News!! Rip, Google Reader. Google's March 2013 Production Cancellation Summary.

This QuickTip is almost Google's March 2013 (spring for them) production retirements, together with how they touching Blogger users.

For a while, every fourth dimension the flavor changes Google accept announced a prepare of production retirements. This quarter's annunciation is simply out, together with y'all tin honor it here.

In short, the changes are:

• Apps Script volition halt supporting GUI Builder together with v UiApp widgets from September 16, 2013.

• CalDAV API alone last available to whitelisted developers, from September 16, 2013. Us Google Calendar's API, instead.

• Google Building Maker volition last retired on June 1 2013.

• Google Cloud Connect won't last available from Apr thirty (use Google Drive's desktop app instead).

• Google Reader stops working on July 1, 2013, Export your subscriptions together with piece of occupation to a greater extent than or less other company's RSS feed-reader. (No recommendations given)

• The Google Voice App for Blackberry won't last supported from side past times side week. (Use Google's HTML5 app amongst Blackberry version vi together with over instead.)

• The Search API for Shopping, is depricated at i time together with volition last turned off on September 16, 2013.

• Snapseed Desktop (Macintosh together with Windows) is no longer available for purchase. Existing customers tin nevertheless download the software together with enquire for support. (No alternatives recommended, the Snapseed mobile app on iOS together with Android is nevertheless available free.)

As far equally I tin see, none of these volition accept a big impact on people equally they piece of occupation Blogger to hold their blogs.

But personally I volition immature adult woman Google-reader: I piece of occupation it to drib dead along upward amongst the many blogger-helpers that I read, inward gild to remain on move past times of what's happening amongst Blogger overall together with to spot areas that require to a greater extent than investigation.

And it worries me that Google are no longer offering a human-useable RSS-feed-reader (ref What is RSS together with why does it thing for bloggers?).   Does it larn far more-likely that Google volition near downwards Feedburner inward the future? That would wound a lot of Blogger-users.

Wanted: a Google-reader replacement

Many bloggers, including me, volition last looking for a replacement feed-reader.

Recommendations welcome, delight move out a comment below!

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