Brightkite Update

ReadWriteWeb details what’s new in the BrightKite update. Brightkite is a tool to add location to iPhones, Blackberrys and Android phones. I run into it most as a tool to add location information to twitter posts. The update is timed well as Twitter begins to roll out its own geoAPI. Among the new features is one that does NOT attach location information to posts.

Non Geo-Tagged Posts
With the new “Somewhere in the world” option, users are now free to post notes and photos that are not associated with a geographical location by clicking the X button in the “Pick a Place” section of the post form. Non geo-tagged posts will show the location as “somewhere in the world.”

I think it’s interesting that the app just got around to a “don’t geotag” option. That’s a good heads up for startups in this space!