{"id":309,"date":"2012-04-26T09:24:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T09:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/?p=309"},"modified":"2012-06-07T14:50:08","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T14:50:08","slug":"use-firefox-to-stay-on-top-of-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/04\/26\/use-firefox-to-stay-on-top-of-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Firefox to Stay on Top of the News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Extra extra! Read all about it! Are you a news junkie? Can\u2019t get enough of the latest headlines? Or maybe there\u2019s a blog that you read on a regular basis, and you\u2019d like to know when it\u2019s updated. (Like this blog, perhaps? *Hint hint*)<\/p>\n<p>If you have a Bookmarks Toolbar activated (and if you don\u2019t, <a title=\"SUMO Bookmarks Toolbar\" href=\"http:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/kb\/Bookmarks Toolbar\" target=\"_blank\">here\u2019s how to activate it<\/a>) you\u2019ll notice that Firefox already has a Latest Headlines bookmark there for you. If that source provides you what you\u2019re looking for, great! If not, hey, that\u2019s okay too! Just right click on Latest Headlines, choose Delete, and create your own!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2012\/04\/newsfeed1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-311\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"newsfeed\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2012\/04\/newsfeed1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2012\/04\/newsfeed1.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2012\/04\/newsfeed1-300x120.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Go to any site that you\u2019d like to follow with a <a title=\"Support Feed Definition\" href=\"http:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/Glossary#w_feed\" target=\"_blank\">feed<\/a>, be it a news site like CNN.com, BBC.com, NYTimes.com or any blog, feed, etc. With that site as the open tab, select Bookmarks from the Menu Bar and then Subscribe to this Page.<\/p>\n<p>The page will change to show you its feed, and allow you to select from a dropdown called \u201cSubscribe to this page using\u201d, where you\u2019ll choose Live Bookmarks. Now, updates from that site are included in your Bookmarks Toolbar. If you click on the small downward facing arrow beside of that bookmark, you\u2019ll see the latest updates to that site, and then you can select the specific update you\u2019d like to read.<\/p>\n<p>What if you want to get updates on a site that doesn\u2019t have a feed? Try an Add-on like <a title=\"Update Scanner Add-On\" href=\"http:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/update-scanner\/?src=external-denblog\" target=\"_blank\">Update Scanner<\/a> that will look for new page updates.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s some news you can use!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extra extra! Read all about it! Are you a news junkie? Can\u2019t get enough of the latest headlines? Or maybe there\u2019s a blog that you read on a regular basis, and you\u2019d like to know when it\u2019s updated. (Like this &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/04\/26\/use-firefox-to-stay-on-top-of-the-news\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":378,"featured_media":222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11208,30],"tags":[11384,278480,11383],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Use Firefox to Stay on Top of the News  - The Den<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/04\/26\/use-firefox-to-stay-on-top-of-the-news\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carmen Collins\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/04\/26\/use-firefox-to-stay-on-top-of-the-news\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/04\/26\/use-firefox-to-stay-on-top-of-the-news\/\",\"name\":\"Use Firefox to Stay on Top of the News - 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