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Facebook intros Save, its own read-it-later feature

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Just a few days after outing another new feature, Facebook today has announced the Save functionality. This basically allows you to save anything you see on the social network – to read later.

So yes, it’s clearly a competitor to standalone services such as Pocket, Instapaper, or Readability. There are certain differences, though, chief among which is the fact that Facebook’s Save lets you store any content you come across on the social network – including links, places, movies, TV and music.

Everything you save is stored in a special section, which is private. So you’re the only one who knows and can access the things you’ve saved. The Save section is due to appear on the Web as well as in the company’s iOS and Android apps over the next few days. On mobile, you’ll find it in the More tab, while on the desktop website it will be part of the left hand side navigation. You may even sometimes get reminders in the News Feed about stuff you saved.

To save something you come across on Facebook, you have to tap or click on the little arrow in the corner of the content, and pick Save. Obviously your saves are kept in sync across the Web and the mobile apps. However, offline functionality hasn’t been announced at this point, which is where the aforementioned competitors still have an advantage.

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