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    Facebook tests Twitter-like real-time update feature

    Facebook is dabbling with a Twitter-like feature that alerts members in real time to what their friends are up to on the social network.
    Facebook tests Twitter-like real-time update feature

    The feature, reportedly called "Happening Now," is being tried by a "fraction of a percent" of Facebook's more than 600 million members, according to the world's leading online social network.

    "We are currently testing a feature within News Feed that gives people the ability to see what their friends are commenting on and 'liking,' as these actions are being taken on Facebook," the California company said.

    "In the coming weeks, as we learn more from this test, we'll keep making improvements and may expand it to more people."

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    Source: Memeburn

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