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Google Reader

RSS/Atom feed aggregator

Softwarewebsite news aggregator web applicationQ371060

Also known as Feed reader

Developer: Google
Founded: October 7, 2005
Released: October 7, 2005
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1.googlepress.blogspot.com/2005/10/google-reader_07.html
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Website: google.com/reader

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Google Reader was an RSS/Atom feed aggregator service operated by Google. It was created in early 2005 by Google engineer Chris Wetherell and launched on 7 October 2005, through Google Labs. Google Reader grew in popularity to support a number of programs which used it as a platform for serving news and information to users. Google closed Google Reader on 1 July 2013, citing declining use.

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Owned by: Google
Headquarters: United States
Creator: Google
Has use: news aggregator
Social media followers: 125,969(February 3, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 19002481
127,412(February 21, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 19002481
129,878(January 6, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 19002481
Distributor: Google Play
Dissolved: July 1, 2013
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1.googleblog.blogspot.ca/2013/03/a-second-spring-of-cleaning.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-26
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Title: Google Reader

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