Verizon FiOS TV Adds Facebook & Twitter Integration
Marissa Brassfield — July 15, 2009 — Tech
References: www22.verizon & mashable
The Verizon FiOS TV is feeding off of the successful mergers between live streaming video and social networking by integrating Facebook and Twitter into its service.
Like the implementation of President Barack Obama's inauguration and Michael Jackson's memorial service, the Verizon FiOS TV will allow you to update your Facebook or Twitter status as you're watching a show, sport or other event on television and let you see what your friends and other people in your social network think about it.
Check out the video above to see the Verizon FiOS TV in action.
Like the implementation of President Barack Obama's inauguration and Michael Jackson's memorial service, the Verizon FiOS TV will allow you to update your Facebook or Twitter status as you're watching a show, sport or other event on television and let you see what your friends and other people in your social network think about it.
Check out the video above to see the Verizon FiOS TV in action.
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