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Why Google really killed Reader, it wants to kill RSS

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Michael Sauers

This isn’t an issue of “openness”, per se — Twitter, for instance, has very good reasons to limit its API. You aren’t entitled to unrestricted…

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The sad, surprising story of Google Reader.

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Michael Sauers

It was later that year when a Google colleague challenged Wetherell to construct an Atom parser in Javascript. Atom was yet another XML language, and…

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RIP Google Listen

Posted on July 2, 2013July 2, 2013 by Michael Sauers

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…

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RIP RSS delivery of Google Alerts

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Wow, I guess I should have seen this coming but I still don’t get it. Google killed Google Reader but it also killed RSS delivery…

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Google’s Google problem

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Michael Sauers

The Economist has yet another wonderful article about the larger issues surrounding Google shutting down Reader: Google has asked us to build our lives around…

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Google Reader being shuttered for privacy-compliance concerns, report says

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Michael Sauers

I’m vaguely understanding this but I would love to actually have some details on exactly what privacy “issues”… Google said earlier this month it would…

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Google Reader ain’t gonna be saved

Posted on March 20, 2013March 20, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Sign all the petitions you want, I’m getting the feeling Google’s pretty serious about this one. Google is shutting down Google Reader on July 1…

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Yep, no one used Google Reader

Posted on March 17, 2013March 17, 2013 by Michael Sauers

I was just pointed toward The Old Reader as a possible Google Reader replacement. Although at first glans it doesn’t support folders, which is a…

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It’s Not Just Reader – Google Kills Its RSS Subscription Browser Extension, Too

Posted on March 16, 2013March 16, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Has Google got it out for RSS? Oh Google. Thought we wouldn’t notice that you’re trying to kill off not just Google Reader, but also…

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Why RSS still matters

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Dude, yes, that’s an RSS pillow on a chair in my office. I love RSS and I believe that RSS still matters, as does Dieter…

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