{"id":49506,"date":"2013-07-02T16:57:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T08:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=49506"},"modified":"2013-07-02T16:57:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T08:57:39","slug":"goodbye-google-reader-many-will-miss-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/02\/goodbye-google-reader-many-will-miss-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye, Google Reader, many will miss you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, Google Reader has reached the end of its (product) life. It has been a good companion for a long time. I still cannot understand why Google wanted to discontinue this product (although they have <a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com.au\/2013\/03\/a-second-spring-of-cleaning.html\" target=\"_blank\">tried their best to explain<\/a>). However, I do not believe usage has declined.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"49507\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/02\/goodbye-google-reader-many-will-miss-you\/google-reader-discontinued\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/google-reader-discontinued.jpg?fit=506%2C247&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"506,247\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"google-reader-discontinued\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/google-reader-discontinued.jpg?fit=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/google-reader-discontinued.jpg?fit=506%2C247&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49507\" alt=\"google-reader-discontinued\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/google-reader-discontinued.jpg?resize=506%2C247\" width=\"506\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/google-reader-discontinued.jpg?w=506&amp;ssl=1 506w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/google-reader-discontinued.jpg?resize=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Please read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">FAQ<\/a> to see what you can do. You have until 15th July 2013 to use the Google Takeout function to backup your Google Reader info. As for substitute for Google Reader, I am using Feedly now and <a href=\"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/18\/digg-reader-to-be-launched-in-time-for-google-reader-retirement\/\" target=\"_blank\">Digg Reader<\/a> is also a good choice.<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/alternativeto.net\/software\/google-reader\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to See a List of Google Reader Substitute<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>[ad#boxlist]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, Google Reader has reached the end of its (product) life. It has been a good companion for a long time. 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