Google NewsmapThe Google Newsmap (no affiliation to Google Inc) by Marcos Weskamp takes the top stories from Google News and visualizes them in a 2D rectagular grid structure that uses size to show the popularity of the story, and color to indicate both the category (health, entertainment, world, etc) and age of the story.  It’s a great way to get a quick overview of the news, and has lots of features to control what categories and countries are viewed.

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