Posts Tagged google-reader
And now for something completely different
Posted by orerfireced in Articles, Google, Twitter on March 11th, 2010
Since I’ve been working on Google Reader, I’ve told a lot of my friends about how great it is. And while some of them try Reader and find it really useful, many of them aren’t interested in taking the time to get Reader set up. That’s why today, I’m happy to announce an experimental product from the Google Reader team that makes the best stuff in Reader more accessible for everyone, while giving Reader users a new way to view their feeds. It’s called Google Reader Play, and it’s a new way to browse interesting stuff on the web that’s easy to use and personalized to the things you like. Best of all, there’s no set-up required: visit google.com/reader/play to give it a try.
Google Reader Gets a Social Makeover, Adds Likes and Followers
Posted by Hassan Alsheikh in Articles on July 16th, 2009
Social media’s changed how users consume content. In the past, we’d read a few news websites or top blogs, and our trust came from those brands. However, with the rise of social filtering and tools like Facebook and Twitter, more and more of our news comes from our friends, who share what they find interesting. This is part of why retweeting and link sharing has become such a hot trend.
Google Reader, the most popular tool for reading RSS feeds, recognizes this phenomenon. In May, they launched a friends trends tool to help you determine who was worth following, but that’s nothing compared to the changes that Google’s making today: it has added the ability to follow specific users and to “like” articles.
In other words, Google Reader has emulated FriendFeed, Facebook, and Twitter.
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New Blog Search tools: Feeds, Hot Queries and Latest Posts
Posted by Hassan Alsheikh in Articles on July 2nd, 2009
Ever since the new Google Blog Search homepage launched , we’ve been fielding requests for a myriad of different features. Today we’re happy to announce the launch of our most requested feature: RSS and Atom feeds. Simply click on the links under “Subscribe” in the left-hand column of the Blog Search front page to subscribe to any topic or story in any feed reader, like Google Reader .
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New Blog Search tools: Feeds, Hot Queries and Latest Posts
The evolution of Gmail labels
Posted by Hassan Alsheikh in Articles on July 1st, 2009
I love labels in Gmail. Most email programs use folders, which only let me put mail in one place at a time
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The evolution of Gmail labels