Brightkite Integrates with Facebook
Do you want your Facebook friends to know where you are and what you're doing at all times? That's now possible thanks to mobile social network Brightkite and its recent integration with Facebook. Through the addition of Facebook Connect, which is quickly proving itself to be more than just a simple way to log into web sites, Brightkite users can automate publishing their location to Facebook.
Last night, Brightkite announced their integration with Facebook Connect was now official. As you update your Brightkite status - something that can be done from any phone either via SMS or with a mobile application - that information is immediately sent to Facebook as well.
Brightkite users can choose to have their Facebook status updated and/or publish their location, notes, and photos directly into their Facebook News Feed.
To turn this new feature on, do the following:
- On Brightkite visit your Account Settings, click on the Sharing tab.
- Authorize Facebook by clicking the link next to all 3 steps.
- Choose your Facebook cross-posting options and click save.
Brightkite promises this is only the beginning and that's there's more in store in terms of Brightkite/Facebook integration. We imagine that means they'll soon allow us to bring our Facebook friend list into Brightkite and vice versa.
The power of this integration is precisely why Facebook Connect is rapidly being adopted by web sites across the internet. That, and the fact that regular internet users immediately understand what "Connect with Facebook" means. Unfortunately, "Login with your OpenID" still has them scratching their heads.
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Now all they need is a SMS shortcode for Canadians, and I'm set. (Stupid Telus adding so much cruft to MMS emails...)
Posted by: Chris Charabaruk for Hire
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December 30, 2008 6:37 AM
Huh, if this doesn't scream "Facebook: Buy Brighkite" I don't know what does.
in this information to make me wanna try for facebook, introduce my self i'm come from ciamis
PS: Does not work using IE8. The Step 1 pop-up is empty.
Jesus, can you at least spell check the headline of the articles?
Roscoe: I apologize & the typo has been fixed. I really needed my coffee this morning, apparently.
This is great, I have found my usage of Brightkite to be increasing and this will only further my activity with the service :)
Big competition for Loopt...
Posted by: Glenn Batuyong
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December 30, 2008 1:36 PM
I think if you want to share your location via phone
GPS - you have to go try zhiing. No social network to login into, super private and it uses SMS texting.
This is pretty wicked... I like BrightKite..
Posted by: Aad 't Hart
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December 30, 2008 2:10 PM
I'm surprised that the only way it interacts, though, is via status and Mini-Feed messages. That's a shame! And I *still* don't understand their iPhone application.
Posted by: Andy DeSoto
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December 30, 2008 2:10 PM
@Andy DeSoto, what don't you understand about it?
Totally cool IMO. The larger point is the proliferation of Facebook Connect... http://tinyurl.com/9atltu