Tagged: RSS Readers

Why We Mourn Google Reader - And Why It Matters

The shutdown of Google Reader has sparked outrage among a passionate minority. Here's why we're so upset.

RWW Recommends: The Best Mobile RSS Reader

RSS lives! Not everything is a real-time stream of status updates from Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Subscribing to an RSS feed is still the best way to closely monitor your favorite blogs and topics. So where to check your feeds? Google Reader is the undisputed king of RSS Readers for the desktop, mostly because it's the Last One Standing…

Mobile Richard MacManus comments

Community

Big Answer: Favorite Way to Get News?

I have noticed that lately I'm getting more and more of my news through email newsletters. Others on the ReadWriteWeb staff are fierce advocates of their favorite RSS readers. Checking our traffic logs though, shows us that the way you visit ReadWriteWeb varies greatly. How do you read ReadWriteWeb? Are you subscribing to our RSS Feed? Do…

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RSS & Feeds

Online Reading Trends in 2011

This time last year I wrote a post outlining how online reading patterns had changed over 2010. The habits and products for reading on the Web have continued to evolve over 2011. This year, for example, Google+ arrived on the scene and changed the way many people find and discuss topical articles. We also saw continued innovation in mobile and…

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How-To

How to Bring Back Google Reader's Share Button

Last week, the Google Reader team caused quite a stir among many users when it launched a redesigned version of the popular RSS feed reading service. The relaunch not only gave Google Reader a new design, but removed the service's content-sharing and social features in an attempt to streamline the product and drive more people toward Google+. While…

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Google

Google Reader Overhaul Irks Users

Yesterday, I got an email from a good friend with a subject line that needed no further explanation: "Google Reader." It was sent to a group of mutual friends, bemoaning the recent changes to Reader's interface, thereby kicking off a lengthy discussion thread. Should we move to Google Plus? Would Instapaper make a good substitute? Had anybody heard…

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Google

Alternatives to Google Reader? Yeah Right.

Today Google Reader became the latest Google product to have Plus added to it. Now Google Reader users can +1 or share items to Google Plus, from within Reader. Google has made very clear over the past month that Plus will be integrated into all of Google's products over time, so this wasn't a surprising move. However, rather predictably…

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Advertising

Flipboard's Ads Aren't Just for Magazines

Flipboard, the social magazine app for iPad, has just launched its first advertising program in partnership with magazine publisher Condé Nast. This campaign displays ads alongside content from The New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit. Later this year, Flipboard plans to expand the progam to other publishers, including independent publishers. This…

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Facebook

Scribd's New Float Reader App Combines News, Social & "Read Later" on Mobile

Document hosting and sharing site Scribd is venturing into the mobile space in order to give its publishers an opportunity to attract more readers. With a new mobile reader application called Float, Scribd aggregates content from news sites, magazines, blogs, and Scribd.com as well as from your social networks like Facebook and Twitter. You can…

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Google

Android RSS Readers

With near half a million Android devices being activated every day, there are a lot of people learning the best ways to use their brand new devices. The natural thing for a new user to do is look up their favorite websites using the native browser on the phone. Yet, a lot of times they will find that the site is not optimized for the mobile Web…

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Why We Mourn Google Reader - And Why It Matters

RWW Recommends: The Best Mobile RSS Reader

Big Answer: Favorite Way to Get News?

Online Reading Trends in 2011

How to Bring Back Google Reader's Share Button

Google Reader Overhaul Irks Users

Alternatives to Google Reader? Yeah Right.

Flipboard's Ads Aren't Just for Magazines

Scribd's New Float Reader App Combines News, Social & "Read Later" on Mobile

Android RSS Readers