Jane's Pick of the Day: Summify – the answer to information overload?

31 March 2011

Summify – the answer to information overload?

Information overload? No – it’s a case of filter failure, said Clay Shirky. So is Summify, which has just launched, a possible solution?

Summify is a service that creates a periodic summary of the most relevant news stories, from all of your social networks, and delivers it by email and on the web.

“Summify distills the social web, boiling down the torrent of daily information into a summary of the top five or ten most important and relevant stories each day.”

Link: Summify

31 Mar 2011 09:13:00

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