Where are Twitter and Facebook’s Geolocation Features? - Mashable
Wed, Feb 4th, 2009
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I’ve been playing around with Google Latitude on and off since this morning. I must admit, it’s pretty cool and demonstrates why geolocation is interesting, and services like Loopt and BrightKite have found some success as early players in the space.
But as myself and a lot of other commenters have noted, the problem with Latitude is that Google contacts really aren’t your actual social network in most cases, primarily because of the quirky way in which Gmail adds people to your buddy list. Nonetheless, Google Latitude has me thinking about geolocation again, and more aptly, why the big social networking players – Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter – aren’t doing anything with it.
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Where are Twitter and Facebook’s Geolocation Features?
When Google announced Latitude, the company's new geo-location tool, all the talk was about the technology opening the doors for location-based advertisements in the years ahead. The big question for those following social media is whether Latitude might be Google's secret "Twitter killer." (Tech Industry News)
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Looking for restaurants? Bank branches? Auto repair shops? This can now be built into the browser. Adsense and other advertising could even use Geolocation to better serve ads. Surely Facebook and Twitter will use this to allow users to tell their friends where they are.(Apple)idannybMon, Jun 1st, 200920 Diggs, 0 CommentsWeplug Social Network Launches: Where’s the Beef?
Weplug is a new social networking site out of France that aims to combine the best parts of Twitter, Facebook, and geo-location. The site has just entered public beta, and is available on the iPhone at the same URL.(Tech Industry News)
cybrspinTue, Apr 29th, 200817 Diggs, 1 Comments
Check out http://apps.facebook.com/locate_me/
it has already passed 700 users and still counting, featuring public positioning and mobile support is just on its way..
worth a try