Facebook today launched a major update to its iPhone app, Facebook 3.5, bringing the mobile experience for groups and walls closer to privacy controls, onscreen navigation and UI enjoyed by users of the desktop Web version.
The new Facebook update for mobile now allows you to tag your friends and places in posts, and makes link-sharing much easier.
Facebook is the most popular app in the iTunes App Store with more than102 million usersmore than a year ago. This number is sure to have grown considerably in the last year, now that Facebook boasts more than 750 million registered users.
As reported onMac Stories:
Facebook 3.5 also comes with bug fixes, as mentioned in the changelog:
Improved Notifications speedFixed a number of Chat bugsMade it easier to select filters in News FeedFixed a bug with the Notifications bar disappearingFixed a number of Photos bugsImproved performance and stability overall
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We recently reported how asecret version of Facebook for iPadwas discovered hidden in the current version of iOS, though access has now been blocked.
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