

What's a faithful reader of RSS and Atom feeds to do? Find an alternative, of which there are plenty. But now, citing a decline of usethere are more likely reasons (Opens in a new window)Google has announced that on July 1, 2013, it's shuttering Google Reader forever. Even if you haven't ever visited Google Reader, you've probably had it as the backend for your main RSS reading tool. The service, launched in 2005 by Google Labs, is the primary force in RSS reading almost every piece of desktop software or mobile apps out there syncs with it. When we talk about free RSS news readers, we're usually talking about Google Reader.
