Brizzly Launches Public Beta, Adds Translation, Ben Darnell

Friday has been a busy day for Web-based Twitter client Brizzly, as it launched in full public beta mode, added foreign-language translation via Google Translate and hired former Facebook and FriendFeed employee Ben Darnell, CNET and TechCrunch reported.

Brizzly had previously been available only via an invite code.

The translation feature works via a simple click of a question mark, according to CNET.

And Brizzly parent Thing Labs founder and CEO Jason Shellen told TechCrunch Darnell will work on “larger framework for communication and content discovery.”

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