Here is a project for setting up a news feed proxy and corresponding web client

Technologies required:

Server
.NET


Web client
Javascript, html, css
Non-responsive web design
Timer stamp


Other stuff would be nice:
User settings in local storage (url, feed poll frequency)
Angularjs
Ticker changed to server event driven
Animation showing change (remove/added events)
Responsive web design framework like LESS


Other to consider for future:
Minifcation (cassette)
Responsive
routejs