Apple and RSS

Lots of news about Apple and RSS the last two weeks. They have published an iPhoto feed with lots of errors. Hmm, I think cross platform compatible feeds are hard to find nowadays;) They will need to do better with the Quicktime RSS feed, and maybe that’s why they are searching for someone that has some experience in RSS…

Anyway, more about Quicktime RSS: The Quicktime feeds are build by the education arm of the Apple computer company, they are developing a pilot of a new system of recording and rebroadcasting lectures within an hour of the professor packing away their notes.

The forthcoming QuickTime 2 Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology, a development program to be launched in Europe in the spring, will allow the lecturer to record their own “performance” – their slides, notes and details of student assignments as they deliver them live to the students in the lecture hall. Once the lecture is over, the technology behind the system can turn the content into suitable files and automatically upload them to Apple’s iTunes network or connect it to RSS feeds that students, and others, can subscribe to.