Sherrilynne Starkie

JUNE 29, 2013

Today, we are hearing reports that Facebook is going to launch a reader application, and my first thought was, I hope this won’t change Facebook’s current update feeds. Earlier this month, rumours about Facebook’s possible Google Reader replacement erupted when mentions of RSS feeds appeared in Facebook’s code.

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DECEMBER 24, 2013

Over the years, other services came online, Delicious got acquired by Yahoo , RSS readers (like Google Reader ) came into play and, well, things just started getting messy again. From taking physical notes of things to check out, to using Google Reader to having specific folders in my email program for areas of interest.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Another new form of spam which many are familiar with is how Facebook applications constantly push triggers and notifications to us through our friends. Two of the most successful companies in this space are StumbleUpon and Flipboard. Both companies use advanced algorithms to bring highly personalized content right to their users.

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