Goodbye Google Reader

As reported from long time, Finally on 1 July 2013, +Google stopped its RSS reading Service, Google Reader. It was shut down as a part of spring cleaning. Google Reader is now in memories. 

Here's the reason why Google stopped it.

Google doing Winter Cleaning, stops some less used services

We're nearing the end of 2012, and Google is doing some "winter cleaning" around the office and some less-popular services are going away. Google will be shutting down several services related to sync and calendar, all within the next month.

Google Sync is being being sent off to retirement—the service allows Microsoft Exchange’s ActiveSync protocol to access Gmail, Calendar and contacts. Existing connections will function as normal, but any new accounts created beyond Jan. 30 won’t work. 

[Text Courtesy: Techno Buffalo, Android Central]

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