Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Facebook App Center Launched in India


Facebook has launched its application centre (App Center) in India. App centre is a new place for people to find social apps. The App Center comes with more than 600 social apps, including Nike+ Running, Ubisoft Ghost Recon Commander, Stitcher Radio, and Draw Something. It will help users to find games, music services and media content easily. The users can access new App Center icon located on the left side of the home page on Facebook.comrecommending apps to users based on their interests. Additionally, the service is also available on Apple and Android mobile devices.
Facebook also added a localisation tool to the App Dashboard that would allow developers to translate the names and descriptions of their apps into other languages. The company said the centre has driven millions of app installations. The centre does not host apps, but sends users to the appropriate app store for their device. The App Centre is now available to everyone in the U.S., Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the U.K.