Brandon Bailey covers Google, Facebook and Yahoo for the San Jose Mercury News, reporting on the business and culture of the Internet.
Still worrying about the impending demise of Google Reader? ?If you?ve been using the popular service to keep track of all your favorite blogs and websites, you may be glad to hear there?s more news about replacement options this week ? and not too soon, since the Google service is scheduled for shut-down on July 1.
First, the social-news site Digg said it will start rolling out its own new reader service next week, starting with some basic features and a promise of more to come ? including an app for Android devices ? in the next 60 days.
Next, the folks at Feedly announced Wednesday that they?ve completed a crash project to upgrade and expand their service: ?It?s now available for all web browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer. And it?s got new programming tools that will let app developers build more services on Feedly?s platform.
A variety of other services are also jockeying to win over users?of the Google product. ?Google?s Reader still has millions of loyal fans, even though the company cited declining use as the reason for its decision to pull the plug?at the end of this month. ?The free service used RSS software to pull feeds from other websites, which means you could use it to get continuous updates from all your favorite blogs and other sites on a single web page.
It?s a handy service, but don?t despair: ?There are a number of replacement options out there; I reviewed several of them for the Mercury News a couple of weeks back.
Brandon Bailey covers Google, Facebook and Yahoo for the San Jose Mercury News, reporting on the business and culture of the Internet.
Source: http://www.siliconbeat.com/2013/06/19/more-replacements-for-google-reader/
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