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Google Feed API Going Real-Time

Google will soon launch a new version of its Feed API -- a simple tool for displaying recent headlines from a syndicated feed on any web page -- which will accept real-time PubSubHubbub feeds, and will publish new headlines to a site visitor's browser within seconds of their being published to the feed. "This new version turns the Feed API from cool to super-cool," writes ReadWriteWeb.

"It's a good example of the way much of the web is likely to go in the near-term future ... No more refreshing pages to see when new content is available -- the real-time web comes to you live, nearly instantly as soon as it's published." Google tells ReadWriteWeb that the new technology is expected to be unveiled at the Google I/O conference on Wednesday. ReadWriteWeb previously reported that Google planned to transform its index of the web with the addition of real-time feed consumption, in addition to the standard spider crawl it has used for years.

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