Google does the unthinkable and plans to shut down Reader. This is a time period that will go down as a massive inflection point for the Internet. At the very least, it’s something we’re going to complain about for REALLY long time.
We also talk about SimCity’s online requirement, Samsung’s new Galaxy S4, Mailbox’s acquisition by Dropbox, Facebook’s maturity, the miracle compound called Graphene and Netflix’s new social integration.
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- Facebook isn’t cool anymore
- Google announces that Reader will be going away
- A second spring of cleaning – Official Blog Post
- Google Reader is being shut down because the Reader team was the only one that succeeded in social at Google
- Google Reader lived on borrowed time: creator Chris Wetherell reflects
- Why RSS is important
- Digg announces plan to build an RSS reader with ‘the best of Google Reader’s features,’ including its API
- As Google Reader is killed off, Flipboard, Feedly and others step up with RSS alternatives
- 8 Google Reader Alternatives That Will Ease Your RSS Pain
- Introducing Netflix Social
- SimCity can run indefinitely offline
- Even more about SimCity wonky-ness
- Graphene being used in audio
- Graphene being used to desalinate water
- Facebook to Introduce Hashtags – And That’s a Double-Edged Sword for Twitter
- The Samsung Galaxy S4: Amazing and boring, all at the same time
- GS4 is no game changer
- Samsung Galaxy S IV Hands On: Everything New Is Old Again
- HTC President calls GS4 presentation “embarrassing”
- Mailbox Cost Dropbox Around $100 Million
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