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It gives advice on how to manage all the devices, apps, digital photos, social networks, email, and other technology that can make you feel like you're going to have a panic attack. My column, Get Organized, has been running on PCMag since 2012.
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I've been contributing to PCMag since 2011, at times as an analyst and columnist, and currently as deputy managing editor for the software team. And if nothing in this list tickles your fancy, see, " Top Free Picks: RSS Readers." Take a look at these top services and our notes about their pros and cons to see which one will work best for you. The only piece missing is Google Alerts, which I recently learned have been unreliable for the past few weeks and do not appear to be functioning in any other RSS feed reader since Google Reader shut down (we'll have reviews of alternatives to Google Alerts on PCMag soon). But depending on what's important to you, a different service could fit your needs better. Two favorites came out on top, which became our Editors' Choices. My colleagues and I at PCMag rigorously tested many alternatives to Google Reader. Support for OPML file uploads, on the other hand, seemed just as important as anything else, as that function is necessary for former Google Reader users to migrate at their own pace. I don't use RSS for breaking news, so speed was a little lower on my list. I also spent a long time looking at which readers included tools to help me organize my feeds. Simplicity and a clean design came out on top. My personal quest for a new RSS feed reader led me to reevaluate what was important. Alternatively, you could move to a more magazine-like experience, such as the Flipboard app provides, where content and sources can be curated, cultivated, and recommended to you.īut if you want the basic RSS stuff of life, a simple scrolling list of updates from your favorite blogs, news sources, and sites of curiosities delivered to an inbox-like environment, then check out the services listed below. And there are dozens and dozens more options to explore, not least of which is giving up RSS altogether, which a few people have mentioned to me they're done. I've found nine very good services that all offer something different. It's a lot of upheaval around a "really simple" service.įinding the right RSS feed reader need not be a source of pain. And then, shockingly, users of The Old Reader had a scare when that service threatened to kill off any accounts created in the throes of the Google Reader panic, but that service appears to be run now by a new team entirely and reports to be alive and well (Opens in a new window).
Then Digg (remember Digg?) out of nowhere launched a minimalist-designed RSS feed reader, with an iPhone app, too, putting a jaunty feather in its cap. First Google Reader users got a warning that their service was on the outs (it then closed for good July 1).
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