Facebook Updated For iPhone Now Tag Friends in Posts, UI Improved

Facebook has updated it’s official app for iPhone bringing UI improvements and the ability to tag friends and places in posts. The app now also allows you the privacy control on posts and match your settings on the web site. Besides some new features the updated Facebook app for iPhone brings many improvements and bugs fixes.

Changelog of Facebook 3.5 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad:

Made it easier to share with who you want
- Added the ability to tag friends and places in posts
- Added the ability to share external links from a web view
- Added new design for Profile and Group Walls
- Improved the sharing tool to add privacy controls on posts and match your settings on the web site

Improvements and bug fixes:
- Improved Notifications speed
- Fixed a number of Chat bugs
- Made it easier to select filters in News Feed
- Fixed a bug with the Notifications bar disappearing
- Fixed a number of Photos bugs
- Improved performance and stability overall

On the downside, 9to5 Mac reports that Facebook has taken this update opportunity to remove the Facebook for iPad code that accidentally leaked out in July. An official iPad app remains missing in action.

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