Fear Not, Digg Is Building a Google Reader Alternative

Fresh off the news that Google will be shuttering Reader at the beginning of July, Digg announced Thursday that it will release its own Google Reader alternative.

“We’ve heard people say that RSS is a thing of the past, and perhaps in its current incarnation it is, but as daily (hourly) users of Google Reader, we’re convinced that it’s a product worth saving. So we’re going to give it our best shot," Digg’s Andrew McLaughlin said in a blog post.

While the blog post was timed around news of Reader’s demise, McLaughlin says that Digg had been planning to create an RSS reader for some time.

“We’ve been planning to build a reader in the second half of 2013, one that, like Digg, makes the Internet a more approachable and digestible place. After Google’s announcement, we’re moving the project to the top of our priority list,” he says.