latest
YouTube Music is planning some big upgrades for podcasts
RSS feed support will soon be coming to the app
A critical part of finding success as a podcaster is making sure that your show is widely available. That being said, uploading audio to a host’s platform is a time-consuming process. Being able to streamline this by uploading to an RSS feed can reduce the time that goes into content distribution. To that end, YouTube intends to give podcasters the option to upload via RSS feeds to the YouTube Music app by the end of 2023.
Google Reader is returning from the dead and haunting Google Chrome
Currently available behind a flag in Chrome 92
Read update
Google Reader used to be the pinnacle of RSS news consumption before it was discontinued in 2013, and many people are still bitter about its demise. While Google probably won't ever properly resurrect the service, it's currently working on the next best thing: An option to follow websites in Chrome, tapping into RSS. You can try it right now in Chrome 92.
gReader gets its first update in four years, but maybe it shouldn't have
Customers complain of obnoxious ads, and the paid Pro version is still missing
Once-popular RSS aggregator gReader just got its first update in almost four years. The new v5 release claims improved support for video and podcast playback, dark mode support in article view, and some miscellaneous bug fixes. We've also spotted Inoreader support. But unfortunately, reports also claim the app's ads are especially obnoxious now, and the ad-free "Pro" version of the app many customers purchased years ago is still missing from the Play Store.
The Old Reader May End Public Availability Following Flood Of Former Google Reader Users, Developers Want Their Lives Back
The Old Reader May End Public Availability Following Flood Of Former Google Reader Users
Perhaps Google Reader's largest advantage wasn't its features, usability, or ubiquity - it was Google's massive resources. The Old Reader was one of many alternatives that readers fled to in advance of Reader's imminent collapse, and its users swelled by over 1000 percent in just a week. Now, after having swelled from 10 thousand users to over 400 thousand, the developers are saying that enough is enough. They currently plan to re-launch The Old Reader as a private service and only invite back those who joined before the flood, but they're still open to alternatives that would ensure continued public access.
We love RSS. We also love DashClock. So when we heard about a new DC extension that marries the two, well, we had to check it out.