Twitter acquires location tracker start-up Mixer Labs

Technology.am (Dec 27, 209) –The micro-blogging website Twitter is purchasing the location tracking start-up Mixer Labs for an unrevealed sum. Mixer Labs, founded by two ex- Google employees, creates an application for Twitter called GeoAPI.

Twitter chief executive Evan Williams said the transaction would permit Twitter users to demonstrate users where they are when they post updates to the website.

The application will in addition permit users to explore where an occurrence is happening, the firm said.

On the company’s blog, a statement said: “We want to know what’s happening, and more precisely, where is it happening.

“As a dramatic example, twittering ‘Earthquake!’ alone is not as informative as ‘Earthquake!’ coupled with your current location”.

Twitter is a social networking site in which users write down messages of no above 140 characters.

An predictable 58 million people utilize Twitter around the world.

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2 Responses to “Twitter acquires location tracker start-up Mixer Labs”

• Madden Corner Says:
  13.28.07 at 1:28 pm

  I’m not sure how I feel about location tracking on Twitter. It’s great for some, but I don’t think I would use it.

• Robert Mcclung Says:
  19.22.33 at 7:22 pm

  I do think twitter is a killer app. A perfect complement to blogging. I tweet all the time and I’m pretty sure I’m addicted

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