Twitter. Othman Laraki (othman) Geo Team (geo) Twitter 360 Augmented Reality for the iPhone 3GS. Twitter’AR iPhoneApp with geo-tagging. Twitter 360 is an iPhone app that lets you visually see the flow of tweets from locations nearby, layered on top of your natural “real” environment. Thanks to to the iPhone’s video camera and Twitter’s new Geotagging feature, you’ll see live Tweets pop up based on your current location. You’ll be able to see where the tweets are coming from as well as how far the person tweeting is. As with most of the augmented reality iPhone apps, you’ll need the built in compass which only comes with the iPhone 3GS. This isn’t the first stab at the Augmented Reality Twitter app but, as far as we are aware, this is the first app to use the feature with Twitter’s new geo-tagging feature. That said, while this may be the first, don’t expect it to be the last. We’re certain a flurry of these will appear over the coming weeks.
What else does it bring to the table? “Latest Tweets” mode. “Locate my Friends” mode. GeoMeme: a Twitter Trends face-off on your street. 29 November '09, 08:41pm Follow Now that Twitter has turned on its Geolocation API we’re likely to see all sort of exciting new web services come to the fore. GeoMeme is one of the first. Although it’s been around for a while it’s recently started searching geolocation in tweets in addition to the location entered on users’ profiles. The idea with GeoMeme is that you can see where different Twitter trends are most popular. Unlike competing service TrendsMap, GeoMeme allows you to quickly and easily get down to street level and see exactly who is contributing to a certain trend – and exactly where they tweeted from. The focus of GeoMeme is comparing two trends to see which is most popular in any particular area. You don’t have to restrict yourself to city level – the service uses the area currently showing on the map as its search area.
GeoMeme shows just how useful location data can be in measuring public opinion. Tweetdeck Adds Map View to Latest iPhone App. Tweetdeck‘s flying start to 2010 continues with the launch of the latest version of its iPhone app. Hot on the heels of yesterday’s news that the desktop version of the popular application was being installed as the journalist’s Twitter client of choice at Sky News in the UK, the latest release of the iPhone version of the app is now in the iTunes App Store. The iPhone app now aligns itself with the desktop version with the inclusion of Lists which can be added as extra columns. Retweets are also in there, with the option of using the older method in order to add comments, or using new-style quick RTs. A significant step in release v1.3 is the introduction of the geo-coding of tweets using the iPhones GPS, plus inline maps within the detail of each tweet, to let you know just where the sender is.
The Tweetdeck app even lets your take all geo-tagged tweets in any column and plot them on map to see just where your friends are. Tweetdeck iPhone+Map. You all enjoyed the trailer , but now the year's biggest blockbuster has arrived at last. iPhone TweetDeck v2.0 is here ! In Hollywood they would call it a "re-imagining" - keep the essence of the original, but bring it bang up to date with a new team, top-class effects and plenty of scope for sequels.
Ditch the camp soundtrack and overacting of Batman and Robin , and replace it with the cool car and new suit of Batman Begins . With the all-new iPhone TweetDeck, we have done just that. Our team took the original iPhone app and distilled the essence of what made it so popular into a series of guiding principles. They then embarked on creating a brand new app from scratch, making use of all the latest technologies and design approaches, but all the while with an eye on those fundamental principles from the original.
After several months of feverish work, locked in the lab at the Batcave for hours on end, a new app was born. Downloading the app iPad users, don't fret, your time will come! Why Twitter Wants to Know Where You Are. Ever since the introduction of the location-aware tweet, we've been curious as to why Twitter wants to know where we are. The release of Local Trends holds the key to unlock that answer. Now more than ever, where you are is more important than what you're doing. So as location-sharing is poised to be the breakout technology trend of 2010, the Local Trends feature points us to look towards the future of local services brought to you by Twitter, made possible by the location-aware tweet.
