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Q&A: Moving On From iGoogle

By J.D. BIERSDORFER

Google says it is ending iGoogle in 2013. Is there any alternative to create a similar home page with weather, news and clocks from different time zones?

The iGoogle project, which allowed users to customize their Google home pages with RSS feeds, weather widgets, clocks and other bits of information, will be retired on Nov. 1, 2013. The mobile version is already gone.

If you do not want to add free clock and weather apps from the Chrome Web Store to Google's Chrome browser window, choosing a site that allows you to create a personal page of news feeds and information is another alternative.

Protopage is one such service that lets you add and drag widget boxes around your page. NetVibes has a similar free service. Portal sites like Yahoo, MSN and MyWay.com also have the ability to customize a home page, although the widget and news options may be more limited than what iGoogle offered.