<s>
The	B-Application
Old	I-Application
Reader	I-Application
is	O
a	O
web-based	B-Application
news	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
that	O
delivers	O
website	O
,	O
blog	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
Internet	O
content	O
to	O
a	O
web-based	B-Application
inbox	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
sprung	O
up	O
when	O
Google	B-Application
removed	O
social	O
features	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
;	O
the	O
site	O
supports	O
social	O
media	O
sharing	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
"	O
like	O
"	O
content	O
,	O
and	O
find	O
friends	O
via	O
social	O
media	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Old	I-Application
Reader	I-Application
was	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
hobby	O
project	O
by	O
Olena	O
Bulygina	O
,	O
Dmitry	O
Krasnoukhov	O
,	O
and	O
Anton	O
Tolchanov	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
only	O
10,000	O
users	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
started	O
gaining	O
popularity	O
quickly	O
after	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
month	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
retire	O
Google	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
month	O
after	O
Google	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
was	O
shut	O
down	O
,	O
two	O
remaining	O
co-founders	O
were	O
struggling	O
to	O
keep	O
The	B-Application
Old	I-Application
Reader	I-Application
running	O
in	O
the	O
face	O
of	O
a	O
large	O
influx	O
of	O
new	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
29	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Old	I-Application
Reader	I-Application
team	O
stated	O
they	O
had	O
420,000	O
registered	O
users	O
,	O
with	O
as	O
many	O
as	O
60,000	O
registrations	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Old	I-Application
Reader	I-Application
is	O
free	O
for	O
up	O
to	O
100	O
feeds	O
and	O
offers	O
a	O
Premium	O
version	O
with	O
full-text	O
search	O
and	O
up	O
to	O
500	O
subscriptions	O
and	O
1	O
year	O
of	O
post	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Former	O
users	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
or	O
other	O
RSS	B-Application
readers	I-Application
can	O
import	O
feeds	O
via	O
OPML	O
export	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
browser	O
bookmarklet	O
lets	O
users	O
send	O
web	O
pages	O
directly	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Old	I-Application
Reader	I-Application
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
is	O
integrated	O
with	O
Facebook	O
or	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
help	O
users	O
find	O
friends	O
also	O
using	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
support	O
for	O
Readability	O
,	O
Instapaper	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Spritz	O
,	O
a	O
service	O
to	O
help	O
read	O
content	O
faster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Old	I-Application
Reader	I-Application
has	O
made	O
its	O
mobile	O
API	O
freely	O
available	O
to	O
facilitate	O
support	O
for	O
mobile	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
is	O
supported	O
by	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
mobile	O
applications	O
for	O
all	O
major	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
Reeder	O
and	O
Feeddler	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Greader	B-Application
for	O
Android	B-Application
(	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
as	O
of	O
2018	O
)	O
,	O
Old	O
Reader	O
for	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
and	O
ThOR	O
for	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Old	I-Application
Reader	I-Application
's	O
reception	O
was	O
generally	O
positive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dave	O
Winer	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
creators	O
of	O
RSS	O
and	O
other	O
technology	O
pundits	O
have	O
praised	O
The	B-Application
Old	I-Application
Reader	I-Application
team	O
's	O
commitment	O
to	O
open	O
web	O
standards	O
and	O
delivering	O
ad-free	O
services	O
,	O
although	O
as	O
of	O
17	O
March	O
2015	O
the	O
service	O
includes	O
"	O
sponsored	O
posts	O
"	O
inline	O
with	O
aggregated	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
