Verizon has been doing a lot lately to become a socially aware networking platform by way of its devices. The latest is the upcoming Fios TV, which will feature Twitter integration. This will work by displaying relevant tweets about the show you’re currently watching. Futuristic? Not entirely. But it is the next step in our multifaceted trend towards media consumption.
How does this benefit you as a blogger? Increased visibility. You can be on TV! With such a media mashup, you’re provided the opportunity to spread your tweets further and wider than ever before. And just as CNN and VH1 now display related tweets depending on their current programming, so too will Verizon Fios, on a smaller and more regular scale. This adds a wealth of context to both your tweets and the television programming itself.
If the Fios also supports hyperlinks, viewers will be able to cick directly on tweets while watching a program and be redirected to your Twitter page. This particular capability is full of potential and is something that can be implemented aross a variety of multimedia services and devices, especially as mobile and PC devices become more interrelated and similar in function.
Verizon’s Fios will also display trending Twitter topics, so if you’re leveraging this aspect of Twitter to increase your visibility then the added device support and integration will help your cause, too. Granted, there are a few ongoing issues with trending topics, but it’s clear that when used responsibly, trending topics can help you get a handle on popular and important areas of discussion while providing you with the ability to promote your own Twitter profile when relevant.
Twitter is fast becoming integrated with several aspects of media, from basic web searches to major events covered by mainstream news. So layering in a conglomerate of device and multimedia support means a great deal of mashups are on the horizon for Twitter.
With Twitter gradually becoming a part of our lives (TV, radio shows, cell phones) its not far away when we will prefer to send a tweet to someone instead of sending an SMS.
Has twitter not taken us too far with communication? Do I really need to know that my favorite celebrity is waiting for their latte at Starbucks. I think I prefer when everyone had a little more of a sense of privacy to today's need to know public.