Today Google said goodbye to its RSS reader, Google Reader. I had previously written on this blog that Google Reader was an excellent tool for creating your own “newspaper.”
Rather than give you a long list of alternatives, I’m just giving you my top recommendation for your new reader: feedly. It seems everyone is talking about it, and the positive vibe is warranted. It has a sleek design, loads quickly, lets you mark articles as read easily and even imports your Google Reader feeds.
I like that you can customize the view, from a list to magazine-style to cards (my favorite–resembles Flipboard) to full articles. For those stories that you like, you can share them easily through Pinterest, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. I also like that you can track your stocks, too, although that feature is temporarily disabled.
Like most products these days, feedly is cloud-based can be accessed through a browser or an app. I’ve got feedly loaded on both my Android phone and tablet.