![]() While Google Reader was a great experience for many, it was pretty simple in how it aggregated feeds, rendered them, and provided recommendations. It’s more of an exercise in welding together technology we already have in our back pocket and wrapping it in a new content consumption-oriented user interface. Curata Reader and content consumption overall is not new turf for us, nor is it about building something from scratch. Curata’s flagship curation product does everything that Google Reader does and a whole lot more. We are particularly focused on making this a great experience for users whose jobs depend on it. ![]() We’re not just striving to make a great feed reader. We understand how business users, informational service professionals, and marketers utilize dynamic online content. Our customer base has collectively curated and consumed millions of pieces of content over the past few years. While there are many other products vying to be the next Google Reader, Curata Reader is different for the following reasons: Over the past few weeks at Curata we realized it makes sense for us to develop an alternative to Google Reader for people looking for a replacement. Many have used Google Reader without qualms because it’s “good enough.” But why settle for “good enough?” As the sun sets on Google Reader, we are happy to announce we are launching Curata Reader as an alternative to Google Reader. For the past eight years we have seen little innovation in the feed reader market because of Google’s monopoly. ![]() In any other place, this would be called monopolistic price-dumping, but in the online world there are no penalties for giving away your product for free.Īs you may know, Google announced they are discontinuing Google Reader as of July 1, 2013, which has upset many people online. As one of the first hosted feed readers, it took the world by storm, effectively killing the market for other feed readers and the innovation that comes with it. ![]()
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