• TechCrunch, Friday, January 15, 2010 3:14 PM

Under the headline, "Twitter's Answer To Facebook Connect," TechCrunch is reporting that the popular microblogging service is preparing to debut a new set of tools for third parties to easily integrate Twitter features directly into their own sites and services. "In a nutshell, this is their response to the massively popular Facebook Connect," TechCrunch further clarifies.

Facebook announced Facebook Connect in May 2008, around the same time that Google and MySpace were announcing similar projects. Presently, Facebook says 80,000 websites have added Facebook Connect, while 60 million Facebook users engage with Facebook connect on these third party Web sites each month. Adds TechCrunch: "For many sites, like our own CrunchBase, it's the only way to create an account and log in."

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