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Facebook Launches 'Places' Location Check-Ins [Updated]

Thursday August 19, 2010 8:29 am PDT by Eric Slivka

Facebook yesterday announced the launch of its new Places geolocation feature that allows users to "check-in" and tell others where they are at any given time.

Ever gone to a show, only to find out afterward that your friends were there too? With Places, you can discover moments when you and your friends are at the same place at the same time.

You have the option to share your location by "checking in" to that place and letting friends know where you are. You can easily see if any of your friends have also chosen to check in nearby.

Facebook's iPhone application has been updated to support the new Places feature, while users on other devices supporting geolocation and HTML5 can utilize Facebook's touch-optimized mobile site. Places availability is currently limited to the United States, but support for additional countries and mobile platforms is planned for the near future.

Update: Apple has just posted yet another update to the Facebook application, version 3.2.1. The description simply lists "bug fixes" in the list of changes, but users might want to make sure they update again if they updated earlier today for the "Places" functionality that arrived in version 3.2.
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jav6454
Posted: 19 months ago
Great, more ways of telling the world where you are.



In case you didn't notice, I meant everything in SARCASM
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countrydweller
Posted: 19 months ago
There will be a way to turn it off(better be), it's not working yet either.
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stagmeister
Posted: 19 months ago
As long as you don't have to tell the world where you are. I have been seriously thinking about deleting my facebook acct.
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ryguy2303
Posted: 19 months ago
Doesn't appear to be working yet :/
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spillproof
Posted: 19 months ago
I give it a week until some little teenybopper gets stalked or kidnapped.
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abbstrack
Posted: 19 months ago
not available in my region yet.

my 'region' is NYC.

I dont throw this term around much, but i'd say this is a launch *fail*
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powerofmac
Posted: 19 months ago
This new location feature is screaming "Im not at home, please break into my house!"
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GadgetAddict
Posted: 19 months ago
After numerous accusations from all over the world of Facebook violating private privacy rights they now do this...
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javaGuru
Posted: 19 months ago

This new location feature is screaming "Im not at home, please break into my house!"


I agree; It's way too easy for people with bad intentions to know the best times to break into your home.
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Roy Hobbs
Posted: 19 months ago
How is this any differernt than posting a pic of you at a bar or a pic of something while on vacation from your iPhone (or other phone). Even without this Places feature its easy to figure out who isnt at home.
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