• The New York Times, Monday, July 12, 2010 1:14 PM

The New York Times christens Techmeme as king of all tech news aggregators. The site relies on software algorithms to collect news in real time into what The Times calls "essentially the front page of an ever-changing industry newspaper." Behind the scenes, however, the site does rely on a number of real-life humans to oversee story placement.

According to The Times, "Techmeme could become a model for other industries as a useful way to harness the increasingly unwieldy Web and arm readers who are preparing for business meetings or cocktail parties." Techmeme itself already publishes aggregation sites for politics, celebrity gossip and baseball, and plans to continue expanding to topic areas from business or energy. Still, according to Techmeme founder Gabe Rivera, aggregation works best for "industries where ideas can change people's view of things, and there's money on the line."

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