Google reader is a browser based application that enables you to receive updates or notifications from anywhere on the web that has an rss feed – the little symbol (usually orange) with the embossed radio waves.
Basically, instead of you having to keep visiting all the websites you follow to see if they’ve made an update, you simply subscribe to those websites from your Google reader, and whenever there is an update, you’ll be automatically notified within the Google reader application. Think of Google reader like your email program. You don’t go to the outboxes of your friends and contacts to see if they’ve left you a message – instead, when they send you a message, you get automatically notified in your email program. Same deal with Google reader, except that it’s a program to receive automatic updates …Read more
