An international group of researchers has developed an algorithmic tool that uses Twitter to automatically predict exactly where you live in a matter of minutes, with more than 90 percent accuracy. It ...

Twitter Places lets people add a specific location to tweets, see who else is tweeting from that spot, and tap into locations from Foursquare and Gowalla. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Twitter’s highly anticipated location features have been rolled out to ...

Twitter has announced that it has acquired Mixer Labs, the company behind GeoAPI – an easy way for companies to integrate geolocation services into their apps. Twitter recently launched its ...

Many of you tweet your every thought using your phone, post photos on Facebook and Instagram and “check in” wherever you're at on Foursquare. But this lighting speed communication could put your ...

Twitter has announced the addition of Places on twitter.com and mobile.twitter.com, letting users tag their messages with their location, the company said in a blog post on Monday. Over the next week, ...

A year ago, Twitter ramped up its game in location services when it announced an integration with Foursquare to provide venue suggestions when you wanted to tag where you were tweeting. Interestingly, ...

In a post on its Help Center this afternoon, Twitter has disclosed a bug that caused it to inadvertently collect and share iOS location data with a “trusted partner.” The issue, which has since been ...

When Twitter wants to announce a change in how it does things, how should they announce it? With a tweet, naturally: Twitter is removing the ability of its users to precisely geotag their tweets. Most ...

Twitter wants to know where you are. The social media company has tied up with Foursquare so your tweets can carry your precise location. Twitter was already picking up on your whereabouts, but its in ...