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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

    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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