Twitter says it will soon enable tweets to include geolocation information. The feature will be implemented on an opt-in basis, and app developers will be given a special API for using the information. It could spell revenue opportunities for the service, but the idea of tweeting one’s specific location could create some security issues, especially if the user does not mean to share the info.
It will also offer a new API (application programming interface) so developers can add latitude and longitude data to any tweet.
Thanks for this release, we almost took 2 weeks to track a user, who was using our company’s name as a profile, if we could know long., and lat., much better to track.
The geolocation feature will be set to off by default, and users will have to manually opt in, cofounder Biz Stone told TechNewsWorld, and Twitter’s servers will not store any user’s location-based data for very long.
Developers will be given early access to the API, so it will be available on third-party Twitter apps before it is available on the service. Twitter does not give a precise date when the API will be released, and probably the features available to developers in the next few weeks.
As Twitter’s investors see third-party companies such as Dell(Nasdaq: DELL) make money from using Twitter, they have been pressuring the service to monetize.
Although Twitter has yet to start earning actual revenue, investors and other companies see its potential. Facebook reportedly bid $500 million in stock for Twitter in November but was turned down.
This new feature might be a treasure, or trouble for twitter, this has many security concerns to face. Easy to track a user without their knowledge, hackers might benefit also. Better the twitter watch..!
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