Viewing your Twitter stream is a lot like reading an RSS feed. There are multiple entries that you have to read one after the other. Merging your Twitter stream with your RSS reader would save you the time otherwise spent opening up a new browser tab particularly for Twitter. Here to help you make that [...]
RSS feeds let you stay in touch with the latest updates on your favorite websites. But not all RSS readers let you conveniently do this. Often readers clutter RSS feeds and make it difficult for you to find what you are looking for. An exception to this is a web service called Q-Sensei FeedBooster. Q-Sensei [...]
Saving multiple RSS links in your feed reader can be a bit inconvenient. Here to offer a solution by providing you a single RSS link for all your feeds is a web service called Chimp Feedr. Chimp Feedr is a web service that mashes your RSS feeds together. The site does not ask you to [...]
You probably know about the disposable email services that help you create temporary email accounts to send and receive emails (like website sign up confirmations) that you don’t want to reach your main inbox. Mmmmail is one such service, albeit, with a twist. It transfers such emails to RSS and you can check them in [...]
We all had good impressions about the Metro UI which Microsoft introduced for their Windows 7 Phone and the upcoming Windows 8, and there are already some desktop applications that are following the design philosophy. Mishra Reader is a desktop Google Reader client that combines the sleek animations and smooth transitions of Metro, with the [...]
If you are looking to generate quick RSS feeds for your website, then there is no shorter way to do it than Feed Dude. This tool lets you create RSS files for any website which you can load into RSS readers or as a plugin to catch content from other websites. Feed Dude is pretty [...]
Numerous web apps and desktop apps keep you updated on the RSS feeds you have subscribed to. But these apps provide a dedicated interface. If you are looking for something that displays RSS feed notifications without disturbing your current work, check out a free web tool called RSS Alerts. RSS Alerts is a browser extension [...]
To stay in touch with your favorite websites, the best method is to subscribe to its RSS feed. But the feed view often requires you to click a bunch of links before you can read the text. Here to help you with this matter is FeedsAPI. FeedsAPI is a free web service that can convert [...]
Some of us love RSS feeds and wouldn’t read otherwise. RSS Search Engine lets you search for feeds across the web based on either topics, from a particular site, or a combination of both. You can also search using categories like “tech news” and use popular search engine options like “allintitle” or “inurl”. One of [...]
FlipBoard, the iPad app that turns your content into a magazine style display, is all the rage these days. PressJack is a different app that brings this concept from the iPad to your browser. Once you download the free PressJack software, you can create 5 digital magazines per month by simply entering the URL of [...]
Google Reader, while a very useful service, could use some improvements to its interface. If you are looking for a better way to read your feeds within Google Reader while keeping the basic interface unchanged, check out Super Google Reader. It is a browser extension for Google Chrome. It provides readable content or iFraming of [...]
Ofelio is a search engine that searches for topics across all kinds of RSS feeds. That means that unlike other search engines which crawl a webpage to find potential content, Ofelio will go through the RSS feed of that page to track topics. Clicking on the options icon, which is located just beside the search [...]
RSS feeds are a great way to send and receive content, but the fact that they only display a little bit of the content reduces their usability. FullTextRSSFeeds takes care of that by letting you convert partial rss feeds to full text ones. Simply enter the URL of a regular RSS feed and click submit. The [...]
You can easily add your RSS feeds to Google Reader and stay updated with your favorite websites. But for many people, the interface of Google Reader is too basic. For them, a better alternative to Google Reader’s native web interface would be the visually appealing desktop Reader client, WebReader. WebReader is a desktop client for [...]
You probably know about Instapaper, the text-only read later service that lets you quickly bookmark online content for reading later in a clutter free, text-only interface. It’s a great service except for one issue – it doesn’t let you automatically subscribe to an RSS Feed of your choice. Instascriber is a tool developed by Hung [...]
Google Reader is one of the most popular RSS feed reader apps. But if it you want something with a more appealing and friendlier interface, then check out a web service called NewsBlur. NewsBlur is a free online feed reader software app. It lets you subscribe to a maximum of 64 feeds; the premium account [...]
If you like saving specific blog posts to PDF for later reading, then you should check out Feed2PDF. This simple web application browses through RSS feeds and generates a beautiful PDF file for you to read posts using your e-book apps like iBooks or another PDF reader. Using this tool is very easy. To start, [...]
Reading news and feeds you subscribed to can be a little inconvenient on your handheld devices. The compact screen does not allow much room and requires an innovative interface from your feed-reading application. That innovative interface is precisely what Pulse offers. Pulse is a free smartphone application compatible with Android devices and iOS devices (iPod [...]
You can easily keep in touch with a site through its RSS feed. But what if you want another site’s updates to appear on your own blogs or websites? In that, you will need to make use of “Feed Wind.” Feed Wind is a very simple online tool that is completely free to use. Through [...]
Is there an RSS feed you have subscribed to but read only parts of? If yes, then you need an RSS feed shortening tool. For this you cannot use the regular URL shortening services. Instead, you need to pay a visit to Tldr.it. Tldr.it is a free to use web service that will shorten an [...]