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Twitter's Geotagging API Goes Live
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from the whats-a-twitter dept.
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From cnet news : "Twitter has now launched the geotagging API, or application programming interface, that it announced in August.
Users now have the option to opt-in to geolocation by clicking a box in their settings menu, according to Twitter. For now, the company said, the impact of geotagging will be in third-party apps. Users won't see a difference to Twitter.com just yet."
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