Facebook Places now available in New Zealand

Forums › Social networks, social media, and tools › Facebook Places now available in New Zealand

scottjpalmer

Minimalist
5596 posts

Uber Geek

Moderator

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

# 77464 17-Feb-2011 02:07

Facebook Places is finally able to be used in New Zealand.

For those that don't know, it is Facebook's alternative to foursquare.

Let the News Feed spamming begin :-)

1 | 2

3078 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

# 440537 17-Feb-2011 06:13

Must be slowly being turned on, my iphone FB app still says unavailable (no new version available either in itunes)

haakuturi

241 posts

Master Geek

Trusted

# 440555 17-Feb-2011 08:40

My Android app also says it's not yet available in NZ. I guess they're rolling it out.

gehenna

5846 posts

Uber Geek

Moderator

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

# 440560 17-Feb-2011 08:45

Hey so it is! That's the last thing my VPN was being used for so I guess I can cancel that now :)

minigopher17

272 posts

Ultimate Geek

# 440576 17-Feb-2011 09:24

So either it's rolling out very slowly, or you have some special way to get to it? My Android app still says it's coming to my region soon.

gehenna

5846 posts

Uber Geek

Moderator

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

# 440580 17-Feb-2011 09:32

Works on the iPhone app straight away with no special means of access. In the past I used a VPN to use Places but not now.

I guess iOS rollout first, then Android...

Regs

Cloud Guru
4060 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

Snowflake

Subscriber

# 440598 17-Feb-2011 10:35

people often still dont seem to understand the dangers of oversharing..... http://pleaserobme.com/ was a good eye-opener

Sales Engineer
Snowflake
www.snowflake.com

about.me/nzregs
Twitter: @nzregs

geekiegeek

2257 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

Subscriber

# 440617 17-Feb-2011 11:09

its pretty cool, I've been using it here in Australia for the week and just today noted that a good friend was just down the road which makes catching up pretty easy.

I also like the fact that I can just use one app to keep up with my friends news and see where they are out and about instead of having to use Foursquare and Facebook.

Delete Social Media

My thoughts are my own and are in no way representative of my employer.

ALTRON

533 posts

Ultimate Geek

# 441923 21-Feb-2011 13:23

Its not available on my iphone 4 yet:(

minigopher17

272 posts

Ultimate Geek

# 441926 21-Feb-2011 13:24

This must be the slowest roll-out ever - I still don't have it, tried it on Android, Blackberry and mobile touch site...

haakuturi

241 posts

Master Geek

Trusted

# 441928 21-Feb-2011 13:25

minigopher17: This must be the slowest roll-out ever - I still don't have it, tried it on Android, Blackberry and mobile touch site...

Same for me.

jbard

1371 posts

Uber Geek

# 441930 21-Feb-2011 13:28

haakuturi:
minigopher17: This must be the slowest roll-out ever - I still don't have it, tried it on Android, Blackberry and mobile touch site...

Same for me.

Facebook roll outs are usually pretty slow, i know some people who are still only getting the new profile page now, and the new facebook photo viewer isn't meant to be 100% for 2 more months yet i have it now.

I also notice the roll outs aren't always for account but sometimes they are for device - if i log in at home i get the new facebook photo viewer but not at work.

gehenna

5846 posts

Uber Geek

Moderator

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

# 441933 21-Feb-2011 13:33

Tried resetting your devices to clear out the caches? Could be all you need to do...

haakuturi

241 posts

Master Geek

Trusted

# 441935 21-Feb-2011 13:41

gehenna: Tried resetting your devices to clear out the caches? Could be all you need to do...

I just installed a new ROM (moved from Oxygen2.0 to CM7) so yep! And still no Facebook Places.

minigopher17

272 posts

Ultimate Geek

# 441938 21-Feb-2011 13:47

I just cleared out all data and cache on my Android for the Facebook app, and after getting it all up and going again, still no Places.

So I'm going with that it's at Facebook's end.

Facebook needs a setting saying yes, I'm a geek, I want to be first with new features...

geekiegeek

2257 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

Subscriber

# 441949 21-Feb-2011 14:44

I have the option but cant "add" sites which is a bit of a pain.

Delete Social Media

My thoughts are my own and are in no way representative of my employer.

1 | 2