Facebook, which has enjoyed explosive growth relative to rival social networking sites since a membership crisis six months ago, is set to unveil new features on Wednesday that mark its progress from a dating site for college kids into a mainstream network tool.

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This was supposed to be embargoed until 8am PST, but it looks like that isn’t being held (Mashable: we respect embargoes so you don’t have to).

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