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Startups look to combine social network feeds

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 9, 2008 8:15 PM CDT

(Newser) – Several new services join personal Internet feeds into a single space, meaning you don’t have to re-post the same new information to YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. The CEO of Seesmic, a video-conversation service, says it’s frustrating to pick through 10 different social networks—and his company has just bought Twhirl, which allows users to post on three different feeds at once, Technology Review reports.

Another new company founded by former Googlers collects all the data a person creates on the web; FriendFeed users need only subscribe to a single source. One key to combining multiple feeds is the programming standard XMPP, an open platform that eases software development and communication.
Joseph Weizenbaum, Professor of Computer Science, center, argues with Reid Hoffman, Chairman and President, LinkedIn Corporation, USA, right, and French moderator Loic Le Meur, from Seesmic, USA.
Joseph Weizenbaum, Professor of Computer Science, center, argues with Reid Hoffman, Chairman and President, LinkedIn Corporation, USA, right, and French moderator Loic Le Meur, from Seesmic, USA.   (AP Photo)
The reception desk is shown at Google's New York offices in this Jan. 31, 2008 file photo.
The reception desk is shown at Google's New York offices in this Jan. 31, 2008 file photo.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
An experimental software feature called Salsa is demonstrated at Microsoft's TechFest that integrates public social networking data into the email windows of Outlook email application.
An experimental software feature called "Salsa" is demonstrated at Microsoft's TechFest that integrates public social networking data into the email windows of Outlook email application.   (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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