Twitter Places Adds Locations to Tweets, Integrates foursquare, Gowalla

Twitter is going places with its launch of Twitter Places, but one of the places it isn’t going is to battle with foursquare and Gowalla, as those two location-based mobile applications are integrated within Twitter Places.

All Tweets can now be tagged with specific places, and users can add new Twitter Places, or click on them to read Tweets that originated from them, including those generated by foursquare and Gowalla.

Director of geo Othman Laraki posted on the Twitter Blog:

If you’re like everyone at the Twitter office, you’re going crazy about the World Cup.

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