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FriendFeed Blog: Instant FriendFeed - Notifications and Posting over IM
FriendFeed Blog: Instant FriendFeed - Notifications and Posting over IM
The great thing about IM is that it’s instant. You know right away when someone wants to reach you. To give users the option of having that same immediacy when it comes to FriendFeed, we’re now offering FriendFeed over IM : Now you can get notified whenever someone comments on one of your posts ...
FriendFeed Over IM
FriendFeed Over IM
friendfeed.com — FriendFeed over IM You can have an IM sent to your Google Talk / Jabber account whenever... there's new activity on your FriendFeed. Configure your IM notification preferences in your account settings . Enable IM notifications IM commands Once you have ... (more) FriendFeed Over IM
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FriendFeed Feedback
friendfeed.com — I would recommend a step further. There can be a reply link so next to each comment.... That link can prefixes the comment box with that person's name in a standard way in the comment thread. FF then can link your reply to that person formally while ... (more) FriendFeed Feedback
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FriendFeed Over IM: Kill Me Now
TechCrunch — ... For those of you who use FriendFeed and are looking for even more information bombardment in your lives, you can now receive every update via instant message. FriendFeed now supports notifications and posting for Google Talk and Jabber. So if it is not enough for you to visit the site 12 times a day, or keep updated via a desktop client, or get your feed in your e-mail, you can now turn on the information spigot even more. ...

FriendFeed goes where Twitter can’t: IM
VentureBeat — ... The new feature for the social aggregation service allows you to be notified over IM when there is new activity in your feed, whether it be new posts from someone you follow or new comments, according to the FriendFeed blog. You can also just subscribe to get alerts when someone comments on your posted items, among other customizable options (such as only getting update from select friend lists). ...

FriendFeed takes the conversation to IM
Webware.com — ... introduced a new feature on Friday, giving members the option to get updates from the social network as soon as they happen through standard instant messaging protocols. ...

FriendFeed Launches Instant Messaging Client
louisgray.com — ... , a service which enables you to receive the entire FriendFeed firehose of data over your IM client. And now, as of today, FriendFeed has made an announcement of their own stating they will be providing their own instant messaging client to the service. ...

FriendFeed Gains IM Support
The Inquisitr » Technology — FriendFeed’s all about adding the new features these days, as Steven Hodson pointed out in this post about the value (or lack thereof) of the new mapping option that popped up this week. Now, another function has come out of the woodwork. This one, though, could actually come in handy. The feature, announced just this afternoon, is called FriendFeed Over IM. It lets you interact with your FriendFeed via Google Talk or Jabber, similar to the functions some third-party utilities have offered in the past. This way, if you ...

FriendFeed Gets Noisier with IM Notification Features
(Obsolete Feed) — ... FriendFeed IM Notification is again a similar feature which has long been carried out by Twitter. And quite honestly I never turned it on in my Twitter account. Why? Because I don’t want to get bombarded by Twitter updates posted by my Twitter contacts. I’m following around 300 Twitter members and you can just imagine how updates I would received everytime those whom I following post a Tweet? ...

Instant FriendFeed - Notifications and Posting over IM (via Google Reader)
FriendFeed - dancameron — Dan Cameron shared an item on Google Reader Instant FriendFeed - Notifications and Posting over IM 27 minutes ago - Comment - Like Okay those does it. Please someone shove a stake through Twitter's heart, end it ...

FriendFeed IM – Nice Alternative to Dedicated Desktop Applications
Profy — ... Yesterday the FriendFeed team announced integration with instant messaging services that allows users to send updates to FriendFeed right from the IM dialogue and also see and reply to new comments on their posts and be updated when new items are posted by friends. At this stage the FriendFeed IM only works with Google Talk or other Jabber-based IMs but knowing how busy FriendFeed team usually is I’d expect other IM protocols to be added in the near future. ...

Gary Burd Exits Facebook Two Months After FriendFeed Acquisition
louisgray.com — ... lives in the Seattle, Washington area, and will be looking for projects locally, after telecommuting with FriendFeed for nearly a year and a half. Not coincidentally, Gary also posted a tweet that read "Last Day!" when leaving Google in March of 2008. (By the way, don't read too much into his tweet mentioning a new MySpace profile, assuming he'll go there next.) During his time at FriendFeed, Gary worked on projects including the service's real-time API, a dedicated IM client, the Simple Update Protocol (SUP) and most notably, ...

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