Levine prefers the latter because RSS makes it easy for readers to keep up with news on various Web sites. It works like a clipping service, where people who subscribe to RSS-enabled Web sites through so-called news aggregators can get free headlines or items of interest collected in one place automatically. A subscriber could receive notices of her children’s soccer games, park district events, school announcements and newspaper headlines, all of which can help alleviate data overload. “This is the future,” Levine said. “Instead of having to visit a dozen Web sites, the stories on those sites come to you.”
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