Some Diversity
Google News I’ve been using the new Google news service as my home page for the last couple months. More than anything I never know where to start on the web. Officially it is -
“Google News presents information culled from approximately 4,000 news sources worldwide and automatically arranged to present the most relevant news first. Topics are updated continuously throughout the day, so you will see new stories each time you check the page. Google has developed an automated grouping process for Google News that pulls together related headlines and photos from thousands of sources worldwide — enabling you to see how different news organizations are reporting the same story. You pick the item that interests you, then go directly to the site which published the account you wish to read.”
What I like about it is that every now and then, and in fact more frequently than I expect I get news I didn’t expect; like yesterdays article on the Lithuanian election, or that there are serious winter storms in the midwest. Of course eventually maybe I’d catch this on the news tonight but I’m learning a little more about the world than I would just hitting a regular news channel. Oh and researchers grew human kidneys in mice…progress.