Micro-blogging sensation Twitter says it is making progress on ways to pump cash from the emancipated service.Twitter co-founder Biz Stone had the blogosphere buzzing anew on Friday with have a discussion of generating revenue from affair accounts by year's aim. Stone understood ahead of schedule this time with the intention of lone method may possibly be charging fees pro money-making accounts used by businesses to apply messages on Twitter. Inside fresh observations apparently aimed by the venture hub convergence, which has invested tens of millions of dollars in Twitter, Stone told of the the makings pro premium services such as pulling data from the sea of "tweets."
Twitter, which allows users to interrupt lone a further with messages of 140 font or a reduced amount of, has seen a dizzying rush in popularity since it was launched in eminent 2006 but has been unable so far to generate revenue.
Stone's observations quoted in Venture Beat came on the time Twitter announced it is count location to its globally standard microblogging service in a move with the intention of will consent to public think it over everywhere "tweets" are appearance from. "We're gearing up to launch a extra figure which makes Twitter really location-aware," Stone understood in a message by the San Francisco-based Internet firm's website. Accurate "tweet-level" location data would consent to casual users as well as advertisers or businesses track messages based on locality or city.
Outside software developers who create applications pro Twitter will be able to conduct experiment with the location API former to the figure being added to the microblogging service.
Twitter users interested in let their whereabouts be renowned will need to activate the extra figure, which will be "off" as a default setting. Exact location data will not be stored pro extended periods, according to Twitter.
Inside June, authenticity badges began popping up by Twitter as a way to verify with the intention of public chirping are who they aver to be. Such badges are seen as something businesses might be willing to shell out pro.
