Taazza newsroom

We are looking for Associates to be part of a small but fun team to develop cutting edge software for news aggregation & delivery.

Your school & degree are not as important as your drive & passion! Here is what we are looking for:

• Are you excited to work on cutting edge technologies?
• Do you want to be part of a big dream & create products that reach your family & friends?
• Do you believe that you are smart, driven & passionate?
• Does news drive your life the same way it drives ours?

Then this is the opportunity that you are looking for!

• You must LOVE to code.
• Have the inclination to LEARN & keep up with new technologies.
• Have a good knowledge of data structures
• Very GOOD at one or more programming languages

Nice to haves:

• Ruby / Java as a programming language
• Ruby on Rails / Merb

If you believe this is you please email us (jobs [at] taazza [dot] com) & we can chat over a drink or a coffee!
If you know someone who fits the bill then share or forward this information. You WILL be rewarded (handsomely too!)

About Us:

Taazza is a innovator in the news space. We were among a small group of companies to demo at the first edition of proto.in (India’s DEMO conference). We at Taazza were one of the first intelligent news aggregators in the world & we are working on new technologies to make news personal & accessible.

Vox populi:

“Amazing news tracker, thought of everything that could build context on any news story” – Tara Hunt, Citizen Agency
“Taazza.com, an innovation in the online news space” – Economic Times
“Taazza found itself very well-received at the event, and ‘by popular demand’, took the presentation to BarCamp Bangalore too. – Business World

How Google is Unlocking the Hidden Ad Value in Old Media

Google is going after new revenue streams and old media is snoring on their archives. Times of India has an century worth of archives..

NYT’s TimesPeople Social Network Tops 100,000 Users (NYT)

Impressive growth in less than 100 days! News does have a role to play in social networking and vice versa. Watch this space

Crain Closes Financial Week Print Mag; Now Online Only | paidContent.org

More print media are moving online as print costs go up.

Many thanks to Steve Rubel for the links.

We continue our series with more links about the changing landscape, please do let us know if you enjoying this would like for us to continue.

Tribune Co. Mulling Bankruptcy – BusinessWeek

If Tribune does file for bankruptcy it would significant low point for the industry and a shift in the direction of where the industry is headed.. It was meant to happen but it still does hit you when it does.

The Medium – Content and Its Discontents – NYTimes.com

A fabulous write-up and analysis of whats wrong with current state of journalism and where its headed to! Kudos to the author.

NewAssignment.Net | an experiment in open-source reporting

An interesting experiment with the cutting edge phone. Nokia is the market leader in India. I am sure people would sign up and contribute if the right tools are available at the right time ..

CNN Cuts Entire Science, Tech Team : CJR:

I have watched Miles O’ Brien time and again, a fabulous reporter! As media organizations trim down in the US its only a sign of the times & a good lesson for the indian television industry to learn from. I hope we do.

The New York Times Clutters Up Its Homepage With Links From Elsewhere (In Beta)

Interesting model for news aggregation. NYTimes understands that the users are looking for options and cannot control them. If you ask us its a brilliant move.. NYTimes wants to become the start page for news.. Thoughts?

Mauj Takes FHM Mobile | MediaNama

Mobile News in India is becoming a pretty fragmented market without a clear revenue model in sight. Not many mobile users use these VAS services. Do you?

The automated posting from delicous is not working. We contacted delicious support and it appears that its a known problem, so please pardon the delay. The news industry is transforming… And we have front row seats to this generational shift.

As part of our interactions with you we would like start a new series that would give you an update on the news & media industry that we cater to.

More links on the way..

We were MIA (Missing in action) which led some to believe that we done for good and shutup.. Fortunately we are alive and kicking! For the faithful and disappointed we are back.. Here are some reasons as to why…

Here are some questions we asked you (our users) when we started this journey:

So, what’s happening with ‘Bird Flu’?
I am from Tirupati, I want local news!
So many news channels & Papers, I’m tired… Give me popular stories!
Are you out of your mind checking news every 10 minutes?? I check news once in 2 days… Gimme the gist!

Unfortunately (fortunately for us) these questions are still looking for answers. This is what drives us.

Someone of you must be asking how will it be different this time around? Well for one we will be more engaged and be a whole LOT more transparent! Feel free to leave your thoughts here or interact with us on twitter or our support page.

Hope to engage and hear from you all soon!