links for 2007-08-22

CNN.com

Craig Stoltz likes CNN.com’s story highlights.

CNN: Leading the pack in. . .newswriting? « Web 2.Oh. . .really?
“CNN’s news summaries: Language is sometimes dull, the details poorly selected, insights heroically resisted. But the summaries exist, high up, bulleted and readable. This alone gives most Web news readers–skimmers and dippers–a better experience.” (tags: news readability usability good+example)
Dear Palm: It’s time for an intervention – Engadget
“We’ve thrown together a few ideas for how Palm can get back in the game and (hopefully) come out with a phone that people can care about. Is it really almost 2008 and the Treo STILL doesn’t have WiFi? No excuses any more, sort it out.”(tags: innovation mobile technology motivation community)
mydigimedia by Amy L. Webb: PolyCola: Split-screen searching
“Mix and match Google, Yahoo, Windows Live, Ask, Dogpile, Altavista and (inexplicably) AOL Search. Narrow results further by searching only news, video, web, images, etc. Standard Boolean definitions work. Oh, and there’s a Firefox extension to boot.” (tags: search tools mashup)
Rojo.com Plans Feed/Ad Network – MarketingVOX
Feb. 2006: “Rojo.com (Rojo, as in “RSS with mojo”) will be launching an ad-supported feed network that’s intended to increase websites’ feed subscriptions and provide advertisers a way of developing their own base of subscribers, reports AdWeek. ” (tags: feeds advertising business)