OPEN for all Social News Network

A new startup, ‘alwire’, aims at being an ‘OPEN for all’ Social News Network where, ANYONE can add posts, updates, and views about any event that takes place around them. Users, upon encountering anything news-worthy, say for instance an automobile accident, may record a video of the incident using their cell phones, add details to it, and then upload it to the server, for all to view and comment upon. The alwire mobile app comes with a Location Detection feature which, when enabled, automatically detects the location of the posting users, or allows them to select the location of the incident themselves.

Once the news is posted, it immediately becomes available to the masses, who may not only view the post, but may also choose to help the community by letting everyone know whether the news is credible or not. Alwire, has its own credibility engine that determines how authentic the post is, by using a secret algorithm, which assigns a credibility rating to the post, and presents it as a percentage. The higher the percentage of the reported top news, the greater is its credibility. No brainer, right?

The alwire system is completely OPEN, and allows other users to add updates to existing posts, as they become available. The ‘In-line’ comments feature makes it all the more easier to discuss any news that is posted. The BEST thing about alwire is, that it associates every top news with an address. Now imagine, you observe an incident, and you decide to report it with videos, or images, or just as an article, and EVERYONE in the vicinity of the incident gets to know about it, almost instantaneously.

You may also choose the posts you would like to receive based on the location they are being reported from. Presently, alwire provides 4 Location Preferences.

•        Global – You receive the latest news from all over the world.

•        Region – You get to set it to something like Asia, North America, the Middle East etc.

•        Country – You get to view the news from your country alone.

•        City – Yeah, you guessed it. You may set it to your own city as well.

Now that’s cool, but what if users want to see updates from around a certain address, say, their own street? The answer is, the ‘My neighborhood’ feature that allows them to get auto updates of their locality once they provide their addresses. They may set their preferences to receive alerts whenever there is an update in that area, and these alerts may be for news, events, or announcements, added by their neighbors.

Another recent addition to alwire is the free ‘Classifieds’ section, where users may add free advertisements for their local areas and target their own local audiences.

alwire is slowly getting traction but it has a long way to go. Considering what Facebook was when it started, I think alwire is off to a great start. Looking for latest entertainment news, political news, sports new or current top headlines? Feel free to try ‘alwire’ now.