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Archive for December 2007

December 31st, 2007

Farewell 2007 and Hello 2008

In a few hours the a new year will be upon us, at least based on the Julian Calendar. And as the year end we look at how it went. The year has been exciting for RSS and web feeds. It has become more popular or rather ubiquitous. The use of RSS and web feeds […]

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December 30th, 2007

Get text alerts for RSS updates

When are you away from the computer do you wonder if your favorite feed has new posts? Do you feel compelled to check the RSS Reader whenever you go home? Do you live in the United States or Canada? Yes to all questions?
Then you might be interested FeedM8’s text alert service at Web-Alerts.com.
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December 30th, 2007

Increase use of RSS feeds in the corporate world

A survey of libraries showed a high percentage organized and maintain RSS feeds for the members of their organization. I got this from the post Corporate library use of blogs and RSS under Blogging Section of SLA IT. The study was done by the Primary Research Group.
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December 29th, 2007

Google in 2008

This is for all Google watchers - both Googlophiles and Googlophobes. Google Blogscoped posted Google in 2008. The post is a wrap-up of Google Inc’s announcement regarding rumors, products and possible trends in 2008. Topics included:
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December 28th, 2007

Flock a social media browser and reader

I have two or three web browsers on my desktop. Initially, I use three now I am down to two. The latest one I am using is Flock. With a tagline The Social Web Browser you would think that is solely made for use with Facebook, Twitter and all the other social media network. But […]

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December 28th, 2007

Google Reader’s Top Recommends

Its near the end of the year and how many rss or web feeds do you have? I have trimmed mine down to around 298 feeds - most non-aggregated. This morning though I added around a few more.Blame it on Google Reader’s Top Recommendation. A visit to Google Reader’s Home Page and a look at […]

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December 28th, 2007

Reactions to Google Reader’s semi-new features

Elise Ackerman’s article entitled: “Change to Google Reader annoys some users: New feature sends shared items to Google Talk network” reports that the new reports on the feedback to the new feature. And the result were not positive. Check the article out at San Jose Mercury News. You have to register and look for […]

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December 27th, 2007

Information Overload the problem for 2008

The research firm Basex Inc has named “Information Overload “as the problem of the year for 2008 [Source].
According to Basex chief analyst Jonathan Spira:
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December 25th, 2007

NewsGator and the Day of Goodwill

No the there is nothing important between NewsGator and the Day of Goodwill. Well maybe not for us but perhaps for the people at NewsGator it is not a Day of Goodwill but good news. As reported last December 13 by Mark Hefflinger that NewsGator was able to get some money, around $12 million from […]

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December 25th, 2007

Is fav.or.it a favorite?

Imagine an RSS Reader that does not require you to move away from the reader irregardless if it is a full text RSS feed or not. Imagine a feed reader that lets you leave a comment on your blog without leaving the reader. And a fee reader that lets you customize the what you read […]

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