Push to Kindle: smaller titles, auto send, EPUB download
We’ve updated the Push to Kindle web app, used to send web articles to your Kindle, with a few changes: smaller article titles, automatic send, and new EPUB option.
EPUB support in Kindle’s Personal Documents Service
Amazon has now made it possible to email EPUB files to your Amazon Kindle email address.
Feed Control: discontinuing the free plan
To allow us to better manage the Feed Control service, we are no longer offering a free plan.
New Push to Kindle Android app
We’ve launched a new version of our Push to Kindle Android app on the Google Play store. Push to Kindle converts web articles into e-books, and delivers them to your Kindle account for a better reading experience.
Push to Kindle Android app compatibility update
We’ve recently had reports that our Push to Kindle Android app has suddenly stopped working on some older Android devices. We provide a workaround for older devices and will be changing the minimum Android version in future versions of the app.
Readability – article extraction and HTML parsing with PHP
Readability is a Javascript library for detecting and extracting article content in web pages. We discuss some of the changes we’ve made to the PHP port, as well as how we use it in our applications.
Filtering out newsletter signup forms embedded in web articles
Blocking out ads drastically improves the reading experience, but even more can be done. In this post we’ll look at using a filter list to remove newsletter signup forms and another annoyances.
Twitter RSS
Twitter no longer provides RSS feeds, but there are workarounds that allow you to get Twitter RSS feeds without having to use Twitter itself. We’ll look at a few options in this post.
Google News RSS feeds
It’s possible to get a variety of RSS feeds from Google News, and these all come from Google itself, so they don’t have to be generated with third-party tools like our Feed Creator.
Push to Kindle in Recomendo and Morning Brew
We’re very happy to have been recommended in two very popular newsletters recently: Recomendo and Morning Brew.