By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc rolled out a new Android app for its social media service on Thursday that uses less data and runs faster in regions with spotty connections. The app, called Facebook Lite, is available in countries across Asia and will soon make its way to parts of Latin America, Africa and Europe, Vijay Shankar, product manager for Facebook Lite, said in an interview. The app uses less than one-half of a megabyte of data to limit data usage and rates for those in emerging markets.



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