Social networking site Twitter announced that it has recently acquired geolocation services provider Mixer Labs to allow Twitter users to tag the location of where a message was written.

Mixer Labs, a start-up company founded by two former Google employees, developed a location-tracking tool called GeoAPI. Developers will be able to harness the GeoAPI engine to add relevant location information to Twitter messages.

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone wrote in a blog: "When current location is added to tweets, new and valuable services emerge—everything from breaking news to finding friends or local businesses can be dramatically enhanced."

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.