And I was so impressed by their work that I tried to sign up. But they demand too many permissions: not only to read from your accounts, which I was ready to grant, but to write to them! No way.
Well worth checking out (even if you do accidentally end up posting about the death of a computer science pioneer a year late :().
Then you granted them permission to "Manage your data in Google Reader" (yes, it still says that) and "Manage your contacts". For me that means "managing" the contact list on my phone. The risk/benefit ratio is probably way too high.
Is it just an iPhone App? I'm about to replace my iPhone with an Android phone, so if that's the only way to use Prismatic I'm excluded.
Why do you need to see my contact list? That seems bizarre.
Why does the website say nothing about what Prismatic is or how it works? Is that a marketing strategy?
They are doing a good job, but not a great job. I find interesting articles, but also some celebrity gossip will sneak in there. For example, I learned yesterday that Jennifer Aniston looks fantastic with or without makeup.
I like it, though, they find some articles that don't seem to be on Reddit or HN but which are still kind of useful.