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BlackBerry upgrades Twitter and Facebook apps

Updated versions of Facebook and Twitter have been released for BlackBerry 10 smartphones and are available as free downloads from the BlackBerry World.

Facebook version 10.0.1 New Features

√ò Friends Nearby Facebook 10.0.1 allows you to discover if your Facebook friends are nearby. You’ll be able to see when they’ve checked in on Facebook to a location that’s close to where you are.

√ò Photo Updates There are new ways of interacting with your Facebook photos. With Facebook 10.0.1, you can now easily add photo tags to a photo you’re uploading within the Facebook application. Plus if you like that photo or funny picture your friend just shared on Facebook, you now have the ability save Facebook photos locally on your BlackBerry 10 smartphone.

√ò Events Facebook 10.0.1 makes it even easier to plan and keep track of your events. You can now view and respond to events, invite your friends to attend, create and view posts on the event wall, post photos, and even tag guests.

√ò Sharing Facebook 10.0.1 makes it easier than ever to share what matters to you with all of your contacts. Using the BlackBerry 10 share framework, you can now easily share links from your Facebook newsfeed to BBM, email, SMS, Facebook Twitter, LinkedIn, and others.

Twitter version 10.0.2 New Features

√ò Your Connect Tab Twitter 10.0.2 allows you to view all interactions in one place, including new follows, favourite’s and mentions.

√ò Enjoy More Content Take a look at photos, article summaries and other updates within your Tweets.

√ò Added Perspective The latest Twitter version allows you to see the number of times a Tweet has been favourited.

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