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« Learning in a Participatory Culture: A Conversation About New Media and Education | Main | We feel, therefore we learn by Daniel Siegel »
Friday
Feb262010

Facebook Lands Patent for News Feed

DateFriday, February 26, 2010 at 3:37AM

Social networking site is awarded patent for news feed activity stream, potentially giving it a monopoly on the technology behind an essential feature on dozens of sites across the social Web.

Social networking giant Facebook has won a patent for its news feed feature, locking in the intellectual property rights to one of its most popular features.

The patent describes "a method for displaying a news feed in a social network environment," detailing the flow and filtering of information about people's activities across the site. Read more.....

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