Facebook announces three new features

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg held a live press conference at the company’s headquarters in Palo Alto, California. He announced three new features for the social networking site.

The first new application, called Download Your Information, allows Facebook’s 500 million users to export all of the personal information that they upload to Facebook to a file on their computer. The app lets Facebook users port their information to another social network or simply browse everything that has been uploaded to their online profiles, including photos, status updates and wall posts.

Facebook Groups

Facebook also introduced Dashboard for apps where Facebook members can see and control all of the applications they use on page, including games like Farmville and Mafia Wars. The page will serve as a one-stop shop to control privacy settings and/or delete any apps that they’re using on the site.

Another feature that most tech bloggers are excited about is a new Groups tool, designed to give users more privacy.