The fifth anniversary of the passing of Google Reader went largely unremarked in most circles, but there was some coverage on Techdirt and other sites (Wired even called for a revival...
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Category: News Reader
Google’s Personalized News Feed “the feed” Will Choose What you Should Read Next – But Only if You Let Google Spy On You
When Google shut down Reader four years ago, they made it clear that they wanted to replace self-directed reading choices with an app that algorithmically choose what a user...
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It Shouldn’t be a Surprise Mashable’s Meryl Streep Correction is Missing From Facebook’s Instant Articles
Re/code reminds us that Facebook's Instant Articles are still stuck in the era when news stories happened once, and then were never updated: Earlier this month, several publications ran...
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Opera Adds News “Sampler” Feature to Coast Web Browser
Someone at Google must be wincing today because yet another tech company has moved into the void left by Google Reader. Opera has rolled out a new update to...
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Microsoft NewsCast Will Read The News to You
Speaking of new ways to consume the news, Microsoft is working on new app which could make your morning commute more productive. Neowin has uncovered details about an unannounced Bing app...
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Feedly Announces Publisher Kit w\ Better Branding, Discovery, and 100% Ad Revenues
Feedly has announced its response to Apple News and FB Instant Articles, and much to my surprise it looks like almost only no one has noticed. In a blog...
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How Google’s Blunder Was Apple’s and Facebook’s Opportunity (Google Reader)
Most of the coverage of Facebook's Instant Articles has focused on the assumption that people want to get their news through their social networks. As a recently released report...
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Feedly to Release Publisher SDK to Better Compete With Apple News, Facebook Instant Articles
With the announcement of Apple News and Facebook Instant Articles earlier this year, RSS is going through a revival the likes of which we haven't seen since the death of...
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Facebook Launches Instant Articles, & I’m Still Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
So Facebook announced its ground-breaking, industry-shattering, paradigm-shifting plan to host articles and videos published elsewhere and I find myself distinctly underwhelmed. It's not just that the pilot is limited...
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Feedly v27.0.3 Adds Google Now Integration Powered Search
Feedly has rolled out an unannounced update this week for its news reader app. The update is so new that you won't find the update in Google Play or...
Continue readingThe Old Reader Will Soon Show Sponsored Posts to Readers
The Old Reader announced on Tuesday that it would soon be showing ads to its free users. TOR has a growing number of paid premium users, but they report that...
Continue readingReport: Microsoft, Yahoo, Apple Looking to Buy Social News Reader Prismatic
Part StumbleUpon and part Flipboard, for the past several years Prismatic has been developing a social news reader for iOS, Android, and the web. And now it is said to...
Continue readingFeedly Debuts Power Search To Help Users Find Stories On The Web
The king of feed readers launched a new power search feature today which it promises will not only search a user's entire history of all their feeds, but also search beyond...
Continue readingFeedly’s New Slider View Makes it Easier to Read Your News Feeds
The reigning champ of news readers rolled out a new update today for their web interface. They say that it will make it easier for readers to stay on...
Continue readingIt’s Been a Year and a Day Since Google Reader Shutdown. Has Anything Changed?
Almost 15 months have passed since Google announced that they were shuttering Google Reader, and yesterday marked the one year anniversary of its demise. Mashable was the first to...
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