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• RMIT builds on Twitter, Google Maps, geolocation to entice online poets

  The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) is using social media and geolocation to entice aspiring writers to use its mobile website.

• Geolocation apps require context, mobility: Web designer

  Geolocation-based mobile applications are convenient, but require context to be understood by their patrons, a Canberra-based web designer has warned.

• GPS monitoring and tracking for criminals pledged

  Criminals under supervision and high risk defendants on bail would be subject to GPS monitoring under a Victorian coalition government.

• Facebook Places finally launches in Australia

  The long wait for Facebook Places is over, with the social networking site rolling out the location based social media platform in Australia.

• Borders signs Foursquare for customer loyalty push

  Borders has announced that it has partnered with location sharing platform Foursquare in a move designed to increase customer loyalty.

• Location-based Twitter app comes to Android

  Mobile social-networking company GyPSii has released an upgraded version of its Tweetsii application for the iPhone, and also added a version for Android, it said on Wednesday.

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  Twitter wants to know where you are

  Twitter knows where you are -- at least in the U.S.

• Twitter adds location-sharing

  Twitter users can now add their current location to their tweets. The micro-blogging service on Thursday activated an optional new feature that appends geographical information to your posts.

• Twitter buys Mixer Labs to enhance geolocation services

  Twitter has enhanced geolocation services provided on its messaging service by buying Mixer Labs, the company said on Wednesday.

• Twitter turns on geolocation functionality

  Twitter is now allowing its externally built applications to provide geolocation features to end-users, after announcing its intention to do so in August.

• Picasa gains face recognition capabilities

  The latest version of Google's Picasa photo-management software adds face-recognition features and simplifies geotagging, the company announced Tuesday.

• GyPSii social network available for Android phones

  Users of Android-based phones now have access to social-networking site GyPSii, which focuses on location-centric services.

• Developers salivating over Twitter's geolocation plans

  Twitter's plans to let its users attach geographic coordinates to their messages have external developers very interested at the possibilities this new geolocation functionality will open up for their applications.

• Twitter helps users track tweets by location

  Interested in tracking the Twitterers in your city or even your neighborhood? Or maybe you want to track the tweets sent from an area where there's a major event or disaster?

• Palm Pre debacle highlights location privacy issues

  Reports about Palm keeping track of Pre users have shown how location services can backfire, and the importance of making users aware of how information is used.