[GTALUG] google news alternatives?

[David Collier-Brown]

Odd, Chrome 71.0.3578.98 (Official Build) (64-bit) on Fedora FC27 went 
to https://feedly.com/i/welcome from www.feedly.com

I don't like it, but it does seem to work.

--dave

On 2019-01-24 3:56 p.m., Karen Lewellen via talk wrote:
> Hi Evan,
> granted I prefer my phones to be as dumb as possible, I do not own a 
> smart phone for many reasons.
> I do however as a reporter prefer to draw from as many diverse news 
> sources as I can, articles not podcasts.
> My efforts to visit feedly,
> www.feedly.com/
> produce a failure to load error, regardless of browser I try.
> Am I unlikely to experience anything productive here  if only using a 
> desktop?
> Must you use their software to reach the news content?
> Sitting in the back of tech class, smiles.
> Karen
>
>
>
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2019, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I consume a lot of news and podcasts on both mobile and desktops.
>>
>> I have found Feedly to be a great resource at aggregation of RSS 
>> feeds and
>> other sources. Its Android app is good if not spectacular and my podcast
>> player can import directly from it.
>>
>> There is a free account that will be enough for many, but I upgraded 
>> to the
>> paid one. Be patient and eventually you will encounter a sale or 
>> promo that
>> lowers the cost, but even at full price I find it good value. (These 
>> days I
>> am, when I can, choosing to pay for my apps and services rather than 
>> depend
>> on data-mining to give me free stuff, but that's a different story)
>>
>> If your news needs are limited you could get by on the CBC, BBC or CNN
>> apps, but they don't offer enough for me. Google News has been 
>> replaced by
>> a news component of its omnibus Google Now service on Android, but I 
>> like
>> neither its news selections nor its privacy concerns. One nice apps 
>> with a
>> daily summary of the world's significant events is Espresso by The
>> Economist.
>>
>> - Evan
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 at 16:35, Karen Lewellen via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>> Late new year wishes all around.
>>> I ask the question because I believe? someone posted a list of service
>>> alternatives a while back.
>>> Up until  late December I was using theoldgnews.com
>>> Apparently google discovered the service though.
>>> Anyone know of a comparative alternative?
>>> Cheers,
>>> Kare
>>>
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>>
>> -- 
>> Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
>> @evanleibovitch or @el56
>>
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