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Facebook Places: Breaking News

Facebook Places: Be your friends’ ‘big brother’–
Red Tape Chronicles: Are your friends trustworthy– If they aren’t, they might tell the world you are in some pretty crazy, or even disturbing, places, thanks to Facebook’s new ‘Places’ tool. Facebook – Social network – Online Communities – Facebook Places – Foursquare.

Facebook Places, Site’s Foursquare Competitor, Is ‘Imminent’
The long-rumored geolocation “check-in” feature at Facebook is slated to debut within weeks, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNET. It’s going to take the form of an application programming interface (API) for third-party companies on the Facebook developer platform, integrating existing “check-in” start-ups more deeply into the massive social-networking service and in turn permitting location-aware data to become a part of existing platform applications. More on Facebook.

News Media

Top Five Ways to Use Facebook Places Effectively – Huffington Post (blog)
This week, Facebook officially rolled out Facebook Places, its location-based service (LBS). Places allows you to easily "check in" where you are and share …

Since Introduction Of Facebook Places, Page Growth and Impressions-Per-Post … – Inside Facebook (blog)
Facebook may have been altering the algorithm on these days. One possible explanation for why Page updates were so affected is that Places pages have the …

Facebook Adds To Location Check-In Services With Hot Potato Acquisition – ChannelWeb
While that would seem to put Facebook in direct competition with such check-in sites as FourSquare and Gowalla, Facebook Places works in conjunction with …

Why Recommended Places Are the Next Big Thing in Location – GigaOm (blog)
… 8:30am PDT 5 Comments Now that Facebook is doing its best to make location-based services and the idea of a check-in mainstream with Facebook Places, …

Three teens on Facebook “hit list” killed – The Province (blog)
… but note a criminal gang and a guerilla group operate in the area. I'm guessing Facebook Places hasn't gotten off to a really popular start in Colombia.

Did Mark Zuckerberg leave a Facebook Places trail in London– – TechCrunch
At the moment Facebook Places is only available in the United States. Or to put that another way, it's only available to …

Facebook Fast– Pastor calls August 25 a day of online rest – Christian Science Monitor
This "Facebook Fast," as he calls it, means no texting, no tweeting, no emailing, and no stalking friends through Facebook Places. …

Google: Hey, We’ve Got Places Too – Reuters
Don't forget, prospective Facebook Places users, Google offers similar features to the Facebook's new location-sharing service with …

How Core Components Of Social Media Have Made Us A Connected World – Search Engine Land (blog)
Whether this means introducing regular new features like Facebook Places and Auto Re-Tweet or helping other sites share their content, users will continue …

Top Submitted Stories for Facebook Places

The Foursquare/Facebook Places Debate: It’s ‘And’, Not ‘Vs.’
Thoughts on how to use Foursquare and Facebook Places in harmony.

How To Use Facebook Places For Your Business
Oil spills,bad economy,lack of funds to advertise the are just a few of the things hurting businesses in the Tampa Bay area as well as in the rest of the country. Businesses need to be penny wise when it come to advertising. Facebook has just introduced Facebook Places which may help and best part it is for free.

Facebook Places vs Foursquare– Who cares.
Does the rise of Facebook Places spell the end for poor little old Foursquare. Erm, yes. It does.

Facebook Places: What You Need to Know
Facebook has finally released its long-awaited check-in service — called Facebook Places — to challenge existing location-based services such as Foursquare. I’ve summarized the key questions about it to help you get started. Here is what you need to know to get up and running on Facebook Places — both personally and professionally.

Why Facebook Places is going to be a big deal for the health
Facebook Places will bring location-based marketing opportunities for medical practices. But what are the threats the healthcare industry face–

Twitter Activity Snapshot for Facebook Places