Google Reader alternatives.
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What would you recommend instead of GR (R.I.P.)?
P.S. Must-have features: free, popular and cloudy. -
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I use three Google apps every day: iGoogle, Google Reader, and Gmail. (edit: and Google Calendar)
Google's decision to drop iGoogle and Reader has really given me second thoughts about supporting anything Google does in the future.
Right now I'm trying out Netvibes, which isn't too bad and looks like it could work as a combination of iGoogle and Reader for me. For example I can add in widgets to capture my Google Calender, Gmail, a simple to do list, plus all of my RSS feeds. It was easy to import all of my reader settings.
The other one that I am trying is "The Old Reader" which looks a lot like Google Reader, but has been totally swamped by traffic due to the announcement. Because of that, they are unable to let you import your feeds - you have to do it manually, and so far I've been only able to get one of them loaded. But this looks like it would be a nice reader once they get back up to speed.
Both are free and cloud-based.
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this is very questionable for me. Are you ready to give them access to all (incl. bank operations, Paypal, pron.. you name it) your private data ? This is ridiculous IMHO.
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@rv1974:
Are you concerned about Feedly in particular, or the idea of total connectivity in general?
Plenty of ways to connect-no general feeling, or well publicized assurance of security that I have seen. -
@rv1974 said:
this is very questionable for me. Are you ready to give them access to all (incl. bank operations, Paypal, pron.. you name it) your private data ? This is ridiculous IMHO.
I was going to try Feedly, and when I saw this I too got spooked and changed my mind. I just wanted to see what the Feedly interface looked like since they don't have any decent screen shots on their web.
Guess I'm sticking with Netvibes, although I still like Google Reader the best.
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