Daylife is a new free online service that automatically gathers news from the internet, similarly to Tailrank or Megite, but the stories that go to the front page are chosen by human editors.

As much as I like this concept, Daylife leaves much to be desired. It looks good - I give them that. Also, it has the interesting concept of using people, places, and organizations as sorts of interconnected news hubs, from which you can browse through relevant news. For example, after clicking on United States, you can click on Kofi Annan and then see the articles where these two were mentioned together.

All this makes for a really nice magazine-like experience, which might appeal to the casual user looking to spend some time on the web. The authors don’t hide this either, naming the Colors magazine as one of their biggest inspirations.
However, if you’re a professional that lives on news or simply a news enthusiast, you can steer clear of Daylife. The reasons are simple: no clear categorization, no RSS, too many clicks to get to the actual articles, and all this in a relatively slow GUI.

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