Google Reader shutting down
This has been a long time coming. Four years ago I began work on my own feed reader, NewsBlur, and it's now a full-fledged Google Reader competitor. It's also a paid app and has been paying for itself nearly since the beginning.<p><a href="http://www.newsblur.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsblur.com</a><p>I hope HN finds NewsBlur useful, especially since it's got native mobile apps on iOS (iPhone+iPad), Android, Windows Phone, and Nokia MeeGo. Native story sharing was launched last Summer and I expect NewsBlur to be around for quite a while.<p>It's also fully open-source, in case you decide to build your own private community: <a href="http://github.com/samuelclay" rel="nofollow">http://github.com/samuelclay</a>.<p>I also have a full-scale re-design in the works, but if you can't get to the main site you can try using the beta site: <a href="http://dev.newsblur.com" rel="nofollow">http://dev.newsblur.com</a>