After more than 2 weeks of delay,Facebookfinally launched their location-based service called Facebook Places in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. Facebook Places lets members send their location to Facebook using mobile phones. Aside from letting people know where they are, they can also show who they’re with by tagging their friends using the same system that Facebook employs for photos. Facebook Deals, on the other hand, allows brands to interact and reward fans who check in their location using Facebook Places....

Updates at the foot of the post. Facebook Places hassilently launchedin India, allowing Facebook users to start checking-in to businesses and locations added to the social network. We recently attended a Facebook event where the company announced it would be rolling outFacebook Places Dealsto five European countries. At the event, Facebook representatives noted that the company was working on releasing the service to all regions. Today it seems India is the next country to receive the location-based service, coming shortly afterIrish users reportedthe service was available in their country....

After numerous suggestions that Facebook Places was to launch in Ireland, the service hassilently gone livein the country, allowing Facebook users to start checking-in to businesses and locations added to the social network. We recently attended a Facebook event where the company announced it would be rolling outFacebook Places Dealsto five European countries. At the event, Facebook representatives noted that the company was working on releasing the service to all regions, today it seems is the start of the gradual roll out....

Over 660 million people use Facebook worldwide. We share thoughts, photos, our likes, our dislikes… we share a lot! But how much control do we have when it comes to managing our profiles? Last year, Facebook changed its privacy settings. In astatementfrom the social network last March it said: ‘New settings will give the more than 400 million people who use Facebook the power to control exactly who can see the information and content they share, all with just a few simple clicks....

Facebook has opened up a new site aimed at promoting its platform to advertisers. Originally reported backin late Marchby the Financial Times, the site has now officially launched. Facebook Studiooffers “examples, thought-starters and tools for (advertisers’) social marketing campaigns,” and is designed “to celebrate innovation and creativity on Facebook.” Facebook Studio includes: Campaigns highlighted on the site include Skittles’ ‘Mob The Rainbow’ and HBO’s True Blood live feed. Calling all Scaleup founders!...