Google seems to be on a roll with some shocking news today, first with the departure of Android pioneer Andy Rubin, now to add to that Google Reader will no longer be available from the 1st of July this year (2013). Â Google Reader and some of its services will come to a halt from July after Google said that it has be declining so it makes sense to retire the service; Â the decline in service might be due to lack of adequate support on Google’s behalf.
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Google Reader is quite popular amongst tech enthusiasts and tech bloggers as it offers a great, quick and easy way to manage so many news sources via RSS feeds; it offers an efficient way to get first hand news.  Any one starting a new blog who searches online for ways to keep up to date or find news sources were always pointed to Google Reader, now those users as well as existing users will now need to start finding alternative options to aggregate all their RSS news feeds.  If you are struggling to find an alternative or need help with exporting your current feeds, lifehacker have put together step by step instructions, alternatively follow Google Takeout to export your data also.
Services that will also become unavailable along with Google Reader includes:
- services Apps Script
- CalDav API
- Google Buliding Maker
- Google Cloud Connect
- Google Voice App for Blackberry
- Search API for Shopping
- Snapseed Desktop for Mac and Windows
[via Google]
