<s>
Digg	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
was	O
a	O
news	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
operated	O
by	O
Digg	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reader	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
26	O
,	O
2013	O
as	O
a	O
response	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
shutting	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reader	O
was	O
web-based	B-Application
and	O
also	O
had	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
applications	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
26	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Digg	B-Application
shut	O
down	O
Digg	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
was	O
created	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
shutting	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andrew	O
McLaughlin	O
,	O
CEO	O
of	O
Digg	B-Application
,	O
saw	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
in	O
Fall	O
of	O
2012	O
speculating	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
was	O
shutting	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
McLaughlin	O
's	O
friend	O
from	O
Google	O
said	O
,	O
referring	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
,	O
"	O
I	O
’m	O
not	O
telling	O
you	O
anything	O
,	O
but	O
we	O
’re	O
not	O
going	O
to	O
keep	O
this	O
thing	O
around	O
forever	O
and	O
maybe	O
you	O
want	O
to	O
have	O
something	O
ready	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
year.	O
”	O
When	O
Google	O
announced	O
Google	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
was	O
shutting	O
down	O
on	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Digg	B-Application
announced	O
development	O
of	O
Digg	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
that	O
same	O
night	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
officially	O
announced	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
reader	O
on	O
March	O
13	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
their	O
original	O
plan	O
of	O
late	O
2013	O
,	O
moving	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
their	O
priority	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
promised	O
to	O
simulate	O
the	O
best	O
features	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
while	O
also	O
updating	O
it	O
to	O
fit	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
initially	O
launched	O
on	O
June	O
21	O
,	O
2013	O
as	O
an	O
invite	O
only	O
service	O
and	O
launched	O
publicly	O
on	O
June	O
26	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
2	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Digg	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
announced	O
they	O
are	O
crawling	O
7.7	O
million	O
feeds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
14	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Digg	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
shutting	O
down	O
Digg	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
on	O
March	O
26	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
27	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Digg	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
was	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
Digg	B-Application
iOS	B-Application
app	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
an	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
decided	O
not	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
reader	O
a	O
separate	O
app	O
because	O
the	O
company	O
sees	O
Digg.com	B-Application
and	O
Digg	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
as	O
complementary	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cnet	O
gave	O
the	O
app	O
a	O
3/5	O
stating	O
"	O
Digg	B-Application
is	O
a	O
beautiful	O
app	O
that	O
blends	O
social	O
news	O
with	O
RSS	O
subscriptions	O
,	O
but	O
bugs	O
and	O
missing	O
features	O
make	O
it	O
suitable	O
only	O
for	O
the	O
most	O
committed	O
Digg	B-Application
users.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
29	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Digg	B-Application
released	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
app	O
for	O
Digg	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
says	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
app	O
was	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
request	O
from	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
9	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Digg	B-Application
released	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
extension	O
for	O
Digg	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
extension	O
has	O
a	O
rating	O
of	O
4	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
on	O
the	O
Chrome	B-Application
Web	O
Store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Magazine	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
4/5	O
praising	O
its	O
clean	O
design	O
,	O
speed	O
,	O
and	O
free	O
price	O
tag	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
its	O
lack	O
of	O
OPML	B-Application
support	O
,	O
the	O
inability	O
to	O
log	O
in	O
with	O
an	O
email	O
address	O
,	O
and	O
required	O
connection	O
to	O
Google	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TechCrunch	O
was	O
impressed	O
that	O
Digg	B-Application
was	O
able	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
functional	O
Google	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
alternative	O
,	O
but	O
said	O
in	O
its	O
current	O
form	O
Digg	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
was	O
not	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacLife	O
was	O
very	O
critical	O
giving	O
it	O
a	O
2/5	O
stating	O
it	O
"	O
just	O
barely	O
accomplishes	O
what	O
its	O
creators	O
set	O
out	O
to	O
do	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
There	O
’s	O
little	O
doubt	O
Digg	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
will	O
improve	O
with	O
time	O
,	O
but	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
gate	O
,	O
it	O
disappoints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
clean	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
too	O
many	O
basic	O
features	O
lacking	O
,	O
especially	O
for	O
the	O
kind	O
of	O
RSS	O
solution	O
that	O
power	O
users	O
depended	O
upon	O
Google	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
to	O
provide.	O
"	O
</s>
