Google Shutting Down Reader, Voice For BlackBerry, And Cloud Connect Services

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Are you a frequent user of Google Reader? Tough luck! Google has had an ongoing "spring cleaning" for a few years now, shutting down peripheral services and items that it simply can't find time to focus on as a more mature, publicly-traded company. For the most part, the shut-downs have only angered a minority, but it seems the decision to...

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Google has been making a concerted effort in recent years to narrow its focus and thefore the range of products and services it offers. Google explains that if they didn’t do this, they’d be spread too thin and ultimately have less impact. That’s fair enough, but sometimes it means we lose genuinely useful tools/applications. This [...]

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