Google Listen was the android app I used to listen to podcasts on my phone. Unfortunately, it synced with Google Reader to track which podcasts you were subscribed to. Yeah, well guess how well it works now…
CLARIFICATION: You can still find the program available in the Play store. But when I tried to update my feeds this morning it completely failed to do so. So, I do guess I’m making some sort of assumption here about it’s death, but in the end it’s dead to me.
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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2 Replies to “RIP Google Listen”
Yes. I fear you are correct. My Google Listen stopped working as well. I’m trying to find a good substitue, but most other podcast readers seem to be bloated.
I’ve ended up using Podkicker which seems to do the job and isn’t bloated as far as I can tell.
Yes. I fear you are correct. My Google Listen stopped working as well. I’m trying to find a good substitue, but most other podcast readers seem to be bloated.
I’ve ended up using Podkicker which seems to do the job and isn’t bloated as far as I can tell.