Twittering in Live Messenger

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Twittering in Live Messenger

by Chris Gilmer Jul 31st 2007

Twittering just got easier yet again. Instead of installing any additional applications, or visiting Twitter.com, users of MSN's Live Messenger can Twitter with ease.

TwitterMSN is a new service brought to you by the creators of TwitterMail. It is just another easier way to post quick updates to contacts via the Twitter API. TwitterMSN works by adding msn@twittermsn.com to your contact list. It's that easy. This service also uses good old ICQ (if you can remember your ID number) to post updates.

For additional Twitter tools DLS has reviewed, take a peek here.

Tags: IM, live messenger, LiveMessenger, msn, twitter, twittermsn

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

elisa said 3:05AM on 8-01-2007

Probably a stupid question, but how does it know what my Twitter account ID is if I've used a different e-mail address than what my MSN e-mail is? And how does it authenticate that it's me?

Aalaap said 5:12AM on 8-01-2007

Of course I remember my ICQ number... it was only twelve years ago! 3204067! Now if I could only remember the password...

Julian Bond said 5:13AM on 8-01-2007

Does it only allow you to post tweets, or does it receive them as well?

See Twitter4Skype which does both. Skype makes a really good way of reading your Twitter friends' timeline.

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