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Facebook is announcing its long-awaited move into the location-sharing space, saying that users of the social network will now be able to share their location with friends. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said there were three central aspects to the feature, which Facebook is calling Places; users will be able to “check-in” to share their locations, look up where their friends are, and also find new locations to go to.

Users will be able access the feature via an “advanced mobile browser” or from the company’s new iPhone app, which is debuting today. Product manager Michael Sharon explained that when a user is at a certain location he or she will be able to look up that “place” on their phone and then “check-in.” Each “place” will also have its own page on Facebook, which will let users see what other Facebook members are “here now” at a given moment-if they have selected to share that information.

Facebook appears to have learned its lesson from its previous privacy fiascos; Sharon said the company understood that broadcasting location was particularly sensitive to many users and that the default setting with Places therefore is that check-ins will only be visible to friends and not to everyone. Users will also be able to limit access to only a few specific people if they wish.

Question is – do you really all your Facebook friends to know where you are….? Time will tell when this goes live in the UK soon.

Can W***** and K****** do no wrong!? The new Nike and Footlocker viral stars Marouane Chamakh and Andrey Arshavin who have joined forces with French World Champion female boxer and model Ingrid Graziani to promote the new Air Max 90 trainer. The video uses some snazzy projection mapping techniques for it’s animation execution.

Applied Works have created these interactive graphics and applications to further enhance various stories or features on The Time’s iPad app. The Times has been steadily commissioning the studio responsible to create easily digestible, interactive info-graphics for their digital readers and my, don’t they look slick. The Times should be commended on its continuing efforts to engage a digital readership via interactive, onscreen applications.

The Times: iPad infographics by Applied Works from Applied Works on Vimeo.

The app can be downloaded from here.