What is a stream?

The basic unit of Factr is a stream.

How to add a Google Alert to a Factr stream.

Google Alerts are a useful tool for monitoring particular issues on the web…

How to create reports on Factr

Reports are a great way to share analysis and summarize important information that you have gathered in your Factr streams with a wider audience.

Pro Tip: you’ll make life a lot easier for yourself by tagging or highlighting items that you want to…

Introducing Groups on Factr

Now you can create groups on Factr.

Advanced stream filters

Filtering aggregated sources in Factr streams has long been one of the features that our community likes best. When we designed the original interface for filtering, we tried to balance simplicity and usefulness by offering three types of filters:

Copying sources from one stream to another

We’ve had quite a few requests from the Factr community for the ability to copy all…

Installing Factr’s Chrome browser extension

Note: these instructions only apply if you are using the Chrome browser. If you are…

The new “Hide” function lets you fine tune your Factr streams.

We’ve just introduced a new tool that makes it easy to keep your stream free of all but the most relevant content.

Users who use external sources will often find — despite their best effort in…

Upgrading the family scrapbook

Taking our family’s genealogy from scattered shoeboxes to a shared…