Twitter is set to start peeking on users' iPhones, iPads and Androids in order to see which apps they have downloaded.
The company will start collecting the list of apps installed on those smartphones and tablets so that it can, in its own words, "deliver tailored content that you might be interested in."
A
support article says the additional data collection will allow Twitter to make better recommendations on who to follow, as well as insert content it thinks you will find interesting into your feed.
The new feature, which Twitter has named "app graph," could tie in with the company's recently announced
Instant Timeline feature which takes new users' areas of interest and the people their contacts follow, and serves up a feed created for them in order to better personalise Twitter from day one.
