NewsGator Releases Didja Hear!?, Leveraging OpenSocial to Deliver Social Content
Latest NewsGator Social Application Taps Into a Programming Model Developed by Google to Deliver and Enable Discussion About the Best Video and Image Content for Google Users
| Source: NewsGator
DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - November 2, 2007) -
NewsGator Technologies, Inc., a pioneer in RSS and Enterprise 2.0,
today announced the release of Didja Hear!?, the latest NewsGator
social application that will give Google users the ability to easily
share and discuss video and image content.
Didja Hear!? leverages OpenSocial, a programming model developed by Google
in which developers are provided with a set of common APIs enabling
distribution of their applications across multiple sites all with the aim
to help the Web become more social and to make sharing great content easy.
Didja Hear!? and its participation in OpenSocial reinforces NewsGator's
continued commitment to innovation and highlights the power and flexibility
of NewsGator's RSS platform to
deliver compelling, social and useful applications.
Didja Hear!? leverages NewsGator's database of nearly two million feeds and
the editorial controls of NewsGator's
Widget Framework to present the images and videos that are most
compelling and enjoyable for users to pass on to their friends. With Didja
Hear!?:
-- NewsGator automatically recommends the top video and graphic content
from nearly two million RSS feeds -- more than seven million articles per
day;
-- The NewsGator Widget Framework divides those videos and images into
categories including movies, sports, celebrities, television and more; and,
-- Users can easily send a cool video to their friends along with comments
-- and reply back with comments on any videos they get -- as well as see
existing comments on anything they have sent.
"Didja Hear!? and our early participation in OpenSocial exemplify our
mission of getting the right content to the right people. We developed
Didja Hear!? to filter and deliver the best video and graphical content
from across the Web to users who want to interact with it," said Brian
Kellner, vice president of products at NewsGator. "Didja Hear!? is like a
Web 2.0 mashup of a greeting card store and a coffee shop -- it's a fun way
for people to communicate, interact and socialize around quality content."
About NewsGator Technologies, Inc.
NewsGator Technologies is the world's leading enterprise 2.0 and RSS
company. Headquartered in Denver, Colo., NewsGator develops and markets RSS
aggregation solutions for individual end users, enterprises and online
content providers. Using NewsGator products and solutions, businesses and
consumers can subscribe to news, information, podcasts and other relevant
content more efficiently and effectively than with traditional channels.
With NewsGator, users have access to RSS information via the Web, Microsoft
Outlook, mobile devices and both Windows- and Mac-based desktop clients.
All NewsGator products synchronize seamlessly, enabling users to read their
RSS feeds anywhere, anytime, with any device. For more information, visit
www.newsgator.com.
Google and OpenSocial are trademarks of Google Inc.