diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/request/rss/__init__.py b/platypush/backend/http/request/rss/__init__.py
index 3a4f2149..a6bcdf11 100644
--- a/platypush/backend/http/request/rss/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/backend/http/request/rss/__init__.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ class RssUpdates(HttpRequest):
                     'entry_id': entry.id,
                     'title': entry.title,
                     'link': entry.link,
+                    'summary': entry.summary,
                     'content': entry.content,
                     'source_id': source_record.id,
                     'published': entry_timestamp,
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ class FeedEntry(Base):
     source_id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey('FeedSource.id'), nullable=False)
     title = Column(String)
     link = Column(String)
+    summary = Column(String)
     content = Column(String)
     published = Column(DateTime)
 
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/static/css/dashboard.css b/platypush/backend/http/static/css/dashboard.css
index 1b92afdf..6b5250e2 100644
--- a/platypush/backend/http/static/css/dashboard.css
+++ b/platypush/backend/http/static/css/dashboard.css
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
+html {
+    min-height: 100%;
+}
+
 body {
     background: rgba(240,240,245,1.0);
-    font-family: "Raleway", "HelveticaNeue", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
+    background-size: 100% 100%;
+    background-repeat: no-repeat;
+    font-family: Lato;
 }
 
 .widget {
@@ -9,6 +15,6 @@ body {
     border-radius: 5px;
     height: 22.5em;
     overflow: hidden;
-    box-shadow: 0 2px 2px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.16), 0 0 0 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);
+    box-shadow: 0 3px 3px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.16), 0 0 0 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);
 }
 
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/static/css/widgets/date-time-weather.css b/platypush/backend/http/static/css/widgets/date-time-weather.css
index 9853396d..3b011200 100644
--- a/platypush/backend/http/static/css/widgets/date-time-weather.css
+++ b/platypush/backend/http/static/css/widgets/date-time-weather.css
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 
 h1.temperature {
     font-size: 45px;
-    margin: 8rem;
+    margin: 4rem 2rem;
+    font-weight: bold;
 }
 
     .widget.date-time-weather * > .time {
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/static/css/widgets/music.css b/platypush/backend/http/static/css/widgets/music.css
index 04f789a6..bad32853 100644
--- a/platypush/backend/http/static/css/widgets/music.css
+++ b/platypush/backend/http/static/css/widgets/music.css
@@ -48,6 +48,6 @@
 }
 
 .no-track-info {
-    font-size: 20px;
+    font-size: 25px;
 }
 
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/static/css/widgets/rss-news.css b/platypush/backend/http/static/css/widgets/rss-news.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c5e1afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platypush/backend/http/static/css/widgets/rss-news.css
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+.news-container {
+    position: relative;
+    height: 100%;
+}
+
+    .news-container > .article {
+        width: 80%;
+        position: absolute;
+        top: 50%;
+        left: 50%;
+        transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
+    }
+
+        .news-container > .article > .source {
+            font-weight: bold;
+            margin-bottom: 1rem;
+            font-size: 1.7em;
+        }
+
+        .news-container > .article > .title {
+            font-size: 1.5em;
+        }
+
+        .news-container > .article > .publish-time {
+            margin-top: 1rem;
+            float: right;
+        }
+
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/static/js/dashboard.js b/platypush/backend/http/static/js/dashboard.js
index 0c44f4db..2270a4c5 100644
--- a/platypush/backend/http/static/js/dashboard.js
+++ b/platypush/backend/http/static/js/dashboard.js
@@ -10,11 +10,18 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
         }
     };
 
+    var initDashboard = function() {
+        if ('background_image' in window.config) {
+            $('body').css('background-image', 'url(' + window.config.background_image + ')');
+        }
+    };
+
     var initEvents = function() {
         window.registerEventListener(onEvent);
     };
 
     var init = function() {
+        initDashboard();
         initEvents();
     };
 
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/static/js/widgets/calendar.js b/platypush/backend/http/static/js/widgets/calendar.js
index e4bfba1c..26926f54 100644
--- a/platypush/backend/http/static/js/widgets/calendar.js
+++ b/platypush/backend/http/static/js/widgets/calendar.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
                 type: 'request',
                 action: 'google.calendar.get_upcoming_events',
                 args: {
-                    max_results: 10,
+                    max_results: 9,
                 }
             },
 
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/static/js/widgets/rss-news.js b/platypush/backend/http/static/js/widgets/rss-news.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b12374cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platypush/backend/http/static/js/widgets/rss-news.js
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+$(document).ready(function() {
+    var $newsElement = $('.rss-news').find('.news-container'),
+        config = window.widgets['rss-news'],
+        db = config.db,
+        news = [],
+        cur_article_index = -1;
+
+    var getNews = function() {
+        execute(
+            {
+                type: 'request',
+                action: 'db.select',
+                args: {
+                    engine: db,
+                    query: "select s.title as source, e.title, e.summary, " +
+                        "strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', e.published) as published " +
+                        "from FeedEntry e join FeedSource s " +
+                        "on e.source_id = s.id order by e.published desc limit 10"
+                }
+            },
+
+            onSuccess = function(response) {
+                if (!response.response.output) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                var firstRun = news.length === 0;
+                news = response.response.output;
+                cur_article_index = -1;
+
+                if (firstRun) {
+                    refreshNews();
+                }
+            }
+        );
+    };
+
+    var refreshNews = function() {
+        if (news.length === 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var nextArticle = news[++cur_article_index % news.length];
+        var dt = new Date(nextArticle.published);
+        var $article = $('<div></div>').addClass('article');
+        var $source = $('<div></div>').addClass('source').text(nextArticle.source);
+        var $title = $('<div></div>').addClass('title').text(nextArticle.title);
+        var $publishTime = $('<div></div>').addClass('publish-time')
+            .text(dt.toDateString() + ', ' + dt.toTimeString().substring(0, 5));
+
+        $source.appendTo($article);
+        $title.appendTo($article);
+        $publishTime.appendTo($article);
+
+        if ($newsElement.find('.article').length) {
+            $newsElement.find('.article').fadeOut('slow', function() {
+                $(this).remove();
+                $article.hide().appendTo($newsElement).fadeIn();
+            });
+        } else {
+            $article.hide().appendTo($newsElement).fadeIn();
+        }
+    };
+
+    var initWidget = function() {
+        getNews();
+        setInterval(getNews, 600000);
+        setInterval(refreshNews, 15000);
+    };
+
+    var init = function() {
+        initWidget();
+    };
+
+    init();
+});
+
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/templates/dashboard.html b/platypush/backend/http/templates/dashboard.html
index 0415ee5a..ff77e030 100644
--- a/platypush/backend/http/templates/dashboard.html
+++ b/platypush/backend/http/templates/dashboard.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <head>
     <title>Platypush Dashboard</title>
 
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ url_for('static', filename='css/skeleton.css') }}"></script>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ url_for('static', filename='css/skeleton-tabs.css') }}"></script>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ url_for('static', filename='css/normalize.css') }}"></script>
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
             window.token = undefined;
         {% endif %}
 
+        window.config = {{ config | safe }};
         window.widgets = {{ config['widgets'] | safe }};
     </script>
 </head>
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/templates/widgets/rss-news.html b/platypush/backend/http/templates/widgets/rss-news.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..adef9603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platypush/backend/http/templates/widgets/rss-news.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='js/widgets/rss-news.js') }}"></script>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ url_for('static', filename='css/widgets/rss-news.css') }}"></script>
+
+<div class="news-container"></div>
+