Facebook announced Thursday that it’s launching an App Center for its mobile platform, allowing users to get personalized app recommendations on their phones through the Facebook app, demonstrating the company’s connections with third-party app developers and desire to get serious about mobile.
Facebook’s app store will let users download Facebook-integrated apps for both the iPhone and Android, including popular apps like Instagram, Pinterest, Nike+ GPS and Draw Something.
Facebook has seen huge success letting third-party developers build games and social apps on Facebook.com using Facebook’s API. More than 230 million people play games on Facebook every month, and more than 130 of those games have more than 1 million monthly active users.
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