![]() that it will be powering down the service in July 2013. The new functionality was created specifically to accommodate the needs of professionals that monitor peer-reviewed journal content who are seeking an alternative to Google Reader™ feed reader amidst the March 13 announcement from Google Inc. announced today the launch of new really simple syndication (RSS) feed import functionality inside Bibliogo, the free RSS feed reader and reference management system that won the Software and Information Industry Association’s 2012 CODiE Award for best online science or technology service. Los Angeles, Calif., March 20, 2013– Reprints Desk, Inc. AlternativeTo.New import functionality eases the transition from the soon-to-be-retired Google Reader ™ for scientists, engineers, clinicians and other professionals who monitor peer-reviewed journal content.Another great post with a list of alternatives to Google Reader.Of course, if mine’s the only blog you’re concerned with, you might like to follow me on Google+ on on Twitter: all of my blog posts get publicly pushed to both of those social networks as soon as they’re published, so if you’re a social network fiend, that’s probably the easiest answer for you! Finally, don’t forget that if you’re using Opera as your primary web browser, that it has a great RSS reader baked right into it! As an Opera fan, I couldn’t help but plug that.Blogtrottr – If you only subscribe to a handful of feeds, you might want to look at Blogtrottr: it’s an RSS-to-email service, so it delivers your favourite blogs right to your Inbox, which is great for those of you that use your Inbox as a to-do list (and pretty damn good if you set up some filters to put your RSS feeds into a suitable tag or folder, so that you can read them at your leisure). ![]() Feedly – or, if you’re happy to step away from the centralised, web-based reader solutions, here’s a great option: available as a browser plugin or a mobile app, it has the fringe benefit that you can use it to read your pre-cached subscriptions while you’re away from an Internet connection, if that’s a concern to you.They’re a little swamped with Reader refugees right now, but you can work around the traffic by signing up and logging in at their alternative web address of. NewsBlur – this is the closest thing you’ll find to a like-for-like replacement for Google Reader, and it’s actually really good: a slick, simple interface, apps for all of the major mobile platforms, and a damn smart tagging system.It’s also one of the few web-based RSS readers that offers feed authentication options, which is incredibly useful if you follow “friends only” blogs on LiveJournal or similar platforms. I’ve been using Tiny Tiny RSS for a few years, and I’ve made a few minor tweaks to add URL-shortening and sharing features: that’s what powers the “Dan is reading…” ( subscribe) list in the sidebar of my blog. Install it on your server, configure it the way you want, and then access it via the web or the Android app. Tiny Tiny RSS – if you’re happy to host your own web-based RSS reader, and you’re enough of a geek to enjoy tweaking it the way that you want, then this tool is simply awesome.You’ve got a few different choices for your new RSS reader. OPML files describe a list of subscriptions: for example, this OPML file describes all of the blogs that used to feature on Abnib (when it worked reliably). You can export everything from your Reader account, but the most important thing in your export is probably the OPML file (called ‘subscriptions.xml’ in your download), which is what your new reader will use to give you the continuity that you’re looking for. The good news is that it’s pretty easy to get all of your feeds out of Google Reader, and import them into your new feed reader. You were my RSS reader of choice for a long time, until you started fucking with the user interface the other year. Google are dropping Google Reader on 1st July (here’s the announcement on the Google Reader blog), so it’s time to move on. I’m aware that many of my friends use Google Reader to subscribe to their favourite blogs, comics, and so on, so – if you’re among them – I thought I’d better make you aware of some of your alternatives.
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