World's leading social network Facebook has done almost everything right to ensure that it stays number one for the years to come. It also had a variety of applications and services. However, one thing it lacked was a location based service.
This is exactly what Facebook is trying to sort. Apparently, the company has been working on a location-based service for close to a year now. However, it was kept under wraps fearing privacy issues. Besides this, Facebook also wanted this feature to be completely ready for adoption before they announce it.
As for the feature, it will allow users to share their location and whereabouts with their friends. Developers will also be able to create location specific applications for Facebook. One thing we are sure about that this would be warmly welcomed by those of you who are addicted to Facebook mobile. Twitter already has support for Geotagging and looks like Facebook too is headed in that direction. One thing we noticed was that as soon as the news of Facebook's support for location based services was announced, Twitter briefly turned on its Geotagging option for a few hours. This feature was strangely missing on the Twitter website - even as other clients supported it.
Facebook will be adding this location information at the F8 developer conference next month, according to a report by The New York Times.
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