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In a bid to cement itself as the definitive real-time news commentary engine of the modern universe, Twitter has (smartly) decided to add a bit of context to embedded tweets. Increasingly, blogs and news sources are embedding tweets that relate to a story they’re composing, but to date, those tweets have largely sat on their own island. Starting today, embedded tweets will include a “Related headlines” section beneath the original tweet, where you’ll be able to view the tweet’s permalink page as well as lists and links to websites where the tweet was embedded. All in all, it seems like a wise move for the company, but curiously, it’s not clear how the shown links are chosen. Something tells us every news organization on the planet will be pleading to be first for inclusion, though.

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Source: Twitter Blog

The six-second social video app just got a whole lot more social with embeds.

Until now, the only way for folks to see someone’s tweets on the web was to grab screenshots or head directly to their Twitter page. No more. The microblogging platform just launched a new tool that lets folks embed Twitter timelines into any website, meaning you can have your 140-character musings right alongside your long-winded blog posts. Plus, you can interact with those tweets as you would at twitter.com, following and replying directly from the module. Interested? Head on down to the Twitter Developers source link below to learn how the embedding works.

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