Removing Google Reader rips a hole in the center of an active user's online life.
This week, Google announced that it will shut down Google Reader on July 1, 2013.
Reeder is plugged into Google Reader, but announced on Twitter that it would survive the shutdown.
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Now that Google is shutting down Google Reader, the search for a replacement begins.
This is where the Google Reader decision is going to cause ripples down the line.
Second, Google announced that RSS service Google Reader would be shut down.
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Flipboard tonight also added support for Google Reader, Flickr feeds and Facebook fan pages.
Google Reader subscriptions alongside other curated content from the likes of CNN, Forbes and everything in between.
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So, for many users of Google Reader, people that love the product, this comes as a shock.
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If you find any other hacks or tweaks to make the new Google Reader better, let me know.
Google Reader has landed on the company's sunset list, and will wink out of existence on July 1.
When it comes to Google Reader, a pay option would have been fine.
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One risk: the more features Twitter piles onto its service, the greater the risk Twitter could become like Google Reader.
Google Reader set out to tackle this problem but only reached a certain point before it was put into maintenance.
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Now if only Google would make as much sense when it comes to Google Reader, we could all be happy.
And for most of today I rotated between my Google reader and Twitter (with a little Facebook, but not much).
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For a more extensive list of Google Reader alternatives, check out this This Google Spreadsheet from the Online Journalism Blog.
Released in 2005, Google Reader was begun four years earlier as a project called JavaCollect by independent software engineer Chris Wetherell.
Rival Flipboard allows users to directly import their Google Reader content, a point they expressly made in a post Thursday.
It was just very awkward to browse and follow Tumblr content through Google Reader or through NetNewsWire, through those RSS readers.
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That diminished return is solved in Google Reader and other RSS services.
But Google Reader is where I start my day, even before email.
So, for many users of Google Reader, this comes as a shock.
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Start out by pulling your favorite feeds into Google Reader .
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Google Reader launched in 2005, when Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds were a new way to keep tabs on favourite websites and blogs.
Now, with Google Reader set to shut down, The Old Reader may be the RSS Reader that most closely resembles the disappearing product.
We have just announced on the Official Google Blog that we will soon retire Google Reader (the actual date is July 1, 2013).
Among the products Google just announced it plans to sunset (read: kill off), beloved feed-reading service Google Reader is now on the chopping block.
This time around, Google Reader and seven other services are getting the axe, bringing the firm's total of features closed since 2011 to 70.
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