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if you're a huge profit churner with hundreds of millions of users like Google it's inevitable that you'll anger some of them eventually the search giant recently announced it was killing google reader an RSS feed manager that keeps users up to date on new web content my initial reaction was irritation Zachary Reis Davis logs on to reader several times daily looking at either top news articles i'm interested or taking a break and looking at some comics or some fun or sports related things readers followers estimated at only a million while dedicated we're dwindling and the company is focused elsewhere google wants you to be getting news and information on google+ and given that that is such an important company-wide priority and a play cool reader simply didn't fit several alternative apps are scrambling to fill the void that will be left and creating simple ways to import feeds from reader like feedly they say they've already signed up half a million former google reader users to start using their app tap to offers a high level of personalization but can be slow Flipboard has an attractive magazine format but is only available on mobile devices and if you're not holding a grudge against google there's currents which is also picture heavy question is will these give news junkies the fix they need Zachary Reis Davis says he hopes an even better alternative will surface before readers signs off in July in San Francisco I'm Sumi das cnet.com for CBS News you