Twitter: Location is Everything
A new API will allow developers to add latitude and longitude to any tweet.
[I]f people do opt-in to sharing location on a tweet-by-tweet basis, compelling context will be added to each burst of information.
For example, with accurate, tweet-level location data you could switch from reading the tweets of accounts you follow to reading tweets from anyone in your neighborhood or city—whether you follow them or not. It’s easy to imagine how this might be interesting at an event like a concert or even something more dramatic like an earthquake. There will likely be many use cases we haven’t even thought of yet which is part of what makes this so exciting.
The internet can help you be anonymous and global or open and hyper-local. Luddites are running out of excuses.
[via Andy Baio]
Source: blog.twitter.com
