Google Reader Is Shutting Down; Here Are the Best Alternatives

As Google Reader is Axed, its Dependents Step Up So Google is axing Google Reader. While the product has a diminishing but fiercely loyal user base (which includes me and other TNW staffers), a number of related RSS services relied on the Reader API code to do their thing. That means the shutdown could affect a wider selection of Internet users, and a number of services are working on get-arounds to scoop up those left disappointed. Feedly — a browser plug-in that turns feed into magazine-like layouts — has detailed its project to clone to Google Reader API, popular social aggregator Flipboard says its “got your RSS feeds covered”, open-source Newsblur is adding more servers to cope with Reader imports, while Reeder — another Google dependent – “won’t die with Google Reader”. Doubtless there are others scrambling to be heard — and survive — following the news from Google. Instapaper creator Marco Arment has an interesting take on the subject. Update: Now you can even petition the White House – here. Headline image via brittgow / Flickr

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Google Reader is dying, but we have five worthy alternatives | iPhone Atlas Editors' note: This post has been updated with new and better alternatives to fit your news-reading style. Hear that? That's the sound of millions of news junkies on the Web scrambling to find an alternative to Google Reader. As you may have heard, Google Reader will be no more starting July 1. With that in mind, we've put together a list of what we think are the best replacements for the soon-to-be-late Google Reader. An ideal RSS reader should be available on desktop computers and as native mobile apps for both iOS and Android. With that said, if you're the visual type, there are also options that read more like a magazine. And if you're looking for a solely browser-based RSS reader, CNET's Seth Rosenblatt has put together a nice roundup of standalone desktop software for your RSS reading pleasure on both Windows and Mac. Your best bet Feedly (Web | iOS | Android) Hands down, Feedly is one of the best RSS readers on the market. Overall, Feedly is one of the best RSS readers out there.

How to Build Your Own Syncing RSS Reader with Tiny Tiny RSS and Kick Google Reader to the Curb twitter references Poll Technica: Where should we go when Google Reader is put out to pasture? Google's latest "spring cleaning" may be the company's most heartbreaking since Google Wave. Google Reader, the RSS reader of the masses, will shut down on July 1. A surprising number of Ars staffers still use Google Reader, so the conversation in the Orbital HQ immediately turned to alternatives. "Oh, what about FeedDemon?" Errr, the service depends on Google Reader. "What about Reeder for iOS?" Twitter quickly became a suggestion box. But when in doubt, Ars can always do what others can't—turn to our collective reader braintrust.

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Google Reader is Dead. Here’s What You Need to Replace it. I woke up this morning, grabbed my iPhone to check the news in Reeder — which is powered by my Google Reader account — only to find at the very top that Google is shutting down Google Reader, for good, on July 1, 2013. They said it’s because too few people use it, which is rather ironic since most of us heard the news via articles synced in Google Reader. Of course, it’s been a rumor for some time that Google Reader might be the next Google service to hit the chopping block, but it’s not just a rumor this time. Rather, is the first thing the Google Reader team has posted on their blog since 2011. That’s terrible news, since most RSS apps for desktops and phones are powered by Google Reader, and Google’s service was so popular that it practically pushed all alternatives out of the market. So what do you do? First Things First: Export Your Google Reader Subscriptions Export your Google Reader subscriptions Use Pinboard to Save Your Starred and Shared Articles Now, Get a New RSS Reader App