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San Francisco (ip-192.com): Twitter has announced that it will release API’s to third-party developers so that users can connect based on latitude and longitude preferences. According to Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, the company has been working on the service for a while.
Location based services become more important as users move to smart-phones to Tweet. Google, Yahoo and others already provide services to help users find friends, local restaurants, and shopping deals. Google Latitude uses the ability to triangulate cell phones to help users to find friends.
However, some users tend to be wary about such services because they don't like the idea of a Web service (or anybody else) tracking them. Stone said Twitters new location feature will be off by default, so users must activate it. Location data will not be stored for an extended period of time.
Twitter also plans to offer API for business use, helping users find local restaurants and retail stores. The company is in the process of rolling out commercial accounts for businesses that want to use Twitter as a marketing tool.
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