations, & media trend line graphs of popular news events, such as the popularity of the US presidential candidates.
what do you think: is Silobreaker & TextMap the future of online news aggregation (or lists like the new Alltop?
[link: silobreaker.com & ]
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