Facebook Lets Apps Post Locations And Tag Friends
It's all about location and the company you keep: Facebook is now allowing developers of third-party applications to incorporate the ability for users to add location and friends directly to status updates posted via their apps.
It’s all about location and the company you keep. And now that’s true for third-party applications on Facebook.
Facebook is allowing developers of third-party applications to include tags of friends and locations.
The same functionality Facebook users can add to their status updates can now be added to news feed posts originated through apps.
Facebook users benefit by being able to add location and information via a single post.
All of this is made possible by Facebook releasing several new application-programming interfaces, enabling developers to set locations and tag friends in their apps’ Facebook posts, as well as improving the ability to search for places and read posts with location.
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