NewsGator Consumer RSS Reader Product Changes & Google Sync

By Melissa Risteff, July 30, 2009

You spoke and we listened: in response to customer demand, NewsGator's best-of-breed consumer RSS applications now work with Google ReaderTM.  Google Reader will become the online companion to, and the synchronization platform for, our award-winning RSS reader applications.  Our RSS readers include FeedDemon, the most popular Windows RSS reader; NetNewsWire, the leading application for RSS reading on the Mac; and NetNewsWire for the iPhone, one of TIME magazine’s top 10 iPhone Apps of 2008. New versions of FeedDemon and NetNewsWire are available today, and a new version of NetNewsWire for iPhone will be available soon.
 
As part of this transition, NewsGator Online users will need to migrate to Google Reader by August 31, 2009.  You can find step-by-step instructions on how to easily migrate your RSS subscriptions here, and we'll provide some in-product reminders to our NewsGator Online users.

Users of FeedDemon, NetNewsWire for Mac, and NetNewsWire for the iPhone will have 30 days to download new versions of these applications that can synchronize with Google Reader. Syncing will give you a consistent reading experience across your PC, Mac, iPhone, and web browser. For example, if you add a new RSS feed, organize your folders, or mark some stories as read on one device, the changes will immediately reflect across the others.  Users of NewsGator Go! can select from the mobile RSS reader options that synchronize with Google Reader.
 
The bottom line for you: we keep improving our client applications, and now you can sync with and use the web based RSS reader you've been asking for.  We've been working with the Google team to make these changes as smooth as possible, and they are thrilled to welcome all NewsGator users to the Reader family. 
 
You'll need a Google account to get started with Google Reader, and can read our simple instructions on how to activate syncing with Google Reader here.

For more information about these and other consumer RSS Reader product changes, view our FAQs.

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Melissa Risteff

Melissa Risteff , Senior Vice President, Enterprise Engagment

Melissa Risteff is the SVP of Enterprise Engagement at NewsGator. She’s responsible for the adoption consultancy practice, partner competency and enablement program, and social business solution delivery – each having a major impact on aligning to customer business value and ultimately making social real. Melissa previously served as CMO of a collaborative analytics software firm, VP of Product for an eLearning company, and has held senior level strategy and product management roles at both Sun Microsystems and GE. She is a thought leader in the space – with advanced graduate research following her passion in social technologies and organizational development. Born in NY and raised in VT, Melissa moved to CO in ‘92 and stayed for the weather and lifestyle. She has an affinity for gastronomy, wanderlust, and hiking.

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