Picking up the metro. Scanning the iPhone inbox. Using the New York Times, CNN, BBC, Guardian or NPR app. How you get your news and favorite articles every morning becomes as second nature as brushing teeth, to many. So for those who have religiously used Google Reader as their preferred method of news, there's a new void to be filled, another tool to be learned, a new platform to be explored.

Because, in case you hadn't heard, as of today Google reader is no more.

Rather than dwell on the end to this handy and free tool, many are already trying to decide what is going to replace the platform. Google reader, for those who did not use it, basically combined a bunch of RSS feeds, and users could pick and choose from which sources they wanted to receive said feeds. As this article via Linkedin explains, Google reader allowed users to organize their feeds and have them all sent to the same place – an invaluable time saver for many. And in this piece, the author posits a simple solution to the Reader void: