Twitter Brings Changes, Relies on Developers

Developments are coming to Twitter as the microblogging phenomenon gives its users more chances to enhance its services. There are several changes coming to Twitter including labs for experimental features as well as a new Geolocation API. Both announcements have the potential to give Twitter a great advantage in the social media sphere.

Twitter’s labs area (similar to Google Labs) will be a place where engineers can create add-ons and other experimental functions. According to Venture Beat, “Britt Selvitelle, a Twitter engineer, made the announcement earlier … but didn’t release further details. The move comes the same month that Facebook unveiled its own testing area called ‘Prototypes’”. In crowdsourcing Twitter development, users will be able to make the most out of their Twitter experiences.

Recent reports also show that Twitter seems to have turned on part of its new Geolocation API. TechCrunch writes, ” Basically, it looks like it turned on geolocation coordinates for all tweets, even if they weren’t meant to be enabled”. A geolocation function for Twitter can mean many opportunities for reaching target audiences, and on the user’s end, finding the most useful resources in the closest proximity.

How will you take advantage of Twitter’s new features?