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Facebook users will now see a “Suggest Edits” link in the top right of the info tab for Places pages.
Facebook Allows Users to Suggest Edits to Places Pages
Discontent Grows With Facebook Places’ Ability To Tag Without Users’ Express Permission
There’s a fun and charming story on Advertising Age about a woman and her friends having a fun and charming dinner together.
Did Mark Zuckerberg leave a Facebook Places trail in London?
At the moment Facebook Places is only available in the United States. Or to put that another way, it’s only available to IP addresses associated with the United States.
Facebook Kept Thousands Of Check-Ins On Lockdown For Months. Impressive.
As we noted a couple days ago, the video Facebook made to explain their new Places feature was a bit Apple-esque .
Confirmed Hot Potato: Yup, Facebook Bought ‘Em, Will Soon Shut Them Down
As we noted nearly a month ago now, Facebook has acquired social activity and ‘check-in’ service provider Hot Potato for about $10 million in cash . Facebook, fresh from announcing its entry into the location game ( our ongoing coverage ), and Hot Potato this morning confirmed the acquisition, which is clearly a move by the social networking juggernaut to bring in more talent rather than expanding its product line. In a blog post, Hot Potato writes:
The countdown is officially on for the big Facebook location backlash. How long will it be? One week?
Stalkers. Creeps. Weirdos. Terror. Welcome To Location, Facebook
Earlier today we had a bit of a fire-drill at TechCrunch Headquarters.
The Confusing Stages Of Opting Into Facebook Places
Facebook Wants Advertisers To Help Build Out Its Directory of Places
As we heard tonight, Facebook has officially launched Places, the social network’s location-based platform.
Yesterday during their Places event, Facebook showed a video highlighting the thoughts of the team of developers who actually built the functionality.
Facebook’s Apple-Like Places Promo [Video]
Let’s just pretend for a second that Facebook Places aka Facesquare is a charitable attempt on Facebook’s part to quell check-in fatigue by making nice with Foursquare , Gowalla, Booyah and Yelp (and not another attempt by Facebook to turn the world into this ).
Facebook Places Vs. The Location-Based World
20% Of Foursquare Users Are Pushing Their Check-Ins To Facebook (TCTV)
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.Updated: After careful consideration, I’m retracting my B and replacing it with a C-, penalizing Facebook for superfluous complexity and a lack of transparency.
The Paranoid Can Relax, Facebook Dials Up Privacy With Places
We’re sitting here in the waiting room at Facebook waiting for the supposed location event to start. Facebook won’t say officially what the event is about, but it seems like everyone knows .
Spotted: Facebook Location In Action. Meet Facebook Places!
If you hate the idea of Facebook gaining a location element, you’re really going to hate this. It’s awesome.