updated the README

Author: janithl

README.md

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+![paataka](screenshot.png)
+
 # Paataka
 
-A simple newsreader
+A simple newsreader written in golang, currently CLI-based
+
+## Features
+
+- Add publications and their RSS feeds
+- View their latest posts
+- Search through posts and find similar posts
+
+## Releases
+
+The [releases page](https://github.com/janithl/paataka/releases) has release
+notes and binaries for Linux and Mac OS
+
+## Running/Building
+
+Run `go run paataka.go` to run, and `go build paataka.go` to compile a binary
+
+I use go's amazing built-in cross-compilation to build for different OSes and
+architectures. For example to build for Linux 386:
+
+```
+env GOOS=linux GOARCH=386 go build paataka.go
+```
 
 ## To Run Tests
 
 ```
 go test ./... -coverprofile=cover.out
 ```
 
-To view the coverage report in HTML, install the tool `cover` and run `go tool cover -html=cover.out`
+To view the coverage report in HTML, install the tool `cover` and run
+`go tool cover -html=cover.out`
+
+## License
+
+Paataka is released under the [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).