RSSNewsGator Raises $12 Million for RSS Feed Reader ServicesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 13, 2007 - 9:09am.
Denver - NewsGator Technologies, the provider of a desktop RSS news feed reader, has raised $12 million in its fifth round of venture capital, led by new investor Vista Ventures. tags: Deals | VC | RSS | News | Publishing | NewsGator | Vista Ventures | Mobius Venture Capital | Masthead VP |
Analysis: The Dilbert Blog and the Danger of Blog DissonanceAuthored by Rohit Bhargava on December 11, 2007 - 7:10am.
AOL Launches Beta of myAOL Personalized Home PagesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 11, 2007 - 2:57pm.
Dulles, Va. - AOL has launched a test version of myAOL, which allows users to personalize their homepage, find customized search results and manage and import user feeds. The company said that it will continue to integrate thousands of content sources, third-party applications, widgets and social networking features into the service during the beta period. Google Acquires RSS Feed Distributor FeedBurnerAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 4, 2007 - 11:15am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Google has acquired Chicago-based FeedBurner, a provider of RSS feed distribution and management tools, for an undisclosed sum, the companies said. E-mail RSS Distribution Service Rmail Acquired by NBC UniversalAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 26, 2007 - 10:22am.
Los Angeles - Rmail, a service that allows users to subscribe to RSS feeds via e-mail, announced that it has been acquired by NBC Universal. Pheedo Debuts Social Media RSS Advertising PlatformAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 14, 2007 - 5:01pm.
Emeryville, Calif. - Online marketing firm Pheedo on Wednesday introduced a new platform that lets marketers use text and video RSS content to reach consumers and track their level of engagement. The FeedPowered platform places branded on-site ads that present dynamically updated text, audio or video content from any RSS feed, including YouTube feeds. From within the ad unit, consumers can subscribe to the RSS feed, e-mail a feed item or tag them on Digg, Del.icio.us, Reddit and other aggregators. tags: Marketing | Advertising | Social Networking | RSS | YouTube | User-Generated | Pheedo | FeedPowered |
Yahoo! Pipes Offers The Next Evolution of Marketing with RSSAuthored by Rohit Bhargava on February 9, 2007 - 4:56pm.
RSS is one of those technologies that has a relatively enigmatic name for a very simple concept. The idea that you can provide a feed of content that others can subscribe to is the ultimate simplicity. Yet so far, RSS has been used primarily to push content that is offered by one group to many subscribers. The power of RSS is mainly in the fact that I can pull multiple feeds from very different content providers into a single location. My RSS aggregator has news from MarketingVox, the NY Times, my upcoming Netflix movies, and tips from Lifehacker (among lots of others) all on a single page. That's powerful stuff. But what if I want to have an even more customized view? There are plenty of services like Squidoo and Rollyo that have pursued an idea that in the past I have termed "human filtered search." Whatever you call it, this is the growing trend of people filtering content for other people. It's the idea behind those sites, as well as the basic concept behind social news sites like Digg or iceRocket.
Yahoo Introduces "Pipes" Mashup Creator ToolAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 8, 2007 - 12:32pm.
tags: Internet | Online Publishing | Blogs | Tech | RSS | Yahoo | Portals | Mashups | Yahoo Pipes | Pipes |
Los Angeles Times Debuts My LATimes RSS News Feed ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 25, 2007 - 12:50pm.
Los Angeles - The Los Angeles Times Media Group on Thursday announced the launch of My LATimes, a free, customizable RSS news feed service. My LATimes will allow readers to subscribe to a personalized feed of stories of their choosing from The Times, as well as from "a select group of online news sites recommended by Times editors -- a key differentiator from other customizable news aggregators," the company said. In connection with the launch, the company has added links that allow users to subscribe to My LATimes from every article page on its website. Hitwise: RSS Usage, While Growing, is Still a Niche ActivityAuthored by LeeAnn Prescott on January 18, 2007 - 1:58pm.
Spokeo Lets Members Track Over 20 Social Networking SitesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 14, 2006 - 2:01pm.
Palo Alto, Calif. - A group of Stanford students have launched a Web 2.0 project called Spokeo, which allows members to track over 20 social networking and other sites, including MySpace, Xanga, YouTube and Flickr. The multimedia aggregation tool can track friends' blogs, photos and videos in a constantly updated news stream feed. The service also supports RSS/Atom feeds, allowing users to add other syndicated content like news, stock updates or Web comics.
