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Google revives RSS

Chrome, at least in its experimental Canary version on Android (and only for users in the U.S.), is getting an interesting update in the coming weeks that brings back RSS, the once-popular format for getting updates from all the sites you love in Google Reader and similar services. In Chrome, users will soon see a […]

How-to: Is it possible to get iPhone-like processing speed in the Google Reader on the desktop? #dev #solution #programming

Is it possible to get iPhone-like processing speed in the Google Reader on the desktop?

I find that when I am using my iPhone with the application Reeder, by scrolling and then swiping any articles that don’t interest me as read I am able to process a large number of posts in a short amount of time.

However, I find that the speed at which I process feeds on the web with Google Reader is much…

How-to: How do I list dates of latest posts for all feeds in Google Reader? #answer #development #solution

How do I list dates of latest posts for all feeds in Google Reader?

I have lots of feeds in Google Reader. Some of them are inactive for a long time. I’d like to clean it up.

What I’m looking for is a way to list all feeds with date of their latest post. That way I can see which ones are dead. Is it possible?

I think I saw this in Google Reader few years back, but I can’t find it now.

Answer [by

Solution: Is there a way to mass-star items in Google Reader? #answer #development #solution

Is there a way to mass-star items in Google Reader?

Is there a way to mass-star items in Google Reader?

Answer [by Sathya]: Is there a way to mass-star items in Google Reader?

No there’s no way to do so. Couldn’t find any user scripts either

Answer [by Al E.]: Is there a way to mass-star items in Google Reader?

No, but the keyboard shortcuts of s (star) and j/k (next/previous) should make short…

Solution: When a post is modified, does Google Reader notice? #development #fix #solution

When a post is modified, does Google Reader notice?

I often click on a post’s feed, so as to go to the post’s site, just to make sure I’m not reading outdated information. Does Google Reader update the post’s contents, so I don’t have to keep doing this?

Answer [by Riduidel]: When a post is modified, does Google Reader notice?

Simple answer is no.

More complex answer is…

As far as I know,…

Resolved: Why is Google Reader not showing site favicons? #programming #it #dev

Why is Google Reader not showing site favicons?

In my Linux partition, Google Reader is not showing the site favicons, why is this so ? Is this a Google Reader or a Google Chrome bug ?

I’m using Google Chrome 7.0.517.5 dev

Here’s a screenshot

And yes, I have enabled Show favicons in Reader settings

Answer [by Dominik]: Why is Google Reader not showing site favicons?

I’d say it’s a Google…

Fixed: How can I make my shared items in Google Reader publish automatically into Twitter? #dev #development #answer

How can I make my shared items in Google Reader publish automatically into Twitter?

Google Reader’s Shared Items published a RSS feed. Can I somehow import that automatically into Twitter, so when I share something in GR it becomes a tweet?

I know there’s a Send-To solution, but that’s not what I’m looking for.

Edit

Ok, some googling came up with Twitterfeed, which does just that.

Answer [by Dom…

Solution: How do I remove all shared items from Google Reader? #it #computers #solution

How do I remove all shared items from Google Reader?

My shared items feed was private, and I want to make it public, so I decided to remove all it contains.

How can I do this?

Answer [by Al E.]: How do I remove all shared items from Google Reader?

Unfortunately, there still isn’t a way to bulk unshare items in Google Reader.

The solution offered is to use keyboard shortcuts to make it a bit…