To be perfectly honest, even though I spend hours on the computer/ Internet everyday, I had never heard of FriendFeed until yesterday. Although, I have to say, while perusing the home page, it does seem to look similar to Facebook and more interesting than Twitter, so I wonder why it hasn't been as popular as the other two?
For other people who are unfamiliar with this social network, this is how The New York Times described it:
"FriendFeed, a social media tracker created in 2007, works like an RSS reader for social media content, pulling in and publishing feeds from more than 60 Web sites, including Twitter, Flickr and Google-owned YouTube, the Bits blog reports.
The four founders of FriendFeed with not be without jobs. They will hold senior positions on the engineering and product teams at Facebook.
To read The New York Times article in its' entirety, click here.
To read Facebook's Press Release about the acquisition, click here.
Facebook Buys Social Media Start - Up FriendFeed - Reuters via The New York Times
FriendFeed Updates Status: Married to Facebook - Bits via The New York Times
Facebook Finds a Friend in Google Rivalry - Business Week via The New York Times
Facebook Buys FriendFeed: What Does It Mean? - PC World via Yahoo! News
Facebook buys social media aggregator FriendFeed - AP via Yahoo! News
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