Twitter’s API just got a new piece of awesome: native location data. Before, apps had to jury-rig location schemes, but now location data can be natively baked into every tweet.

Twitter + true location is going to be insanely powerful and possibly take Twitter to a whole new level. The API will let developers couple latitude and longitude with any tweet, so your friends can know where you’re chomping on that delicious burger—or a whole mess of other things.

It is opt-in, though, so don’t freak out, in case you were. (If you use Twitter, I don’t know why you would, actually.) But you might as well get used to the idea of people knowing where you are—it’s simply inevitable with the evolution of location-oriented apps. Location is the next thing, whether you like it or not. So enjoy opting out while you can. After all, how else are they gonna target you with those location-based ads? [Twitter via TechCrunch]

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