Scoop is a new desktop software tool currently in development that will enable you to stay instantly updated on breaking news, sport, gossip or whatever your interests are!

Scoop aims to offer an alternative solution to existing browser-based RSS feed readers like Google Reader, and provides a number of extra features.

Here are some key features of "Scoop":

· Instant notifications of breaking stories (can be switched on/off in preferences)
· Offline mode - Scoop will cache/store your read stories and downloaded feeds enabling you to review on the train or in other scenarios where you’re temporarily offline.
· Ability to import and export Scoops - custom built collections of RSS feeds provided by Scoop.uk.com and it’s members.
· Scoop image mode - review your scoops by the images they contain and various other innovative ways to review Scoops!
· Google Reader synchronization - Scoop can automatically synchronize with your existing Google Reader subscriptions meaning any new RSS feed you add to Scoop will seamlessly add to Google Reader and vice verse. Scoop will also synchronize any read items with Google Reader.

Requirements:

· Adobe AIR

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· For those of you who couldn’t get Scoop to sync with your Google Reader accounts there’s a new Scoop Update - Beta 0.33 - which will (hopefully!) fix this.