Your own personal news package: The next generation of RSS feeds

If you see this symbol on a website, it means an RSS feed is available. — dpa

It was back in 1999 that RSS feeds originated as a way of getting an overview of new articles and blog posts. They're still around today and can still be useful if you want to tailor and streamline your reading content.

RSS feeds can be used to bundle news from any number of websites within a program, browser extension or app. The only requirement is that the pages must support the.rss or.xml file extensions.