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Integrating Live Twitter Streams into PowerPoint Using Xcelsius | BI Questions Blog Posted by Timo Elliott on Thursday, October 8, 2009 · 1 Comment Loading ... As a frequent presenter, I’ve been wanting to add some more interaction to presentations for a long time. The system worked, but it was cumbersome: it required server code that broke when my service provider upgraded my hosting service, not many people were equipped with the suitable phones, it was awkward to type out the addresses, and letting somebody else use it meant setting up a separate system. For all these reasons, the prototype just sat on one of my ancient “to do” lists – until now. Twitter provides a service that’s available everywhere, for free, on just about any device (even older phones, using SMS), and lots of people (at least in the Web 2.0 world) are already using it during presentations. I looked at the search API, which turned out to be perfect for the job: a simple URL call, no ID required, which returns an RSS/XML results. The prototypes are in “beta”, ready for testing. And many, many others…