near.ly – your local news source that sends you news through Twitter DMs

By Nischal Shetty on February 2nd, 2010

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near.ly sends you links to news and blog posts that happen within 1000 feet of your address. The site currently supports US only.

I guess this can be a good way to remain updated on local news in your area.

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Receive local news via Twitter as Direct Messages
Local news and blog posts within 1000 feet of your address is sent to you via DM

near.ly Says

near.ly sends you links to news and blog posts happening within 1000 feet of any address in the United States. nearlies are sent via Twitter direct message and look like this:

http://bit.ly/HYBQK via The Brooklyn Paper: Late Night Subway Mugging

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near.ly – Local news and blog posts sent via Twitter direct messages

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Nischal Shetty

Founder of twi5.com. I'm a twitter addict and I love trying out new twitter applications. I write small, stupid twitter rhymes once a while. Follow me on twitter @NischalShetty. You can follow @twi5 for updates on new twitter apps.

One Response to “near.ly – your local news source that sends you news through Twitter DMs”

wuensch (Wuensch-Media)
February 2, 2010 at 5:39 pm | Permalink

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