“Meebo did widgets super early. Guess what we learned? Don’t build stuff that sits in a box.”

Better than a box? A bar. No, not one with hotties and booze– a toolbar.

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The Yahoo Connected TV service, which provides widgets and apps on TVs, is expanding its developer program today. Originally launched earlier this year, Yahoo’s API that allows developers to build app for connected TVs is now providing developers the opportunity to create Paid TV Widgets to be featured in the Yahoo Connected TV Store expected to launch in the Spring of 2011.

The Yahoo Connected TV service allows users to access more than 80 Yahoo TV Widgets, including those for Twitter, Pandora,