If the key to startup success is solving problems that have mass relevance, then the news industry offers tons of opportunities for entrepreneurs. Many in India are taking advantage, exploring innovations in publishing formats, reader experience, newsroom tech, native advertising networks, and more. Hacks/Hackers Delhi (http://www.facebook.com/groups/hackshackersdelhi/) decided to showcase some of the most interesting and relevant work.
The first half will be 10-minute product presentations — why, how, demo and plans. So far, we have:
• Ducktile Labs (http://www.ducktile.com/), founded by University of Newcastle alumni and based in Mumbai. They use NLP and machine learning to help publishers with content personalisation and "actionable" advertising.
• Parallel Dots (http://www.paralleldots.com/), founded by IIT/BIT alumni and backed by Times Internet. They use NLP and machine learning to present a publisher's content archive around any event/topic as an embeddable, interactive timeline.
• New in Shorts (http://www.newsinshorts.com/read), founded by IIT alumni. They curate news for mobile audiences by distilling posts from mainstream media to just the facts in 60 words.
The second half will be an open Q&A session to help the attending journalists, technologists, investors, etc better understand how they might leverage these products/platforms.
We are still lining up more startups, so if you know anyone with a great product/platform in the news/media space, let us know and we'll invite them.
