Bloglines, the venerable RSS reader, will cease to exist in a few weeks, according to its owner, Ask.com.
Users should export their syndicated feeds to another RSS reader, as Bloglines will be shut down on Oct. 1, Ask.com said Friday in a blog post. Ask.com has posted instructions on the Bloglines home page for exporting feeds to another RSS management service.
Ask.com, which acquired the service in 2005, had paid little attention to Bloglines in recent years, barely updating it, while rivals like Google Reader gained in popularity.
Simultaneously, social media services like microblogging site Twitter have encroached on the territory of RSS readers in general by becoming faster and more convenient options for receiving online content alerts.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/205262/
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Users should export their syndicated feeds to another RSS reader, as Bloglines will be shut down on Oct. 1, Ask.com said Friday in a blog post. Ask.com has posted instructions on the Bloglines home page for exporting feeds to another RSS management service.
Ask.com, which acquired the service in 2005, had paid little attention to Bloglines in recent years, barely updating it, while rivals like Google Reader gained in popularity.
Simultaneously, social media services like microblogging site Twitter have encroached on the territory of RSS readers in general by becoming faster and more convenient options for receiving online content alerts.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/205262/
