A few days before NewsGator inked a partnership with the Japanese company DAC. It, NewsGator released its latest version of its widget platform, Editor’s Desk 2.1 [Source].
Features improved include:
1. A redesigned user interface.
2. It has New templates.
3. A more simpler and streamlined procedures for creating widgets.
NewsGators widget allows businesses – in particular brand and media companies – to build, deploy, and track widgets.
NewsGators widgets platform enable business and on-line publishers to engage its readers by using social media and newsGators Web 2.0 syndication productst:
1. RSS Readers
2. Widget Framework
3. Community Publisher
4. Widget Ads
Even without the widget ads and speaking …read more

Newsgator just inked a deal with Digital Advertising Consortium (DAC) that gives exclusive rights to DAC to NewsGator Widget Services to Japanese media companies and brands. This will allow DAC to market NewsGator Widgets for content syndication. [Source.]
What does NewsGator Widget Services do?
And why is there interest in it?
NewsGator Widget Services creates widgets that send content to the following:
1. Web sites
2. Blogs
3. Social networks
4. Start pages
And according to NewsGator it can create additional advertising revenue and reach new audiences from using widgets. From the looks of it one thing is sure such widgets make things easy and entertaining …read more