Facebook testing `read-it-later` button for News Feed

Washington: Facebook is reportedly testing a new feature for its News Feed that would allow users to save feed articles for later readings.

The read-it-later Save button would create a section of bookmarked sites on a user`s profile, which could be accessed afterwards. According to Tech Crunch, a few weeks after Facebook acqui-hired the talent from Spool, the social media giant started testing a native Save button on mobile, which was never rolled out. However, latest screenshots of the new feature show a Save button located below an external link`s preview window near the Like button. When clicked, it saves a link to the article to a `Saved` section of their Timeline and a shortcut to that section appears on the homepage`s left rail navigation sidebar. The Saved section shows a site`s headline, link, thumbnail image, the person who originally posted the article to a user`s feed, and a share button. The feature could encourage news publishers to focus more on pushing content to Facebook since Save could boost referral traffic. The report said that if Facebook rolls out a version of Save, it would be in direct competition with Twitter mobile`s third party read-it-later service Pocket, Instapaper or Safari Reading List.