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11-10-2017, 10:18 PM
Facebook gets local with updated events app
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Facebook is thinking locally with its latest app.
The social network is rebranding its standalone events hub app to also include listings for restaurants, entertainment, and other businesses within the general vicinity of a user.
SEE ALSO: Facebook wants you to check its new 'Crisis Response' feature when disaster hits (http://mashable.com/2017/09/14/facebook-crisis-response/)
Along with invitations to events and listings of nearby happenings, users will now see business recommendations from friends, searchable maps, and a list of any Facebook connections who happen to be in the area.*
"The new app, Facebook Local, helps you easily find what to do, where to go, where to eat, or what you need— all recommended by the people you know and trust,” Facebook product manager Aditya Koolwal said in a statement. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/10/facebook-local-app/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Facebook is thinking locally with its latest app.
The social network is rebranding its standalone events hub app to also include listings for restaurants, entertainment, and other businesses within the general vicinity of a user.
SEE ALSO: Facebook wants you to check its new 'Crisis Response' feature when disaster hits (http://mashable.com/2017/09/14/facebook-crisis-response/)
Along with invitations to events and listings of nearby happenings, users will now see business recommendations from friends, searchable maps, and a list of any Facebook connections who happen to be in the area.*
"The new app, Facebook Local, helps you easily find what to do, where to go, where to eat, or what you need— all recommended by the people you know and trust,” Facebook product manager Aditya Koolwal said in a statement. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/10/facebook-local-app/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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