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Feedly begins migrating users to its own backend, wishes Google Reader a happy retirement
Feedly isn’t wasting any time. With a couple of weeks to spare before Google shuts down its beloved Reader service, Feedly has announced that it’s in the process of finalizing the migration of its users from the Google Reader backend to the brand new Feedly cloud.
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Read More »Feedly has turned into one of the best Google Reader replacements, announces support for third party apps
When Google announced its plans to shutdown its popular RSS reader back in March, it wasn’t only the users scrambling for alternatives. Reader’s demise seemingly paved the way for other services to grow and others to make new ones. One of those services, Feedly, saw a massive influx of users [...]
Read More »StarRSS may not be the best alternative to Google Reader, but it’s definitely the coolest
It’s been over a month since Google announced that it would be shutting down the beloved Google Reader on July 1st, and there’s a really good chance that you’ve moved on to one of the many alternatives by now. And if you haven’t yet, maybe dotTech can help you with [...]
Read More »500,000 Google Reader users have moved to Feedly in two days
Feedly, a news aggregator and RSS reader app available on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Android, and iOS, anticipated the end of Google Reader and were ready for it. As soon as Google announced the end of Google Reader, Feedly made posts informing users of not only Feedly’s intent to make a [...]
Read More »Digg is building a Google Reader copy, hopes to have it done by July 1
Sad by the demise of Google Reader? Feedly already has plans on building a Google Reader clone. If you don’t want to go with Feedly or other alternatives, you now have another option — Digg.
Digg has announced in a blog post their intent on building a Google Reader replacement. [...]
Read More »What are the best alternatives to Google Reader? [Ask dotTechies]
Google Reader is on its last breathe. RSS fiends need to find a substitute. I’m sure among the multiple thousands heads we have here on dotTech we can figure out viable — maybe even better — alternatives to Google Reader. So let ‘em rip. In the comments below, share with [...]
Google is shutting down Google Reader, will no longer be available after July 1, 2013
Google has recently gone on a diet and started getting rid of products and services deemed inferior, unpopular, or a failure. The latest victim in Google’s “spring cleaning” is Google’s extremely popular RSS feed aggregation service, Google Reader. Google has announced it closing Google Reader on July 1, 2013.
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Read More »[Windows 8] Nextgen Reader is an easy and fast way to keep track of your Google Reader updates
With Google staunchly refusing to develop any apps for Windows 8, us Windows 8 users are left without much choice but to use the browser version for all of Google’s services. But Google Reader users wait no more. Nextgen Reader is a brilliant app for using Google Reader on Windows [...]
[Firefox] Tab Badge puts new message notifications for e-mail accounts and social networks in your tab
In the age of e-mail and social networks, we are often bombarded with new messages, may those be e-mails, Wall posts, or tweets. In fact, we get so many messages it can often be hard to keep track of the new ones. That is where Tab Badge comes in.[...]
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Read More »iOS apps of the day [August 11, 2012]
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Today’s Apps
- RedLaser Barcode Scanner and QR Code Reader (A handy price comparison app to fit your shopping needs)
- Feeddler RSS Reader Pro (A fast and highly customizable Google Reader client)
- Card Shark Collection – Deluxe (A collection of 60+ solitaire and traditional card games)
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Read More »[Android] Best free RSS reader/news aggregator
One of the many uses of a smartphone is the ability to get the latest news/articles from your favorite websites on the go. No longer must you sit at your computer with your morning coffee to catchup on what you might have missed while you wasted your life sleeping. However, [...]
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