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Archive for the ‘RSS Tools’ Category

March 9th, 2008

Hacks for Google Reader and more

Please note: I came across this post written by Kim Roach. The post was written ten months ago. And believe it or not found it interesting and still useful. Granted some of the information may be outdated the general ideas are still sound My apologies for not mentioning it and thanks for the […]

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February 2nd, 2008

RSS Wizard 3 so what is new?

ExtraLabs Softwarereleased generation three of its HTML to RSS converter RSS Wizard 3. The application runs under Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP/2003/Vista and is priced at $29.95 (USD). Punters who buy and register the software can avail if free lifetime updates and premium technical support. Trial version of the software can downloaded here.
So what is new with […]

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January 22nd, 2008

Who needs RSS Feed Creator?

Webvigour has released version 2.5 of RSS Feed Creator. Who needs it? Even if it is 2.5 . Got the news from EContent where the news was posted as:
RSS Feed Creator, a software tool designed to create, edit, and publish RSS feeds, has been released by Webvigour Software. […]

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January 14th, 2008

RSS gets ZapTXT

RSS is a way to get news, post and articles from a blog or website without going to that particular website. Like what the acronym says, RSS is Really Simple Syndication, RSS puts the S in Simple in information syndication. As of late there has been attempts to “simplify” this further with services and apps […]

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January 10th, 2008

AideRSS gets funds to expand

Good news from the Information Management Tool AideRSS, the PostRank Developer has just closed a a financing deal with Tech Capital Partners and Canadian Angel Investors. see here. The additional financial resources or cash will allow the company to expand its development of RSS filtering and ranking tools.

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January 9th, 2008

The Gold Dust Project

Profiles and RSS feeds what a lethal combination. Roderick MacLeod sent me an email about a research project that will use ticTOCS usage data to creat Personal Interest Profiles (PIPs). The research project is called Gold Dust. And it aims to study the use of profiles, information overload and RSS feeds to deliver important […]

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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 16th, 2007

How to use RSS for teaching

Pageflakes has customized their platform so that it can be of practical use for teachers and students. It seems that Pageflakes site have been used by teachers to interact on-line with their students.
Teachers and students use Pageflakes to schedule tasks and activities:

update calendars
exam timelines
research study information
grade trackers
message boards
Check out the the following links, which […]

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December 13th, 2007

FeedChief: Any feed to go

Tired of searching for a particular feed? Why not try this service that allows you to just add search terms, choose the language you desire and subscribe to your favorite RSS Reader. Welcome to FeedChief. AKA Instant feed,

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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 […]

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