In fact, we've actually been gifted with quite a few clues when it comes to Twitter's local agenda. Here we'll look at the milestones on Twitter's path to conquer local and use those pieces to fill in the bigger puzzle. 1. Introduction of Location-Aware Tweets In the beginning there was the tweet and on the seventh day the tweet became location-aware. Months later the feature is underutilized and still opt-in only, but its usefulness has yet to be fully demonstrated. 2. 3. 4. 5. Silicon Valley Twitter Meetup 1/25/10 - Demos & Ben Parr of Mash. TwitterLocation API_Places. Developer Preview: upcoming geo features (a.k.a "A place is not. Hi all. i wanted to give you all a heads up on some big changes we're making to our geo-tagging API. right now, you can post a status update along with a latitude and longitude pair -- what we've jokingly referred to as "geo-tweeting", is actually just a status update with a "where" in the form of a coordinate attached to it. we're about to add a whole new layer of context to that status update. once our new additions to our geo infrastructure comes into place, geo-tweets will get richer data. for example, a status object may look like the following (abbreviated): "id":9505317221, "coordinates": { "type":"Point", "coordinates": [-122.40060, 37.78215] "place": { "country":"United States", "country_code":"US", "full_name":"SoMa, San Francisco", "name":"SoMa", "place_type":"neighborhood", "bounding_box": { "type":"Polygon", "coordinates": [ "id":"7695dd2ec2f86f2b", "url":"/1/geo/id/7695dd2ec2f86f2b.json" "text":"Wherever you go, there you are.
" to support this these changes we've added a few endpoints: Twitter CEO Announces Twitter New @anywhere Platform. Twitter CEO, Evan Williams has just announced a new platform for integrating Twitter into other websites called @anywhere. Essentially it’s a way to place the Twitter hovercards on any site. Twitter have integrated the new feature into 13 sites including Amazon, ebay, Yahoo, Digg, Bing, Meebo. You can watch a video demo (in awful quality) below: In many respects this feels similar to Tweetmeme’s recent product launch, a follow button which essentially integrates a button on any site and allows users to follow accounts without having to leave the site itself. Twitter’s version differs in the fact it allows you to add a link to any word and have that launch a hover card that lets you follow the person there and then. In a blog post, Twitter says “Imagine being able to follow a New York Times journalist directly from her byline.”
Imagine no more, you can do that now with Tweetmeme in our bylines (see below). Spiggler. TrackU itunes.apple. TrackU iPhone/iPad app tracks any Twitter user’s geotagged activ. TrackU, an app for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, shows just how easy it is to track any Twitter user if they geotag their tweets. Basically, all you need to do is search for a Twitter user, and if they have geotagged their tweets, TrackU shows not only where those tweets occurred, but also the tweet text and most interestingly – lines connection all the dots. According to the app creators, the main use of TrackU is to follow people you know (including family) as they go about their everyday lives or, as they put it: “If your friend goes on a road trip and sends geotagged tweets along the way, you can track them on the map, see when and where they sent each tweet, and read what they said.
You can save the map for reference, or mail it to them as a souvenir!” It certainly can be used for that purpose as long as you can convince your friends/family to geotag their tweets. We won’t pontificate more than necessary – location sharing is what location sharing is. Twitter Launches “Places” Feature with Foursquare Integration. After months of rumors and hinting, Twitter has unveiled its major new foray into the world of geolocation, Twitter Places. This feature will highlight tweets at a given location. Starting now, Twitter.com desktop and mobile users can tag their tweets with existing Twitter Places and add new Twitter Places, too.
Twitter Places can be explored and will reveal a list of recent, public tweets from that location. Twitter will also show you nearby locations and points of interest, including restaurants and shops. Twitter Places will be integrated with Foursquare and Gowalla, as well. "Location is a key component of these tweets, so we worked closely with both companies to associate a Twitter Place with Tweets generated by these services," wrote Twitter geo head Othman Laraki today on the company's blog.
Location data will also work with more browsers, including Safari and Internet Explorer. Here's what it looks like from the web interface: Twitter Places: More Context For Your Tweets. If you’re like everyone at the Twitter office, you’re going crazy about the World Cup. When turning to Twitter to keep up with the current game, it helps to know where a Tweet is coming from—is that person watching the game on TV or is he actually in the stadium?
To help answer that question, we’re excited to announce Twitter Places on twitter.com and mobile.twitter.com. Starting today, you can tag Tweets with specific places, including all World Cup stadiums in South Africa, and create new Twitter Places. You can also click a Twitter Place within a Tweet to see recent Tweets from a particular location. Try it out during the next match—you will be able to see Tweets coming from the stadium. Several other features of this launch include: Foursquare and Gowalla integration: Many Foursquare and Gowalla users publish check-ins to Twitter. Place Your Tweets with Twitter Locations. Twitter Places: One Massive Leap For Location on Twitter. Twitter has always been about telling people what you’re doing, and sometimes where you’re doing it. With the newest feature, Twitter Places, the where just got a whole lot more important.
