Google also features a line-up of cloud applications that make it a virtual one stop shop, and greatly enhances its brand, including Gmail, Google News, Google Docs and Spreadsheets, Google Chrome browser, Google reader, Froogle and the neat Google Earth.
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Google Reader DeadWhen Google announced Wednesday night that it was shutting down its Reader product, it was met with a reaction that was not only furious but personal.
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While not perfect, Ridllr does do one thing that will make a lot of Google Reader users happy: it brings back the shared items into Google Reader itself.
Shellen, who was the first product manager for Google Reader at Google, plans to soon release a feature called Group Shot that takes a freeze-frame screen shot photo of all the people chatting side by side.
Feedly Long viewed as a friendly front-end to Google Reader, Feedly wisely built the technology to exist as a standalone product in anticipation of a Google Reader shutdown.
Without an obvious RSS reader alternative to Google Reader (and with heightened fears that any replacement RSS reader might exit the market, just like Google and Bloglines), some folks will simply give up on RSS altogether and rely exclusively on social media, email alerts or bookmarks.
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Kevin Fox, a former Google employee who worked for several years on the Google Reader project before leaving the company, has offered to help Google fix its popular once-social RSS service.
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Now that Google is shutting down Google Reader, the search for a replacement begins.
Second, Google announced that RSS service Google Reader would be shut down.
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This week, Google announced that it will shut down Google Reader on July 1, 2013.
We have just announced on the Official Google Blog that we will soon retire Google Reader (the actual date is July 1, 2013).
Now if only Google would make as much sense when it comes to Google Reader, we could all be happy.
While some may argue that RSS feeds (for Real Simple Syndication) have fallen from common usage in the social media era, how would Google explain the huge, instantaneous response on Twitter from Google Reader users?
For a more extensive list of Google Reader alternatives, check out this This Google Spreadsheet from the Online Journalism Blog.
In addition to a Google Web Reader application, users will be able to read Google e-books on apps for Android, iPhone and iPad devices.
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.
Removing Google Reader rips a hole in the center of an active user's online life.
Reeder is plugged into Google Reader, but announced on Twitter that it would survive the shutdown.
Newsblur Simple, fast and closely resembling Google Reader, Newsblur is another good alternative to consider.
This is where the Google Reader decision is going to cause ripples down the line.
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.
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