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Work
The Pushbutton Web Now In Google Reader
4:00PM Gina Trapani
Googler Mihai Parparita announces that Google Reader now sends real-time updates to FriendFeed when you share items using the Pubsubhubb protocol. More »
Organise
FriendFeed Rolls Out Real-Time Page Updates
4:30AM Adam Pash | Popular feed aggregation web site FriendFeed was already the perfect tool to aggregate your online social life, but now the site pushes out every update in real-time. More »
Communicate
Reduce Social Network Hair-Pulling with a ‘Pause’ Button
3:58AM Gina Trapani | FriendFeed introduces a new feature on their beta site: a “Pause” button “fake following” mode, which lets you follow someone without seeing their updates. In a similar vein, productivity guy Merlin Mann proposes that all social networks build in a “Pause” button, which would protect you temporarily from a stream of unwanted updates for a certain amount of time without de-friending folks. Along with a “Pause” button for social networking, we also want a “Snooze” button for email, tasks, and reminders. More »