What is illumio for?

illumio makes it possible for you to keep up with your favorite news and blogs without suffering from information overload. Unlike a standard RSS feed reader, illumio scans blogs and news feeds for you and automatically figures out how interesting each item will be to you. Articles that match your interests are displayed in an easy-to-read newspaper format - personalized just for you. You are shown stories that match your interests first, and then you can browse the rest at your leisure.

What makes illumio different?

illumio learns what interests you automatically without you having to spend your time building a profile of your interests. With the illumio plug-in, illumio automatically detects your interests as they change over time so illumio is always showing you only the news you care about. It's the best way to stay informed in a web world that is overflowing with news, blog posts and other interesting content.

Who should use illumio?

Anyone that's interested in keeping up with all the news and other content on the web.

If you are new to RSS feeds, you will find illumio an easy way to find and read content from all over the Internet. illumio lets anyone create bundles of their favorite RSS feeds and share them with others, so you can subscribe to feeds on your favorite topics right away and avoid having to search for RSS feeds yourself.

If you already have a feed reader, you will probably find illumio to be a good replacement. Because illumio analyzes each news item to see if it matches your interests, it's possible to keep up to date on vastly more feeds with illumio than with other feed readers. And since illumio reads OPML files, you can take all your favorite feeds from your existing feed reader and easily import them into illumio.

Do I tell illumio what feeds to track?

Yes. You decide on the feeds you want to monitor, then illumio will recommend what articles from those feeds are the best match to your interests. This way you control what feed sources to monitor while illumio focuses on finding the news stories or blog posts that are important to you.

How do I add feeds in illumio?

illumio makes it easy to add your favorite feeds or discover new feeds to monitor. You can add feed URLs directly, search for feeds using illumio's search feature, or import feeds from your web browser or an OPML file.

What are illumio groups?

illumio groups are bundles of feeds people have created around a specific topic. By subscribing to a group, you are subscribing to all the RSS feeds associated with the group. And by taking advantage of some of the social features in illumio, you can join in discussions with other group members through commenting or asking questions.

How does Q&A work in illumio?

One of the social features that is built into illumio is a question and answer exchange. With tens of thousands of people using illumio, wouldn't it be nice to tap into that network? The illumio Q&A exchange makes this possible. Post a question and illumio routes the question to the people with the knowledge to answer it. You can send the question to just a specific group (people like you who are reading political blogs) or to the entire illumio community. You can even use illumio for expertise location within your company to improve communication and collaboration between departments and groups.

Give illumio a try. It's free, easy to use, and more fun than a standard feed reader.

Sign up now, and use illumio to keep up to date on all the news and blogs you care about.