subject: Zite is a personalized magazine for the iPad [print this page] Zite is a personalized magazine for the iPad
Zite is a personalized magazine for the iPad. It follows a Pandora.com style work method where it feeds you news pieces based on your preferences, right from the very first selection of articles it provides you. When you download the app, the first thing that you will see when you launch it is the option to have Zite go through either your Twitter feed to see what kind of news links you post, or your Google News Reader to give you your first set of news.They promise not to sell your information or to post on your feed. Whether Zite finds enough information about you from your Twitter account or your Google News Reader or not, you'll then be asked to select all the categories you want your news from. These range from World News, Politics, Pets, Architecture, Psuchology and Mind, Film and TV, Business and Investing and even SxSW right now. If there's a category you want that their list doesn't have, they've given you the option to create it. For instance, if you want news specifically related to scuba diving, you can create the category. You will then be taken to a homepage where you'll be provided with a mix of articles spanning from across your interested sections. You can then click on individual sections to read more articles on those specific subjects.
The way an article opens in side plus its RHS
Design and User Interface
The design of the app follows your typical magazine formated app. It's clean with black on white, with coloured thumbnails showing in the previews of all the articles. The interface is very simple, intuitive and classy. You swipe to move pages, and when you click on articles, a new window opens up showing the article as it is posted in its source. For instance, an article from the IBNLive.com will show in the preview in Zite's format but when you open it,the article will look exactly as it does on the source website, minus the dashboard and the social networking sharing functions the original site has. This can either be a blessing or a pain depending on your internet connection. You can change the text size (small, medium, large) or font (between Arial and Times New Roman) when you view the article.
The app's welcome screen
On the right hand side, you'll see a thumbs up and a thumbs down. Like Pandora,a thumbs up to an article will make the app show you more articles like it, and a thumbs down, will prevent these from your feed. You can choose whether you want to see more articles from the source or from that particular author, or even more on certain tags and themes in the story. Finally, you can share the article via Twitter, Facebook or email.
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