With Google Reader nearing its imminent death, a race to build the perfect alternative for the service"s refugees has been taking shape over the last few weeks. Even though there are dozens of alternatives already out there, if you care about cross-platform compatibility and synchronization across different devices for things like read and favorited items, then your options are a little more limited than you"d imagine.
Google feels RSS is no longer as important as it used to considering how the average internet user receives his fix of interesting links and news via social networks -- most of the time not through their social network, though.
But for millions of professionals that need that constant stream of information, from manually selected sources rather than algorithms or shared links, RSS is a big deal. Journalists, bloggers, programmers, researchers, students, tech savvy people, among others, fall into this group. It"s a niche product, but still a big niche.
Read: Last Call: Google Reader Dies Monday, Here Are The Best Alternatives
These articles are brought to you in partnership with TechSpot.