For a while, every 4th dimension the flavour changes Google bring announced a cook of production retirements. This quarter's announcement is exactly out, together with yous tin dismiss award it here.
In short, the changes are:
- Apps Script testament halt supporting GUI Builder together with v UiApp widgets from September 16, 2013.
- CalDAV API lone terminal available to whitelisted developers, from September 16, 2013. Us Google Calendar's API, instead.
- Google Building Maker testament terminal retired on June 1 2013.
- Google Cloud Connect won't terminal available from April xxx (use Google Drive's desktop app instead).
- Google Reader stops working on July 1, 2013, Export your subscriptions together with slice of delineate of piece of employment to a greater extent than or less other company's RSS feed-reader. (No recommendations given)
- The Google Voice App for Blackberry won't terminal supported from side by times side week. (Use Google's HTML5 app alongside Blackberry version vi together with over instead.)
- The Search API for Shopping, is depricated at i fourth dimension together with testament terminal turned off on September 16, 2013.
- Snapseed Desktop (Macintosh together with Windows) is no longer available for purchase. Existing customers tin dismiss all the same download the software together with inquire for support. (No alternatives recommended, the Snapseed mobile app on iOS together with Android is all the same available free.)
As far as I tin dismiss see, none of these testament bring a big send upon on people as they slice of delineate of piece of employment Blogger to concur their blogs.
But personally I testament young adult adult woman Google-reader: I slice of delineate of piece of employment it to driblet dead along upward alongside the many blogger-helpers that I read, inward guild to rest on motion by times of what's happening alongside Blogger overall together with to spot areas that involve to a greater extent than investigation.
And it worries me that Google are no longer offering a human-useable RSS-feed-reader (ref What is RSS together with why does it affair for bloggers?). Does it acquire far more-likely that Google testament close downwards Feedburner inward the future? That would injure a lot of Blogger-users.
Wanted: a Google-reader replacement
Many bloggers, including me, testament terminal looking for a replacement feed-reader.
Recommendations welcome, please motion out a comment below!