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

19 July, 2017 // 7 Comments

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 should read next. At the [Read More ...]

It Shouldn’t be a Surprise Mashable’s Meryl Streep Correction is Missing From Facebook’s Instant Articles

21 February, 2016 // 3 Comments

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 reports that [Read More ...]

Opera Adds News “Sampler” Feature to Coast Web Browser

3 December, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 its Coast web browser for the iPad and [Read More ...]

Microsoft NewsCast Will Read The News to You

17 August, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 called [Read More ...]

Feedly Announces Publisher Kit w\ Better Branding, Discovery, and 100% Ad Revenues

4 August, 2015 // 1 Comment

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 post dated Friday, Feedly posted a list of [Read More ...]

How Google’s Blunder Was Apple’s and Facebook’s Opportunity (Google Reader)

15 July, 2015 // 1 Comment

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 from the Pew [Read More ...]

Feedly to Release Publisher SDK to Better Compete With Apple News, Facebook Instant Articles

14 July, 2015 // 1 Comment

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 Google Reader in 2013. And [Read More ...]

Facebook Launches Instant Articles, & I’m Still Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop

14 May, 2015 // 2 Comments

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 [Read More ...]

Feedly v27.0.3 Adds Google Now Integration Powered Search

5 May, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 mentioned on the Feedly blog, but Android [Read More ...]

The Old Reader Will Soon Show Sponsored Posts to Readers

12 March, 2015 // 3 Comments

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 they just aren't making enough money to [Read More ...]

Feedly Debuts Power Search To Help Users Find Stories On The Web

27 January, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 the feeds and podcasts [Read More ...]

Feedly’s New Slider View Makes it Easier to Read Your News Feeds

22 August, 2014 // 1 Comment

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 top of their feeds while reading a story. What [Read More ...]

It’s Been a Year and a Day Since Google Reader Shutdown. Has Anything Changed?

2 July, 2014 // 24 Comments

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 notice the [Read More ...]

SwarmIQ Launches Premium Service, Now Boasts 10k Users of Its News Reader Service

19 June, 2014 // 0 Comments

In the post Google Reader world, Feedly gets most of the attention from the media (and from extortionists, sadly), but they are far from the only news reader service out there. One of Feedly's [Read More ...]

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