Facebook launches Live Feed
Facebook has started to roll out a new feature that allows users to keep up with their friends’ activities in real time.
The Live Feed offering is located in a tab on the homepage of the popular social networking website and automatically lists new stories from friends as they are posted on their respective profiles.
According to Harrison Hoffman of CNET News.com, the new feature is aiming to compete with emerging life-streaming services such as Twitter and FriendFeed, which also offer real-time updates.
"FriendFeed and Twitter are both very good at what they do, but have yet to gain the mainstream appeal that Facebook enjoys," he explained, adding: "By exposing its large user base to these features that FriendFeed and Twitter have perfected, Facebook poses a real threat."
Last week, Facebook announced in a blog post that it had broken the 100 million mark in terms of global users.
Founder Mark Zuckerberg said that the milestone represented a "gratifying moment" for the website.
