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With so many Web sites to follow, I find myself relying on my Google Reader regularly. Unfortunately, I also find that many RSS snippets will cut off right when I'm about to get to the good stuff. This is generally because the sites want you to click on their links. I understand the reasoning behind it (and am guilty of it myself), but this sometimes leaves me with 10 open tabs to read, making me wander and lose focus on 10 different Web sites.

To prevent this, I've started using Google Reader Inline after checking out&… Read more

The amount of content that your RSS feed displays can vary from a brief summary to almost the entire article. If you prefer viewing the full content of your feeds, there's a way to display them in Google Reader using a Chrome extension.

1. To get started, install the Super Full Feeds for Google Reader Chrome extension. It will integrate into Google Reader and allow three modes of display--readable, link, and feed.

2. After installing the extension, a new button called, "Super settings" will appear in Google Reader. A display mode tab will appear in each feed … Read more

Google recently revamped Google Reader to a healthy dose of criticism. If you're unhappy with the changes to Google Reader, we've highlighted some alternative feed aggregators to consider.

We've broken down the choices to Web, Android, and iOS, but some apps are available across multiple platforms and devices.

Feedly (Firefox and Chrome) Feedly is an aggregator that actually pulls feeds from Google Reader. It offers different viewing styles, including titles, magazine, mosaic, and full article. Feedly also has one of the most comprehensive sharing options we've seen. Items can be sent to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, … Read more

You know something went wrong with your Web site's redesign when two people who used to work on it publish detailed, scathing assessments.

Google Reader, revamped this week, falls into that category. Google gave the RSS site the new red-and-black look that's sprouting at Gmail and elsewhere and, deeper down, changed the mechanics of how people can share posts they're interested in.

Former Google Reader product manager Brian Shih took Google to task for a monochromatic user interface (UI) that squanders too much screen space on a header bar and for making it harder to share posts: &… Read more

Google has rolled out the new version of Google Reader with not only a new interface--consistent with the Google Calendar and Gmail redesigns--but also with Google+ integration. Here's how to share items to Google+ with the new version of Google Reader:

Step 1: When you find an item you want to share, click on the +1 button, located under the item.

Step 2: In the small box, click on the area that says, "Share on Google+."

Step 3: When the Google+ share box appears, enter a note and choose the circles you want to share the item … Read more

Today's show begins with a history lesson on the fate of the Microsoft Courier tablet and its possible reincarnation with a modified version of the Windows 8 operating system.… Read more

AT&T gets its first LTE smartphones this weekend, Google Reader is integrated with Google Plus, and we learn more about the death of Microsoft's Courier tablet project.

Links from Tuesday's episode of Loaded:

Google Reader is finally getting its day in the sun. Just as promised earlier this month, the forgotten Google app for collecting and reading news articles all in one place is getting a revamped design.

Up until now, Google Reader has been a flat-out mess with widgets and links in a haphazard layout of frames, while other products in the Google Apps suite such as Docs and Calendar have all been treated to new looks in the last few months.

Now, Google Reader will look more like a combination of Google+ and the new Gmail user interface. Here’s an … Read more

Of all the apps and services in Google's catalog, Google Reader must be one of the most ignored. The interface hasn't gotten a major upgrade in years, and the product itself feels stale, with few changes or additions to speak of since it was launched.

To put it simply, Google Reader is a mess.

There are just links, text, and widgets everywhere, formatted into random frames that resemble leftovers from the Internet five to six years ago. Considering that most of the rest of the Google Apps suite (that is, Calendar, Docs, and soon Gmail, etc.) have all … Read more