What can you use the application for?
Techinvestornews.com is a news aggregator site that aggregates most of the news on the Internet for the top 20 technology stocks. The site performs a news update every 15 minutes, so users always get the latest news concerning the top 20 tech stocks. News is grouped into convenient categories, with a headline for each news item. Doing a mouseover on the headline brings up the first paragraph of the article, and clicking on the headline opens the original article in a new browser tab. The main site also contains links to 20 sub-sites, one for each of the top 20 tech stocks.
The site also features a search bar which allows users to search the news articles on the site by keyword. There is a menu at the very top of the browser window that contains links to the 20 sub-sites. The front page of the site organizes the overall news into categories, including Analysts + Commentary, Top Tech Headlines, Blogs + Tech Dialogue, Mobile + Wireless, Tech Video News (links to videos), Tech Indices, Hardware, Semiconductors, The Internet, Cloud Computing, Consumer Tech + Gadgets and Software. There is a link on the home page to More Tech, which brings up a menu containing additional categories, including Tech Product Reviews, International Tech Coverage, Business Video, Enterprise Technology, Business Podcasts and Green Technology.
What is the history and popularity of the application?
Novato, CA-based Tech Investor News was launched in May 2009 by founder Frank Cioffi. The company’s first site, Apple Investor News, was launched in May of 2007 and is now one of the 20 top tech sub-sites.
What are the differences to other applications?
Competition to Tech Investor News comes from Yahoo Finance, Google Finance, Newspond and Techmeme. Yahoo and Google Finance are general financial news sites with technology sections, but do not concentrate their tech news on the top 20 tech stocks. Newspond is a news aggregator with a special tech section, and Techmeme is a news aggregator that specializes in the technology sector. Neither Newspond or Techmeme limit their tech coverage to the top 20 tech sites, so Tech Investor News is unique in this aspect.
How does the application look and feel to use?
The Tech Investor News site has a very clean and uncluttered look and feel. The site is very responsive and page loads happen quickly. Navigation is intuitive, with most of the site’s content directly accessible from the home page. The sub-sites are well-organized as well, with most content accessible directly accessible from their home page. Advertising is displayed on the site, but it is relatively unobtrusive.
How does the registration process work?
There is no registration offered to the Tech Investor News site. Users can save their preferences for the site in a browser cookie, but this does not require registration. There is no premium membership to the site offered.
What does it cost to use the application?
TechInvestorNews.com is free to use.
Who would you recommend the application to?
Tech Investor News is aimed at technology investors. There are lots of other aggregator sites offering a similar service. Techmeme is one of the most visited technology news aggregator.
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