When it comes to cutting edge tech, I know some people feel that the drum beat to use what is new and improved can get a little loud and too proud. I still have friends and acquaintances who have as yet bought a dvd or dvd player, of course video distributors are nonetheless banking on them. And I have to confess that I still have in my possession some eight-track tapes, but then I’m dating myself as partially retro-age.
As a source for every day or recurring news and information that you want to read on a continual basis with all the sources out there comes the most dreaded side effect named spam. Most people today would rather do without having than to have to clean their in-box or use a browser with incessant popups acquiring in the way in order to find information or study the most current news.
Easy solution that is practically spam-no cost – RSS or webfeeds, I can hear the cutting edge naysayers shanking their heads vigorously. But, let’s look at two sources for news and information to see if we can win the argument.
RSS and television are our two sources for this comparison. The two are utilised for getting info that is new or updated on a regular basis. Tv news is broadcast wirelessly everywhere for you to change channels when it suits the remote control in your hand. RSS/webfeeds are broadcast employing XML, Atom or RSS tech with the added feature of you setting the channel for what you want to study or receive. Television news is now broadcast 24/7. RSS is delivered quickly as alterations are broadcast more than the Internet.
Some never recognize the tech behind RSS and avoid making use of it to receive spam absolutely free news. E-mail news is 2-way as it is used to send and receive info, RSS is 1 way – you get what you ask for..and that’s all. With e mail you have to climb via all the other clutter of wanted and unwanted emails till you come across news/info you can use for the day. RSS readers or aggregators show what is subscribed to for the day and dependent on the source can often be updated quite a few instances a day.
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If you are on holiday and the flight you had scheduled has been cancelled, when would you like to uncover that out? You are preparing a vacation and want to rent a compact or possibly upgrade – assume it would be a excellent idea to know how a lot of compacts are readily available or if any upgrades are accessible with and added savings for being a subscriber to their RSS feed?
With RSS the information is sent when needed, is not buried below other messages and nonetheless will not get blocked by a semi-conscious spam filter.
My RSS reader is for quite a few news subscriptions, notices from quite a few websites that I take a look at often, blogs and press releases. The overly bloated e mail box is for clientele, and family, in particular for my college students who send me updates when their “investment” fund has run out of income.