Almost Famous Update: Now-Out-of-Beta Brizzly Hires Facebooker and Translates Tweets [Voices]

All Things Digital Nov 20 09

Brizzly, the Web-based Twitter client from Thing Labs, covered in Almost Famous two weeks ago, begins public beta today. In addition to opening its “expanded" Twitter interface to the world at large, it has also added a on-the-fly translation tool for foreign tweets and hired a former FriendFeeder and current Facebooker Ben Darnell. Full story...

Tagged: almost famous, beta, darnell, facebooker, fly, interface, News, nin,

More stories from all things digital »

All Things Digital 17 hours ago:

Windows Phone Developer Exec Leaving for Amazon -

Brandon Watson, who had helped lead Microsoft's efforts to convince developers to create apps for Windows Phone, is taking a post on the Kindle team.

All Things Digital 18 hours ago:

Care to Bet Which Other Social Games Company Is About to Go Public? -

Caesars Entertainment may be known for its Las Vegas casinos, but it also has a burgeoning business developing way off the Strip.

All Things Digital 19 hours ago:

Bing -- Which Has Deals With Facebook and Twitter -- Finally Speaks on Social Search Controversy -

Bing Search director Stefan Weitz explains why Bing has been relatively slow and quiet on social search, considering it has deals for both Facebook and Twitter data.

All Things Digital 19 hours ago:

Motorola: Act Now and We'll Include the Previous Owner's Personal Data on Your Refurbished Xoom FREE! -

Motorola sells a bunch of refurbished Xoom tablets without wiping them of their previous owners' data.

All Things Digital 20 hours ago:

Philippe Kahn's First Camera Phone Set to Star in Best Buy Super Bowl Ad -

The entrepreneur reminisces about his first camera phone picture as part of a Best Buy spot expected to be shown during Sunday's big game.

All Things Digital 20 hours ago:

Micron Tech CEO Dies in Plane Accident -

Micron Technology Inc. said Steven R. Appleton, chairman and chief executive of the memory-chip maker, died on Friday in a small plane accident in Idaho.

All Things Digital 2 days ago:

Interview: Martha Stewart on Tech Etiquette, Her Two BlackBerries and More (Video) -

Martha Stewart shares her list of tech gripes in a video interview with AllThingsD's Ina Fried.

All Things Digital 2 days ago:

Sony Swings to Loss, Slashes Full-Year Forecast -

Sony Corp. said Thursday it veered into a fiscal third-quarter net loss of more than $2 billion and forecast a much wider full-year loss than previously expected, dragged down by losses in its television business and the impact of the strong yen on its European operations.

All Things Digital 2 days ago:

Apple Versus Samsung: Win Some, Lose Some -

A victory and a defeat for Apple in its legal campaign against Samsung.

All Things Digital 2 days ago:

Words With Giants -

Zak DeOssie has a theory and it goes like this: Giants defensive end Justin Tuck is only good at Words with Friends because his wife plays for him.

Related stories

WhoSay Brings Social Media to the Stars (Video) Jun 28 11

In AOL's Shopping Spree, One More Thing: Thing Labs [Voices] Sep 28 10

Twanslate does on the fly tweet translation Apr 21 10

Brizzly CEO Shoots Down Foursquare Acq-Hire Speculation Jul 05 10

Shaq's tweets are OK, but Lily Allen's are sexier Feb 05 09

Windows Phone Developer Exec Leaving for Amazon -

Care to Bet Which Other Social Games Company Is About to Go Public? -

Bing -- Which Has Deals With Facebook and Twitter -- Finally Speaks on Social Search Controversy -

Motorola: Act Now and We'll Include the Previous Owner's Personal Data on Your Refurbished Xoom FREE! -

Philippe Kahn's First Camera Phone Set to Star in Best Buy Super Bowl Ad -

Micron Tech CEO Dies in Plane Accident -

Interview: Martha Stewart on Tech Etiquette, Her Two BlackBerries and More (Video) -

Sony Swings to Loss, Slashes Full-Year Forecast -

Apple Versus Samsung: Win Some, Lose Some -

Words With Giants -