Facebook Users Around the World Now Gaining Access to Places

Facebook’s location checkin service Places is now available to users in Brazil, India, Singapore, the Philippines, South Africa, Egypt, Israel, other countries around the world, according to users in those countries. We’re checking with Facebook about the scope of the rollout — the company has been slowly rollling the feature out since August, starting with iPhones and Facebook mobile sites in the US, often waiting until smart phone penetration reaches critical mass in a certain country before launching.

Update: Facebook tells us that the rollout covers just about everywhere, with some notable exceptions.”We

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