Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Slashdot founder CmdrTaco is back with a news recommendation startup called Trove

Slashdot founder CmdrTaco is back with a news recommendation startup called Trove
Jan 22nd 2014, 16:00, by Adrianne Jeffries

A long list of startups have put forth a Herculean effort to find the best way to suggest new things for people to read, and former Slashdot editor-in-chief Rob Malda, also known as CmdrTaco, just unveiled his: Trove, a people-powered app initially available on the web and for iPhone and iPad.
Trove basically lets users opt in to feeds of stories that align with their interests. Users are encouraged to curate "troves," collections of stories that relate to a particular theme. You could create a trove for "Ukrainian Politics," "Dog Heroes," or "Best of The Verge," for example, to which other Trove users can subscribe.
"The core of the product is that people have many interests and rather than just giving them information through pure...
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