Google News is testing a new feature that brings a social element to its news aggregation. Today we noticed a new module in the right column — above the fold — under the heading “friends” that asks for your Twitter account:
Enter it in, and Google News serves up headlines from people you’re following:
Notice how it expands the link shorteners to show the headline name.
Google says it’s running this feature as a “small test” to a subset of users, and it clarifies that the new friends feature “only shows you articles that can be found in Google News. If someone you follow has shared an article or a link that cannot be found in Google News, then you will not see that update in the Friends section.”
