With Google’s announcement that it would discontinue iGoogle in a little more than a year, I have started my quest for a new start page (personal home page, launch page, etc.). I liked iGoogle because I could take advantage of ready-made widgets and incorporate RSS feeds. This gave me both a one-page view of multiple information sources I followed and an easy way to launch sites I used frequently.
I am now trying out a free (personal) start page called Symbaloo. The “page” consists of a grid and you can insert tiles into the cells of this grid that launch services or RSS feeds. Tiles are available for my popular services and you can create tiles for the other sties you visit. This page can be set as your browser home page. Simple to create and it works well.
If you want you can also create “webmixes” to share. Imagine the matrix above made up of tiles linking to pages on a given topic (something like Pinterest).
I am presently having difficulty with the Symbaloo mobile apps and have been unable to connect using either the Android or iOS apps. Symbaloo works within the browser from my devices, but I have been unable to connect using the stand alone apps. A web browser on any system works, but not the apps.
P.S. – I found that Symbaloo makes a pitch for itself as an iGoogle replacement
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