The popularity of location based applications is on the rise with the global introduction to the likes of Foursquare and Yelp!. Though it seems many have forgotten Twitter has been location aware for some time now.
Twitter gives you the option of enabling Geotagging in your account settings (see image below). Once enabled, third party applications will add a link to your location along with your tweets. (Note that these will only be visible on third party applications and not on the Twitter website).
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A lot has happened this week, so here’s a quick wrap up…
Twitter TV – Will there be a Twitter TV show? Well there isn’t an official Twitter TV show, but there are several production companies working on projects that may involve Twitter. One in particular is MTV who are working on a talk show format featuring Facebook and Twitter.
> Twitter Responds: There is No Official Twitter TV Show
> More Twitter TV: MTV Launching Social Media Heavy Show
Nokia Ovi Store – Nokia launch their version of the app store called Ovi… hasn’t really worked out yet.
> Ovi Store goes live
> Nokia Ovi Store Launch Is A Complete Disaster
Microsoft Bing – The new search engine by Microsoft has launched, Bing. You may have thought we had peaked with search engines after Google, but this sees the launch of two major search engines within a month, with Wolfram Alpha launching in May. The verdict is still out but there are some cool features such as video auto play in search results, but that doesn’t save it from being an extremely ugly looking page.
> Microsoft’s Bing boings into life – early
> Badda-Bing Indeed.
> Bing Opens Up. Is It Good? It’s Too Early To Tell.
Australians are racist – In case you didn’t know, it’s true, we’re all racist, Sol Trujillo (ex-Telstra boss) said so.
> Australians are Racist; according to Yanks and Poms
> Ex-Telstra boss slams ‘racist’ Rudd over ‘Adios’ comment
Google Wave – The big news online this week was the announcement of Google Wave. A reinvention of how we’ll communicate, bringing together email and instant messaging. The creators (from Google offices in Sydney) answered the question: “What would email look like if we set out to invent it today?”
> Google Wave: What Might Email Look Like If It Were Invented Today?
> Google Wave Drips With Ambition. A New Communication Platform For A New Web.
> Testing Google Wave: This Thing is Tidal
Coming soon – I’ll be writing a follow up to my article on the 3 strikes and out French internet law. I’ll also be looking at the Australian governments Internet filtering plan, so stay tuned.
