Android and Blackberry users (like me) have to wait a few more months for our Places application.

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One of the big announcements it made was that Facebook was opening up its Places application programming interface (API).

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So, none of the information obtained was available to the public via Facebook and the Facebook Places application had nothing to do with it.

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And the application process for 530 places involves interviews and advice from primary schools.

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The primary task is to take a page from all places, student application process in the academic world.

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This month, the U.N. approved Cambodia's application to have the temple listed as a World Heritage Site -- places that have outstanding cultural value.

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Since the Russian application, 49 others have followed, some making multiple claims in several places, some submitted jointly by several countries in one area.

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Earlier this month, the United Nations approved Cambodia's application to have the temple listed as a World Heritage Site -- places the U.N. says have outstanding universal value.

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