Facebook launches new "Places" check-in service

Facebook introduced an often-rumored check in feature last night with it's new "Places" service. The service is similar to other offerings like Foursquare, allowing you to check in at different places. What makes Places different is that you can tag friends that are with you (definitely want to make sure your friends don't tag you when you're playing hooky from work). Also, after you check in at a destination, you can check and see your friends who have checked in at the same place.

Facebook to launch mobile distribution platform

According to iSuppli, Facebook will make an app distribution platform, kind of like a Facebook app store, available for mobile. This means that developers can make all the games and applications you  use on Facebook available on your phone as well. This is pretty big news, since Facebook has over 550,000 applications already, and over 1m developers. Will developers flock to this new mobile platform, and give Apple's App Store a run for it's money? If Facebook can find a way to get developers more money than Apple can, it'd definitely a possibility.

iSuppli