Google News adds 'most shared' module

By Cory Bergman 

A few weeks after adding a “news from your friends” module, Google News has added “most shared” stories to the mix. It’s down the page (for now) in the right column:

“When people say that some amount of social technology is going to infiltrate every nook and cranny of the internet, they aren’t kidding,” says RRW’s Marshall Kirkpatrick.

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Meanwhile, Mashable (which is winning the Google News sharing game today) reports that Google is delaying the launch of a rumored Facebook competitor, often referred to as “Google Me,” until sometime this spring.

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