AOL Reader, coming Monday, inserts the company among the likes of Feedly and Digg that are jockeying to pick up users cast off by Google's shuttering service. June 21, 2013 1:40 PM PDT (Credit: Screenshot by Joan E. Solsman/CNET) For something as sedate as RSS readers, Google's competition is getting fired up. AOL plans to launch its own AOL Reader Monday, which will focus on being fast and simple at first, according to a person familiar with the matter at AOL. The entry will be one week before Google Reader is scheduled to go dark. The service is supposed to close July 1, the search giant announced in March. Related stories Simple ways to enhance your Internet privacy The iPhone 5S rumor roundup 'Google Mine' heads to Google+, Android? U.K. regulator to Google: Delete Street View data -- or else Get a Kobo Mini e-reader for $39.99 Keeping it simple at first is a similar strategy to rivals, which have had to keep goals narrow to roll out quickly before Google Reader closes. A landing page for a beta version describes the service as one that bring "all your favorite websites, in one place." But it joins a scuffle of other Google Reader wannabes that are jockeying to pick up the most pieces. Feeldy has been refreshing site compatible with all major browsers with a new interface that doesn't require plug-ins or browser extensions. Digg is planning to roll out a new RSS service by Wednesday that will let users import from Google and have basic functions to appeal to the "power user," planning for more sophisticated functions to come after. Speculation has also arisen that Facebook is exploring a reader too. The Next Web first reported the landing page for the beta service.
AOL Reader, coming Monday, inserts the company among the likes of Feedly and Digg that are jockeying to pick up users cast off by Google's shuttering service.
For something as sedate as RSS readers, Google's competition is getting fired up.
AOL plans to launch its own AOL Reader Monday, which will focus on being fast and simple at first, according to a person familiar with the matter at AOL.
The entry will be one week before Google Reader is scheduled to go dark. The service is supposed to close July 1, the search giant announced in March.
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- Get a Kobo Mini e-reader for $39.99
Keeping it simple at first is a similar strategy to rivals, which have had to keep goals narrow to roll out quickly before Google Reader closes.
A landing page for a beta version describes the service as one that bring "all your favorite websites, in one place."
But it joins a scuffle of other Google Reader wannabes that are jockeying to pick up the most pieces. Feeldy has been refreshing site compatible with all major browsers with a new interface that doesn't require plug-ins or browser extensions.
Digg is planning to roll out a new RSS service by Wednesday that will let users import from Google and have basic functions to appeal to the "power user," planning for more sophisticated functions to come after.
Speculation has also arisen that Facebook is exploring a reader too.
The Next Web first reported the landing page for the beta service.
