Google Announced today, that its going to shut-down Google Reader and many other services for this Spring Cleaning! So that makes you to think of an alternative way to get your news in a new reader.
There is not much worry for people who have already shifted to some or the other social network for your news feed. But if you are a fan of RSS then its time to look out for Google Reader similar services. Lets discuss the latter part here!
Basically there are two types of readers one – Cloud-Based News Reader, where you can read your feed wherever you feel, more like a web-based client like Google reader, two – Desktop-Based News Reader, more of a kind of app to pull out and sync all your feeds.
But a major downside of desktop reader is that all desktop apps currently, sync with Google Reader! Which means, they have to be made to sync with a different service before July. The best and popular clients of both types are listed below for you.
Cloud-Based News Reader
* NewsBlur has an interface that’s very similar to Google Reader. You could just create an account with them and subscribe to your favorite sites, and read them on any computer! Of-course an Android and iOS app that will sync your feeds is available.
* Feedly has a different interface which looks more like a newspaper. You browser extension for Chrome or Firefox, or get your Android or iOS apps! Feedly also syncs your feeds between browsers and mobile apps. Additionally, Feedly could allow you to make “seamless” transition when Reader goes down.
* NetVibes as many of you are aware of is one of the most popular web readers available! It offers a Google Reader-like interface.
* FeedDemon is a very popular RSS reader for Windows. You can use keywords to tag items and mark them as read. FeedDemon alerts you when your keywords appear in any feed (even feeds to which you are not subscribed). It also allows you to subscribe to secure feeds that require a username and password.
* RSSOwl – RSSOwl runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and supports many languages. It allows you to gather, update, store, organize,view and share information. News feeds can be viewed side-by-side using multiple tabs, also, an internal browser allows you to open the full content of an article from a feed.
* Liferea is a free Linux Feed Reader that allows you to read articles when offline and permanently save headlines in news bins.
* Feed Notifier is a free application for Windows and Mac OS X. It runs in the system tray and displays popup notifications when new items are downloaded for subscribed RSS or Atom feeds.
* WebReader is a free desktop RSS reader for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Android, iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire, and PlayBook. It allows you to easily view RSS feeds, navigate among them and save complete articles forreading offline later. Luckily, WebReader does not sync with Google Reader. WebReader requires Adobe Air to install and run.
Tell us which one do you prefer to switch too! Or, if your choice is not found in our list, tip us, we can add it.
