The 140 character social network has just confirmed the purchase of the app Spindle An acquisition that could well be focused on location of tweets and messages, making it more personal and close information, announcements, events and other issues for the user And that is precisely what Spindle does, or at least did, since after its purchase the application has stopped working to be integrated into TwitterWith this, this social network takes another step on its way to personalization, although new functions have not yet been discussed after the acquisition of this application.
So far, Spindle has served iPhone usersas a tool to find out what is happening in nearby places at this very moment In such a way, it would find the user's location and notified about offers and discounts in nearby establishments, or any kind of event Thus, the user could know firsthand hand what was happening and decide to go or share it with your friends through social networks like FacebookSomething he's been doing two and a half years in eleven cities in United States
Now, following its acquisition, the Spindle team will leave Boston , the city where its headquarters have been located, and will immediately join the Twitter team in the Californian city of San Francisco And it is that Spindle stops working, having already withdrawn the application of the App Store No figures have been revealed about the acquisition of this tool and, for the moment, apart from the thanks of the Spindle teamfor the opportunity that Twitter gives them to “continue helping to find interesting, current and useful information surrounding the user”, nothing more is known.
However, that same message suggests that Twitter will take advantage of the experience of the Spindle team to improve your own social networkAnd it is that the course of Twitter is to offer contents of interest to the user, which from this moment can also be related to the current location In addition to being a function with monetary interests to promote tweets or messages with offers in establishments close to the user. Although, as we say, for now it is only an idea, since Twitterhas not been officially pronounced yet.
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Therefore, all that remains is to wait to find out if this acquisition will bring important changes to the social network of the 140 characters Given the current and reduced area of influence of Spindle it may take time to see changes and improvements but, According to media such as AllThingsD, Twitter it would have been since the past month of April experimenting and testing with tools to offer its users localized information, an issue that would now make even more sense.Therefore, we will have to wait for the next announcements from Twitter and be attentive to possible news after learning about this new direction of the social network
