Facebook lets friends send real gifts
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This undated image provided by Facebook shows a new service called Gifts which, as its name suggests, lets users send chocolate, coffee, socks and other real-life presents to one another. Facebook Gifts will be available on Thursday, Sept 27, 2012, to a subset of users in the United States and will roll out to more over the coming months as people begin to send gifts to each other. -- PHOTO: AP
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Facebook on Thursday added a feature that lets people send cupcakes, coffee, stuffed animals or other gifts to friends at the social network.
Facebook said it was rolling Gifts out gradually, starting in the United States.
"Every day, millions of people share special moments with their friends on Facebook," the California-based firm said in a blog post.
"Now, there is another way to celebrate these moments." People can click on icons that look like bow-wrapped boxes to select gifts from an array of merchants then send friends virtual cards either as private messages or for posting in public timelines at Facebook pages.
