GamersNexus: "Until recently, Google Reader has made up a large portion of the userbase for feed aggregation, but the company announced just yesterday that they'd be shutting down the service officially on July 1st, 2013. The shutdown means many users are looking for web-based and desktop RSS alternatives to Google Reader -- this article showcases a few of those.
We'll start with two of the rising stars in the web space, then move to a simple desktop reader."
Rolling out to Android now. iOS users should eventually get it
BuzzFeed: No one took ownership of Google Reader internally because it wasn’t a top priority for Larry Page and his inner circle of lieutenants. And if you aren’t working on something that the boss cares about, then what’s the point?
Engadget - Naturally, we held off on posting this until Google Reader was dead and gone, so people had time to get used to one of the replacements.