28 de março de 2013

Digg wants to fill the Google Reader-shaped hole in your heart

Digg wants to fill the Google Reader-shaped hole in your heart:
Digg revealed details about a forthcoming RSS reader in a blog post today. The service will perform much like Google Reader in that it will aggregate content from various feeds, but Digg said it also hopes to “add value to the sources of information” by integrating services like Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, reddit, and LinkedIn. The ultimate goal is to make all of these items easier to peruse and organize in an online reader. “We likely won’t get everything we want into [version one], but we believe it’s worth exploring,” wrote Digg.
The post also outlined how the company had long planned to build something like Reader, but it didn't actively pursue the idea until Google told the world about Reader's “imminent shutdown." Digg softly announced its own RSS intentions in a blog post last week, and an overwhelming number of responses encouraged the company's decision to push forward with the plan.
Digg said that although the project will be a huge undertaking for its small team, it’s confident it can ship a veritable replacement for Reader. Digg will work with its users to ensure that the product is up to their standards, and it invited those who are interested to join a mailing list as development begins. The company is also explicitly seeking developers who “want to lend a hand.”
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