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Google Play Newsstand unifies Magazines, Newspapers, RSS

Finally, a go-to place for news, magazines, and online feeds for my +Nexus . Everything I want to read all in one place. Read latest publications like +The New York Times , +Wall Street Journal  or +Lifehacker  browse magazines, or add your favorite feed quickly. And bookmark stories to save them for later. Read Now surfaces the most interesting stuff. The more you read, the better it gets. Follow topic tags to discover related stories and new sources. Offline features minimize data and battery usage. From serious to seriously beautiful, who knows what I'll discover next?

Google Reader's demise levels the playing field

Way back in March, Google  revealed  plans to shut down eight of its services as part of what it calls an ongoing spring cleaning effort. I was pretty  bummed  to see that Google Reader will be shut down on July 1. Yes, Google Reader my most used app on web is history now. This is one web app(in simple terms it could get a list of all the recent "new stuff" that a site or a user or a channel has published, so you don't have to go anywhere, every new thing came inside Reader), that will be remembered by me forever, it made me the regular reader that I've become by using it almost everyday since last 7-8 yrs. My first reaction was: How am I going to work now? I use Google Reader every day to aggregate and filter news, analysis and research. I cannot  begin  to tell you how big a difference Reader made to  my work flow  by saving so much time and effort. Almost every blog, technology website has a RSS(Real Simple Syn...

The potential for RSS is significantly larger then you can think of:

Many of us have come to realize how useful RSS is when it comes to tracking news headlines or your favorite blogs. It’s a great way to keep up without having to visit many websites. What most people don’t know is that RSS is an incredibly flexible technology that can do all sorts of other things. The following list is a collection of 25 alternative uses for RSS. We hope you’ll find some of them useful. Track Specific News Headlines : You can keep track of news on particular topics by subscribing to specific news search results. Here’s a constantly updated news search on the Seattle Seahawks via Google . Here’s another by Yahoo! that tracks the headlines coming in on the U.S. Supreme Court. To subscribe, just do your search and find the RSS feed link. New Homes: realtors can provide updated feeds of new home listings on the market. Find Shopping Deals: Another cool use of RSS is the ability to get entries when a shopping deal or coupon comes along. Slickdeals ( feed ), Ben’s Bargains...