How to save your Google Reader subscriptions to Flipboard
This week Google gave some bad news to the users of Google Reader, its feeds service or subscriptions to web pages with which to be able to Be aware of the latest publications and news of the user's favorite media or pages. And it is that, after eight years in operation, will stop providing service as of the 1st of next JulySomething that has saddened and infuriated many users in equal measure when they now consider what will happen to their accounts and subscriptions
However, all is not lost And it is the ideal time for other tools such as news readers take advantage of the situation and provide this service to users. A good option is to use Flipboard An application with a very careful and lucid design informat digital magazine that not only allows subscribe to important media and the user's social networks, but also In addition, it allows you to collect the current Google Reader subscriptions to continue using and consulting them from now on and after the closure of this service
The first thing is to download on a smartphone or tablet with operating system Android, or on a iPhone or iPad the application Flipboard and create a user account A A step that only takes a few minutes and involves no more than entering a username, email and password Also, when creating an account it is possible to access all content of said account from any device, since the data is stored in thecloud
The next step is to click on the red ribbon in the upper right corner of the screen. This displays a small menu with shortcuts to various points, being Accounts the one that interested in this case. Here are the different resocial networks and subscription services that can be added to Flipboard to enjoy all of them in the same place.Among them Google Reader, in which it is necessary to enter the Google user data
With these two simple steps it is now possible to have all Google Reader subscriptions on Flipboard, without fear of losing them as ofJuly 1 Thus, you only have to look for the section Google Reader within this digital magazine, as if were one of the feeds to which the user has already subscribed. Pressing displays the last published articles, although it is always possible to press the upper central button and browse through the different sections of the subscriptions, as they are arranged in Google Reader
This satisfies one of the needs that users of Google Reader are going to face in a few months.All this enjoying a clean and measured design down to the millimeter that bets on good readability without dispensing with attractive animations reminiscent of lapel watches like those in airports. In addition, uniting sources of information, entertainment and social networks, all in one.
