Google Fast Flip
Posted by Jeppesen in News
Not more then a week ago I called Google a "factory". The reason why I did that is the fact that Google have so much manpower that it enables the company to produce new services and features almost in the pace the users expect the company to. Last week I listed an incomplete (60+) number of Google services. This week a new Lab-service is introduced called Google Fast Flip.
"Google Fast Flip is a web application that lets users discover and share news articles. It combines qualities of print and the Web, with the ability to "flip" through pages online as quickly as flipping through a magazine. It also enables users to follow friends and topics, discover new content and create their own custom magazines around searches."
I do not think that my 'Technology Crawler' blog will be immediately redundant by this new introduction, but in time it can be a good alternative to get fast information about a subject from well-established news-papers/magazines compared to using RSS readers, e-mail agents, etc.
You almost get the look and feel having a paper in your hands, and by a stunning fast page flip you actually only miss the smell of a recently printed paper.
At the moment the only drawback is a limited number (39) of publishers willing to be part of the service, but if one of the papers/magazines are among your favorites, I can only recommend to give it a try.
