There’s a new aggregator in town folks. If you’re a fan of Dave Winer’s political NewsJunk aggregation site, Techmeme, or FriendFeed, then you’re going to love Winer’s counterpart to the political NewsJunk site, Tech NewsJunk. Created because Winer wasn’t getting enough news about products, Tech Newsjunk is the latest product review aggregator to hit the market.
Technology Product Reviews For Tech Addicts
While Techmeme has it all covered when it comes finance and technology trends, product reviews are a rare treat. Here’s where Tech NewsJunk steps in. The purpose of the aggregation site is to allow you to find out about products before they hit the big leagues. According to Winer’s official post about the site’s launch,
“A couple of notes. I’m not just interested in new products, I’m also interested in how the products evolve. So if Flickr were to (for example) add a bunch of new features tomorrow, we would defintely link to that.
I also want to hear about products from the people who design and implement them. Their point of view is very important to not only understanding their work, but to understanding the market.”
Various Fixes For Your Addiction
As a frequent user of tools like FriendFeed and Twitter, it’s no surprise that Winer has implemented numerous ways to keep up with Tech NewsJunk. You can:
- subscribe via RSS
- follow along on FriendFeed
- follow along on Twitter
- read mobile updates (iPhone or Blackberry
- refresh the site’s page manually
Winer also has future plans to include the latest micro-blogging service darling identi.ca and roll out email updates.
Best Product Coverage
Thus far, Tech NewsJunk has decent product coverage from a host of great sites. The featured content ranges from internet apps to mobile technology. Winer also notes that ReadWriteWeb is one of the best sites to find product coverage and even extends some advice to us (we’re listening Dave). As of this post, ReadWriteWeb is listed three times in the counts section, with two of our articles coming in at #2 and #3 respectively. All in all, Tech NewsJunk is a must have in anyone’s feed reader.
