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  #781645 14-Mar-2013 14:05
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RedJungle: Yup. Gutted here too. One of my 'pinned tabs' that I use constantly every day.


I never access Google Reader on a browser. But I use FeedDemon on my laptop and NextGen Reader on Windows Phone. All kept nicely in sync through the Google Reader platform sync protocol...




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  #781660 14-Mar-2013 14:15
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Feedly are going to step in to fill the gap.

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  #781667 14-Mar-2013 14:21
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timmmay: Feedly are going to step in to fill the gap.


if you can get on




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#781668 14-Mar-2013 14:22
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davidcole: I never licked (sic) the google reader interface...


Me neither. I rather not have gooey stuff on my screens.




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  #781673 14-Mar-2013 14:29
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freitasm:
davidcole: I never licked (sic) the google reader interface...


Me neither. I rather not have gooey stuff on my screens.


You don't know what you're missing....




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  #781675 14-Mar-2013 14:34
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Yep, disappointed here too! Reeder for iPad has pride of place in my dock and I use it at least hourly, every day.
The dev has tweeted that he is working on an alternative to Google Reader for the feeds.
Still annoying.

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  #781681 14-Mar-2013 14:44
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Annoying yes, but they had not updated it in a long time. Still it seems like half the web relies on it as both a service and application. Me too. Does anyone have a link to the source announcement?

Btw, any implications for feedburner in this announcement?

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  #781686 14-Mar-2013 14:58
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I've used the web/desktop Google Reader maybe a half dozen times in the several years I've used the service, has always been better on my phone via gReader Pro...

Investigating Feedly now.




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  #781927 14-Mar-2013 20:55
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Remember folks to export your Google Reader OPML with Google Takeout.




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  #781935 14-Mar-2013 21:14
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Didn;'t like feedly when i finally got into it. Couldn't get the keyboard to skip to next article, and didn't find it very easy to quickly scan headings. I find google reader similar.

Newsblur was better - more like the style I'm used to, but again browser based - blegh




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  #782017 14-Mar-2013 23:39
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Google seem to do this quite a bit, they shut down google labs a few years back to much opposition, even from the likes of MIT. With all the changes going on with the way G+ handles privacy (ie once you get a g+ account there is no more anonymity for the rest of your google services) I guess the google mantra is subject to ....change

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  #782056 15-Mar-2013 08:12
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FeedDemon will cease to exist after 1st July as well. It will continue to work without Google synchronisation if you install it in standalone mode. Make sure you have the installer downloaded because once it's gone, it's gone...





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  #782083 15-Mar-2013 09:07
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Just to give you folks an idea I posted an entry in my blog on how Google Reader going away could impact our site:






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  #782123 15-Mar-2013 09:41
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So dumb.  If they want to take out services nobody uses, how about G+ as a prime candidate?  I really don't think it would be missed.

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  #782131 15-Mar-2013 09:47
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I've been in exec partners meetings for an "expression of interest" in the company and comments from the employees who work there goes along the lines of "ads are our business, not search - if we can't sell ads, we have no interest in serving that particular market"

Granted that it is possible to incorporate ads in RSS feeds in reader but given the niche of tech savvy users who will either not approve or get around it.

They come across as snobbish in my view from my exposure with them

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