Smartapp Presents News5Minutes.com The Real-Time And Geolocalized News Aggregator
Online, April 4, 2011 (Newswire.com) - News5Minutes.com is the new experiment came from the labs of SMARTAPP, the business unit of Green Consulting Ltd. which focuses on research and development in the field of applications for smartphones.
News5Minutes.com is an aggregator of geo news that shoot for proposing a new way to read the news. Using the basic rules that an aggregator must now meet to be successful, it reinterprets them on the typical SmartApp style."So after a heated debate between colleagues it took shape the idea to develop an aggregator that collects from different sources into a single web page all the news of the world in real time; something quick to look up and always updated."says Luca Altobelli, SmartApps manager.
The recipe is very simple and effective; the news is collected by the feeds from all the world that are reprocessed in near real time to be placed on Google Maps and updated at least every 5 minutes. This mechanism reveals how the news can tell the same fact from different points of view making the reader able to better judge the reality of the facts.
News5Minutes.com is still in Beta version because SmartApp wants to continue the research using this portal to understand how is possible to offer a free and apolitical information service that arrives directly to the reader with no filters.
After the success of XMASBALL, SmartApp decided to continue carrying out experiments with Google Maps not only as support for geolocation but using it as a unique platform for the navigation of the web space. In practice, the UI (user interface) is a widescreen map.
News5Minutes.com allows you to have an immediate reading of what is happening in the world in real time or, through simple filters button, to choose the country or topic of interest directly on the map.
''... we liked it so much that we are already planning a graphic updating to make News5Minutes.com in 3d " says Luca Altobelli SmartApps manager.