In killing Google Reader, Google are killing openness
I was never a Google Reader user. Should have been but chose to consume my news the hard way with a spazmodic mix of bookmarks, Evernote, twitter, and other websites I can barely remember. Now I use Flipboard but question its efficiency even though it is very pretty. Google reader was built on RSS, an open technology that makes it easy for publishers to syndicate content and readers to consume content. When Google announced they were retiring Google reader saying, “usage of Google Reader has declined, and as a company we’re pouring all of our energy into fewer products.” 150,000 irate …