Although RSS-driven traffic to websites is notoriously difficult to track, there is no question in my mind that RSS is good for publishers.
By the time he was 14, he had co-written the specification for RSS -- originally Rich Site Summary, now Really Simple Syndication -- a Web-publishing technology for delivering syndicated content from frequently updated sites, such as blogs or news websites.
In his blog, he added:" "Google destroyed the RSS feed-reader ecosystem with a subsidised product, stifling its competitors and killing innovation.
Among the functions unique in the MINI segment are access to the GoogleTM local search and GoogleTM Send to Car services and reception of user-definable RSS news feeds, the content of which is displayed on the on-board monitor and can be read out using the optional voice output function.
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Feedly and Pulse offer Web-based RSS feeds that also have mobile apps for Apple's iOS and Android.
And speaking of trending topics, the extinction of Reader signifies the mainstream rejection of RSS as a hands-on tool for organizing a living library of real-time information flow.
Kevin Fox, a former Google employee who worked for several years on the Google Reader project before leaving the company, has offered to help Google fix its popular once-social RSS service.
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Those who go to Freshbooks' Facebook page or to its blog can sign up for RSS feeds, e-mail updates or text messages about, say, when a new version of the software is released or when an annoying bug has been fixed.
The tool includes a variety of components such as social feed, RSS, events, e-commerce, notifications and more.
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At CES, expect to see digital picture frames that use wi-fi to pluck photos from e-mail and RSS feeds without going through a personal computer.
At age 14, Swartz co-wrote the RSS specification.
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My first big splash on the internet came in 2004 when I was one of the first 30 podcasters in the world, hand-coding my RSS feed and speaking timidly into a microphone, broadcasting intimate thoughts to a global audience.
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That's not it, however, since the project also lists plans for social networking apps like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, as well as an account and file manager, document viewer, RSS reader and even a terminal -- the latter, naturally, should make Android rooters feel right at home.
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In the earlier stages of his career he was considered close to the Maharashtra-based Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Hindu nationalist organisation and ideological parent of the BJP.
Mr Swartz began computer programming as a child, and at 14 co-authored an early version of the RSS specification.
Presenting your RSS feeds and social media links in a magazine-style format, Flipboard still makes for a fascinating reading experience, with page tuning and differing layouts keeping the reader engaged.
There are third-party apps for feed-reading, but Google Reader remains both the dominant client and nearly the only back-end syncing service underpinning the entire RSS experience (a position the company actively pursued).
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This week's How-To will use a video feed (RSS) from BlogDigger, WindowsMedia 10, iPodder, and a Portable Media Center to "BroadSnatch" video from many sources.
Otherwise, the specs aren't too far off its predecessor, including the same 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB options, a microSD card slot for further expansion, a built-in microphone and FM radio, an RSS reader (which must be synced up with your PC).
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The term Web 2.0 describes the post-dot-com generation of sites and services that use the Web as a platform--things like Flickr, BitTorrent, tagging and RSS syndication.
Reader, and RSS feeds in general, remain popular with active, Web-savvy users who rely upon them to pull together the best of the Internet in one easy-to-read stream.
But as Reader grew in dominance, not only did it kill off much of the competition, many RSS tools started to rely in the Google service as a back-end for their apps.
In fact, Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) recently announced that it will implement RSS support in its next version of Internet Explorer and in Longhorn, the upcoming Windows operating system.
It has built-in marketing sustainability, through powerful use of social media and RSS feeding.
The screen that users will be drawn to most frequently -- the home screen, if you will -- is The Loop, a near-real-time aggregation of social network status updates, images, and RSS feed items culled from the user's contacts, media, and settings.
They want to make it easier for people to subscribe to RSS feeds and also, of course, make it really simple for people to engage in e-commerce.
Rather than circumscribe my worldview, the Internet in general, and RSS in particular, have vastly increased the diversity of my information consumption compared to the heyday of mass-media offline publications.
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S.- Remember, if you're not loving all the MWC news, there's a special RSS feed just for you.
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