John Roland Reader, For services to the Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum, Great Ayton, North Yorkshire.

BBC: Education honoured

That diminished return is solved in Google Reader and other RSS services.

ENGADGET: The outrage and sadness of Google Reader's demise

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.

ENGADGET

Reader, like many other Google services, will also get a new look in the next few days.

BBC: Google plans big changes for Reader

Both services represent an evolution of current e-reader features, which thus far have implemented social networking as content-sharing, not purchases, and limited rewards to non-monetary prizes.

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The changes to Reader are one of many tweaks Google has made to its services.

BBC: Google plans big changes for Reader

As per usual the company provided no detail on the Kindle e-reader market, and did not break out the results of Amazon Web Services.

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