As a pair of bloggers take their media seats in the highly visible Scooter Libby trial in a Washington federal courtroom, it has been learned that the Associated Press will carry the bloggers’ trial coverage.
Top Feed Readers
As you can see from the graph above, the number of RSS and RSS to email subscribers of Online Marketing Blog has grown substantially since we moved over to WordPress and updated the design.
Comparing Feed Readers
A couple weeks ago I wrote a post talking about how I used my FeedBurner stats to discover that Bloglines and NetVibes were the most popular feed readers used on my blog’s feed (Newsgator was very popular too). Recently, InformationWeek had a great post comparing 2 of those 3 (Bloglines and Newsgator) as well as Google Reader.
Newspaper Readers Moving To The Web
Viewership figures compared to print circulation numbers by Nielsen//NetRatings for the Newspaper Association of America showed significant growth in the percentage of readers turning to the websites of papers rather than the dead-tree editions.
Firefox To Upgrade XML/RSS Readers
Mozilla’s next incarnation of Firefox, version 2.0, currently in beta, is tentatively due for release on September 26. With that release, expect some nice upgrades to the browser’s RSS and XML reader capabilities, among other functions, that will keep it on par with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7.
Study Puts Blog Readers in Buckets
A new survey of 36,000 blog readers conducted by BlogAds reveals there are different types of blog readers.
Yahoo Expands RSS Ad Information for Users
Yahoo is enhancing user experience by providing more detailed information on its RSS ads, promoting transparency and informed decisions.
MySQL, Oracle Agree On InnoDB Deal
A multiyear agreement between Oracle and MySQL over the InnoDB storage engine license should put an end to fears of a potential Oracle-fueled money grab for MySQL’s customers.
Use Multi Flash Card Readers to Overcome Data Storage Format Incompatibilities
As advanced consumer electronics like digital cameras, PDAs, multimedia mobile phones, and similar devices become increasingly affordable to the everyday user, we find ourselves having to keep track of more and more types of technology, which makes keeping all of our devices compatible with each other increasingly difficult.
Frankly Speaking About RSS Readers
Frank Gruber, the mind behind the Somewhat Frank blog, subjected nine web-based RSS feed readers to a comparison and blogged about the best on TechCrunch.