NewsCred Partners with MashLogic to Take Back the Web
June 19th, 2009 by shafqatBy now, most of you have probably heard about MashLogic, the company whose tagline “Take Back the Web” says it all. They are all about democratizing the web, and returning the power of the hyperlink to the user. How do they do this? They have an awesome browser add-on extension (Firefox and IE) that scans web pages and adds link to interesting topics. The real power is that you, the user, tells the add-on extension what you’re interested in and from what source, and they present you with that information. Techcrunch described it as a “Swiss Army knife of the web.” As someone using Mashlogic for the past few months, I couldn’t agree more.
I’m thrilled to announce the NewsCred partnership with MashLogic. They’ve used our upcoming API to build a ‘mash’ that will expand on our vision of providing our readers with “all the world’s credible news in one place.” With the NewsCred Mash, you can get “all the world’s credible news in one place, whereever you are.” On any page on any site, you’ll see relevant topics appear with a blue underline, and hovering over will give you a snippet of NewsCred’s topic pages: credible articles, pictures, related topics and more.
I encourage you all to give it a try by downloading the NewsCred edition of MashLogic here: http://mashlogic.com/brands/newscred. It only takes a few seconds, but be sure to explore some of the other mashes that you can add onto the same extension (I highly recommend the Wikipedia one).
Congratulations to Ranjit and the MashLogic team for a fantastic product. The new social web is all about taking the power and putting it back in the hands of the consumer. They’ve done just that. Look out for some of the exciting products NewsCred is launching next month for more examples of empowering individuals - we’re hoping to turn some heads.
