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Twitter Rumored to Be Planning New Photo Sharing Service

Twitter Rumored to Be Planning New Photo Sharing Service Twitter Rumored to Be Planning New Photo Sharing ServiceFresh from its acquisition of TweetDeck, Twitter apparently has another surprise in its social media bag of tricks.

In the microblogging platform’s ongoing effort to regain some of the market share lost to competing third-party Twitter platforms, the company is believed to be planning a new integrated photo-sharing service to take on the likes of Twitpic, Flickr, and others.

Sources speaking with TechCrunch reveal that Twitter could announce the service as early as this week. As a result, all eyes are now turning to Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, who is set to speak tomorrow at the D9 conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

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Location-Based Media Company “Where, Inc.” Awarded Patent For Geofencing Technology

Location Based Media Company Where Inc. Awarded Patent For Geofencing Technology Location Based Media Company Where, Inc. Awarded Patent For Geofencing TechnologyWhere, Inc., an LBS startup that has a few mobile apps already available, has been awarded a patent for its unique geofencing technology.

Patent number 7,848,765 was issued on Dec. 7th, more than five years after it was originally filed in May of 2005.  It details the company’s method and systems for “geofencing and the associated delivery of applications, content and mobile coupons.”  In relation to how the technology works for Where, the language in the patent describes it as:

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