Google has notified Reader users that Google Reader is going to the technology graveyard. The landscape has changed and rss feeds aren't as hot as they once were, but people do still use them. Why would Google retire reader when they could just leave it alone? Is it taking up server resources?
All Google users who logged in recently were greeted with the following message: "Google Reader will not be available after July 1, 2013."
If you click on "learn more" Google lets you know how to keep your data.
"Google Reader will be retired on July 1, 2013. If you'd like to download a copy of all your Reader data before then, you can do so through Google Takeout. You'll receive your subscription data in an XML file, and the following information will be downloaded as JSON files:"
Well, that's it. Google Reader will join Wave and a bunch of other Google properties that we were asked to rely on, only to find Google dumping it later on. A real bummer.
All Google users who logged in recently were greeted with the following message: "Google Reader will not be available after July 1, 2013."
If you click on "learn more" Google lets you know how to keep your data.
"Google Reader will be retired on July 1, 2013. If you'd like to download a copy of all your Reader data before then, you can do so through Google Takeout. You'll receive your subscription data in an XML file, and the following information will be downloaded as JSON files:"
Well, that's it. Google Reader will join Wave and a bunch of other Google properties that we were asked to rely on, only to find Google dumping it later on. A real bummer.