It Just Works - Newsmap

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published by Jack Bates on Thu, 2011-07-07 11:30

Newsmap.jpnewsmap.jp is a visual map of news by topic and region that you can customize to your liking. News Map makes sifting through Internet flotsam easy and enjoyable. Powered by Google News, newsmap's visualization tree mapping algorithm makes sorting, sifting, finding news available in a visual matrix. This matrix helps visual learners like myself get to the news I want faster with less pain.

The map is broken up by countries and topics. The country list continues to grow and now includes Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italia, Mexico, Neherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States of America. The topics include World, National, Business, Technology, Sports, Entertainment, Health. Just check any combination of these to get a new map of the news sorted, and displayed by the new criteria.

 
I just selected Brasil and National to find out that:
 
 
Nice to know that political corruption isn't just limited to the US and that pork and kickbacks know no boundaries. The page was originally in Portuguese but thanks to Google Chrome all I had to do was right click on the text, then left click translate to English. If I was traveling to Brazil I may want to bone up on the local news and events so I knew what to expect and have some talking points with locals.
 
I select Canada and Sports:
 
 
Seems like the Canadians agree with most people in the US.
 
I hope you find Newsmap as fun and useful as I do. I look forward to reading how you use it in the comments below!

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