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Taptu, the social media and mobile technology company which we know for their visual search product, updated its social news reader My Taptu. The main new thing of this release (version 1.3) is a new capability that lets users “DJ the news” by curating and creating their own content mixes from thousands of news sources.
The application is made to put all of your interests in one place – from your social network streams to web sites, content sources and blogs. You can either build a stream from scratch by selecting and merging feeds together from My Taptu’s so called StreamStore, Bing RSS search and your Google Reader accounts; Or edit the built-in curated topic streams by removing and adding the sources you want featured. Once you’re done with creating a stream, you can watch the stories flow.
Also new in My Taptu 1.3 is the ability to reply and retweet inside the Twitter stream without having to leave the app, as well as an all new Facebook Stream with only the links that your friends share.
Finally the mentioned StreamStore is now “streamlined” so that each time you visit it, My Taptu will remember which streams you’ve added and hide them on your next visit, displaying new streams instead…
My Taptu (FREE) [iTunes link]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
