News.blog: Facebook's redesign goes live

Social-networking site Facebook has unveiled its redesign.

The facelift, which has been in the works for a while and was released on Sunday, will include an expanded Wall section that includes updates from a user's Mini-Feed.

Not everyone will be able to view the new design immediately, Facebook said. Instead, it will gradually become available to all Facebook users over the next days at www.new.facebook.com. Previews have been popping up over the last week or so.

One of the ideas behind the redesign is to make the site more compatible with micro-blogging -- adding snippets of text, images or video clips. The redesign also includes new tabs designed to make navigation easier.