Facebook App Center goes globetrotting with 7 new countries, blankets all of the English-speaking world

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Facebook's [App Center][3] is having its passport stamped quite a lot lately. Just days after the [HTML5][4] app portal [set foot in the UK][5], it's making the leap to seven more countries. Brazil, France, Germany, Russia, Spain, Taiwan and Turkey will all get a crack at using web apps both on the desktop as well as in the Android and iOS native clients. The new group is coming onboard in the next few weeks. In the meantime, countries where English makes a frequent appearance -- Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and the US -- now supply the App Center for every single user. To help speed along the virtual customs claims, Facebook is trotting out a translation tool to get developers on the right track. It shouldn't be long before App Center is a mainstay of the entire Facebook world, even though we may end up cursing the company after hour three of a _Jetpack Joyride_ marathon.

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