Google “fast flip”
I haven’t had time to try it out but a new Google online news reader called “fast flip” is drawing attention. MakeUseOf describes it:
What’s the first thought that comes to your mind when you hear ‘Fast Flip’? Something about speed or is it something about flipping a page? Google is about fast searches, the flip is what this latest feature from Google Labs is all about.
Google Fast Flip is an online free news reader that’s about reading news online but in newspaper style. One look at the way Google Fast Flip operates and you will get the idea. Google already delivers news content via Google News. With this new Google Labs web application, Google is attempting to promote a different way to read news. Something to which we are more accustomed with our morning brew.
Added later: Here’s some more about Fast Flip from Harry McCracken of Technologizer:
Fast Flip is based on Google News, and Google says it came up with it to address the fact that browsing through news sites is usually a slow process-not at all like the effortless instant gratification of flipping through a magazine or newspaper. Google has partnered with several dozen news sources-including the BBC, BusinessWeek, the Christian Science Monitor, the Daily Beast, Esquire, the New York Times, Newsweek, Salon, Slate, and TechCrunch-to create previews of their stories that live on Fast Flip but which display the first several paragraphs of the article in a form that looks like the originating site. You rifle through these previews by clicking left and right arrows, and the pages zip on and off-screen in high-speed, fluid animation-hence the “Fast Flip” name.
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Are visuals really enough? I mean, a pictures suppose to say 1000 words but if those words arent in any sort of context they may mean nothing. Are we really just a generation who looks at pics without searching for a deeper meaning? http://www.newsy.com/videos/spice_up_your_search