Google Reader Set To Retire In Two Weeks, Cover Your RSS By Using Flipboard
In approximately two weeks, Google will retire Google Reader, but before you freak out there are simple steps you can take to make sure your Google Reader feeds remain intact by using Flipboard. Google plans to shut down the service on July 1, 2013 so mark your calendar and follow the steps below to ensure you still have access to your Google Reader feeds:
Instructions:
1) Create a Flipboard account. Having an account means that you can always access your favorite content, RSS feeds and social networks from different devices or from a shared device.
2) Tap on the red ribbon, select “Accounts” and sign in to your Google Reader on Flipboard. Do this today and stay signed in!
Flipboard will preserve your Google Reader feeds, folders and favorited items, so you can continue to enjoy all your subscriptions. Keep in mind that after Google Reader is retired some of its functionality will not be available. For example, you won’t be able to mark any new items as favorites create new folders, or add or remove feeds.
Not all hope is lost, as you can still use Flipboard to enjoy all your favorite RSS content. If you want to add a new feed to your Flipboard experience, find it via the search bar and tap the subscribe icon to save it to your “My Subscriptions” area. You can also save items to read later by using Flipboard magazines. To save individual stories; just tap the + button by the story to create a magazine for reading later or on a topic you are interested in
To learn more about Flipboard and Google Reader, please see Flipboard’s FAQ section.
