#Google Reader

In a recent blog post, Google announced the second batch of services that the company will axe. Among these services is the search giant’s popular RSS aggregator/reader called Google Reader which will end its term on the 1st of July. Google Reader made its debut back in 2005 and has seen development since then. Google states that the decision to halt the service is made due to the declining number of users. You can backup your subscriptions over at Google Takeout. There was some sort of mass panic last night when Google was spewing a warning "this site may harm your computer" on all their search results. People search on Google were shocked and confused as if the search engine itself was hacked. Connie took a screenshot from her browser of what turned out to be human error from some engineers over at Google: The incident happened sometime between 6:30 a.m. Read more in our articles including "Google Reader to retire on July 1" and "The day Google broke the Web".