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Google Reader closing sparks angry tweets, online petition

In a new probe announced in May 2013,

Photo credit: Getty Images | In a new probe announced in May 2013, FTC investigators are examining whether Google is using its position in U.S. display ads -- a $17.7 billion industry that includes the sale of banner ads on websites -- to push companies to use more of its other services. (Sept. 26, 2012)

Google, citing declining usage, is shuttering its Google Reader content subscription service, the search engine giant announced.

The Mountain View, Calif., company also said it was discontinuing Google Voice service for BlackBerry devices and Google Building Maker, a tool for making three-dimensional models on Google Maps and Google Earth in a "spring cleaning" begun in 2011 that is designed...

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