By Doug Gross,
Facebook has rolled out its long-awaited location feature, Facebook Places, an application that lets users "check in" on their mobile phones so friends know where they're hanging out and what they're doing.
It's a function similar to what apps such as Foursquare and Gowalla have been doing for a while. But Facebook's 500 million-user Full StoryLatest ‘Facebook Latest News’
Facebook Places: Here’s how it works
Posted by New Technology 2012 Researcher on August 31st, 2011
By Doug Gross,
Facebook has rolled out its long-awaited location feature, Facebook Places, an application that lets users "check in" on their mobile phones so friends know where they're hanging out and what they're doing.
It's a function similar to what apps such as Foursquare and Gowalla have been doing for a while. But Facebook's 500 million-user Full Story
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New Facebook feature raises more privacy concerns
Posted by New Technology 2012 Researcher on August 28th, 2011
By Stephanie Goldberg
Based on comments on news sites and Facebook's official blog, many users appear apprehensive about Facebook Places, the social-networking site's new location feature.
It's not clear whether users' unfavorable reactions stem from privacy concerns or just confusion about the site's Places feature, which allows users to "check in" Full StoryFacebook introduces check-in feature
Posted by New Technology 2012 Researcher on August 26th, 2011
By Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook staff
Social-networking giant Facebook has entered the check-in world.
Facebook executives on Wednesday announced the launch of Facebook Places, which -- similar to services such as Foursquare and Gowalla -- will allow people to use
 the GPS on their mobile phones to let friends know exactly where they are.
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