June 4, 2008 2:10 PM PDT

FriendFeed summaries coming soon

by Dan Farber

Former Googler and FriendFeed co-founder Bret Taylor in this video offers his views on Twitter and describes the new summarization feature coming to FriendFeed soon. Taylor said he was not interested in cloning Twitter, but in improving FriendFeed's communications tools. The next major FriendFeed improvement is an algorithm that processes signals from inputs, such as comments and "likes," to surface the best-shared items from a user's set of friends.

See also:

Gillmor Gang: Inside FriendFeed

Jeremiah Owyang: What FriendFeed's Micromeme means to you, brands and the Web

Dan Farber is editor in chief of CBS Interactive News, which includes CBSNews.com and CNET News. He has more than 25 years of experience as an editor and journalist covering technology. E-mail Dan.

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