[GTALUG] google news alternatives?

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi Dave,
Testing chrome as you did would due to the adaptive technology required 
stimulate  the dizzy centres of my brain...literary.
so, I will e-mail them asking about  low graphics environments.  could be 
too Java dependent for my use.
Kare



On Thu, 24 Jan 2019, David Collier-Brown via talk wrote:

> 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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