FriendFeed.com - Receive Friends' Updates in One Feed

There are so many social websites out there nowadays that it can be downright stressful trying to keep track of all your friends, what they're doing, what they're uploading, and who they're talking to. FriendFeed is a yet-to-be-launched service that combines all these updates into one single feed.

For example, if your buddy uploads some photos on Flickr or updates his music on iLike, you'll receive notice of these actions without having to log in to every social network or which you both or you are members. To use FriendFeed, all you have to do is sign up for an account (send them an email to be granted a spot on the waiting list, as the site has not yet been launched). You specify your user names for each social site you belong to, and then add friends as you would normally. In turn, your friends do the same, and in no time you'll all be receiving one single, direct feed of all of your updates on all of your social sites. FriendFeed accomplishes this by synching all your site updates by using web-crawling techniques. For private sites, FriendFeed capitalizes upon their APIs to access account update information. Even if some of your friends don't use FriendFeed, you can still obtain some information about them; for example, if you know their Facebook name, you can use FriendFeed's "imaginary friends" feature to receive their updates, as long as you are friends on Facebook.