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Google Reader Is Closing—And People Are Absolutely Freaking Out
Business Insider ^ | Owen Thomas

Posted on 03/14/2013 6:52:52 AM PDT by ksen

Google, in another push to reduce and rationalize its sprawling lineup of Web apps, is closing a host of products

The only one people care about: Google Reader. (Seriously, will anyone miss the Google Voice App for BlackBerry?)

Google is shuttering Reader, a product which allows people to quickly skim and read news articles from websites, as of July 1.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: google; googlereader
Guys, I need suggestions for new web-based RSS feed readers so I can keep up to date on all my socialist/commie news and plots in one convenient place!
1 posted on 03/14/2013 6:52:52 AM PDT by ksen
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To: ksen

I just read the notice a few minutes ago.

July is a long way away. I assume someone will come along and fill the void (if they haven’t already - Google’s was easy and convenient so I never looked anywhere else).


2 posted on 03/14/2013 6:55:50 AM PDT by expat1000
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To: ksen

I haven’t used Google Reader, and but I really find the site Originalsignal.com useful. I can scan headlines fast and click through to what I want. There are a wide spread of categories. I know it’s not the same, but I like it.


3 posted on 03/14/2013 7:02:22 AM PDT by catbertz
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To: ksen

How about FreeRepublic?


4 posted on 03/14/2013 7:04:53 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, you've likely misread the situation.)
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To: ksen

OMG - my husband is going to freak

He’s addicted to Google reader.


5 posted on 03/14/2013 7:28:20 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: NonValueAdded

Nah, you guys don’t even let me post from Thinkprogress or Alternet . . . two of my favorite sites.


6 posted on 03/14/2013 7:29:54 AM PDT by ksen (". . . organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy" - Matt Taibbi)
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To: ksen
Create google news searches of different themes on politics, middle east, crime and such like this like this and bookmark them. Then you can refresh every 30 minutes or so.
7 posted on 03/14/2013 7:30:16 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Updated [http://tinyurl.com/d2opv9v] [http://tinyurl.com/ccqyjmb])
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To: KosmicKitty

inorite?

I nearly freaked when I logged into it this morning and saw the message about them closing down!


8 posted on 03/14/2013 7:30:37 AM PDT by ksen (". . . organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy" - Matt Taibbi)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I don’t know, that seems like a lot of work and as a committed Leftist I’m kind of against hard work. ;P


9 posted on 03/14/2013 7:31:22 AM PDT by ksen (". . . organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy" - Matt Taibbi)
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To: ksen

Work is a 4 letter word - LoL!


10 posted on 03/14/2013 7:39:35 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Updated [http://tinyurl.com/d2opv9v] [http://tinyurl.com/ccqyjmb])
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To: expat1000
July is a long way away. I assume someone will come along and fill the void (if they haven’t already - Google’s was easy and convenient so I never looked anywhere else).

I hope you are right. Google Reader is a good complement to FR for quickly scanning the news of the day.

11 posted on 03/14/2013 8:20:35 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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FYI

Top 9 Windows RSS Feed Readers and News Aggregators
http://email.about.com/od/rssreaderswin/tp/top_rss_windows.htm

RSS Readers (Mac, Windows, Linux)
http://blogspace.com/rss/readers


12 posted on 03/14/2013 8:39:38 AM PDT by TomGuy
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