Google recently announced an end to Google Reader and its RSS aggregation web service wherein Reader would be off on July 1. As revealed byUrsHölzle, Google senior vice president of technical infrastructure, the reason stated for this shut down is "usage has declined."
Google's announcement earlier this year that they would be getting rid of their RSS feed aggregator, Google Reader, was more of a shock. Not only did it manage to gain quite a bit of popularity over the years, but it has many applications that made it a heavily used tool for professionals