Facebook Debuts Featured Events on iOS App in 10 U.S. Cities

Facebook iOS users in 10 cities in the U.S. gained access to a new Featured Events feature Monday.

Facebook iOS users in 10 cities in the U.S. gained access to a new Featured Events feature Monday.

Josh Constine of TechCrunch reported on the launch of the feature, saying that the events are curated by Facebook employees, and categories include art, entertainment, family, festival, fitness, food and drink, learning, community, music and sports.

The 10 cities at launch are: Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C., Constine reported.

Product manager Aditya Koolwal told Constine the curators will avoid events with political or religious themes in order to minimize the potential of being accused of bias, adding:

You can think about it like a weekend or weekly digest of cool stuff that you can do in your city.

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