If you are looking for a desktop RSS feed reader for Windows, Mac or Mobile devices you might want to consider FeedDemon, NetNewsWire and NewsGatorGo who have been previously commercial applications but are not free to download and use. I did not pay much attention to commercial RSS feed readers before and I can’t honestly tell you much about the advantages of those products compared to their free counterparts.
Another RSS Feed to IM Service
I have written about the web service Anothr just a few days ago. This service made it possible to receive RSS Feed updates in Skype, MSN and Google Talk and turned out to be pretty useful to some readers. I discovered another service that is offering RSS Feed updates send directly to Instant Messengers.
Receive Feed Updates in Skype, MSN, Google Talk or Email
Inezha is a new startup that offers a innovative way of receiving feed updates from your favorite websites. The feeds that you add to the service are delivered right to your Instant Messenger, Skype or Mail box which offers some practical uses. I have Skype enabled all the time usually which means it is more convenient to receive feed updates in Skype instead of opening Netvibes or Google Reader.
Google Reader Notifier for Firefox
I wrote an article just a few days ago about the Google Reader Notifier application for Windows computers and was linked by the Download Squad Website who mentioned the Firefox extension with the same name. The only difference between those two applications that share the same name is that one is running in your system tray while the other is reporting the amount of unread news in Google Reader in your status bar.
Google Reader Notifier
Google Reader Notifier is a small application for Windows based operating systems that sits in the system tray notifying the user of new unread items in Google Reader. The amount of unread news are shown in a small window that opens above the system tray. Checks are done periodically and can be configured to be performed every 5 to 120 minutes.
News Ticker Style RSS Feeds
I have been looking for a rss reader for quite some time that would display the latest feeds in a news ticker style known from television news channels such as CNN. I quickly found an interesting Czech freeware that would display all my rss feeds in a news ticker either at the top or at the bottom of my screen.
How to use RSS Feeds
This topic might not look interesting at first glance but I promise it will be worth reading it. More than 900 readers subscribed to the feeds of ghacks.net using feedburner alone while many more are using different services to read my feeds. But what are feeds ? They are a short abstract of every article that gets posted here. This means whenever I write an article it will automatically appear in those peoples feed reader software. Many browsers for instance are able to read feeds or can be upgraded to read them.
