ZapTXT Overview

ZapTXT is a free service that lets you keep track of Web sites in real time. You can use it to do all kinds of things - find a job, get an apartment, track your favorite blogs, or sports teams (see examples) - via email, instant messenger, or mobile device. Technically, this involves RSS and OPML, if you care about such things. Because ZapTXT is just plain useful. If you're like most Web users,...More»

ZapTXT is a free service that lets you keep track of Web sites in real time. You can use it to do all kinds of things - find a job, get an apartment, track your favorite blogs, or sports teams (see examples) - via email, instant messenger, or mobile device. Technically, this involves RSS and OPML, if you care about such things. Because ZapTXT is just plain useful. If you're like most Web users, you probably keep up with a handful of Web sites. There are just too many sites out there, and not enough time. ZapTXT can do it for you. Just tell us what you're interested in, which Web sites you'd like to follow, and we'll do the rest. You can get on with your life. A ZapTask is, essentially, what you create with ZapTXT. It's the combination of keyword(s) and Web sites that triggers messages to your email, IM address or mobile device. Create ZapTasks around specific topics for a set of blogs or news sites.«Less