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On 12/31/2011 2:05 PM, Jason Ford wrote:
> Verizon has a giant HD screen in Times Square today showing a live
> feed of social media activity =E2=80=93 and it's built entirely in Pyth=
on.
>
> Our app, FeedMagnet, aggregates and curates social content and is
> powering the screen. It has a Django front-end and pure Python backend
> to talk to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Foursquare, and
> other sources.
>
> So if you happen to be in Times Square for the crazy party today, tell
> the people around you that big social media screen is powered by
> Python!

Great! I will look for it on the TV broadcasts.

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Terry Jan Reedy