Facebook Mentions app for celebrities now available for iOS users in India

As promised last month, Facebook has started rolling out its ‘Mentions’ app for iOS to regions outside the US. The social networking giant has rolled out the app to 40 other countries including India. iOS users can download it for free from the Apple App store .   Although anyone can download it, only Facebook-recognised/verified celebrities can use it. Basically, it is aimed at helping celebrities manage their public figure pages on the social network.   The whole deal is to make it simpler for people with verified pages to manage their Facebook account by viewing posts that mention them. It will also help these people to respond more quickly and easily via the dedicated app. Facebook Mentions also shows a timeline of posts that reference the particular user. This timeline is also almost similar to the news feed you view.   Verified users can create new posts and also host live Q&A sessions within the app.   While many celebrities are on Facebook, they mostly take to Twitter to share their thoughts or Reddit for the Q&A sessions. Looks like, in order to sustain its position in the social space, Facebook is trying every trick in the book.