Brizzly was a third-party Twitter and Facebook interface. It was unveiled at one of TechCrunch's events in 2009[2] and was acquired by AOL in 2010.[3]
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Type of site | Social web reader[1] |
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| Available in | English, German, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, French, Korean |
| Owner | Thing Labs |
| URL | brizzly |
| Current status | Available |
Its features included allowing users to create lists to organize followers,[4] showing user the full in-line links from URL shortening services and showing photos from photo sharing services.[citation needed] It was described as FriendFeed for Twitter.[5]
On October 28, 2009, it released Facebook integration.[1] On November 20, 2009, the Brizzly team announced that it was in open beta.[6]
On March 1, 2012, Brizzly announced it was shutting down at the end of the month in light of time commitments by developers to AIM-related work.[7]
On August 22, 2018, Co-Founder Jason Shellen announced Brizzly is back.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Brizzly Adds Facebook - Aims to be The Blogger.com of Social Media (2000 Invites Below!)". Readwriteweb.com. 2009-10-05. Archived from the original on 2009-10-31. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ MG Siegler (2009-09-21). "Brizzly: Faster, Better, More Open". Techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ AOL. "AOL acquires social software start up Thing Labs".
- ^ Siegler, M. G. "Brizzly: A Twitter Reader From The People Who Brought You Google Reader". Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Brizzly – Making Twitter More Like Friendfeed". CenterNetworks. Archived from the original on 2009-09-10. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "Brizzly now open to the public (and other big news) - Thing Labs, Inc". Thing Labs, Inc. 2009-11-20. Archived from the original on November 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
- ^ Brizzly is shutting the cave door
- ^ "Hi, Techcrunch Here with an Amazing New Product, Brizzly".
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