I've given you plenty of reasons to sign up for an RSS reader, but in case you need one more here it goes: Google Reader has released a new version with a more comprehensive friend feature that allows you to keep a close watch on your friends' activity. Wondering how much Internet ground your pals cover? Now you can check the stats to find out. The improvements add a new set of tabs to the Read more

Do you want to follow someone's updates on Twitter, but don't necessarily want them to see that you're following them? Or maybe you're reluctant to join Twitter, but still would like to see what someone is tweeting. You can actually add someone's Twitter feed to your RSS reader. Just go to the page of the person you want to invisibly follow, and you'll see the RSS feed symbol underneath the Read more

Yay! Google Reader received a much needed facelift which includes a much cleaner, softer interface with more space and a collapsible navigation. — Lifehacker Apple's new $79 in-ear headphones get taken for a test drive. See how well they did when put to the sound test. — CNET Crave For the past few years, cell phone text numbers were noted to be higher in Europe than the US. Well now my Read more

You know I'm a freak about Google Reader, and one of the reasons I love it is the Share function. I have a few buddies with whom I exchange interesting posts — for those unfamiliar with it, you can share posts from the feeds that you subscribe to with people on your shared list on Reader. I love sharing so much that I was shocked when my friend told me I could share anything, from any site, Read more

My devotion to Google Reader has been well-documented here, and I relish any new opportunity to get more of it (though I'd have to be a superhuman to read everything in my reader daily). Read It Later is a free Firefox extension that just adds little empty check marks to stories in your feeds, and when you come to a post you want to read but don't have time to, simply click the check marks. All Read more