There have been murmurs of Facebook
building a mobile reading app; tonight,
that talk is getting a little louder. The
Wall Street Journal claims that the
social network has spent the past year
working on a dedicated story browser,
codenamed Reader, that would curate
articles in a Flipboard-like interface.
While most other details of the
rumored project aren't available, it's
reportedly important enough that Mark
Zuckerberg is closely involved. The
company isn't commenting on its
plans, but there's reason to believe
that Reader is more than just idle
speculation: Facebook recently added
hashtag support as a "first step"
toward helping users track topics.
Accordingly, the company's Graph API
includes some unused RSS code that
could prove relevant for browsing
story feeds. There's no guarantee that
we'll see the app soon, if at all. When
mobile is becoming the cornerstone of
Facebook's business, however, we
wouldn't completely rule out Reader's
existence.
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