3 Alternatives of google reader

                                                                  
Finally, it’s the day to bid goodbye
to Google Reader. Google is all set
to pull the plug on its popular tool
for viewing RSS feeds due to
waning popularity. Launched in
2005, the service was adept at
bringing everything one cares
about on the Internet under a
single roof. Furthermore, it synced
the feeds across all devices. One
could subscribe to RSS feeds of
their favourite sites/blogs, and the
feeds would reach them once the
site/blog was updated. While there
has been a shift in the way people
access feeds today, there are
enough people who are
accustomed to or use Google
Reader extensively on desktops.
For these users, we have picked
top three alternatives to Google
Reader.
Feedly
Google Reader’s demise will
benefit Feedly immensely. Feedly
comes across as an apt and direct
replacement for Google Reader. It
is the most popular Google Reader
alternative with a neat and slick
user interface. It can be easily
personalised just like Google
Reader with a newspaper-like
interface or an image-centric view.
Considering that most users are
looking for a mobile friendly RSS
feed service, Feedly is extremely
app friendly. Available for web,
Android and iOS, it syncs feeds
across various devices. This means,
you can easily access feeds on your
smartphone or tablet and then
pick up from where you left on the
laptop. To further up its chances
as the best alternative, Feedly has
been adding a slew of features
lately. The set of features includes
a new syncing service, keyboard
shortcuts, extension-free web app
and more.
Digg Reader
Digg Reader was announced
shortly after Google announced the
imminent demise of its Reader. It
has been in works for the past
three months and in the beta
testing stage for a week now.
Though Digg Reader is officially
launched, one could call it a work
in progress. It has adopted a
similar Google Reader-like
interface and one has to sign in
using their Google account. Digg
Reader allows users to share
stories on Instagram, social
networks and obviously on Digg. It
has a filter that shows all trending
articles from your feeds. Digg
Reader has some features in the
pipeline, such as viewing unread
items and marking items as
unread. With the number of quick
updates it has been getting, it
looks like Digg Reader is all geared
up to replace the Google Reader,
but isn’t there quite yet. It has
also launched an iOS app, while an
Android app is expected in the
coming weeks.
AOL Reader
AOL has also launched its own tool
for viewing RSS feeds dubbed AOL
Reader. It is a simple web RSS
feeds reader that comes without
any bells and whistles. It can be
accessed using your Twitter,
Google or Facebook accounts. It is
not as slick as Feedly or Digg, but
AOL does make it easy to get new
content from several news sources,
spread across numerous
categories. It comes with different
layout formats, including a
thumbnail kind (card view) of
display that shows the headline
and lead image of every article.
Users can mark articles to read
later and AOL also shows a
catalogue of suggested sites. AOL
Reader has a lot of potential as a
web application, but the hiccup is
missing support for mobile
platforms. Nevertheless, AOL is
said to be working on smartphone
and tablet apps.
Besides, you could check out some
other options such as The Old
Reader and Flipboard . Desktop
users can also take a look at
Reeder (Mac) and Outlook. The
Opera browser also has a default
RSS icon.