MINE is an aggregator for your connections’ mentions
Relationship Science has released a free app called MINE that acts as a news aggregator for stories that mention an individual’s contacts, which can be imported from one’s LinkedIn profile and address book. While this may seem like a personal tool, it is really a business application that allows people to stay up to date on professional connections.
Here’s a subset of my connections at LinkedIn, imported into the app:
Here’s the news feed, showing someone quoting my pal Jamais Cascio, the futurist:
I can also click through to see what Jamais has to say about living off the grid in the future.
While I don’t think MINE will displace Flipboard as a source of news, I do like the idea of being notified when connections of mine change companies, are quoted in articles, and are mentioned elsewhere.
Relationship Science has raised $90 million from Hearst Corporation, Ron Burkle, and Henry Kravis, and charges $9,000 and up for business users, who can glean connections to desired contacts, like a friend from high school who was a college roommate with Elon Musk. MINE is obviously a gateway drug for that offering.

