With the iPhone making inroads in Asia, it made perfect sense for Facebook to try to keep up, so the social-networking site added Chinese- and Japanese-language translations to version 3.03 of its iPhone app, Inside Facebook reported.

The app had only been available in European languages, including English, Spanish, French, German and Italian, according to Inside Facebook.

Although Facebook is banned in mainland China, some 58,000 people accessed it via proxy software in October, and the social-networking site is allowed in Chinese-speaking regions such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other Pacific Rim countries, Inside Facebook pointed out.

Inside Facebook added that the social-networking site added nearly 10 million users in Asia, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent in October, reaching a total of 60 million.