Facebook today introduced the long-awaited product of Facebook to a large collection of business news in Palo Alto, California office. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that the company is working on a product to be little more than a few months. Although much of the functionality offered by the location of the duplicates, and Foursquare Gowalla companies, representatives of both companies swallowed their pride and spoke at the event about the benefits of using the new Facebook API Places.
product has three goals, Zuckerberg said:
facilitate participation, in which they are Help users to see who is around them Help for users to see what is happening and explore new places

Places begins today in touch.facebook.com for advanced mobile browsers and on the companys new iPhone App. Dedicated BlackBerry and Android does not have any function.
Sites is not about giving the location on the globe, to share with your friends where you are, said Michael Sites Product Manager Sharon.
Sharon showed off selected sites, in the latest activity from friends and other people who checked in check-in there are status messages, such as a logo with a small pin similar to those seen in Google Maps and are published on the walls of your friends if they are added. Pull local places of business data through a business partnership with Localeze.
As for privacy, users can turn off all location-tagging, and the default check-in is just friends. You can only tag your friends, and you are notified as soon as you are loved. Developers will be able to use data sites API tomorrow.
Gowalla CTO Scott Raymond testified on stage about his companys integration with Facebook, pitching it as an opportunity to expand and become wider distribution of the stamps very Gowallas.(At this time the link is only one way; Gowalla check-in will be syndicated on Facebook, but Facebook check-in will not be syndicated to Gowalla.) Foursquare VP Mobile and Holger Luedorf Partnership spoke to his companys pioneering efforts in space, and its value add on top of Facebook sites with game mechanics and prizes from local merchants.
Yelp Mobile Products Director Eric Singley, said that his company builds in a way to draw Places facebook friends check-in at the beginning of Yelp reviews. Booyah CEO Keith Lee made his debut for new applications of location-based iPhone game called InCrowd that said the company built in the last three weeks and will be available soon.
Facebook Vice President Chris Cox products sociologist Ray Oldenburg, cited concerns that the technology we will be in our community, because the only are places people go home and work. Cox said that the promise of the place is that the technology can pull us away from TV and the bar. Technology does not have to deny us apart, he said. If that was not very juicy, Cox then spoke to the idea of the story is pinned to a physical location for many years, so when the child goes to the beach 20 years from now he may be informed that this is the first place parents kiss.
Places does not have function and start earning, check-in, roll in the U.S. only. Business owners can claim as their own sites, making it Facebook Pages.
More information: Deal of the Facebook site and Statement in Plain English

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