Social Media for Researchers and Online Personal Branding by Dilip Singh Mutum - HTML preview

RSS: a powerful new tool

RSS is revolutionising the way we obtain information. Although people are using it more and more, it is still a relatively new technology. This means that not every site supports it and a lot of people still prefer to receive e-mail alerts.

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