Fwix brings local news to your iPhone
Techcrunch yesterday covered the release of Fwix for iPhone, an application that allows you to recevice news feeds from wherever it is you are. The application is a new development from the social news website and a smart way of showing how news can be pushed to users. In your Fwix app you have your own ‘City Feed’ which news sites, blogs and Yelp. You can also receive reviews on nearby services like restaurants or hotels and crime reports. The new ‘Neighbors’ feature lets you keep up to date with what your friends are doing and where. A ‘heat map’ also shows the most active areas in your city, based on activity, news and messages.
According to Darian Shirazi, founder of Fwix, the app is not meant as a social network, however one can quickly see the possibilities. For news sites, particularly local ones, and bloggers, this is a great way of showcasing their content. Twitter and Facebook users could also be able to exchange conversations, comments and reviews on local events or services.
Only limited to a few US cities for the moment, Fwix, will become particularly interesting once it spreads out internationally. Could this work if more control was given to users as to how and what local content appears in the feed?
