b5media.com

Advertise with us

Enjoying this blog? Check out the rest of the Technology Channel Subscribe to this Feed

A Feed Is Born

Archive for November 2007

November 30th, 2007

RSS to replace email in the office

Can you imagine RSS replacing emails in the workplace? Apparently, It is already being done. Over at Computer World Juan Carlos Perez reports that it is being done. Perez’s article Users Tap RSS Tools to Ease Info Overload reports that Union Bank of California NA hopes to use RSS technology to bring down and […]

By Juned -- 2 comments

November 29th, 2007

FlyWheel the Aggregator bulks up

TalkPoint has upgraded their personal RSS Feed Agreggator FlyWheel with FlyWheel 1.2. The original FlyWheel was released in June 2007. So what is the difference between the June and and the November release?
The June release had the following features:
Share This

By Juned -- 0 comments

November 27th, 2007

Promoting with RSS Submit 1.2.

Why do you think there is an extra dot at the end of 2? It must be a typo. RSS Submit, which was developed by ExtraLabs Software, will automatically and quickly submit an RSS feed to a numberof existing RSS directories. A trial version can be downloaded here.
Share This

By Juned -- 0 comments

November 26th, 2007

A post and information overload

In our house is a book case and inside the book case is the orange paperback that was a bestseller and probably it still is. The book is called Future Shock and it was written by Alvin Toffler. Within its pages you will find the first use of the phrase information overload.
And apparently the phrase […]

By Juned -- 0 comments

November 26th, 2007

RSS Reader in a flash drive?

Are you wary of leaving your log-in details whenever you access your email at the Internet Shop? Are you tired of carrying around a notebook to check emails? Well Smart PC Tools has come up with a self contained and self standing email software called Reach-a-Mail 3.0. A freeware it can be downloaded and installed […]

By Juned -- 0 comments

November 24th, 2007

Cut paste click … presto a feed

Here is another useful RSS Tool. All you need are two things: (i) the Internet and (ii) the URL of your RSS Feed. Feed2JS allows you to create a display of a feed that can be displayed on any website. It is easy o use. Select options for the feed and click to preview […]

By Juned -- 0 comments

November 22nd, 2007

Increasing RSS elements

Ramani Arunachalam suggests that with the increase in the number of shopping sites and blogs in the Interenet there is a need to expand the elements of RSS 2.0 from title, link, and description to a number of other elements needed to sufficiently describe and
tag a product.
Share This

By Juned -- 1 comment

November 20th, 2007

Books and more from HUP

Harvard University Press (HUP) has over thirty six (36) RSS feeds to offer. Majority of them provide a brief summary of HUP-published books and the rest provides announcement and links to events and podcasts. Those that provide a summary or description of the books can be used as a good selection tool for those […]

By Juned -- 0 comments

November 20th, 2007

How to check the Feedburner feed count

David Peralty of eXtra For Every Publisher has posted an interesting tip on how to find a hidden FeedBurner Feed Count called Finding a Hidden Feedburner FeedCount.
Its pretty easy to check the FeedCount of Feedburner for a particular blog or service. Peralty said:
Share This

By Juned -- 0 comments

November 18th, 2007

Kindle is it the Book 2.0?

Will Kindle replace the book? The new e-book reader from Amazon will be attempting to supplant the ubiquitous book. Will it drive the book to extinction? Check the Newsweek article, The Future of Reading by Steven Levy.
Will Book 2 replace the book or will it be something else?
Share This

By Juned -- 0 comments

Site Meter
Close
E-mail It