Stay up to date using RSS feeds or iPad aggregators.

iPAD
Applications that aggregate content from social media networks in a magazine format. Use iTunes to download these apps. RSS5000 is a subscription browser for the iPad that allows you to flip through your RSS subscriptions in their original web format. Also available are Flipboard and Zite.

RSS feeds are one of the easiest ways of keeping-up-to-date with your favourite blogs, databases, news sites, podcasts and more. RSS feeds won't overload your email inbox and can be easily skimmed for relevant items. Here are a few popular feed readers:

Web-based
Google Reader (Web-based). Great if you already have a Google account.
Netvibes creates a dashboard with content that you find useful.

Desktop
SAGE (Firefox add-on) - adds an icon to your Firefox toolbar - check your alerts within the browser.
NetNewsWire (Mac)
FeedDemon (Windows)

Find a complete list of RSS feed readers here. Watch this 4 minute YouTube video on the Fastest Way To Understand RSS Feeds easy explanations for setting up and using RSS Feeds.