Rap Genius, the popular site that lets users explain rap lyrics by annotating specific words and lines with their own descriptions and links to supporting facts, is looking to expand its reach to cover more current events and breaking news. Enter "News Genius." Announced today by the founders of Rap Genius at the TechCrunch Disrupt NY conference, News Genius exists primarily as a Twitter account for now, which tweets out links to news audio clips and documents that have already been posted on Rap Genius. President Obama's comments yesterday in support of closing Guantanamo Bay have already been posted and explained by users, as have the charges against one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, with links back to other mainstream...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/1/4289704/rap-genius-launches-news-genius-to-explain-current-events
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