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Aol Releases FlipBoard Killer - Editions by AOL

The AppTwits streams have been actively picking up discussion on Aol's latest product, Editions by Aol. It feels like a beta product though it was intended to be polished and ready for the prime time. There isn't an editiorial direction that you would expect with most publications and it lacks a well-functioning social curation feature that FlipBoard offers. The news gets more relevant once linked to twitter and facebook but it doesn't seem to be happening in practice (yet).

There are a few noteworthy features that will lhelp get some momentum behind this product like its iCAL integration for daily updates. iCal has millions of users and offering integration could insure that this becomes part of their readers' daily routine.

Users can also specify keywords to help 'train' the Editions algorithm. This seems a bit clunky as one would expect Aol's machine learning algorithms to implicitly figure this information out.

Overall, I would recommend downloading the application as it may fit well in between the more expensive competitior (the daily) and FlipBoard. The price is right and Aol has indicated they're commited to improving the experience. I only hope they don't use Editions as a way to pump more pageviews for some of their more questionable properties.

 

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Statistical Milestones: The scale at which AppTwits operates.

AppTwits has grown tremendously over the past few months and i’m excited to share two key statistics that illustrate the scale and strength of the overall ecosystem.

Scanning billions of tweets:
In the past few months, over 20 billion tweest have been evaluated.  A robust set of algorithms ‘throw’ away spammy tweets in an unbiased manner. In the end, we expose tens of thousands of high-quality tweets per day relating to iOS and Mac applications.

The main page of AppTwits is especially selective, while application-specific pages are more lenient on tweets exposed.

Monitoring one quarter of a million apps:
When apps are added, updated, removed, or gain significant press coverage, AppTwits is quick to actively surface this information on the stream. Our machines are actively monitoring the top 250,000 applications on the iOS marketplace for any noteworthy events.

We continue to build out our infrastructure and will keep expanding our offerings. Stay tuned and continue giving us feedback.

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What apps do your friends own?

In social circles, there are "tastemakers", individuals that are "connected" and seem to make fantastic buying decisions. Who are the people in your life that you would lean on for a second opinion? 

 AppTwits makes it easy to discover the applications your friends have purchased. As an example, you can see apps that Kanye West is a fan of by visiting http://www.apptwits.com/kanyewest

Here are a two other people that we might turn to as tastemakers. Its quite interesting to see the results:

If you login to your twitter account from apptwits.com, the default screen will show the stream of applications your friends have mentioned. You might find quite a few new applications.

If you favorite tweets or bury tweets, we'll learn about your behaviors. Over time we can predict applications that reflect your taste but may not have been discovered by your social circle. Please use apptwits and give us your feedback on how it impacted your ability to find the apps you need.

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Welcome to apptwits, the real-time mobile marketplace for the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices

Welcome to our blog. AppTwits is an application marketplace for you mobile device. We believe that mobile applications can help in all aspects of your life, from planning your next dinner party to financial planning. There are tens of thousands of applications, making it difficult to discover the truly useful applications from the unprofessional garbage. 

AppTwits has built a platform that scours real-time sources, like Facebook and Twitter, to find out what people are saying about the mobile applications they use. Because we've put the time into curating only the best applications, we are the easiest way to download mobile applications. Best of all, its free. No annoying pop-ups or malware.

Got Questions? Call us: 6096389559. 

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