This may be of little interest to people now, however, it marks the beginning of a new way we will one day be using syndication in which we’ll be able to subscribe to dynamic information within a sub-section of one document.
The blue Unplugged icon is similar to an RSS icon, which signals to a user there is a different way to use the content outside the browser. In this case, to use the content offline.
Sites like Offertrax, StyleFeeder and Mpire…improve purchasing intelligence by keeping an eye out for bargains and sending electronic alerts when it’s time to swoop in for the kill.
That first feature is very cool indeed. I wonder how long before Excel comes out with a feature or some sort of API that allows a spreadsheet to grab data (any data, not just financial) from the web via some kind of scraping or through a data only RSS feed.
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December 13th, 2006 at 11:06 am
That first feature is very cool indeed. I wonder how long before Excel comes out with a feature or some sort of API that allows a spreadsheet to grab data (any data, not just financial) from the web via some kind of scraping or through a data only RSS feed.