January 27

Twitter announces local trends – Follow Tweets pertinent to your area

Twitter adds another feather to it’s already severely weighted down cap. People logging on to their Twitter accounts this morning found a new feature waiting for them. The micro-blogging site had disclosed last night that the new Local Trends feature would be added to the site today. It’s designed for people to keep track of what’s going on “in their hoods. ”

“Local Trends will allow you to learn more about the nuances in our world and discover even more relevant topics that might matter to you,” wrote Twitter’s Jenna Dawn on the company’s blog site. “The big events that come up around the world will always become a global conversation, but what about the big events that only happen in your world that only matter to those around you? Or the slight differences in the way Californians perceive an event, like Obama’s election victory, versus those Sao Paulo, Brazil?”

Log on to the site and see what’s going on in your back yard!