RealNetworks Introduces RealTime News ReaderAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 26, 2006 - 1:33am.
San Diego - RealNetworks, a provider of media delivery technology, announced on Tuesday the beta launch of a new desktop toolbar, news reader and screen saver application. RealTime allows users to subscribe to stock and weather updates, lifestyle information, news feeds and blogs and have information delivered to their desktops. The screen saver then rotates through favorite headlines and accompanying photos or images. Seattle-based Real has partnered with the Associated Press, Reuters, Interactive Data, SmartMoney, Feedster and The Weather Channel Interactive to provide editorial recommendations to users, who may also add feeds from any other sites they choose.
Blog Search Engine Technorati Raises $7.6 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 14, 2006 - 12:09pm.
tags: Deals | Internet | VC | Internet Deals | Online Publishing | Blogs | Tech | RSS | Search | Technorati |
Jay's Rhapsody Play ListAuthored by Jay Baage on July 14, 2006 - 10:03am.
On Thursday this week Real Networks' online music subscription service Rhapsody announced a new service that allows subscribers to syndicate full-length songs and Internet radio stations directly into their websites and blogs.
RealNetworks Introduces New Web Services Features, ContestAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 13, 2006 - 2:36pm.
Seattle - RealNetworks on Thursday introduced an enhanced set of features for its Rhapsody digital music service that allow users to embed automatic playback of full-length songs and Internet radio stations from Rhapsody directly into their websites and blogs.
tags: Launches | Internet | Marketing | Blogs | RSS | Music | Promotions | Contests | RealNetwoks | Mash-ups |
Feedster Raises Additional Funding, Names New PresidentAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 13, 2006 - 11:01am.
Opt-in E-Mail Firm FeedBlitz Raises "Significant" Angel InvestmentAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 1, 2006 - 2:02pm.
Sudbury, Mass. - FeedBlitz, a provider of technology that converts blogs and other Web content into opt-in email, announced that it has raised a "significant" amount of angel investment from Tom Evslin, the co-founder, chairman and CEO of ITXC Corp.
AOL Launches Site with Music Data Feeds for Websites, Blogs, AIM PagesAuthored by dmw on May 11, 2006 - 12:35pm.
Dulles, Va. - AOL on Thursday launched a new developer site that will let Web developers, bloggers and music fans to add custom feeds of artist, album, chart, playlist and other music information from AOL Music Now to their own websites, blogs or AIM profiles. The AOL Music Now Web Services site uses standard RSS feeds that allow users to subscribe to AOL Music now data feeds through My AOL or their own website.
tags: Launches | Portals | Online Publishing | Blogs | Tech | RSS | Music | AOL | Internet Launches |
AOL Adds Sports Content from Rivals.com, RSS Feeds from MTVAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 5, 2005 - 9:40am.
Dulles, Va. - America Online said on Monday that it has signed a content syndication and distribution agreement with Tennessee-based Rivals.com, which operates more than 150 college and high school sports news and information sites. Under the deal, visitors to AOL.com will have access to audio, video and news from the sites in time for the kickoff of Bowl season. Separately, AOL said on Monday that it has added RSS feeds from MTV Networks to its video search engine. Content from channels including MTV, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, Nickelodeon and Spike will now be available from AOL.com's Video On Demand tab, AOL Search and Singingfish.com media search engine.
RSS-Based News Search Engine Feedster Receives FinancingAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 10, 2004 - 3:11am.
San Francisco -- Feedster, a news search engine that delivers results from over 1 million RSS and weblog syndicated sources, announced that it received an undisclosed amount of funding from Omidyar Network, a venture capital firm created by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. The company has also received funding from members of the New York Angels. Feedster culls its results from 50,000 professional news sources, including The New York Times, BBC and CNET, in addition to hundreds of thousands of independently-produced news websites, and sorts the results by source type. The company recently teamed with WashingtonPost.com to facilitate the selection of nominees for that site's "The Best Blogs -- Politics & Elections 2004 Readers' Choice Awards." "We recognize that Feedster is fulfilling a need in the marketplace by delivering more relevant information from individual commentary, blogs, and edited news sources," said Doug Solomon, vice president of investments for Omidyar Network. "By leveling the playing field between consumers, web services developers, traditional media publishers and organizations, Feedster enables the public to create a richer, more diverse and connected exchange of information."
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