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Facebook Patents the News Feed — The “One-Click” Button of Social Media Now Has An Owner

In a moment as important to social networking as Amazon’s one-click patent was for e-commerce, Facebook gets a patent on the news feed. But many questions remain, especially about prior art and what is a “news feed.”

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 1, 2010
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

The Social Networks Horse Race

We need to focus less on social media and more on social function, lest we find ourselves chasing an elusive, fickle user around the Internet.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Sep 29, 2008
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

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