While some noisy Web pundits have declared RSS dead, smart developers see expanded social sharing and connections as an opportunity to rethink news consumption, leveraging RSS as a utility and making it the backbone for new services. Amidst the rise of Twitter , Facebook and other networks, we've seen the launch and rapid adoption of products like Pulse , Feedly , Ninua , Flipboard and others who have taken the geeky parts out of RSS and presented new ways to consume news. More: louisgray.com | RSS | E-mail | Cell: 408 646.2759. Add it to your NewsDrink. MORE >>

As with any social media application, site influencers got to where they were by putting in the time to understand the community. RSS on the other hand is a pull. Users will check RSS at their own pace and it will take more time to get buzz around your content. This is changing the “pull&# dynamic inherent in RSS (which may become passive for folks that are too busy to keep up on RSS) to a “push&# dynamic through Twitter – but to people already interested in you. Tags: Social Media rss twitter Why Twitter is Important. hire people. MORE >>

Since launching more than two and a half years ago with a new magazine-like start page built with a foundation of RSS, Feedly has grown a committed user base who has enjoyed the service's unique take on Google Reader and other feeds, including Twitter. Liking an Item in Feedly on iOS and Other Options Despite some other places arguing that RSS is dead, it's obviously not the case - not with innovation from companies like Feedly, Flipboard , Newsblur , Pulse , and yes, my6sense , thinking of new ways to take on RSS feeds and social streams. iPhone Feedly RSS MORE >>

Reaching out to six random email subscribers spread across the planet (courtesy of Google’s Feedburner application which displays email addresses of anyone who subscribes this way) and asked for their insights, they were more than willing to share… Mark Harai, a business development consultant in Costa Rica: RSS readers just don’t work for me. don’t follow RSS feeds as it would be just one more thing I would have to stay on top of. When I began blogging, I didn’t really know what a RSS reader was! Productivity email RSSOne inbox. MORE >>

Superfeedr recently launched a "Track" tool to instantly find Atom-based entries that match keywords pushed to a developer's application. Chatting With Supertrackr and Tracking Results for Android One of the simpler and more interesting applications of this tool that I have seen is called Supertrackr. More: louisgray.com | RSS | Buzz | E-mail | Cell: 408 646.2759. Tags: Superfeedr Pubsubhubbub RSS Realtime Thanks to advances in the Web's real-time infrastructure over the last few years, our acceptance of latency or delay in discovery has practically been eliminated. MORE >>