Facebook at Work app aims for role in the office
Facebook is launching a new app that aims to expand the US firm's presence within companies and other places of work.
The software is designed to provide a way for users to communicate as an alternative to email and other intranet systems.
The firm says information posted within the service is kept "secure, confidential and completely separate" from personal Facebook profiles.
The move poses a challenge to LinkedIn.
The work-focused social network recently announced its own plan to release a new app to help co-workers share information.
Facebook's move also threatens other established collaboration tools targeted at businesses including Yammer - which Microsoft bought for $1.2bn (£788m) in 2012 - Jive and MangoApps.
For now, the Facebook at Work app is free-to-use, but limited to an unnamed group of companies that will trial its use.
At this stage the work version will not feature adverts, nor will it gather data about its users that could be sold on to third parties.
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