Rogers Cadenhead recently posted his thoughts on why the rssCloud concept “failed to catch on.”    This is a response to his post and an attempt to foster further discussion in the community.
Blue Sky
The main idea behind rssCloud is that your RSS reader can ask to be notified when a feed changes (push), rather than [...]

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It has been a long time coming, but the Java library for RSS and Atom utilities called ROME has finally made it to version 1.0 (changelog). Thanks to all of the contributers and the hard work on the dev team for making it possible!  
New to ROME? For a quick tutorial on how to get [...]

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Fox News has an “Automatic Transcription” feature for its videos.  The disclaimer of “may not be 100% accurate” is understated by 95%.  Here’s the presidential oath of Barak Obama, the way their transcription software heard it:

“I. — Barack Hussein Obama I solemnly swear Barack Hussein Obama do solemnly swear. That I will execute the office [...]

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