Twitter has unveiled a new set of tools for embedding the social media tool in third-party websites.
Dubbed “@anywhere” these JavaScript-based frameworks were announced yesterday with a company blog post and a keynote from Twitter CEO Evan Williams. With @anywhere, developers will be easily able to add Twitter links and data to their sites using “a few lines of JavaScript.”
“Imagine being able to follow a New York Times journalist directly from her byline, tweet about a video without leaving YouTube, and discover new Twitter accounts while visiting the Yahoo! home page,” the post reads. “With @anywhere, web site owners and operators will be able to offer visitors more value with less heavy lifting.”
Twitter CEO, Evan Williams
Thought the tools have not yet launched, launch partners will include Amazon, AdAge, Bing, Citysearch, Digg, eBay, The Huffington Post, Meebo, MSNBC.com, The New York Times, Salesforce.com, Yahoo!, and YouTube. It’s still unclear whether websites will actually have to pay money for the use of certain @anywhere tools. Currently, sites like Google, Microsoft’s Bing, and Yahoo! are paying untold amounts for direct access to the so-called Twitter “firehose,” the company’s massive stream of tweets.
The Orchard, as always, will keep you posted.
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