Kevin Anderson, Blogs Editor, The Guardian

Why Did Google Create News Timeline and Not Newspapers?

April 22, 2009 at 12:04 am PT

I have to say that my initial reaction to Google (GOOG) Labs News Timeline feature was meh. I don’t think it’s as elegant as Marcos Weskamp and Dan Albritton’s newsmap, which has been around since 2004.

However, as Edward N. Albro points out at PCWorld, there are some useful features such as the ability to see the news by decade. It really shows how news goes from being the first draft of history to become history.

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