The RSS Aggregation niche has been very busy this week. Numerous changes and enhancements were recently made to RSS aggregator RSSmeme.
However, another service that was once exclusively for Google Reader users is expanding to give users a more accurate analysis of what’s popular on the web. Today, ReadBurner announced a partnership with the personalized homepage service Netvibes.
Adding Your Netvibes Account to ReadBurner
The new partnership will allow ReadBurner to analyze and aggregate the activity streams of Netvibes users to incorporate their shared items into ReadBurner. To get started, Netvibes users can head to ReadBurner’s “Add A Feed” page and insert their Netvibes username.
Netvibes users can expect their shared items to start appearing in ReadBurner approximately 30 minutes after adding their account. Only the 10 most recent shared items will be immediately pulled in. However, there are plans to expand this to include the latest 30 items. While t...
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Apple Expected to Tightly Control iPhone ApplicationsFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 15:54:31
Apple’s plans to give third-party developers access to its iPhone will be unveiled Thursday at its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters. But what it plans do at its iPhone Software Roadmap event has developers anxious.
It’s not clear if Apple will release a promised software development kit, but failing to do so would be a major disappointment for developers. Apple is already late on its promise to have an iPhone SDK in developers’ hands in February.
The iLounge Web site has repor...
more Malware Attacks Target Mobile DevicesFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 15:54:31
Malicious-code attacks are being aimed at mobile devices, security researchers say. The malware, which comes hidden inside legitimate applications, can compromise information on the device and even target the user for extortion.
One recent attack was a Trojan called WinCE/InfoJack that was aimed at Windows Mobile PocketPCs. Dave Marcus, security research and communications manager of McAfee Avert Labs, told us that WinCE/InfoJack was bundled with legitimate installation files such as Google Map...
more Nokia Smartphones Will Use Microsoft’s SilverlightFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 15:54:31
Nokia plans to include Microsoft’s Silverlight on its S60 software platform for smartphones running the Symbian OS, beginning later this year. Microsoft’s cross-platform multimedia plug-in will eventually also be on Nokia’s Series 40 devices and Internet Web tablets as well as devices running the Windows Mobile and Linux operating systems.
The deal with Microsoft will provide smartphone developers with more opportunities to create media-rich, interactive applications that run...
more IE8 Will Support Current Web Standards by DefaultFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 15:54:31
Microsoft said Monday that it will make the current Web standard for rendering browser content the default in Internet Explorer 8. As the Web has evolved, there have been different levels of support for Web standards and new forms of Web-site behavior. Unless a Web site provides specific instructions, a browser uses a default mode.
Three Modes
IE8 will have three rendering modes. One supports the current implementation of Web standards, the second supports the implementation that existed as of ...
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