Chomp now Supports Single Sign-In, Binds Twitter Even Tighter to iOS 5

By on October 13, 2011 in Mobile Devices

Chomp is making a name for itself as one of the leading ways to sift through the hundreds of thousands of apps out there in order to find a few that you might actually prove useful. Powered by a proprietary algorithm based on user preferences and app metadata gathered from the Web and social media as well as app stores, Chomp allows users to search for apps and share their discoveries with friends. With some big name VCs behind them and a high profile partnership with Verizon to boot, they’re a name to keep an eye on as “apps” replace “applications” in the modern computer user’s lexicon.

Today the San Francisco-based company announced support for iOS 5′s Twitter single sign-in feature. You know, the one that lets you link your iDevice to your Twitter account on the system level and tweet from this, that, and the other app via the platform-wide “Share” menu? In the company’s words,

The new feature allows users to quickly and easily find other Twitter compatible apps on the App Store. The Chomp App automatically utilizes a user’s Twitter handle to sign-in and create a Chomp profile. Users can then download apps and Tweet app reviews to their Twitter followers.

Personally, I’ve been a TweetDeck user since I became a TweetHead – mainly because it allows me to publish once to multiple platforms including Facebook – and so have resisted the official “Twitter Way” of doing things. Now that Apple and Twitter have gone and gotten into bed together vis-a-vis single sign-in, the sheer convenience of tweeting from Safari may well make it hard for me to resist at least a small change in my ways. Third-party adoption of single sign-in will only make it easier to rely on the official Twitter for iOS app instead of my trusty, “Spam Facebook, LinkedIn, AND Twitter at Once!” TweetDeck.

Chomp for iOS is a free download from the Apple App Store, and there’s a free Android version as well.  Anyone out there a fan of Chomp? Or a hater? Sound off!

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Noah Kravitz mourned the day that Star Castle was replaced in the pizza parlour he frequented as a kid. The sadness ended when he saw an older kid make it to the Ninth Key level on the Pac Man that took his place. Years later he’s become a fixture of consumer tech reporting on the InterWebs and TV, and Galaga vies with Zoo Keeper as his all-time favorite arcade games. His loves of music, games, TV, video editing and yapping endlessly at anyone who’ll listen have all been channeled into an Internet addiction that spans screens big and small and devices portable, pocketable, and best left on his desk. Noah has been reporting on gadgets and media for a decade and a half now, including writing, podcasts and videos for PhoneDog, MacDirectory, Maximum PC, PowerBook Central, and a few other publications. He’s also written about the arts, education, and sports for some magazines you’ve likely never heard of, and has invaded your television talking about consumer electronics on CNBC, Fox Business Network, and a host of local TV stations.

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