Twitter partners with Foursquare to add precise locations to tweets<article>
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<p>Twitter is about to catch up to Facebook circa 2011. The self-styled information network recently announced it will partner with Foursquare to let you tag your tweets with specific locations. Until now, including your location in a tweet only added the general area you were in, such as a city or rural county.</p><p>With Foursquare’s database of more than 65 million places worldwide, Twitter will be able to let you get a lot more specific. Twitter recently published a video showing its new Foursquare location mash-up in action. At first glance it’s a set-up that Facebook users will be immediately familiar with.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<p>Coming soon! We’re working with
@foursquare so you can tag specific locations in Tweets:
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Twitter partners with Foursquare to add precise locations to tweets
