tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80842111851996126362010-04-02T12:49:46.421-07:00saschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11963968424307148440noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084211185199612636.post-70959958462397875022009-11-11T04:22:00.000-08:002009-11-11T13:31:37.945-08:00We are very happy to inform you, that <a href="http://fews.tv/">fews.tv</a>, formerly known as <i>breaking news map</i>, starts today in its beta version.<br /> <br /> So, what's new?<br /> <br /> First of all, we've change the name on a new one - <b>fews.tv</b>, which is now a little bit shorter and also better reflects the idea of the site. <i>fews</i> is an abbreviation of <i>feed news</i> - the news over (RSS) feeds and .<i>tv</i> domain stands for our ambitions completely replace the news television :-).<br /> <br /> Here is the summary of the some new features:<br /> <ul><li><b>multiple news sources</b>&nbsp;</li> <li>advanced view properties I : show the news from the <b>certains locations</b></li> <li>advanced view properties II: "weighted" options for the <b>news categories</b></li> <li><b>improved UI </b>for better news presentation<b> <br /> </b></li> <li> <b>text-to-speech output</b> (currently in the test phase in low quality and for limited number of news only)</li> </ul>We are looking forward to receiving your feedback!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084211185199612636-7095995846239787502?l=fews.tv%2Fblog' alt='' /></div>saschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11963968424307148440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084211185199612636.post-29956356817236052892008-10-17T14:53:00.000-07:002008-10-17T14:30:20.287-07:00<p>In our last survey we asked your opinion what new features you await from the BreakingNewsMap site.</p> <p>Here are the results:</p> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- forecastChartProps = {width: "450", height: "300", type: "pie3d", numberMode: "percent", bgColor: "B0C0C4", surveyId: "cgj79819a"} //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://fo.reca.st/surveys/static/js/chart/chartloader.js"></script> <p>Some of the "custom" suggestions (the <i>other</i> option) were:</p> <ul> <li><blockquote>Less US news, more world news</blockquote></li> <li><blockquote>wish I could click on any country and get their breaking news</blockquote></li> <li><blockquote>more intenational news asian news south american news africa news</blockquote></li> <li><blockquote>more speed controls ... divide it to 8 speeds instead of 4</blockquote></li> <li><blockquote>internationalization (more languages)</blockquote></li> </ul> <p>So it was obviously for us to define the next development goals as follows: more news sources, more non-US content, news in other than English languages.</p> <p>Thanks for your feedback!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084211185199612636-2995635681723605289?l=fews.tv%2Fblog' alt='' /></div>saschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11963968424307148440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084211185199612636.post-59557474259711728822008-10-13T14:30:00.000-07:002008-10-17T14:52:09.941-07:00<p>We are really happy about the feedback to the Breaking news map site. Here are some quotes:</p> <p><a href="http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2008/08/breaking-news-on-google-maps.html">googlemapsmania.blogspot.com</a>: <blockquote>The map animates between different geo-tagged news items, which means you can just choose what area of news you wish to read and just sit back and watch.</blockquote></p> <p><a href="http://startupmeme.com/enjoy-breaking-news-with-google-maps/">startupmeme.com</a>: <blockquote>List of available features makes it all more interesting and unique.</blockquote></p> <p><a href="http://www.geeksugar.com/1981148">geeksugar.com</a>:<blockquote>So when I found the Breaking News Map, that shows you visually where the bits of news are coming from across the globe, I was happily relieved. Now I can just sit back, take a tour of the world, and be in the know about what the big headlines are.</blockquote></p> <p>The best laudation we've got was that from <a href="http://mythicalblog.com/index.php/quickpost/breaking-news-map">Jeff Freeman</a>: <blockquote>I love this. Breaking News Map. I wish that was a cable news channel.</blockquote> <p>And here is a video dedicated to Breaking news map from <a href="http://revision3.com/psbite/2008-09-01breakingnews/">revision3.com</a>: <embed loop="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#171717" width="555" height="337" name="rev3_player" id="rev3_player" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/revision3/swf/rev3_player.swf?AutoPlay=off&Buffer=10&File=http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.flv/bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/revision3/flv/popsiren/psbite/0066/popsiren--psbite--0066--2008-09-01breakingnews--large.fl8.flv&ScrubMode=advanced&Thumb=http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/revision3/images/shows/popsiren/psbite/0066/popsiren--psbite--0066--2008-09-01breakingnews--large.thumb.jpg&DefaultRatio=0.56&AutoSize=off&allowFullScreen=true&AutoPlay=off&videoId=1763&fwVideoDuration=97&fwNumSlots=1&adSlotPosition_0=20&adSlotClass_0=OVERLAY&adSlotProfile_0=R3_overlay&PostRoll=" base="http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/revision3/swf/"> </embed> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084211185199612636-5955747425971172882?l=fews.tv%2Fblog' alt='' /></div>saschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11963968424307148440noreply@blogger.com1