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Alternatives to Google Reader
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- Category: Google
- Published on Monday, 18 March 2013 20:46
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I've been a huge fan of Google Reader for years. I usually start every morning with my coffee and Google Reader...
Note: i am still not decided between Tiny RSS and Newsblur, both are running on my server…
The bad news
We launched Google Reader in 2005 in an effort to make it easy for people to discover and keep tabs on their favorite websites. While the product has a loyal following, over the years usage has declined. So, on July 1, 2013, we will retire Google Reader. Users and developers interested in RSS alternatives can export their data, including their subscriptions, with Google Takeout over the course of the next four months. see http://googleblog.blogspot.nl/2013/03/a-second-spring-of-cleaning.html
Get your data
As usual Google do a great job, and let you download your data very easily with Google Takeout. You can get there a copy of ALL of your Reader data:
- List of people that you follow / follow you
- Items you have starred / liked /shared
- Notes and comments
Follow this link to download only your Reader data from Takeout. Your subscriptions are then available in a xml file that can be imported in most RSS aggregators. (see below)
The hidden plan
Both Google+ and Facebook are pushing now to be your one and only news aggregating site. You can still sign the online petition at https://www.change.org/petitions/google-keep-google-reader-running (for what it is worth)
My Alternatives to Google Reader
Feedly
- Synchronizes itself with Google Reader until July,
- Same keyboard shortcuts,
- Import from Google Reader using Google's OAuth,
- Mobile app,
- Firefox and chrome plugin,
- Tips for Google Reader users migrating to feedly
Newsblur
- Commercial and free plan for up to
6412 RSS channels, - Import from Google Reader using Google's OAuth,
- iOS apps, Android Mobile app
- Open Source (MIT),
- Self hosting thanks to https://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur
Tiny RSS
- Free software, licensed under GNU GPL
- Paid mobile app,
- Chrome plugins
- Commercial plan
- Self hosting thanks to Github (I did install my own copy at http://rss.waltercedric.com)
Google Data Centers virtual visit
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- Category: Google
- Published on Monday, 29 October 2012 23:45
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2 weeks ago, a post on Google's official blog announced a project that allows users to step inside the private world of its data centers. For the first time, the company's impressive efficiency records and green ethos have been given a face in the form of the stunning photographs by Connie Zhou and the Street View-able hallways of the Lenoir facility in North Carolina...
I’m Offering 50 Google+ invite !!!!!!
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- Category: Google
- Published on Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:53
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Google+ is a new social media platform currently in limited Field Trial only. You can only join Google Plus after invitation from a Google Plus user.
How to get an invite?
Send me your either your Gmail address/ Facebook email together with your website (if you have one) so I can verify that you won’t be selling them afterward on eBay. Do not publish your email on my blog in the comments below, send them to:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
To avoid spam, jetable.org provides you with a temporary email address. As soon as it is created, all the emails sent to this address are forwarded to your actual email address.
I will check your email in Google, so don’t cheat or you’ll get nothing in return.This email will expire in 24hours. I may renew this offering in the next few days.
Final words: Do not give money to free riders! so
- DO NOT/NEVER buy Google Plus Invitation on eBay
- Don’t Fill an Online Form with Personal Information to
Use always Google.com as default search engine in Chrome for direct search
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- Category: Google
- Published on Thursday, 20 October 2011 11:06
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Nothing is more disturbing than to be redirected to you local Google domain (.ch, .fr, .de or any other) when you want to do a search using English keywords. Did you notice by the way that the index returned is different? you do not get the same number of results or any accurate results at all if you use the same query on your local Google domains…
Here is a small tip to force Google Chrome to redirect all your direct search (when you type in the location bar and click enter) always to Google.com or any other local domains of Google instead of the one that is revealed by your IP country.
Read more: Use always Google.com as default search engine in Chrome for direct search
Internet is Best viewed in Chrome 12 Web browser
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- Category: Google
- Published on Wednesday, 08 June 2011 21:23
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The latest version of a Chrome browser show its muscle in version 12 (just restart your chrome browser to get this new version), major new features
- Hardware accelerated 3D CSS
- New measures to prevent malware and phishing attempts
Watch Shaun and his friends' antics in clips from "An Ill Wind", "Snowed In", "The Big Chase", and "Twos Company" through an interactive experiment created with hardware-accelerated HTML5 video, 3D CSS Transforms, and WebM. Use the controls to expand and shrink the video, rotate the scene, bring up a rotating carousel of videos, turn on puddle reflection, and navigate between videos in a snap.
HTML5 and CSS make these advanced functionalities (and more!) a part of the modern web standard, and allow developers and artists to create immersive, imaginative experiences for everyone to enjoy.
http://www.chromeexperiments.com/shaunthesheep
Google is really pushing the web and they show it nicely.
I am also a fan of Wallace & Gromit as well 
