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Did Twitter Just Quietly Start Twitter Connect? If Not, It Should.

TechCrunch  Apr 17 09

Yesterday, on it Twitter API Wiki, Twitter quietly unveiled a "Sign in with Twitter" feature. It's a very simple idea: It gives you the option to use your Twitter ID as your login for third party services. But what's more interesting is what Twitter could do with this. Basically, this could be the first step at launching a "Twitter Connect" of sorts, the same type of platform that Facebook is building with Facebook Connect and Google is building with Friend Connect. To most people, at its most basic level, Facebook Connect is useful right now simply because it allows you to sign into other services with your Facebook account. Full story...

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Wait, Did Ev Williams Just Interview Umair Haque? Weird.

TechCrunch  3 hours ago

When SXSW sets up its festival, you have to assume they want the best and most engaging keynotes possible.

Join Charlie Rose, Ron Conway, Jack Dorsey And Lots Of Others At TechCrunch Disrupt

TechCrunch  4 hours ago

We are just starting to announce the first speakers at the upcoming TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York City on May 24 - 26.

Twitter’s New “At Anywhere” Platform Allows For Deeper Integration Into Third Party Sites

TechCrunch  5 hours ago

During his keynote at SXSW this afternoon (live blog here), Twitter CEO Evan Williams just announced a new "At Anywhere" platform, which allows websites to more deeply integrate the service into their sites.

SXSWi 2010: Q&A with Gowalla Co-founder/CEO Josh Williams – Pt 1

TechCrunch  5 hours ago

In an effort to sort out the state of the "Location War" going on here at SXSW Interactive 2010, I have been lucky enough to chat with several people behind the scenes of these mobile location based services.

Ev Williams: Twitter’s First Principle, “Be A Force For Good”

TechCrunch  5 hours ago

We're here at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas where Twitter co-founder Evan Williams doing a keynote Q&A with Umair Haque.

Hitwise says Facebook Most Popular U.S. Site

TechCrunch  6 hours ago

New data released from analytics service Hitwise today names Facebook the largest website in the U.

Dear AT&T, Whatever You’re Doing AT SXSW, Do It In San Francisco

TechCrunch  6 hours ago

We're in the midst of full-on location war is raging this year at SXSW in Austin, Texas this year. But actually, someone has already won: AT&T.

Microsoft Employees Leave The Windows Phone 7 Team…To Make Windows Phone 7 Apps

TechCrunch  6 hours ago

All naysaying aside, people are pretty excited about Windows Phone 7. Our readers are excited for it.

Seesmic Launches App For Windows Phone; Rolls Out New Silverlight-Powered Desktop Client

TechCrunch  6 hours ago

Startup Seesmic has perfected the art of developing compelling Twitter clients on a variety of platforms.

The Davos (Or Is It Arrington?) Curse – People I Interviewed Are Getting Fired

TechCrunch  7 hours ago

The list of people I interviewed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland earlier this year is starting to look like more like a hit list than a VIP list.



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