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It’s about time that Google gave its feedreader an update, and I think some of the features it has added are pretty good, although I’m not sure I would go so far as to call it “stunning”, as Richard MacManus at Read/Write Web does. It is pretty slick, though. It handled the importing of my [...]

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And the answer is…

by Mathew on September 6, 2006 · Comments

Erick Schonfeld over at Business 2.0 magazine’s B2Day blog, writing about Six Apart’s acquisition of Rojo, asks whether feed readers are just another feature.
The answer is yes.

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Yes, it’s always about Dave

by Mathew on August 23, 2006 · Comments

I must admit I was somewhat interested when I saw a mention of Dave Winer’s new (or not so new, depending on whom you read) mobile “river of news” thingamajig — if only because I have used a BlackBerry and a Treo and a UTStarcom Windows device to read RSS feeds, and have yet to [...]

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(Warning: This post contains commentary about Dave Winer. By reading further, you have agreed — both implicitly and explicitly — to read about the often mind-numbing machinations involving the “Father of RSS” and those who have chosen to use their programming powers for evil instead of good. You hereby waive any right to complain later [...]

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Branded RSS readers or IE 7?

by Mathew on April 15, 2006 · Comments

Newsweek has announced a branded version of NewsGator’s RSS feed reader that is designed to make it easier for readers to sign up for and read RSS feeds — including, of course, those from Newsweek itself, which come pre-loaded in the reader. NewsGator is pushing this kind of thing as part of its “private label [...]

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