Facebook launched a location based service

The social network Facebook unveiled Places, which will allow its users to update their location and look for the location of their friends 

After preparation and rumors, Facebook launched a location-based service to her. California event the company unveiled a Facebook Places, Location One application similar in nature to "Ourskvar" and "and Walla. However, the company does not open in front with these services, but works with both products. Their representatives even spoke of the launch event. The two

companies will enable operations check - not published on Facebook, along with the transfer of various titles which are users of the services. But unlike Lforskvar - Facebook does not offer users turn to "fire city" of a particular place, just connect them to their friends Places Facebook service allows the user to update the whereabouts of his friends and see who the service are in the same place. Users could search for the location of friends who check in somewhere, and tag various friends and add comments. "The point is not to broadcast your location to the world, but to share your location with your friends," said product manager Michael Sharon Places. The new service will work initially through Facebook's iPhone application. Use of touch screen devices will be able to download an appropriate application from touch.facebook.com. Smartpunim non iPhone still will not be able to use the service - until the Facebook application will dedicated to them. In the first phase the service will be available in the United States alone, it is Iotma stages. Long-criticizing their experience in privacy issues - Facebook will allow its users who are not interested in Places to block the use of the service.