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Technology for the rest of us: saving money and making life easier with RSS

Technology is getting more and more complex, but at the same time, amazing technological benefits are available to us average Joes without too much fiddling around. That is what this column will be covering. Once a week every Monday, right here at BloggingStocks.com, I'll feature an easy-to-use hack, gadget, or service that really can make your life better. Geeks, technophiles and early adopters have plenty of other places to look for hot new technologies to try. Here you'll find technology for the rest of us.

While the term RSS is well known among the wired, recent surveys show that many people still aren't aware of what RSS is, or even what it can do for them. Well, if you're interested in following updates to most sites these days without actually having to constantly visit them, or if you're interested in having news or search terms delivered to you so that you can keep abreast of a topic important to you, then you need to find out more about how to leverage RSS to make your life easier.

Did you know you can use RSS feeds to easily keep track of sales on eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), hunt for specific search terms, find a job, or deliver the latest specialized news to you? Using RSS to your advantage is important to avoid being overwhelmed in an increasingly information-rich online world.

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