RSS
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a format used to syndicate news and other web content. It’s an XML file that can be read by special feed reading software (an RSS reader) or a web service you can use from your web browser. An RSS service consists of a list of items, each of which contains a headline, description, and a link to a web page or the full story.
Why RSS?
The advantage of RSS is you can stay up to date with different sources of news and information from a variety of sources. Your feed reader will scan for updates and display the very latest information for you.
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How do I start using the London Stock Exchange RSS Feed?
To use RSS you will need a ‘News Reader’ which will aggregate and display the RSS Service and keep you up to date with new content by automatically retrieving updates once they are published.
There are many different news readers available, many for free and most are applications which you download and install. Some others are web-based service you sign-up for that work inside your browser. Different news readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to take this into account when you make your choice.
Once you have your news reader you can easily subscribe to the London Stock Exchange’s Investment News. You can drag the URL of the RSS feed into your news reader or you can cut and paste the same URL into your news reader:
http://www.londonstockexchange.com/lsecws/rss/investnews.aspx
Many aggregators, such as Newsgator and Google Reader are separate, "stand-alone" programs. Other services, such as Yahoo! will let you add RSS feeds to a Web page. For example, Yahoo! Allows you to add feeds to your My Yahoo! Page.
Web browsers
Some browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Safari, have functionality which automatically picks up RSS feeds for you and allows you to view RSS feeds inside the browser. For more details on these, please check their websites.