Social Media Newsfeed: Twitter 'Nearby' Feature | Facebook TV Advertising

Twitter is allegedly working on a mobile app feature that shows who's tweeting nearby. Facebook is going after TV advertising dollars. These stories, and more, in today's Morning Social Media Newsfeed.

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Twitter’s ‘Nearby’ Could Reveal Who’s Tweeting, Well, Nearby (CNET)
Twitter is apparently testing a feature for its mobile app that would show you who’s tweeting nearby — whether you follow them or not — and what they’re posting to the microblogging site. The feature — which, according to The Wall Street Journal‘s Digits blog, is actually called Nearby — would work only for people who’ve opted to share their location info with Twitter.

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