After the recent stir around closing Reader and Google Chrome RSS extension, all over again remember that RSS is not dead.

It’s Not Just Reader: Google Kills Chrome RSS Add-On Too - Wired #google #internet dld.bz/cre9e

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All RSS-readers took heart and began releasing new features. So we collected best Chrome extensions for RSS-reading and present them to you in this article. Continue reading “5 cool chrome extensions for RSS-feeds and articles reading” »

Hy everybody. It’s Jane, Likehack founder. I think that today, when Google announced that they will shut down Google Reader I have to say thanks to Google Reader.

I understood, that Google Reader for many years made me feel, that news reading problem is not solved.

Of course, as guys on TechCrunch said, RSS is not useful. And of course, like guys from Mashable said, it saves your mind from lolcats)

But the main problem is that Google Reader always made me feel bad. Yes, I need to read Techcrunch, VentureBeat, etc. I want to read many things. But OMG, when I see these 100500 unread messages I feel sick.

I’ve been trying using Google Reader for many times. But it always ended because I felt that I am just not able to read all this. And I stopped.

Twitter and Facebook give better alternative because content is manually selected. But they have another problem - too much crap and no control)))

And that what I dream Likehack should be in a month when we will release beta.

No crap. Only manually selected content. Full control. And finally I will get only best for me from any site, blog or social feed. To feel better and stay in touch with the world.

P.S. And while we are still in Alpha - stay in touch, sign up at Likehack.com or use some more simple alternatives to Google Reader like listed here.

Hi LikeHacker!

We have undergone serious modifications, so if you go back to our site you won’t recognise it! Continue reading “Likehack update with Gmail integration and other cool features” »

The headline may appear a bit personal, and, well, it is. I come from Siberia and I can’t cheer enough a fellow female entrepreneur from my hometown, who is building a global startup and has just raised funding.

Now the hard facts.

Continue reading “Siberia rocks! Jane Smorodnikova and LikeHack raise seed funding [goaleurope.com]” »

We are constantly trying to make our interface more convenient. That’s why we have implemented new useful (we think) features.

Well, today we are presenting 2 new features. Hope, you, likehackers, will like it.

Continue reading “New features on the go!” »

Hey, Likehackers!

We have recently released a full tour about the service. Tour briefly explains what for is LikeHack and describes the basic functionality of the service. So, you will be able to know how to use “To Like” and “My Likes”, full-text search of your personal storage for “Facebook-likes” and “tweets”. We also tell you how we select content according to topics of your interest. Please check out the full version of the tour here.
We hope that it helps better understand what we do and how it can simplify and improve the daily life.

The days of walking down your sidewalk to pick up the morning paper are only memories for many people today. According to The State of the News Media 2012, “…mobile devices are adding to people’s news consumption, strengthening the lure of traditional news brands and providing a boost to long-form journalism. Eight in ten who get news on smartphones or tablets, for instance, get news on conventional computers as well. People are taking advantage, in other words, of having easier access to news throughout the day – in their pocket, on their desks and in their laps.” While ready access to the technology is a benefit, the technology itself is not making it any easier for you to locate the exact news stories that are of interest to you. The vastness of the internet is far greater than any traditional newspaper.

Continue reading “Personalized News at a Click” »

Thanks to MIT, we are very proud to participate in this competition. And we are very happy to be among 5 best startups in IT.

We’ve compared two top world influencers about #football topic all over the world and who was rated by LikeHack users. Here they are:

Continue reading “Who is the best source of content about football?” »