Zite

Personalized magazine for iPad


StrengthsWeaknesses
  • Multiple news/info feeds grouped into one reader
  • Visually attractive & highly customizable
  • Content automatically categorized
  • New items added based on personal reading / liking history
  • Potentially overwhelming with lots of content without clear overview of subscriptions.
OpportunitiesThreats
  • Reading experience based on personal preferences
  • Algorithm provides serendipity
  • User looses overview and control (on initially selected feeds)

Zite is a personalized iPad magazine. The application bundles multiple articles and items from all over the web into a magazine, unique for every user.

Content is selected on basis of ones Twitter and/or Google Reader subscription, and factors such as popularity on the web, among other users and on personal liking / reading history within the app. For each item, the user can indicate whether he/she likes or dislikes it and whether he/she wants more items of this source / topic.

Zite automatically groups articles in specific categories, which the user can turn on or off. There is also a Top Stories section.

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