feedlr+jiwai Free mobile message subscription

by eurekaa on 2008-04-13 11:59:04

Suppose you are a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers, and you want to be the first to know about the latest news regarding the Lakers. With the help of some Web 2.0 services, updates about the Lakers can be sent to your phone within an hour. Sounds great, right?

This functionality is achieved as follows: First, select one (or multiple) news sources (such as Baidu's latest NBA news), then filter it according to your preferences (e.g., I only care about a specific team), and finally send the information to your phone — this is the key step, and in this article, we use **feedlr + jiwai**.

It’s not just NBA news; in fact, almost all kinds of online information can be pushed to your phone. For example, news updates, forum posts, weather forecasts, etc. Many websites now support RSS feeds, and even those that don’t offer RSS feeds can still generate one. If necessary, you can add a filter to refine the content, and then push the information to your phone (or instant messaging apps like chat software, email, etc.).

In short, the flow of information works like this: Website publishes content -> RSS -> Filter (optional) -> feedlr -> jiwai -> Phone/QQ/MSN/Gtalk.