Both sites are very much next-generation content plays, fusing traditional journalism, citizen journalism, technology and social media.

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But the exciting future for publishers, authors and certainly readers is that next generation of content that matches the new devices in its ability to inspire wonder, and, yes, its many sizes fits all approach.

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Content Curation tools are the next-generation digital content platforms having evolved from content aggregation (gathering links, like Google News) and social bookmarking tools (like Delicious and Digg).

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