Facebook recently released its places application. The application is a real time geolocation interface that uses gps to tell your friends where you are and what you are doing while you are doing it. Think of it as a status update with a map attached to it. The application has been released for the iphone, but other versions do not exist yet.
Places can be seen on Facebook already, but the check in is only available on certain devices. Here is what a place profile looks like
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Demandforce-Inc/127924707253103?ref=ts
To checkin without a iphone, visit http://touch.facebook.com. This will bring you to the mobile version of Facebook.
Facebook Touch
Click on places and your web browser will prompt you for your location. I am using Firefox in this picture. Other browsers may appear differently. The browser will find your location using your IP address. Click to allow the browser to find your location.
You can then proceed with Facebook places as normal. Allfacebook.com has a nice instructional for using Facebook places for your business here:
Start checking in, and share your business!
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