From the Twitter Blog: Starting today, you can tag Tweets with specific places, including all World Cup stadiums in South Africa, and create new Twitter Places. You can also click a Twitter Place within a Tweet to see recent Tweets from a particular location. Try it out during the next match—you will be able to see Tweets coming from the stadium. Foursquare and Gowalla integration means that you’ll be able to publish your check-ins from those services to Twitter. 65 countries around the world will be getting Twitter Places over the next week, so check the Add Your Location link below the Tweet Box on Twitter.com. Twitter also has some other toys for us. Until this point, there’s been a noticeable line between location services.
Twitter Joins The Place Race — Foursquare, Gowalla Come Along Fo. Since late last year, Twitter has included location as a key part of its API. Earlier this year, it was rolled out to twitter.com as well. But those locations have been abstract cities or areas. Starting now, Twitter is adding actual venues into the mix as well. On both Twitter.com and mobile.twitter.com, you’ll now be able to tag tweets to specific places (such as venues), Twitter notes on its blog today.
And clicking on those location names will bring up recent tweets from those places. Notably, this also will work right off the bat with Foursquare and Gowalla — two of the most popular check-in services. This new place information works with the Twitter API as well. And alongside this launch, Twitter notes that the location functionality is working in more browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Safari (in addition to Chrome and Firefox, where it has worked for a while). All of this means huge things for location on Twitter. And don’t forget Google Places. TomTom levert locatiedata aan Twitter. Nieuws - Met behulp van TomToms database toont Twitter sinds maandag locatiegegevens in tweets. De introductie van Twitter Places gaat gepaard met diverse bugs. TomTom is een van de twee partners die betrokken is bij Twitter Places. Samen met bedrijvengids Localeze levert TomTom de database waarmee Twitter gps-coördinaten kan omzetten in specifieke, concrete locaties.
Financiële details over de samenwerking zijn niet bekendgemaakt. Het gaat bij de overeenkomst om een database van 'points of interest', en niet om digitale kaarten, zoals ANP abusievelijk meldt. 65 landen Twitter Places is maandag aangekondigd, en wordt de komende week uitgerold naar 65 landen. Twitter Places is voorlopig alleen beschikbaar via twitter.com en mobile.twitter.com vanaf apparaten met gps. Liegen kan ook In het vak waar gebruikers berichten schrijven staat een “add your location”-knop, met de locatie van de gebruiker. Binnenkort ook in Nederland: incheckdienst Twitter Places · Mark. Mapping Twitter city landscapes | News. Tweet-o-Meter - Giving you an insight into Twitter activity from. Is it true that, "New York is the city that never sleeps! "? Do Londoners send more Tweets than New Yorkians'? Is Oslo a bigger Tweeter than Munich?
Is Tokyo as much into Tweets as Barcelona? Has San Francisco calmed down after all that talk about the iPad? Tweet-o-Meter Knows! The Tweet-o-Meter measures the amount of tweets (measured in Tweets per Minute or TPM) received from various locations around the world. The guages are updated every second giving you a live view of the TPM's in each location. Tweet-o-Meter is designed to mine data for later analysis relating to furthering our understanding of social and temporal dynamics for e-Social Science within the Twitter demographic. Pop Music Video The music video that inspired the application: New City Landscapes - Interactive Tweetography Maps. Over the past few months we have been harvesting geospatial data from Twitter with the aim of creating a series of new city maps based on Twitter data.
Via a radius of 30km around New York, London, Paris, Munich we have collated the number of Tweets and created our New City Landscape Maps. New York New City LandscapeImage by urbanTick using the GMap Image Cutter / New York New City Landscape -Use the Google Maps style zoom function in the top right corner to zoom into the map and explore it in detail. Explore areas you know close up and find new locations you have never heard of. Click HERE for a full screen view. The highest New York point is the Time Square Peak. The maps were created using our Tweet-O-Meter, in association with DigitalUrban and coded by Steven Gray, this New City Landscape represents location based twitter activity. Image by DigitalUrban / Screenshot of the Tweet-O-Meter showing New York, London, Paris and Munich. Images of the maps can also be found on flickr. Local Search Marketing | Localeze.com. Localeze (Localeze) Firefly - The Check-in Service for Twitter.
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