Now, Facebook is testing ‘trending’ topics

NEW YORK: Facebook has bought out many new Twitter-like features including hashtags and embed post. Now a new report claims that Facebook is testing a Twitter-like Trending topics section.
According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Facebook is testing this new section in the homepage News Feed of its website. The section features topics, including hashtags, which are now popular on the site. A Facebook spokeswoman has confirmed the test, says the report.
The report quotes the spokeswoman as saying, “Right now it is only available to a small percentage of US users and it is still in the early stages of development.”
She further added that it is too early to give out more details as the feature is in its initial stages of development.
Twitter trends are very useful to track real-time conversations on current news and events.
The social networking site has also come out with Facebook Home, an intrusive mobile version of the site which was not well received by many.
Facebook is also rumoured to be testing a service that will allow you to make online purchases through your mobile devices just by using your Facebook log-in details. This pilot system could give competition to PayPal which pioneers e-commerce right now.