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Besides reading books and web-articles, I have set it up such that I can read news articles on it too. Best of all, the news articles are delivered to me every morning, much like a newspaper delivery.Here's what you need:
- A Google Reader account (it comes free with your gmail account)
- Setting up Klip.me (http://www.klip.me/googlereader/)
Instructions as follow:
1. Setting up Google Reader - subscribe to rss feeds from news providers.
a) Singapore context - some examples:
- Straits Times Latest News: http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIFILES/rss/latest.xml
- Straits Times Singapore: http://straitstimes.com.feedsportal.com/c/32792/f/524617/index.rss
(More here: http://www.straitstimes.com/STI+On+The+Go/RSS+News+Feed/RSS+News+Feed.html
Note that the rss feeds for print edition require a subscription. Those for the Breaking News are free.)
- Today online: http://www.todayonline.com/RSS/Todayonline
- Today hot news: http://www.todayonline.com/RSS/Hotnews
(More here: http://www.todayonline.com/RSS)
- Channel NewsAsia Latest: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/rss/latest_cna_frontpage_rss.xml
- Channel NewsAsia Business: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/rss/latest_cna_biz_rss.xml
(More here: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/rss/)
b) International context - some examples
- CNN top stories: http://rss.cnn.com/rss/edition.rss
- CNN world: http://rss.cnn.com/rss/edition_world.rss
(More here: http://edition.cnn.com/services/rss/)
- New York Times Global: http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/GlobalHome.xml
(More here: http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/index.html)
2. Setting up Klip.me (http://www.klip.me/googlereader/)
a) Open the settings page http://www.klip.me/googlereader/
b) Input your kindle email address: username@free.kindle.com.
Unsure of your email address? You can check it using your Kindle. It's under Settings>Send-to-Kindle Email. It shows the email address as username@kindle.com, but I use the username@free.kindle.com address just to make sure that there are no charges.
c) Add "kindle@klip.me" to your Kindle approved email list.
- Login to your Amazon account (www.amazon.com)
- Go to Your Account>Manage your Kindle
- Click on "Personal Documents Setting" (left hand side menu bar)
- Click on "Add a new approved e-mail address" (bottom of page)
d) Click on the "Authorize" button to link up klip.me with your Google Reader account.
e) Set a schedule at which you would like your "newspaper" to be delivered. I set mine at 8 am every morning.
f) Click on "Update Settings" and the Klip.me settings will be saved.
Congratulations, you are done!
Here's what my Kindle "newspaper" looks like:
Have Fun!
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