The service will allegedly feature content from publishers, as well as content from Facebook users.
People were expecting the social giant to unveil its news reader alongside the announcement of hashtags last week, but only the Facebook hashtags was announced.Īccording to the Wall Street Journal, the social giant has been working on a content reader, dubbed Reader (how original!) and it aims to be the newspaper of mobile devices. You can visit to be one of the first to try out AOL Reader. You can share content you read with your friends by tagging or sharing on your wall and AOL was kind enough to have the Reader’s API available to developers so they can create apps on top of the service. There are two views to choose from, one that features that list of articles while the other features images. There’s nothing jaw-dropping about AOL Reader. But right now, only those with an AOL email account can request for access to its beta.
You can log in using your AOL account, if that still exists, or via Facebook, Twitter or Google+.
It’s no surprise then, to learn that some of Google’s larger rivals may be looking to fill the void left by Google Reader, most recently Facebook and AOL.ĪOL, regarded as one of the things that shaped the Internet to what it is today, released the AOL Reader this week – a web based content reader that has a simple interface but has interface that would suits mobile devices. There are already some news readers that have gained plenty of attention ever since the news of Google Reader’s demise surfaced, which means there are several news readers to choose from and more are coming. Flipboard vs Google News: Save for laterĪny top news app for iPhones or Android phones should let users save their favourite articles so they can read them whenever they want, just like the offline mode does.A week from now, Google Reader will be seeing its final day. Or, if you open the article to read it before you share it, you’ll see a Share icon at the bottom of the screen. You can share an article on Google News without opening it by tapping and selecting the three vertical dots next to the title share. This is great if you want to share gaming articles with your friends and local news articles with your family. You can make different magazines for different groups of family or friends. Google News is more of a news app than Flipboard. Just sign in and choose the Google Account you want to be linked to. You don’t need to make a new Google Account to use Google News if you already have one. If you know how to use many of Google’s other mobile apps, it will be easy to learn how to use Google News. You don’t have to sign up for an account, but it’s a good idea if you want to customise your experience and share news with friends and family. This is exactly how the app was made to feel. Flipboard is great if you like the way it feels to flip through a magazine.
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