ROUNDUP: FACEBOOK MEDIA EVENT

Facebook held a media event today in NYC and there was not a Facebook phone in sight.  Instead Facebook unveiled their mobile platform.  The new platform will have 3 parts: single sign on, location API and deals.

Users can now use one login for all their sites, meaning, log into Facebook, and then Facebook will handle your "logging in" to other sites through their APIs. There's also deals, which takes advantage of your Facebook single sign on for authentication, as well as location APIs. Users can see where their friends are, write and publish checkins, and search for relevant places. [Gizmodo]