This classic political attempt to hook the postal service flotation scandal far into the undergrowth failed, of course.
Airbnb Social Connections allow you to hook up the service to your social graph via Facebook Connect.
The company is planning to launch an API called OrderWiki, which will let other developers hook into the service.
But Prism ran into the same obstacles faced by other DSL players:balky technology, exorbitant customer acquisition costs and slow-footedness by regional Bells to hook up the service.
I recently went through the process of setting my mum up on Twitter, and when you revisit the process of starting again from scratch with zero followers it's easy to see how hard it is for a newcomer to hook into the service.
They were selected to test U-verse a few months ago and are now hooked on the service.
In fact, the team has placed 800 Sony televisions through the park, including 250 high-definition sets, to get fans hooked on the service.
For example, well before the social network went public or was profitable, it was prized by investors here for its stunning growth in membership and for the tactics it used to get people hooked on the service — known as "growth hacking" in Silicon Valley.
But we've heard other Apple executives are hooked on the service too — though more under the radar.
