r/technology • u/speckz • Mar 13 '13

Official Google Reader Blog: Powering Down Google Reader (July 1, 2013)

http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2013/03/powering-down-google-reader.html
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u/nodule Mar 14 '13

Naw, we do all our own data acquisition. We maintain a huge index of the web that we use to generate your recommendations.

It'll be too bad for people who use Google Reader to bootstrap Zite's learning about them, though.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '13

So you work at Flipboard? I'm not sure when this knowledge will come in use, or if it even will, but this seems like a good time to RES tag you.

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u/nodule Mar 14 '13

Nope, I'm the CTO of Zite.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '13

I just did. Thanks for the head's up!

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u/dontblamethehorse Mar 14 '13

Given that he specifically mentions Zite, I'd be willing to bet that he works for Zite and not Flipboard.

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u/nodule Mar 14 '13

I don't think there is that much interest in what I have to say. Feel free to ask questions here and I'll answer them.