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Facebook Confirms 'Check-In' Feature

Facebook has confirmed its highly-anticipated location-based "check-in" feature, which, according to TechCrunch, "is apparently due to launch shortly if the code found on their touch.facebook.com site is any indication." Yet, according to a statement from Facebook: "There are currently no plans to add marketing partners to this product ... We may consider working with marketers to enhance the experience in the future, but have no plans to do so at launch."

This statement is actually in line with reports last week in AdAge that Facebook would eventually team up with some big brands to support the new feature. "Marketers, which have taken a keen interest in both Facebook and geo-targeted marketing, will be integrated into the system sometime after [the launch]," AdAge reported.

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