Chumby adds social content from Facebook® and Twitter
August 20th, 2008 by Scott Janousek
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Some recent news from Chumby Industries.
KEEP CONNECTED TO YOUR ONLINE SOCIAL LIFE WITH CHUMBY®
Chumby adds social content from Facebook® and Twitter
San Diego, CA – August 20, 2008 – The chumby makes keeping up with friends easier than ever with the addition of content from some of the Internet’s leading social utilities, delivering them in a friendly, always-on, always-fresh format. Chumby is adding content and rich capabilities from Facebook and Twitter to features already available from dozens of leading sites.
“Social networking is about keeping people connected, and knowing in real-time what friends and family are up to,” said Stephen Tomlin, CEO of chumby. “Chumby just extends another layer of connectivity from sites like Facebook and Twitter. Because chumby is always on and the content is available at a glance, users can remain constantly updated on the activities of everyone in their social networks.”
Chumby’s integration with Facebook allows users to access and update their status, find out what’s new with their friends, and stay up-to-date on the latest photos posted by their Facebook friends – all without having to log in to a computer.
Chumby users can access their Twitter profiles, tweets from other users, and publish their own updates. They can also display recent tweets that contain customized search terms via Twitter Search.
“Twitter was founded on the idea that short, real-time updates can keep the world connected across many different devices,” said Biz Stone, co-founder, Twitter. “Chumby offers a perfect window on the trends, conversations, and news flowing through Twitter every second.”
In addition to online social networking offerings, chumby features a broad range of Web content including the latest news, weather and entertainment, photos, streaming Internet music, e-cards and more, creating a window into the users’ Internet life that lives outside the desktop. Chumby is available at http://www.chumby.com/
About chumby
The chumby lets users select their favorite parts of the Internet and delivers them in a friendly, always-on, always-fresh format. Over 800 widgets in 30 different categories, ranging from news and entertainment to videos, music, sports and more are available from high profile media partners such as CBS, MTV Networks, MySpace, New York Times, The Weather Channel Interactive, AOL’s SHOUTcast and Scripps Networks. Chumby also offers user generated content as well as thousands of Internet radio stations, the ability to share photos, e-cards and more with family and friends. Chumby is headquartered in San Diego, CA.
Facebook® is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc.
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Chumby Facebook widget(s)
Chumby Twitter widget(s)
Some thoughts
I already use my chumbys (2 of them) as passive info appliance type devices. One is on my office desk and the other is portable between rooms (alarm clock, and other uses).
The kind of info and apps I run on chumby is stuff that doesn’t fit on my desktop workflow and isn’t necessarily “mission criticial”.
Meaning, it’s potentially obtrusive apps and content that I can get at my leisure via just a mere glance (and/or a couple accelerometer based axis tilts) of the chumby (instead of opening/closing my dashboard widgets, browser, etc).
So, to me, chumby fits into 3rd or 4th screen technology. It’s neat in that respect.
Looking forward to hearing more about their specific plans (they already have a few twitter widgets, and facebook widgets).
To me, twitter is a more active application and does not fit the chumby model, very well.
Facebook, on the other hand (to me), is way too time consuming … so perhaps that platform is more well suited to the chumby model.
- Scot Janousek \m/