Farewell Google Reader - The País.com (Spain)

O grows or dies. In Google there is no mercy. Stagnant services are considered obsolete. To have an expiration date. Reader’s sentence was marked for Monday July 1. From some have served over 150,000 signed on Change.org against the cessation of service. The promoter of the idea, the New Yorker Dan Lewis, it focuses as a service issue: “With this decision hurt our confidence in other services like YouTube or Google group. Driverless cars and futuristic glasses are fine, but this was very useful to us. “

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liked its simplicity. The interface was very similar to Gmail. Each subscription had the equivalent inbox. You could create folders by topic: politics, sports, humor. It was the closest thing to having a daily a la carte. It was enough to take the web address of the blog and put it as a new subscription. From that moment it was not necessary to go to the original blog to check for updates. He came Alert.

As has been approaching the date, interest has been growing alternatives. Blogs, though no longer the rage, are an interesting way of information and entertainment. Google has created a platform to export all subscriptions and you can continue reading the contents in other services.

The tablets also popularized these services, making them more visual. Flipboard is the most innovative, it turns any website into a neat magazine layout. I have followed Currents, Google’s own; Press, owned by professional network LinkedIn, or Netvibes. In part used to read blogs, partly to consult social networks, but they all lack the simplicity of Reader. longs who has good alternatives:

Digg . is a community of Spanish content similar to Digg. Last week debuted its service. The promise is interesting: same keyboard shortcuts, import of readings and ability to share on Facebook, Twitter, Google+. He insists that there will soon be mobile and tablet version of Apple and Android. Interesting that include an internal search.

Feedly . Free, clear and simple. Works with Firefox, Chrome and Safari, with iPad, iPhone, Kindle and Android devices. He pointed somewhat to create the program Normandie, a simple import from Google Reader. Entering offer follow media as Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal or TechCrunch.

The Old Reader . Da feeling of archaic, but it is extremely simple and fast. Update and notification. Allows importing of Google Reader, but it only works in PC browsers.

NewsBlur . offers free or paid version. The second costs 20 euros per year. The difference lies in receiving notification when we update content, very handy if someone makes liveblogging an event (live updating of articles), and query the original blog from the app without switching windows. It works on both Apple as Android and browsers.

Newsvibe . Minimalist. Designed to go from time to time, without waiting for large despligues. It only works in the browser. Like the above, import the files of Google Reader.

Curata . For those who do not have time, but want to keep up. It’s like a shaker. Subscriptions are given, sets the priorities and within minutes is a selection with the essentials. It’s free and works w ith both your computer and iPhone and iPad.

Feed Wrangler. It costs 15 euros a year and promises to improve the reading experience. Maintains maquera aesthetics with art icons, background and white much faster loading. Only suitable for design freaks.

What is the best? It depends on taste. It is best to try until it is given to the interface that makes us feel more comfortable. Some might opt ??for something minimalist and those who prefer something more complex. It also depends on personal or professional use. Currently, the most popular is is Feedly.