Twitter/Google Maps Mashup Highlights Protests in Libya, Bahrain

A tech-savvy engineer has developed a Twitter/Google Maps mashup app to display in near-real-time tweets about the protests in the Middle East and North Africa from people on the ground and around the world.

Middle East Protest Tweets – Mapped is the work of self-proclaimed Google Maps enthusiast Virender Ajmani, who you can follow on Twitter at @mibazaar.

The map displays the most recent tweets from or about one of the countries currently in the news for its protests and political strife: Egypt, Iran, Libya and Bahrain.

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