Updated Sep. 28, 2012 at 6:06 a.m.
This undated image provided by Facebook shows a new service called Gifts which, as its name suggests, lets users send chocolate, coffee, socks and other real-life presents to one another. Facebook Gifts will be available Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, to a subset of users in the U.S. and will roll out to more over the coming months as people begin to send gifts to each other. (AP Photo/Facebook)
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Facebook is launching a gift-giving feature that will let users buy and send items to their friends without leaving the site, as the owner of the world's most popular social network seeks new ways to add revenue.
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This undated image provided by Facebook shows a new service called Gifts which, as its name suggests, lets users send chocolate, coffee, socks and other real-life presents to one another. Facebook Gifts will be available Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, to a subset of users in the U.S. and will roll out to more over the coming months as people begin to send gifts to each other. (AP Photo/Facebook)
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Facebook is launching a gift-giving feature that will let users buy and send items to their friends without leaving the site, as the owner of the world's most popular social network seeks new ways to add revenue.
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