With Hubi, users can zoom in to any location on Google Maps and find locals newspapers agencies in the region. The service shows different markers on the map which represent local newspapers. Users can view newspapers they want and read the news, they are interested in.

An interesting feature on Hubii is the “Mapazine” which allows users to create their very own personalized newspaper; with only news according to their requirements and interests. Once made, the users can check the newspaper daily to catch the latest ‘buzz’.

Watch video:

Some key features of the website are:

• Free service
• Saves time as unwanted news articles can be left out and more interesting ones read
• Mapazine allows users to create their own newspaper, with news relating to their own interests and hobbies
• Similar tools: NewspaperMap, TodaysFrontPages and NewsPapers24.

Check out Hubii @ www.hubii.com (via Google Maps Mania)

With Newspaper Mag, you can type the name of the newspaper, the language it is in, and/or the region it belongs to. Balloon markers on the map in the background indicate search results. Clicking on a balloon displays information on that particular newspaper and provides the option to translate it into multiple languages through Google Translate. Clicking on the newspaper thumbnail takes you to its official website.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you view newspapers online.
• Find newspapers by name, language, or region.
• Get official links of newspapers.
• Provides sharing buttons.
• Similar tools: TodaysFrontPages and NewsPapers24.

Check out Newspaper Mag @ www.newspapermap.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

PostPost is a simple Facebook client that will display all the links, videos, and photographs your friends have either posted or liked in cool newspaper like interface. In addition to what your friends have posted, PostPost will also display whatever new content was posted on your liked pages. By using the filters at the top of the displayed list, you can choose to view one at a time: links, videos, or photographs. By choosing the “˜All’ filter you view all the shared material arranged in a user-friendly way.

For more info watch video below:

Features:

• A user friendly Facebook client.
• Displays what your friends have shared or like on Facebook.
• Displays what your liked Facebook pages have shared.
• Provides filters for links, videos, and photographs.

Check out PostPost @ www.postpost.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

]]> http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/postpost-facebook-newspaper/feed/ 1 http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/todaysfrontpages-front-pages-of-newspapers/ http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/todaysfrontpages-front-pages-of-newspapers/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:15:53 +0000 Kaly http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/?p=12254 TodaysFrontPages is another cool resource for news junkies. The application displays nearly 800 newspaper front pages published in 77 different countries. All pages are presented in their original, unedited form.



You can view pages in three different mods: Gallery, List and Map. In all cases front pages can be sorted by region (USA, North America, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, South America, Africa), zoomed in, printed out and saved as readable PDF.



Additionally you can view top 10 most visited pages and browse though archived pages which chronicle events of historical significance (9/11, Iraq War, Obama Inauguration… etc.).

Features:

• See front pages of newspapers around the world.
• Displays 793 front pages of newspaper from 77 countries.
• View pages in three different mods: Gallery, List and Map.
• Sort pages by region: USA, North America, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, South America, Africa.
• Zoom in, print and save front page as readable PDF.
• View top 10 most visited pages or browse though archived pages.
• Free, no registration needed.

Check out TodaysFrontPages @ www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages

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Stories are grouped by word count: 1000 words, 2000 words and so on, to help people decide which stories to read depending on a free time they have at their disposal (ex: reading in subway). Login using your Google account.  Save articles in your account to read them later or email them to your Google mail with one click. If you liked a story, vote it up by pressing “Like”.



Features:

• Read full articles from mainstream magazines on cell phone.
• Content from BusinessWeek, RollingStone, Time, Wired, Sports Illustrated and other popular magazines.
• Articles best optimized for reading on iPhone, Amazon Kindle or BlackBerry.
• Read directly the printable versions of articles, with no ads, widgets and graphics.
• Choose which stories to read, based on the word count of each article.
• Sign in with your Google account
• Save articles in your account or email them to your Google mail with one click.
• Free. Sign in with your Google account

Check out Wordds @ www.wordds.com

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As of now, you have to stick to the default feeds provided by the service. Custom feeds feature can be expected soon.



Features:

• Simple and easy to use online newspaper maker.
• Customize your newspaper by selecting feeds you like.
• Comprehensive and divers list of default feeds.

Check out FeedChronicle @ www.feedchronicle.com (Contributed by Venkatesh Varalu)

]]> http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/feedchronicle-create-online-newspaper/feed/ 1 http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/feedjournal/ http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/feedjournal/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:11:07 +0000 Aibek Esengulov http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/feedjournal/ FeedJournal enables you to convert RSS feeds to an elegant printable newspaper. Just grab your favorite feed, set preferred newspaper layout (nr. of columns, margins etc.) and generate a printable newspaper-style PDF document. FeedJournal claims that reading lengthy articles in a newspaper layout makes reading faster and more convenient.


Features

• Choose what feeds or articles will be printed in your daily newspaper.
• Column layout: Specify how many columns of text there will be on each page.
• Margins: The amount of whitespace around the text on the page.
• Default paper sizes: A4, A5, Letter, Legal, Tabloid, etc.
• Option to include article images in the newspaper.
• Web publishers (bloggers) : Enable your readers to view (and print) content in a newspaper-style PDF.

Check out FeedJournal www.feedjournal.com [Source DownloadSquad]

]]> http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/feedjournal/feed/ 2 http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/newspapers24/ http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/newspapers24/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:26:41 +0000 Aibek Esengulov http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/newspapers24/ Excellent source (directory) for online newspapers, lists over 12.000 free online newspapers from several countries in the world. Everything from tiny local town prints to major nationwide newspapers. NewsPapers24 doesn’t reproduce newspaper contents but only links to the newspaper website. If you ever need to check out local newspaper/s for some remote place, then NewsPapers24 is the website you need.


Feature List:

• Browse newspapers by region (Europe, Africa, Asia & Pacific …), country (US, Canada, UK, Japan …), language, or city.
• Includes newspapers in almost 100 different languages.
• Alternatively users can also sort through bewspapers by circulation size (World 100 Largest Newspapers) and by Top 400 cities.

Check out NewPapers24 @ www.newspapers24.com

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